SUNSEEKER SUPERHAWK 40
BUILT: 2005 PRICE: £119,000
LOA 41ft 1in (12.5m) Beam 10ft 2in (3.1m) Draught 3ft 9in (1.1m) Displacement 8 tonnes Fuel capacity 700 litres
Engines Twin Volvo Penta KAD 44 EDC 260hp diesel engines
Launched in 1999, the Superhawk 40 bore an uncanny resemblance to the Superhawk 34, and with good reason. It’s basically the same boat. So why the change in nomenclature? Have a stroll around to the stern and you’ll find a much longer swim platform. It’s there to extend the engine range beyond the sterndrive Volvos of the latter. Everything forward was broadly similar, a good thing since this is one of the best looking boats on the water.
INTERIOR
You pay for those low, sleek, dart-like looks inside. There’s no question that this is a sports boat, not a cruiser – a 911 rather than an E Class.
That said, as a weekender for two it’s entirely sufficient. There’s a dedicated bed in the bow, the table that lies across it cantilevering out to sit centre stage of the semi-circular dinette aft. A galley to port and a small heads complete the picture, and it’s all trimmed in a riot of 1990s Sunseeker cream leather and high gloss cherry.
EXTERIOR
The exterior reaps the benefits of that compact cabin, with flawless lines accentuated by the wing tipped radar arch and stainless steel framed windscreen. The cockpit is sunk deep into the hull, lowering both the profile of the craft and the centre of gravity. Purposeful and elegant, it’s one of those boats that looks like it’s doing 40 knots before you even leave the dock.
PERFORMANCE
Sunseeker offered engine options every bit as exotic as its hull designs. A pair of 8.2 litre 500hp petrol engines lifted the top speed to 60 knots while Trimax drives with surface propellers mated to twin 420hp Yanmar diesels weren’t much slower. But the vast majority went out with the more prosaic but far more practical Volvo
Penta sterndrive diesels. The twin KAD 300 285hp engines installed in this boat give speeds in the region of 40 knots.
SEAKEEPING
Form and function are often bedfellows, and so it is with the Superhawk. The narrow beam gives wave-cleaving performance and the low profile and centre of gravity aid handling. This is what the Superhawk does best: go hard, go fast and go well.
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