Archipelago’s 47 is a prototype in the most traditional sense of the word. It has been built as a test platform by a fledgling company to help refine the designs of subsequent production models. But as we arrive at Ocean Village, the potency of the boat’s posturing makes it hard to believe this is anything but the finished article. With its low roofline, wide beam, slender forward hulls and raised bridge deck, its squat muscularity feels deeply satisfying. And it’s made all the more so by the reverse screen, tinted windows, elevated side decks and gunmetal naked aluminium. This is not a boat that tries to conceal its multihull underpinnings or to mimic the style of a monohull with clever tapers, faux panels or pretty mouldings. This is a tough long-distance power cat that is happy to be known as such, and, as the fleet’s most uncompromising offshore adventure boat, it’s all the better for it.
EXTERNAL LAYOUT
Designed by Hamble-based commercial specialist, Chartwell Marine, and built on the Isle of Wight, the deck layout of the 47 is
