AXOPAR 28 OC PRICE £63,414 TOP SPEED 40.7 KNOTS 0-30 KNOTS 10.7 SECS T


here are many things to feast your eyes upon when fi rst encountering the Axopar 28 OC. Primarily, there’s the name, writ large down both sides – AXOPAR, it’s the sort of label that might also be given to a razor, or a power tool, or an American pickup truck. Then there is the upholstery, which on our test boat was a lurid orange, popping out against the dark rubbing


strake and bright white GRP mouldings. But more distracting than these features, or even the hulking 250hp gloss-black Mercury Verado perched on the transom, is the shape of the Axopar 28’s hull. It’s the sheer beauty and purpose of the thing; knife-like, twin- stepped, and 22° at the deadrise, it looks like it could cut through marble, never mind water. The upright bow oozes intent, peeling down to a hard knuckle


of spray rail, which deepens and widens as it surges aft. It’s functional art and, thankfully, in the violent rapids off the Needles, with wind pouring over the fl ooding tide, its capabilities were brought right to the fore. The Axopar handled the rough stuff brilliantly – yes it’s the longest boat here but that aside, the hull can’t help but scythe


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