The SR77 marks a milestone in the history of Windy. With a length of just under 24 metres, it is the largest boat from our own halls to date and also one of the longest composite formats from Swedish production. It serves the niche market of chase boats, which Windy has been serving since 2010. It started with the SR52 Blackbird, one of Ed Dubois' last designs.
The new flagship was developed in collaboration with the design studio MMYD (Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design). The designer from Lymington in the UK conceived the SR77 as a weekender and companion to a mother ship. Some of these are so large that 60-foot versions are carried on board. One SLR60 serves the 97-metre Lürssen "Carinthia VII".
Customised design options
Windy has already sold the first unit of the SR77, which is being built in the new 2,300 square metre assembly hall in Västervik on the east coast of Sweden - with a high degree of customisability. As with the mother ships, the Swedes customise their SR models according to customer requirements.
Customers can customise layouts above and below deck, define the interior style of the guest and crew cabins and specify every detail from the bathrooms to the materials and on-board systems. A special feature of the concept is that even the owner's interior designers can be involved in the design process. Only a few boat builders offer this flexibility in this size segment.
Windy offers a choice of drive packages
Windy offers two different engine configurations: either two twelve-cylinder engines from MAN in combination with waterjets or three IPS 1350 units from Volvo Penta. Despite the different drive concepts, the range of 600 nautical miles remains the same for both variants thanks to additional tanks - a unique selling point that Windy particularly emphasises. With its sleek lines, spacious guest deck and generous bathing platform, the SR77 is designed to serve both as a base for relaxing on deck and as a high-performance vessel.
Strategic orientation of the company
The development of the SR77 is part of Windy's broader business strategy. Over the past five years, the company has increasingly focussed on semi-customised production. This has enabled the Swedes to continue to grow despite global turbulence.
CEO Trevor Fenlon comments on the collaboration with Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design: "We are delighted to be working with Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design again. The lines that MMYD bring to their SR designs are very special. I expect this boat to be as popular as the previous SR models we have collaborated on."
Malcolm McKeon himself also emphasises the importance of this collaboration: "The SR77 represents a bold evolution of our long-standing collaboration with Windy. From the outset, our aim has been to combine uncompromising performance with a refined sense of purpose and style."
Technical data Windy SR77
- Overall length: 23.98 m
- Width: 6 m
- Draught: 1.03 m
- Displacement: 48.5 tonnes
- Drive 1: 2 x MAN V12-1800 with water jets
- Drive 2: 3 x Volvo Penta IPS 1350
- Diesel: 8,800 litres
- Water: 1,000 litres
- Range: 600 nm
- CE Classification: B
- Construction/Design: Malcom McKeon Yacht Design
- Shipyard: Windy Boats, Västervik, Sweden
