Seven Seas redefines luxury with the Hermes Speedster.
The Seven Seas Hermes Speedster is a neat, classic-styled runabout with traits reminiscent of the 1959, Porsche 356 speedster and the gentleman-styled runabout boats of the 30s.
At first glance, the Hermes Speedster reminds us of a scene from the 60s movie “Les Felins”, set on the French Riviera, navigating down the Cote D’Azur. On board, Alain Delon and Jane Fonda bask in the sunshine, except in the movie the scene took place on a vintage Riva. Similar in size to its competitor’s models Florida or Ariston, the Speedster is a 6.75m vessel, which successfully combines luxury, efficiency style and comfort, making it the perfect craft between prestigious beaches.
Although produced by English builder Seven Seas, the craft owes its origins to Greece, by name firstly as it stems for the Ancient Greek God Hermes whose birthplace, like the boat, was the shores of Thessaloniki.
The design, which features natural curved lines, offers a dynamic motion and a unique character, in fact one not dissimilar to traits of the Porsche 356, which shares the same shaped windshield, dashboard, front seats and intake grills.
Interior
Each piece of the interior, from the seats and the steering wheel to the speakers and the switches, is especially designed and hand-crafted with great attention to detail. Due to its convertible top, in just a few seconds, you can enjoy your boat, even in poor weather conditions. This top makes the boat ideal for colder climates. Furthermore, Hermes can accommodate up to 5 people.
Performance
The innovative patented Amfihull® performance characteristics are truly staggering. First of all, Hermes has a very low drag resistance which allows the use of smaller engines than similar sized boats while still being faster than its competitors. It features a really steep entry, cutting the waves with an entry angle of 72 degrees that in combination with the rest of the hull, ensures a very soft ride with no pounding as the boat cuts through the waves. Furthermore, the boats maintain at all cruising speeds very low trim angles between 2 and 2,8 degrees. Unlike other motor boats, there is no specific speed at which they transition to plane. Instead as the speed increases, it gradually comes out of the water maintaining a nearly horizontal attitude at all times.
In the Hermes Speedster one can cruise at any speed from as low as 5 knots up to the boat’s maximum speed. The boat also features tremendous stability characteristics due to its extremely low centre of gravity. Hermes is very stable while cruising and at rest. Like its bigger siblings, Hermes demonstrates an unbelievable average consumption of 0.5L/Mile or 8MPG. Claiming once again the title of “The most efficient production boat in the world”
