Dutch shipyard Van Der Valk’s latest range of all-aluminium Explorer yachts aims to combine the hewn-from-granite feel and customisation of a long-range steel trawler with the style, speed and efficiency of a modern GRP craft.

Central to that is a fast displacement hull that allows it to punch through waves rather than over them at speeds of up to 20 knots.

Judging from the video footage of the first Van der Valk 28M Explorer Venera ploughing through a messy looking North Sea with barely any change in pace or attitude, it certainly appears to live up to those claims.
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