WINDY 29 COHO
BUILT: 2015 PRICE: £147,000
LENGTH: 29ft 2in (8.9m) BEAM: 8ft 9in (2.7m) DRAUGHT: 3ft 6in (1.1m) DISPLACEMENT: 3.2 tonnes FUEL CAPACITY: 370 litres ENGINE: Volvo Penta D6-400 400hp diesel
The Coho 29 replaced Windy’s popular 28 Ghibli – big shoes to fill. Windy kept the basic concept much the same but brought the boat bang up to date in terms of styling and construction (the 29 Coho is resin infused). However it did ring the changes with one or two fundamental differences.
INTERIOR
Although the low profile cuddy cabin (strictly sitting headroom only) remains identical in size, what it offers is quite different. The Ghibli had a vee shaped dinette with a central table that converted into a double berth when required. For the 29 Coho, Windy swapped the dinette for a large fixed double berth. The reasoning was that few people spend much time inside the cabin unless sleeping overnight, so why not just have a large permanent double bed? The small galley and separate toilet remain.
EXTERIOR
The cockpit layout matches the Ghibli, with twin bucket seats for the helm and navigator and then a large seating area aft ahead of the sunpad. The bathing platform is a little larger (which accounts for the change in nomenclature from 28 to 29). There are a few detail changes, like the redesigned helm, which now has room for a flush mounted chart plotter. But more fundamental is a new canopy system that allows the canopy to remain attached to stainless steel hoops making it much quicker and easier to raise and lower. Topsides in a metallic sprayed finish on this boat include
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quadrilateral windows to replace small portholes.
PERFORMANCE
The first Coho we tested was fitted with Volvo’s silky smooth 6.0 litre V8 petrol producing 380hp and achieved over 40 knots. Volvo’s D6-400 400hp diesel engine should produce a similar top speed but with far lower fuel bills.
SEAKEEPING
Although resin infused, the shape of the hull is unchanged from the Ghibli (apart from that slightly longer bathing platform), so the good news is that the epic seakeeping of its forebear remains very much intact.