command center equipped with an integrated
Raymarine navigation package. A moderately reversed
windshield provides good sight lines from either of two
pedestal helm chairs and from the raised banquette built
into the port aft corner, and port-and-starboard doors
lead directly to side decks. A stairway ascends through a
weathertight hatch to the flybridge deck.
Nowhere is the EP69’s interior volume put to better
use than in the lower deck plan, an arrangement that
allows for three en-suite staterooms: a midship master
with king-size berth, a forward VIP with island queen
berth, and a starboard-side guest room with adult-size
upper and lower berths and, unusually, its own head
with stall shower and vanity. The full-beam master
includes a starboard-side head with large vanity and
separate compartments for the toilet and shower. In the
port hull side is an oval portlight of a size to brightly
illuminate the entire space while offering a remarkable
sea-level view; here, the installation of sliding or hinged
mirrors above the vanity would produce a similar
benefit on the starboard side. A fourth accommodation,
nominally designated for crew but for owner-operators
well suited to serve as an additional guest stateroom, lies
aft, accessible via the watertight transom door.
Topside venues permit a variety of on-deck activities—
or in the case of the two flybridge sunpads, no activity
at all. A broad expanse at the aft end of the bridgedeck
allows room for securing a tender and mounting an
optional Steelhead Marine ES 1500 hydraulic crane.
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The social center at this upper level assuredly will be
the portside bar and entertainment center, fitted with a
propane grill and available with ice maker, under-counter
fridge, and three wall-mount stools. Opposite, a raised
settee seats six around a large dining table for open-air
meal service, and an optional composite hardtop shelters
the forward half of the bridgedeck. The portside upper
helm station features an electrically operated high-low
instrument console that may be set at any height to
optimize the view ahead. A molded stairway in the
aft port corner descends to the aft main deck, where a
large dining/cocktail settee extends across the transom
between the two access stairways.
