The Sport Weekender 42 is Nimbus's weekend cruiser, made for the people who want to make the most of their weekends and short trips.

Smart Scandinavian design

The Nimbus Sport Weekender 42 is built on Scandinavian design, in true Nimbus tradition, worked out with care so the boat stays comfortable and easy to use. It features the award-winning Nimbus sidewalk, which opens up the interior and keeps movement around the deck easy and safe.

The interior layout and multifunctional seating arrangements are specially designed for social activities and entertaining. The multiple large social areas are perfect for hanging out with friends or family, relaxing, taking a swim or soaking up the sun on either the fore deck or on the aft deck. The Nimbus Sport Weekender 42 also includes new features such as folding side balconies for added space and flexibility when anchored and an optional hydraulic swim platform that extends aft of the engines so you guests on board can be closer to the water.

The cockpit of the Nimbus Sport Weekender 42, similar to the Nimbus W9, offers superior protection with a large window screen and seating for three. The standard open boat is equipped with a targa, but an optional large electric sun-top similar to that of the Nimbus Sport Tender 42 can also be added.

Below deck there is space for four people to stay comfortably overnight in two spacious berths and a spacious bathroom with toilet and shower.

On the water

The Sport Weekender 42 runs on the same air-lubricated twin-stepped hull as the Sport Tender 42 and the Sport Coupé 42, with a razor-sharp bow section and a low planing threshold. It runsdry and stable, and the speed range reaches past 45 knots. The boat is fitted with twin MercuryVerado outboards, V8 2×300 hp or V10 2×425 hp, both with Mercury Joystick Piloting and anintegrated bow thruster for easy close-quarters manoeuvring. Behind a large windscreen, the helm seats three and keeps the crew warm and protected when the wind picks up and the rain comes in. The new custom Nimbus helm seats are ergonomic, with lateral support that means less fatigue on a longer passage. 

"The Sport Weekender 42 is designed to extend your options and take you where you want to go,with more space and more to do on board. Simplicity and ease of use guided every decision, and the comfort that comes from that is something you feel the moment you step onboard", says Joacim Gustavsson, Chief Designer at Nimbus.

Lounge and large socialising spaces

The heart of the boat is its lounge, a large, multifunctional space that adapts to whatever the weekend asks for: cruising, sunbathing, a swim, entertaining, a long lunch or dinner, or a quiet afternoon reading in the shade. The seating reconfigures for the moment, and there are sunbeds fore and aft for the hours in the sun. A foldable side balcony on the starboard side opens the lounge over the water at anchor. Folded out, the deck steps down to sea level and doubles the social footprint; folded in, it returns to the hull line. It is central to how a weekend at anchor works. The new extended swim platform, double-mould and structurally integrated with the hull, reaches toward the water, and an optional hydraulic platform for the outboards lowers to serve as a passerelle when moored.

The outdoor galley sits aft, close to the seating, so lunch comes together with everyone still around. The new aft-deck seating adds side cushions that turn stowage into more seating when the boat fills with people. The open boat comes with the new Targa T-top, styled after the iconic Nimbus 32 Ballista, with an optional electric soft-top for when you want more cover.

The Nimbus Sport Weekender 42 is the successor to the well known Nimbus W12/W11.