WINDY 37 SHAMAL

BUILT: 2020 PRICE: £499,999

At over 500ft long and almost 80ft wide, Dilbar is one of the largest and most famous superyachts in the world. It was designed by Espen Øino, who also designs superyacht tenders, including a couple for Windy, but the 37 Shamal was his first production boat design.

INTERIOR Unashamedly a performance boat, the emphasis is clearly not on accommodation. That said, there’s plenty of space for a weekend aboard for a family, or a week for a couple. And that’s because Windy has focussed on sleeping space down below – there’s no dinette or galley, the idea is that the cockpit is the living space. There’s a vee-shaped double forward and another two berths further aft beneath the cockpit floor with a neat bi-fold door that folds flush against the bulkhead when open to create an open plan layout. There’s a heads too of course, which rather impressively features a separate shower stall. What is most noticeable is the quality, from the beautifully wrought carpentry to the stainless steel detailing.

EXTERIOR The cockpit stretches across the full beam of the boat (there are no side decks, foredeck access is through the screen) and includes a galley module and a large U-shaped seating area around a folding table. A bimini stows away under here, with side sections that enclose the whole cockpit.

But ultimately this is a driver’s machine, hence the three chunky forward facing seats behind the wraparound screen (complete with trademark grab rail), all with lift bolsters allowing you to stand and enjoy the performance.

Length: 36ft 9in (11.2m) Beam: 10ft 9in (3.3m) Draught: 3ft 9in (1.2m) Displacement: 7.4 tonnes Fuel capacity: 650 litres

Engines: Twin Volvo Penta D6-400 400hp diesel engines

PERFORMANCE Talking of performance, there is plenty of it! Twin Volvo Penta D6-440 5.5 litre turbocharged diesels live under the sunpad aft, channeling their combined 880hp through a pair of duo prop outdrives for a blistering top end of 45 knots and a fast cruise in the high 30 knots range.

SEAKEEPING Performance is nothing without control however, and the Windy has control, and serious offshore capability hardwired into its DNA thanks to its slender, deep vee hull design.

We described it as covering ground with ‘laughable ease, relishing the opportunity to explore the upper reaches of the rev range’.

The cockpit has the feel of a superyacht tender and doubles as the living space

Below deck is for sleeping only with a master cabin and this double under the cockpit