August 18, 2026
The Pershing 6X: What 48 Knots Buys You at 62 Feet
The Pershing 6X is the smallest boat in the range that will sleep a full party and still run to a published 48 knots: 62 feet, twin MAN V12-…
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The X Generation — Pershing's sport-yacht line, 54'2" to 92'2", 36 to 50 knots
You want to be there before the weather turns, before the anchorage fills, before anyone else has cleared the inlet. Pershing calls this range the X Generation, and it is built around exactly that: five sport yachts that run 36 to 50 knots and hold the speed long enough for it to change your plans.
The line used to be uniform and is not any more. The 7X, 8X and 9X are carbon-hulled boats turning surface propellers, while the 5X is GRP on Volvo IPS pods, with a surface-drive engine package offered as an alternative installation. What every one of them still shares is a helm an owner can actually use and a hull drawn around speed rather than volume. What changes as you move up the line is how much boat comes with the pace — two cabins or four, no crew cabin or two, 280 nautical miles of range at one end against 380 at the other.
The X Lineup, Smallest to Largest
Every Pershing Yachts X model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
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Fifty-four feet of Pershing you can run yourself - twin Volvo D11 IPS950 pods, a 31-knot cruise with 300 nautical miles of range, and a two-cabin layout built around a full-beam owner's suite.
A 62-foot X Generation coupe built around its top end - twin MAN V12-1550s for a published 48 knots, a 40-knot cruise, 280 nautical miles of range, and three cabins plus a crew cabin below.
A 69-foot carbon-fiber sport yacht built for pace — twin MAN V12s and surface drives deliver a 42-knot cruise, 50-knot top end, and 300 nautical miles of range in a three-cabin, owner-driven layout.
Carbon fibre and surface drives in an 83'10" package — 48 knots flat out, a 41-knot cruise, and four cabins for owners who want the pace without giving up the accommodation.
A 92-foot performance yacht that cruises at 38 knots — twin MTUs on surface drives give it 380 miles of range, a shallow 5'5" draft, and joystick control built for owner-operators.
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Moving Up the X Series
The 5X opens the line at 54'2" on a 14'4" beam and 46,077 lbs unladen, and it is the one X built in GRP rather than carbon. The standard package is twin Volvo D11 IPS950s at 725 hp each on pods, good for 36 knots flat out, a 31-knot cruise and 300 nautical miles at that speed, with 581 gallons of fuel and twelve people aboard. Two cabins and two heads, and no crew cabin — this is the X you run yourself. Pershing also publishes an alternative installation of twin 1,000 hp CAT 12.9s on Top System 75X surface drives, quoted at 45 knots and a 41-knot cruise — figures that belong to that optional installation, not to the standard IPS boat.
The 6X runs 62'2" on a 15'9" beam at 74,957 lbs unladen, on twin MAN V12 1550s for 48 knots and a 40-knot cruise, with 280 nautical miles of range and 845 gallons of fuel. Three cabins and one crew cabin. The carbon hull and surface propellers of the larger X models are those boats' specifications, not automatically this one's — ask for the 6X's build specification on the hull you are offered.
The 7X is 69'3" on a 17'7" beam at 35 tonnes unladen, with a carbon fibre hull and twin MAN V12 1800s on surface drives: 50 knots flat out, a 42-knot cruise and 300 nautical miles at that speed. Three cabins, three heads, one crew cabin and 951 gallons of fuel.
The 8X trades two knots of top end for a fourth cabin and a second crew cabin. At 83'10" on a 19'3" beam it carries 57 tonnes on twin MTU 16V 2000 M96Ls at 2,638 hp each, good for 48 knots and a 41-knot cruise with 310 nautical miles of range. Pershing quotes 45 knots for the standard engine package and 48 for the optional one.
The 9X changes what the boat is for rather than just how big it is. It is 92'2" on a 20'5" beam and 70 tonnes unladen, on the same 2,638 hp MTUs — so top speed falls to 42 knots, but cruise holds at 38 and range climbs to 380 nautical miles. Six heads, two crew cabins and 20 people aboard put it in a different bracket for entertaining than the 8X, without giving up the surface-drive character.
Our Take
The 8X is the one I would buy out of this range, and it is the middle boat, which always sounds like a hedge. It isn't. The 7X is the quickest and the most exciting to drive, but three cabins and one crew cabin puts a ceiling on how you use it. The 9X is the better boat to entertain on and the one I would want for a season in the Med. The 8X sits between them and gives up almost nothing: 48 knots, four cabins, two crew cabins, and a 41-knot cruise that is only three knots off the 7X.
Here is the honest counter-argument. If your running is genuinely short-hop — Miami to Bimini, Naples to Capri — the 7X does that job for less money, and you will feel the extra speed every single time. The extra cabins on the 8X only pay you back if you actually fill them.
What none of these boats are is a compromise platform. The surface-drive boats want trim attention and cost more to service than shafts, and every hull in this line gives up interior volume to a slower boat of the same length. That is the deal the X Generation asks you to accept, and it is the right deal for the owner who runs real distance and wants to arrive first.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which Pershing X model is the fastest?
The 7X, at 50 knots, is the fastest boat in the range and the fastest for which Pershing publishes figures. The 8X follows at 48 knots and the 9X at 42.
The pattern is straightforward: all three carry similar power for their size, so speed falls as the boats get heavier. Cruise speeds tell the same story — 42, 41 and 38 knots respectively — though the 9X's 380-nautical-mile range is the longest of the three.
What is the Pershing X Generation?
The X Generation is Pershing's range of carbon-hulled sport yachts, running from the 69'3" 7X through the 83'10" 8X to the 92'2" 9X. Every model in it uses surface-drive propulsion and tops 42 knots.
Pershing also builds the 5X and 6X in this range, which we have not reviewed yet. The defining choices are common to all of them: carbon-fibre construction, surface propellers rather than pods or shafts, and a helm positioned for an owner to drive from.
What are surface drives, and why does Pershing use them?
Surface drives run the propeller half out of the water, so only the lower blades are submerged. That cuts underwater drag sharply and is how Pershing extracts 42 to 50 knots from these hulls where shafts or pods would not.
The trade-offs are real. Surface drives want attention to trim and sea state, they service more often than straight shafts, and deferred maintenance shows up immediately in a sea trial. If that does not appeal, Pershing's GTX Series uses pods and waterjets instead.
Which X 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 X series you belong, new or brokerage.
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