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A touch of a button and the rear deck opens to allow the carbon fibre canopy to fold “transformer style” under the rear deck, this is a work of art... once thats tucked neatly away Rob fires up the twin Mercury Racing Engines. At 430hp each of the petrol marine engines will propel the AM37 to 45 knots. So she certainly has the go to match her show... We stash our camera bags in the forward cabin, 37 feet and a good beam gives plenty of room for a useful sized day cabin, with a comfortable 4 seater dining table an excellently designed galley with a shower room and head (toilet) tucked neatly to the right of the steps. She could easily sleep two and I certainly wouldn’t mind spending a night on board when it got late after dinner one evening. That’s the point of day boats to me, you can crash for a couple of nights if you need to. The digital dash has duplicate dials for each engine and they are up to running temperature so Rob eases her out of the marina. I take a seat in the carbon backed leather bucket seat, whilst Jenny snaps away from the rear horseshoe shaped seats.
Threading our way out of the marina and surrounding boats at anchor the AM37 feels solid, even the wake from passing boats only rocks us a little. She certainly turns a few heads as we go. Once clear of traffic Rob gradually opens up the
twin Mercury’s as the AM37 pulls herself out of the water and up onto the plane, this boat is fast, but still rock solid, we are approaching about 35 knots as I stand to look over the screen being careful not to loose my sun glasses. Rob throws her hard into a turn and loops back across our own wake, the 37ft hull just slices through the water, pouring on the power again we thrust forwards across the bay, the handling is magnificent and ride is surprisingly smooth as we start a figure of eight around the two islands that sit off the bay.
As we ease back to a cruise I am able to read the digital touch screen dashboard. In front of the wheel are dials for both engines, whilst the Tesla style centre panel controls everything from state of the art marine navigation and depth gauges that are more commonly seen in Super yachts to the air- con and music controls. This really is borrowing a lot from car design. The finish as one would expect is superb, the mixture of wood, leather, carbon and composite just works together to create a stylish and elegant interior, with enough “purpose” to acknowledge Aston Martin’s racing heritage without turning this glorious day boat into a Miami Vice Café Racer. The meticulous detail continues with the ambient lighting, the craft must take on a whole new personality when the sun goes down, allowing
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