Beneteau's Swift Trawler 52 has won an award in the trawler category in the Motor Boat of the Year Awards announced at a glitzy dinner in London's Waldorf Hilton Hotel.The French made boat is distributed here by BJ Marine of Malahide, Bangor and Cork.
The prestigious awards, sponsored by Garmin and organised by Motor Boat & Yachting and Motor Boats Monthly magazines in the UK, recognise the best in current motorboat design.
Another design popular in Irish waters also picking up an award in the Sportscruiser below 45ft category was the Aquador 28HT distribuy=te her and in the UK by MGM of Dun Laoghaire.
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