SUNSEEKER 76 YACHT

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. So say career advisers to youngsters preparing for job interviews, and one wonders if this snappy iambic heptameter is also emblazoned over the door to Sunseeker’s design office, for few boats have ever made a better first impression than the Poole shipyard’s new 76 Yacht. Stroll up from the quayside, kick off your shoes in the cockpit, step over the threshold into the saloon – and pause. An expanse of hardwood floor stretches out in front of you. Understated, low-level furnishings either side lead the eye forward: there is an open-plan galley on the starboard side, facing an elegant dining table. Beyond, a step up to the helm deck and its inviting sofa, nestling beneath a rakish windscreen. And on each side, huge windows that frame the seascape and flood the interior with the warmth of natural light. It is a pretty spectacular space.

That was mine, anyway – other first