Somewhere, tucked away in a highly secure location at Windy’s Västervik HQ, there must be a crystal ball. I say this because it was back in 2010 that Windy, in conjunction with Ed Dubios, created the SR52 Blackbird, a spellbinding custom-built 52ft chase boat with a deck-focussed arrangement and neat T-top perched above the helm. Wind the clock forward to the present day and you can’t move for this style of boat as established purveyors of these T-top deck boats, such as Fjord, tussle with new blood from the likes of Pardo, Solaris and even the high-volume builders in the Hanse Group and Jeanneau. There’s no two ways about it, the traditional sports cruiser is being displaced by a new genre of fast cruiser and with the shadow of the SR52 looming large, Windy was well placed to strike and build a 44ft offering all of its own.
Like its bigger sister, the Blackhawk is the result of a design collaboration between the Dubois studio and Windy’s longstanding hull design guru Hans Jørgen Johnsen, this time with superyacht designers Design Unlimited in the mix to handle the interior. A fine looking thing it is, too, especially in the surroundings of Lymington, where boats of this style aren’t quite as common as they are in the South of France, Italy or the Balearics. Even in an all-white colour scheme with muted grey upholstery it still has plenty of wow factor in the flesh, and in the stifling heat of an unusually warm July day its large sun pads and expanse of relaxed seating look almost irresistible.
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