It's half past seven on a Saturday morning in Biscayne Bay. You're standing on a flybridge that runs the full width of the boat, coffee in hand, watching the sun climb over Miami. Your guests are still asleep below. The boat sits perfectly flat at anchor. You've been here three days and haven't touched the dock lines once.
That is the M8 EVO's thesis. Not the speed. Not the horsepower. The ability to live well, for days, without compromise.
The M8 EVO is the new flagship of Prestige's M-Line power catamarans, and it premieres in September 2026. It measures 65' 6" overall on a 29-foot beam, and the beam is the point: two hulls set that far apart give the main deck a footprint a monohull of the same length cannot reach, and they hold the boat flat at anchor.
Who It's For
The M8 EVO is built for the owner who has outgrown the 50-foot flybridge but doesn't want the crew, complexity and cost structure of an 80-foot monohull. You want to run the boat yourself on weekends and bring a captain for longer trips. You value space over pace.
This is a boat for someone who treats the vessel as a second home rather than a toy. You'll spend a long weekend aboard with family. You'll take people out for the afternoon. You'll anchor somewhere quiet and work from the flybridge on a Tuesday because you can.
It also works for the experienced boater stepping across from a 60-foot monohull who is tired of the roll at anchor. The catamaran platform solves that instantly. The beam creates space; the twin hulls create stability.
Design and Layout: The 29-Foot Advantage
Prestige builds the EVO on the M8, and the changes are all about how the space is used.
The main deck has been reworked. The galley has been extended into a gathering space with an integrated bar, and a dining table takes pride of place in the saloon rather than folding out of the cockpit. Two sliding doors aft, a side door and an internal staircase mean you never feel funnelled into a single flow pattern.
The full-beam owner's suite has its own access from the main deck and panoramic windows, so the owner's cabin is not sitting in the middle of guest traffic. That is the layout decision that separates this boat from most of what it competes with.
Above it, the full-beam flybridge works as a second saloon — light, wide and modular, arranged to the owner's preference. Accommodation runs to eight or ten berths, with two crew berths standard and two more optional, and for the first time in the line there is a dedicated space for the captain and crew.
Interior and exterior furnishings, the flybridge layout and the material palette are all specified to order. Garroni Design and Marc Lombard Yacht Design share the architecture.
Performance: What the Platform Is For
Power is twin MAN i6 diesels at 730 hp each on V-drives. Widely separated shafts in twin hulls give differential thrust at the dock that a monohull needs a thruster or a pod package to match, and that is a real advantage when you are putting 29 feet of beam into a slip.
Fuel is 978 gallons and the yacht is certified CE category A — the ocean category — for eighteen people. Draft is 5' 8", which on a 65-footer carrying this much accommodation is shallow, and it is the practical argument for a catamaran in the Bahamas and the Keys.
The real advantage is at anchor. No roll. No stabilisers running. Just flat, quiet stability, which is what turns three nights on the hook into something everyone aboard wants to repeat.
This is a first-model-year boat, so the numbers that will matter most to you are the ones you generate: get observed burn at your intended cruise rpm in writing at the sea trial, and confirm the delivered engine and tankage configuration on the contract.
The Ownership Conversation
Power catamarans in the mid-sixties are a small field and a growing one: the Lagoon Sixty 7, the Fountaine Pajot FPY70 and the Aquila 70 Luxury are the boats a buyer will see alongside this one.
The M8 EVO's argument is that it is a Prestige first and a catamaran second. The fit-out, the material palette and the owner's-suite treatment come from the monohull side of the house, which is where this builder has spent decades. Buyers arriving from a monohull flybridge who want the stability and the deck space without giving up the interior finish they are used to are exactly who this model is aimed at. Buyers chasing maximum berths per foot will find the dedicated catamaran brands more efficient.
You can run this boat yourself — the widely separated shafts, thrusters and camera coverage make docking manageable — but the layout accommodates crew if you want them, with two berths standard and two more optional. Twenty-nine feet of beam does mean some marinas will bill you differently, and the ability to anchor comfortably for days is part of how owners answer that.
Where to Start
The M8 EVO is the most boat Prestige has built. Category A certification for eighteen and 978 gallons of fuel put real cruising in range; 5' 8" of draft puts the Bahamas banks in range. The redesigned main deck removes the visual barriers, and the full-beam owner's suite is the room that will decide it for most buyers.
If you're considering this boat, spend time on the flybridge. That's where the M8 EVO makes its case.
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