Motor Boat & Yachting — February 2018

Personally, I would ask for the helm seat to be mounted about

6in higher, with a commensurate adjustment to the footrest.

Then someone of my height – about 6ft – could drive either

sitting or standing in equal comfort. And I doubt that such

a request would be met at the shipyard with anything other

than cheerful compliance, because another thing you might not

notice until you get up close – and maybe not even then – is that

the Vanquish is built entirely of aluminium. It is beautifully

constructed and perfectly faired, and even the helm console

and its angular space-age seats are welded alloy.

It’s from Holland, of course, where they know a thing or

two about welding. The company was set up just six years

ago by Tom Steentjes, a welder by training, who sold a successful

industrial equipment company in order to launch himself into

For a 40-knot sportsboat,
the VQ48 is a reassuringly
easy drive with a safe and
secure cockpit for guests

48

QUICK SPIN

Shelf fi ddles

look like mini

guardrails

Minimalist interior has

a basic galley and big

heads but no cabins