March 7, 2026
The Aquila 70 Luxury: When a Power Catamaran Becomes a Proper Yacht
Aquila 70 Luxury: yacht-level volume with owner-operator ease - 27-ft full-beam master, five cabins, spacious salon, flybridge, beach club. …
Read the articleThe Aquila Luxury Series
The flagship — one boat, five cabins, and a 27-foot beam at the top of the Aquila range
There is a point where the question stops being how many cabins and starts being whether a boat can hold your family for a month without anyone wanting off. The 70 Luxury is the boat Aquila built for that, and it is the whole series — one flagship, not a lineup.
Just under 70 feet with a 26'11" beam, the 70 carries a full-beam forward owner's suite, four more staterooms with private heads, a galley-up salon level with the aft deck, and a hydraulic beach club. Twin Volvo Penta D13s at 1,000 HP each cruise it at 20 knots, and it draws 4'9".
The Luxury Lineup, Smallest to Largest
Every Aquila Luxury model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
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The Aquila 70 Luxury is the range flagship — 69'9" with 26'11" of beam, five cabins with five heads, and twin Volvo Penta D13 1,000s for a 20-knot cruise.
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Moving Up the Luxury Series
Nobody arrives at the 70 by accident. The step is almost always out of the 54 Yacht, and it is a change of category more than a change of length. The 54 is a boat you run yourself with your partner on the lines. The 70 is a boat you can still run yourself and will probably choose not to — five cabins with five heads means hosting two families at once, and twin D13s mean real fuel and a slip nearly 27 feet wide.
The test is simple. If you cannot fill three extra staterooms more than a few times a year, stay at the 54 and spend the difference on going places. If you can, the 70 is the only boat in the Aquila range that does it.
Our Take
The 70 is the most interesting boat Aquila makes and the least understood. Buyers read that 26'11" beam as a party-deck number. It is not — it is a livability number. The full-beam forward suite is wider than most bedrooms ashore, and the four guest cabins are genuinely equal, which kills the argument about who gets the good one before it starts.
What I like most is what is missing. No exotic stabilizer package, no proprietary drivetrain, no specialist flown in from Monaco. Twin Volvo D13s at a conservative 20-knot cruise and systems you can trace with a flashlight. It will not out-style an Italian 70 at the dock. It will out-cruise it every week of the season.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Aquila 70 Luxury cost to own?
Purchase price runs into the multiple millions depending on specification, and annual operating costs land near $175,000 owner-operated — insurance, dockage, maintenance, fuel and haul-outs — rising toward $250,000 with a two-person crew. Those are planning figures rather than quotes; specification and home port move them substantially.
Costs stay predictable because the systems are simple. Volvo Penta D13s are well supported, parts are available across the US and Caribbean, and there is no proprietary stabilizer or drivetrain to service. For current pricing and availability, contact Minted Yachts at TS@MintedYachts.com or +1 (404) 805-9819.
When does it make sense to step up from the Aquila 54 Yacht to the 70 Luxury?
When you are regularly hosting more than one family. The 54 is a three-to-five cabin boat you run yourself; the 70 gives you five cabins with five private heads, a full-beam owner's suite and a hydraulic beach club — capacity that only pays for itself if you fill it several times a season.
The other trigger is time aboard. Owners who cruise for weeks at a stretch value the 70's galley-up salon sitting level with the aft deck. If your trips are long weekends with the same four people, the 54 is the better boat and the cheaper one to keep.
Do you need crew to run the Aquila 70 Luxury?
No, but most owners eventually want a small one. The 70 is built to be owner-operable — twin Volvo Penta D13s, conventional systems, no exotic stabilizer package or proprietary drivetrain — and plenty of owners run it themselves on coastal legs with a partner handling lines.
What changes at 70 feet is upkeep rather than driving. A two-person crew handles provisioning, cleaning and maintenance so the boat is ready between trips. Owner-operating keeps annual costs meaningfully lower; adding crew is a lifestyle decision here, not an engineering requirement.
How does the Aquila 70 Luxury compare to a 70-foot monohull?
It trades top-end speed and dock presence for space and stability. The 26'11" beam gives the 70 a full-beam forward owner's suite plus four equal guest cabins with private heads — accommodation a 70-foot monohull cannot match — and a 4'9" draft that opens anchorages deeper boats have to pass by.
The catamaran also stays level at anchor, which is what actually decides whether guests enjoy a week aboard. In exchange you give up speed, and you pay for a slip nearly 27 feet wide. Cruise is a steady 20 knots on twin Volvo Penta D13s.
Which Luxury Fits Your Life?
Tell us how you plan to use the boat — guests, range, crew or no crew — and we'll give you the straight story on where in the Luxury series you belong, new or brokerage.
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