Sunseeker Puts The Sport Into Sport Yacht
Sunseeker's new 65 Sport Yacht can appear like most yachts in its category until you climb into the SkyHelm racing seats.
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Image: Sunseeker
There?s a classic Maxell cassette ad from the 1980s that shows a man literally getting blown away by music from his stereo. He?s hunched down in the seat, hair streaming back, having to stop his wine glass from being pushed off the table because of the pulsing music.
The low seats in the SkyHelm offer a sportscar-like driving experience. Image: Sunseeker
I felt a bit like that guy on a sea trial of Sunseeker?s 65 Sport Yacht, sitting in the body-hugging seat on the flybridge SkyHelm. With the racing steering wheel in front of me, ocean winds tossing my hair, the 65 leans over in a hard, curving turn.
It?s hard to believe that one feature can put the ?sport? in sport yacht, but the ride that day felt so much more like I was on a smaller, faster boat. It made me a believer in the possibility of having fun on a 65ft, 38-tonne motor yacht.
A retractable bimini is an option on the flybridge. Image: Sunseeker
Of course, there?s a lot more to like about this Sunseeker, which I tested at this year?s Miami International Boat Show.
The British builder has since released the Predator 65 built on the same hull, but with a curved hardtop rather than an open sportbridge. The Predator version ? which debuted at the Palm Beach International Boat Show ? will ...
The post Sunseeker Puts The Sport Into Sport Yacht appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Sunseeker
There?s a classic Maxell cassette ad from the 1980s that shows a man literally getting blown away by music from his stereo. He?s hunched down in the seat, hair streaming back, having to stop his wine glass from being pushed off the table because of the pulsing music.
The low seats in the SkyHelm offer a sportscar-like driving experience. Image: Sunseeker
I felt a bit like that guy on a sea trial of Sunseeker?s 65 Sport Yacht, sitting in the body-hugging seat on the flybridge SkyHelm. With the racing steering wheel in front of me, ocean winds tossing my hair, the 65 leans over in a hard, curving turn.
It?s hard to believe that one feature can put the ?sport? in sport yacht, but the ride that day felt so much more like I was on a smaller, faster boat. It made me a believer in the possibility of having fun on a 65ft, 38-tonne motor yacht.
A retractable bimini is an option on the flybridge. Image: Sunseeker
Of course, there?s a lot more to like about this Sunseeker, which I tested at this year?s Miami International Boat Show.
The British builder has since released the Predator 65 built on the same hull, but with a curved hardtop rather than an open sportbridge. The Predator version ? which debuted at the Palm Beach International Boat Show ? will ...
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