Prestige F6.7

The F6.7 is the flagship of Prestige's new F-Line generation, 67' 1" overall, and it is the clearest statement yet of what the line has been working toward since 1989: one open living level where the galley, saloon, dining area and cockpit read as a single room.

The cockpit is a terrace on two levels — a broad sundeck that opens straight onto the water, and a sheltered upper terrace for dining. J&J Design drew the hull, Garroni Design the concept, Prestige Engineering the interior. Accommodation is six to eight berths, with a two-berth crew cabin available as an option.

Two Volvo Penta IPS packages are offered: twin IPS 1200 on D13 blocks at 900 hp each, or twin IPS 1350 at 1,000 hp. Both are joystick-controlled pod installations, which is what keeps a 67-footer inside an owner-operator's reach — a boat this size set up for shafts and permanent crew is a different ownership proposition entirely.

Fuel is 898 gallons; fresh water 188 gallons. The yacht is certified CE category B for twelve, C for fourteen and D for fourteen. Take observed fuel burn at your intended cruise rpm in writing at the sea trial and build your planning off the 898-gallon tank and the engine package you actually order — the two IPS ratings will not return the same numbers.

The galley is the center of the boat, built around an island you gather at, lit through wide sliding glass doors and bounced around by bronze-tinted mirrors and lacquered surfaces. An alternative main-deck configuration swaps in a portside bench seat and a folding table.

Below, the owner's suite sits forward with hull windows to wake up facing the sea, finished in rattan and leather. Three guest cabins follow, one of them a VIP conceived as a second owner's suite, and a separate crew cabin sits apart from the guest accommodation. There is a dedicated lower-deck laundry. The flybridge runs about 280 square feet of modular space with a large dining table and an exterior galley, and the aft section reconfigures.

At 67 feet the F6.7 lands against the Azimut Fly 68, the Ferretti 670 and, a size below it, the Princess F65. The Italian pair lead with exterior drama and a more formal, compartmented interior; the F6.7 leads with the open plan and the galley placement, which is the part owners notice on the third day of a trip rather than in the first hour of a viewing.

Prestige has been refining one layout idea across the F-Line since 1989, through more than forty models. The F6.7 is the flagship of the line and the most resolved version of that idea.

This is a boat for the owner who cooks, entertains and lives on the main deck, and who wants the flybridge to be a second living room rather than a driving station with a bench. The center-island galley and the two-level cockpit terrace are the whole argument, and they either match how you use a yacht or they do not.

Four cabins including a VIP second suite handle a family plus another couple; the separate crew cabin means adding a captain costs you no guest berth. Joystick pods keep running it yourself on the table. If you want a formal, compartmented interior with the galley out of sight of the saloon, the Italian sixties do that better.