Sunseeker 75 Sport Yacht

The Sunseeker 75 Sport Yacht is 75' 8" overall on a 17' 8" beam, drawing 6' 2" at full load and displacing 103,396 lbs at half load. Power is twin MAN V12-1550 at 2 x 1,550 HP on shafts, and Sunseeker publishes a maximum of up to 40 knots. Fuel is 1,268 US gallons, fresh water 211.

It shares that specification exactly with the Predator 75. The difference between them is a deck: the 75 Sport Yacht carries a spacious flybridge with a traditional second helm, reached by a stairway from the main deck. Adjacent companion seating sits on the starboard side with a chaise-longue sunpad alongside it, giving an uninterrupted view of the water.

Forward there is a spacious foredeck with seating and a table for six - a third social area rather than a sunpad. Aft, the stern is symmetrical by design, with dual steps leading from the bathing platform up to the aft cockpit and a tender garage sized to house a Williams 395. The aft cockpit takes a classic seating arrangement with a sunpad over a large concealed storage compartment.

The main deck is lit by a double-piece windscreen and full-height glazing. Seating centres on a fold-out table to starboard and a large television unit to port, with the helm station forward of a U-shaped sofa. Interior materials run to woods, contrasting fabrics and rich lacquers with indirect dimmable lighting, and bold details in carbon fibre trim, reflective surfaces and stainless steel cabinet work.

Below, the arrangement takes up to eight guests and two crew: a full-beam master with a dressing table, chaise longue and wardrobe space, three guest suites each with an en-suite, a shared day head off the lower hallway, and a fully fitted lower galley and dining space. Cabins are 3 with 4 optional, en-suites and day head 3, plus crew.

Sunseeker publishes up to 40 knots for the 75 Sport Yacht. Across the nineteen models in the current range, only this boat and the Predator 75 - the same platform - reach that figure; the next fastest is published at 38. This is the top of Sunseeker's speed catalogue and it is worth knowing that a boat with a flybridge is sharing that position.

Propulsion is shafts, not pods. Sunseeker uses Volvo Penta IPS on its smaller performance hulls and returns to shafts at this size, so joystick docking is not part of the package and handling a 75-footer becomes a conventional skill again. Test that properly, in a berth the width of the one you keep, with wind across it, and decide honestly whether you want a captain.

The engine to expect is twin MAN V12-1550 at 2 x 1,550 HP, and Sunseeker's own page names a second MAN V12 package for this hull alongside it. Establish which one is fitted to any boat you drive, and have the rating written onto your contract.

Forty knots is the top of the sheet and a condition you will hardly ever be in. The setting you will actually run for hours is yours to establish: on sea trial, take the boat to the rpm you genuinely intend to cruise at, get observed burn at that rpm in writing, and work your own arithmetic against 1,268 gallons.

Draft is 6' 2" at full load, so check it against your home berth and your regular anchorages early. Displacement is 103,396 lbs at half load, so get a rigged, loaded weight for your own hull before you commit to a lift.

The 75 Sport Yacht has three social decks rather than two, and that is the practical reason to buy it.

The flybridge carries a traditional second helm reached by a stairway, with companion seating on the starboard side and an adjoining chaise-longue sunpad. Sunseeker's point about it is the view - the seating is placed so nobody is looking at a bulkhead - and the functional point is that you can run the boat from up there.

The main deck is lit through a double-piece windscreen and full-height glazing. Seating centres on a fold-out table to starboard with a large television unit to port, and the helm station sits forward of a U-shaped sofa in the arrangement Sunseeker has used for years. Materials are exquisite woods, contrasting fabrics and rich lacquers under indirect, dimmable lighting, with carbon fibre trims, sharp accent designs, reflective surfaces and stainless steel cabinet detailing as the bold notes.

Forward, the foredeck is properly finished: seating and a table for six, which makes it a third destination rather than a place to lie down. Aft, the symmetrical stern gives dual steps from the bathing platform up to the cockpit, with a tender garage below capable of housing a Williams 395. The aft cockpit runs a classic seating arrangement with a sunpad over a large concealed storage compartment.

Below deck the boat takes up to eight guests and two crew. The full-beam master has a dressing table fitted with storage, a chaise longue and plenty of additional wardrobe space. All three guest suites have their own en-suites, with a shared day head reached from the lower hallway. A fully fitted lower galley and dining space give the lower deck a social role of its own for smaller groups.

The decisive comparison is with the boat next to it. The 75 Sport Yacht and the Predator 75 are one platform: 75' 8" overall, 17' 8" beam, 6' 2" draft, 103,396 lbs at half load, twin MAN V12-1550 on shafts, 1,268 gallons of fuel, 211 of water, three or four cabins across three en-suites plus crew, up to 40 knots. Nothing on the specification separates them.

What separates them is that this boat has a flybridge with a traditional second helm and a finished foredeck, and the Predator 75 does not. The Predator resolves everything into one main-deck helm beneath an oversized carbon fibre sunroof and carries a lower profile. If you have been told the Sport Yacht is the enclosed version of an open boat, correct that: it is the version with the extra deck.

The interesting positioning point is that this puts a flybridge boat at the top of Sunseeker's speed range. Up to 40 knots with a second station and a table for six on the foredeck is a combination that does not appear often, and it is the argument to make when a buyer assumes an upper deck must come out of the top end.

Against the wider market, the boats at this length and intent are Italian. The Pershing GTX80 at 78' 8" is the closer size match and the more overtly performance-led interpretation. The Azimut S8 at 80' 10" is longer and comes at the sport yacht brief from a different direction again. Walk both, then come back and stand on the flybridge and decide whether you will use it.

This boat fits an owner who will genuinely use an upper deck. That is the entire proposition: a traditional second helm on a spacious flybridge reached by a stairway, with companion seating to starboard and a chaise-longue sunpad beside it. If you cruise somewhere warm, or you like running the boat from outside and above, this is the correct 75-footer in the range.

It fits people who want a third social area rather than two. The foredeck has seating and a table for six, so bow, cockpit and flybridge are three separate places rather than one place and two sunpads.

It fits an owner who wants speed without giving up the upper deck. Up to 40 knots is the joint highest published figure across Sunseeker's nineteen current models, and this boat reaches it with a flybridge on top of it.

It fits eight guests and two crew, with a full-beam master, an en-suite on each of the three guest suites, a shared day head reached from the lower hallway rather than through a cabin, and a fully fitted lower galley and dining space.

It fits owners with a substantial tender. The garage is sized for a Williams 395 and the stern gives dual steps up from the bathing platform.

It does not fit a buyer who wants the lowest, cleanest profile at this length - that is the Predator 75, which is the same hull with one helm and no flybridge, and gives up nothing on speed, weight or accommodation. It does not fit anyone who wants joystick pod docking, because this is a shaft-drive boat.