[1][2] The "SS" designation is intended to refer to automobiles of the past, like the Chevrolet Camaro SS, "as it connotes the era of American Muscle Cars denoting “Super Sport” when lumbering and obese chariots had held sway previously.
[1][2] The Marlow-Hunter 42SS is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with Kevlar reinforcing in the forward hull and polypropylene honeycomb Nida-cores.
It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, a stainless steel arch that mounts the mainsheet traveler, a nearly plumb stem, a reverse transom with a fold-down swimming platform and folding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a laterally tilting, folding wheel and a fixed deep fin keel or shoal draft keel.
[1][2] The steering wheel can be set in port, center or starboard positions by use of a foot locking lever, as desired by the helmsman.
[1] In a short review upon the introduction of the design in 2016, Cruising World, reported that "Cat’s-eye-style ports run the length of the low-profile cabin top, and the house extends well aft to provide lots of living space below.