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Jeanneau NC 895 Series 2

LOA: 29’4”

Beam: 9’10”

Draft: 2’3”

Displ.: 9,253 lbs.

Fuel: 158 gals.

Water: 42 gals.

Power: (2) 250-hp

Yamahas Price (base): $230,750

Some boats are good to begin with, but when Jeanneau decided to make a new version of its NC 895, the builder nailed it. The new NC 895 Series 2 is a very impressive design, especially on the inside.

Jeanneau still offers the original 895, which started out in 2012 as the Merry Fisher 855. In the ensuing decadeplus, almost 2,000 855s and 895s have been built. They are perfectly good boats, but for the NC 895 Series 2, the French builder completely rethought everything. Instead of

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