Please don't take offence. I was just sh!ting him....

I would still be a Baja owner if the cig deal hadn't come along. Always been a huge fan of Baja, just hate teambaja.com.

Nope.

In all seriousness though, it's a hell of a boat. There are a lot of nice, innovative features in the new boat. The cockpit is HUGE, a little too big for my liking ( I like more in the engine room and in the bow), but it's well balanced and rides nicely.

And its damn good looking too.

Its all good. If I found the right deal on a top gun or tiger, i'd jump ship pretty damn fast

My thoughts EXACTLY!

Have talked to several at Baja about this and the comments have been to the nature of "People want to spend more time in the cockpit then the engine compartment".

That is true and for those of us that do our own maintenance, we COULD spend more time in the cockpit if we just had more engine compartment room to get the job done quicker.

I have not seen the 35 in person yet, but personally I would have liked the 33 and the 36 better if they had less cockpit and more cabin!! I get alot of use out of the cabin area and normally dont take alot of people along. My wife and I like to spend the night on the boat and the more comfortable she is, the better off I am!! That was the biggest reason for buying the 29 Outlaw. It was the largest boat and cabin in its class. I have considered moving up, but the 342 is the only thing with the amenities I want. However I am not crazy about the (euro look). The 35 looks good in the pictures. It will be interesting to see one in person and see how they laid out the cabin. It has good lines to it and I can't wait to get one into the shop for paint! It will be cool!!!!

The cockpit is huge. You dont realize how big it really is until you sit on the rear bench and see how much room you have in front of you.

That's exactly how I came to that realization.
The boat rides and handles very well, too.

Probably so you can get 4 bolsters.

What about the engine compartment size ?

Hopefully, they didn't copy that from the 30 o/l

The engine compartment has about an extra foot in front of the engine. Its nice having the batterys mounted down there, so you gain ALL your storage space back under the rear bench. I can actually get in there and stand if I need to.