“Once, when sea-trialling a 32
Grand Tornado with a prospective
client in the Solent (which was
being remarkably and unhelpfully
flat), he asked to see how the
hull handled a little chop. We saw
a Nelson 45 barrelling down the
coast off Hamstead at speed and
made a beeline for it. We hit the
wake with the boat gently wound up
to 38 knots, cleared the white water
streaming off his port quarter and
landed absolutely flat in terms ofcross-ship balance with a soft and
reassuring whooomph. Deal done.”
I’m talking to Hugh Raynor, motor
yacht broker at Windy dealer Berthon
in Lymington, who is showing me
a tidy 32 Grand Tornado berthed
at nearby Lymington Yacht Haven.
Like all Windys, it exudes quality,
but equally clearly, it’s a seriously
performance-orientated boat.
Launched in 2005, it replaced the
31 Tornado. This earlier version was
just as sporty and had a strong biastoward deck space with the cockpit
to cabin ratio split 70:30. It also had
a rather unusual feature – the rear
third of the cockpit was separated
off to create a large teak-laid area,
a little like the bed of a pick-up truck.
The theory was that this would make
a great open spot for watersports,
fishing or diving. The reality was
that it mostly felt like wasted space.
When designing its Grand Tornado
replacement, Windy not only created
a sleeker, lower profile but alsoWindy 32 Grand Tornado
Expect elegance and excitement from this sporty weekender
2005-2011 £80,000-£130,000
Our Market Expert
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