calling any Zonda owners (well those who like boats)

[village idiot]

If any Zonda owner fancies a nice day out in Lymington with their car, we are looking for a Zonda to take part in a static photoshoot with one of our shiny new powerboats which happens to share the same name.

http://www.berthon.co.uk/windy-boats/windy-31-zond...

Naturally, we will be buying lunch plus taking you out for a pleasant "thrash" round the Solent to thank you for your time.

The photoshoot will be for the manufacturers inhouse magazine. All of their yachts are named after winds, hence the choice of Zonda for their latest and most stylish creation. The boat has already been reviewed by the UK yachting press as "the best hull we've ever tested".

Thanks in advance.

Alex

[milk2sugars]

I always liked the styling of a Windy!

[village idiot]

milk2sugars said:

I always liked the styling of a Windy!

The new Zonda is very funky indeed... and it handles like it's on rails... quite surreal. throw it into a hard turn at 40+ knots and it feels like a racecar cornering hard on warm slicks.

... and to think, the photo below was taken exactly a week ago on a hot & sunny solent (it's not quite that hot & sunny now)

Edited by village idiot on Thursday 6th October 10:52

[Zippee]

To the layman (me - I know nothing about boats) it's an exceptionally pretty looking thing, especially in the 2nd pic on your link.
If only I could afford a Zonda.....

[Mini1275]

That's a cracking looking boat .

[AngryApples]

Are there any trademark issues using that name for a boat, or is just assumed as its a boat not a car its not an issue?

[village idiot]

AngryApples said:

Are there any trademark issues using that name for a boat, or is just assumed as its a boat not a car its not an issue?

Windy have traditionally named their yachts after wind. Existing Windy yachts include the Mirage 25, Ghibli 28, Tornado 31/32, Khamsin 34/35, Mistral 37, Bora 40/42, Typhoon 43 and so on...

[iandc]

village idiot said:

Windy have traditionally named their yachts after wind. Existing Windy yachts include the Mirage 25, Ghibli 28, Tornado 31/32, Khamsin 34/35, Mistral 37, Bora 40/42, Typhoon 43 and so on...

Perhaps they should change to naming them after fighting bulls then I would get a go in my Gallardo!!!