Windy began building boats 57 years ago and while it hasn’t yet built as Heinz has varieties, the company’s back catalogue does encompass a formidable range of popular sportscruisers such as the Ghibli, Tornado, Bora and Grand Mistral. In common with its Windy siblings, the subject of this report is named after a wind: the Zonda, a dry wind which howls around the eastern slopes of the Andes at 150mph. And you can see what Windy had in mind when they named this boat!
Admittedly, this 31ft weekender can’t actually match the speed of its Latin American namesake but it’s nonetheless a boat with the performance and handling to take your breath away. When we reviewed the 31 Zonda as a new boat back in 2011, our writer described it as Windy’s best-ever hull. He went on to praise its
