August 29, 2026
The Prestige X70 and the Case for Radical Architecture
The Prestige X70 spends all 17' 6" of its beam on the main deck: no sidedecks, a full-beam saloon and a central galley open to the Infinity …
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You want one open level where the galley is in the conversation and nobody is shut away making lunch. Prestige has built to that idea in France since 1989 - first as flybridge monohulls, and since 2022 as power catamarans alongside them.
— Tony Smith
Founder, Minted Yachts
Prestige is the brand I point people to when they have walked six flybridge boats in a weekend and cannot remember which was which. The thing to look for is the galley. On almost every current Prestige it is turned toward the people rather than away from them - facing the cockpit through sliding glass on the F4.3, aft and flush with the cockpit on the F4.9, on a centre island in the middle of the main deck on the F6.7 and the X70. That is one design argument carried across a whole range, and you can feel it in fifteen minutes aboard.
The second thing is draft. The 460 and the 520 both draw 3' 5", and the 520 is a 52' 10" boat. If you cruise the Bahamas banks, the Keys or the thinner stretches of the Intracoastal, that number will shape more of your season than three knots at the top end ever will.
The third is that the range now splits into two genuinely different boats. The F-Line and the X-Line are monohull flybridges cruising between 18 and 25 knots depending on the model, set up for an owner who runs his own yacht. The M-Line is power catamarans, cruising at 16 to 17 knots on a good deal less horsepower, with a separate head for every cabin and a hull that sits still at anchor. Do not shop them against each other on a spec sheet. Decide first whether you are buying passages or space, then pick the line.
The boat I would look at hardest is the 590. Prestige will build it with twin Cummins 600s on Zeus pods or on V-drive shafts, on the same hull. That choice shapes how you dock, what your haul-out looks like, and what happens the day you find a sandbar - and it is made before the boat is built, not after. Settle it early and sea-trial the configuration you intend to order.
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M-LinePrestige's power-catamaran range - four boats from 48' 6" to 65' 6", V-drive shafts throughout, a separate head for every cabin and beam a monohull of the same length cannot reachPrestige M-Line series guideF-LinePrestige's flybridge line and the heart of the range - eight boats from 42' 10" to 67' 1", with the lettered new generation running alongside the numbered boats that came before itPrestige F-Line series guideX-LineTwo yachts built around one architectural decision - give the interior the whole width of the hull. The X60 at 62' 0" and the X70 at 71' 7", both on joystick podsPrestige X-Line series guide
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A 19' 7" beam on 48' 6", three or four cabins, and 640 hp total. Cruise 16 knots.
A 19' 8" beam on 48' 6", a full-beam owner's cabin and twin Volvo D6-380s. Berths for six to eight.
58' 10" power cat, 24' 9" beam, 5' 1" draft. Four cabins plus crew, twin Volvo D8-550s, CE Cat A.
Prestige's new M-Line flagship: a 65-foot power catamaran with a 29-foot beam and a full-beam flybridge.
42' 10" with a full flybridge, twin Cummins V-drives and a 25-knot cruise. Two or three staterooms.
A galley that faces the cockpit through sliding glass, a flybridge for six, and 30 knots on 42' 11".
Volvo IPS joystick docking, two or three staterooms and a 3' 5" draft on 46' 10". Cruise 24 knots.
Three cabins plus crew on 49' 10". Twin Volvo IPS 650s, 21-knot cruise, forward owner's suite.
Three cabins plus crew on 52' 10". Volvo IPS 600 or 650, 22-knot cruise, full flybridge galley.
Three cabins, three heads on 56' 9". Twin Volvo IPS 800s, 23-knot cruise, forward owner's suite.
61' 4" flybridge with crew cabin. Twin Cummins 600s, Zeus pods or V-drive shafts, 23-knot cruise.
Prestige's 67-foot F-Line flagship: center-island galley, two-level cockpit terrace, twin Volvo IPS pods.
62 feet of Prestige X-Line: glass Infinity Cockpit, oversized flybridge, beach club, Cummins Zeus pods.
Prestige's full-beam 71-footer: no sidedecks, central galley, twin Volvo IPS and four joystick stations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long has Prestige been building yachts?
Since 1989, when the first Prestige, the 41, was launched with Garroni Design, the Italian studio that still shapes the range today. The first flybridge, the Prestige 36, arrived in 2000. Prestige became a brand in its own right in 2010, launched the X-Line in 2020 and the M-Line in 2022, and has delivered more than 5,000 yachts.
Where are Prestige yachts built?
At two sites. Les Herbiers, in the Vendee region of France, is the heart of production: a yard covering some 350,000 square metres, employing over a thousand people, and one of the largest yacht production facilities in Europe. A second facility at Monfalcone, on the Adriatic near Trieste, covers over 45,000 square metres and builds the M8 flagship.
What model lines does Prestige build?
Three. The F-Line is eight flybridge motor yachts from 42' 10" to 67' 1" and is the heart of the range. The X-Line is two yachts, the X60 and the X70, built around a full-beam interior. The M-Line is four power catamarans from 48' 6" to 65' 6". Fourteen current models in all.
Do Prestige yachts have shallow draft?
Several do, and it is one of the more useful things about the range. The 460 and the 520 both draw 3' 5", and the 520 is a 52' 10" boat; the 420 draws 3' 7" and both 48-foot catamarans 3' 11". If your cruising is the Bahamas bank, the Keys or the shallower Intracoastal, those figures shape a season.
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