Blast from the past

摘要

Christian Marti, then Sunseeker's CEO, hands me the controls after an extremely good (alcohol-free) lunch at the Hut beach restaurant on the Isle of Wight's Colwell Bay off the UK's south coast. Opening up the taps on the new Hawk 38's twin Mercury Verado 400R.S must give the other diners the impression that we are "doing a runner" in the most spectacular style. This boat is quick. From a standing start, we arc up on the plane fast, with 20 knots showing on the 16-inch touchscreen of the steering-wheel-controlled Simrad navigation system. It is acceleration as exhilarating as the most adrenaline-inducing sports car and makes Sunseeker's claims of an "out of the box" 62-knot capability seem not only plausible, but possibly modest.