Sunseeker Manhattan 94

The Manhattan 94 is the largest boat carrying the Manhattan name and it is new. Its world premiere is the Cannes Yachting Festival, 8 to 13 September 2026, where Sunseeker has confirmed it as the centrepiece of its stand. It has not been delivered to an owner, and every image released to date is a manufacturer rendering rather than a photograph of a finished boat.

Published figures: length overall 93' 10", beam 21' 6", draft 6' 9" at maximum full load, displacement 196,824 lbs at half load. Fuel is 2,972 US gallons and fresh water 396 US gallons, with an 211 US gallon black water tank. Accommodation is quoted as up to ten guests and up to five crew with five en-suites, which on this boat means the owner's stateroom plus four guest cabins.

The design decision that defines the boat is the main deck. Sunseeker puts a penthouse-style saloon and a full-beam owner's stateroom on the same deck, with the stateroom forward. Floor-to-ceiling glazing runs the saloon, starboard sliding doors connect it to the side deck, and a feature wall separates the living space from the crew area. The formal dining area seats up to ten.

Power is twin MTU 10V 2000 M96Ls, with the more powerful 12V 2000 M96X available, on straight shafts, to a maximum of up to 26 knots.

Power is twin MTU 10V 2000 M96Ls, with the more powerful 12V 2000 M96X available above them, on straight shafts. Total output is quoted at up to 4,000 PS and maximum speed at up to 26 knots.

Twenty-six knots maximum on 196,824 lbs at half load is a cruising number, and it is an honest one. This is not a boat sold on speed, and Sunseeker does not try to sell it that way.

Be careful with any performance figure you find quoted for a Manhattan 94 today. A completely different Manhattan 94 was built between 2003 and 2005, and its dimensions, engines and speeds are scattered through aggregator databases and used listings. That is not this boat. Check the build year on anything you read before you use a figure from it.

Sunseeker lists optional stabilisers and advanced navigation systems for smooth cruising in a range of conditions. On a 93' 10" shaft-drive yacht intended for extended passages, the stabiliser specification is one of the more consequential option-list decisions and it should be settled early rather than late.

Draft is 6' 9" at maximum full load, and fuel is 2,972 US gallons. When the first hulls run their sea trials, the figures to collect are observed burn at the speed you intend to hold, the sea state, and the load aboard.

The main deck is the whole story. Sunseeker has put a penthouse-style saloon and the full-beam owner's stateroom on the same level, with the stateroom forward, and the rest of the boat follows from that.

The saloon takes floor-to-ceiling glazing and starboard sliding doors that open it to the side deck, with an L-shaped sofa and integrated cabinetry. Forward of it, the formal dining area seats up to ten. A feature wall divides the living space from the crew area, which gives the crew a working route without walking through the party.

The owner's stateroom is positioned forward on that main deck for privacy. Sunseeker gives it a lobby, substantial stowage, a generous en suite and panoramic glazing on both sides. On a 93' 10" yacht that is a genuinely different way to live: the owner is on the same deck as the saloon, the dining table and the side decks, and does not go below to sleep.

The four guest cabins go on the lower deck, each with en-suite facilities and a choice of double or twin configuration, which takes the boat to up to ten guests. Five en-suites total. Crew accommodation is quoted at up to five.

Aft and below, the Beach Club sits at water level with a tender garage and stowage for water toys and diving gear. Sunseeker's X-TEND sunbed system converts the space, facing aft in its lowered position or forward at cockpit level at the touch of a button. The flybridge runs forward into the foredeck via walk-around side decks, and the foredeck itself carries two separate seating areas and an oversized sunpad. At the centre of the profile is a raised pilot house.

All of this is published design intent on an undelivered yacht. Walk it at Cannes before you decide the main-deck stateroom trade works for you.

At 93' 10" the Manhattan 94 lands in a crowded and very good part of the market. The Ferretti 940 at 95' 1" with five guest cabins and two crew is the closest match on size and accommodation. The Azimut Grande 30M at 94' 2" runs five cabins and pod propulsion. The Princess X90 at 88' 11" comes at the same buyer with a different volume philosophy altogether.

What separates the Sunseeker is the main-deck owner's stateroom. Most yachts in this band put the owner amidships on the lower deck, full beam, which is a proven arrangement and gives a quiet ride. Sunseeker has moved the suite forward onto the main deck instead, and traded some of that quiet for daylight, privacy from the guest route and immediate access to the living spaces. Whether that is an upgrade depends entirely on how you use a boat, and it is the only question about this yacht that really matters.

Two cautions specific to this model.

First, it is undelivered. Hull one has been built and the premiere is at Cannes in September 2026, and every image Sunseeker has released so far is a rendering. You are buying from drawings, and you should account for that in your deposit terms rather than in the specification.

Second, the name is not new. A completely unrelated Sunseeker Manhattan 94 was built between 2003 and 2005. Its dimensions, engines and performance figures are all over the aggregator databases and the used listings, and they have nothing to do with this yacht. If you are searching, check the build year on everything you read.

Inside the family this is the flagship, above the Manhattan 68. The full range is on the Manhattan series page.

This boat suits an owner who wants a main-deck suite and is prepared to buy from drawings to get it. Those are two separate requirements and both have to be true.

The main-deck stateroom is the reason to be here. If you have owned a 90-footer with the owner amidships on the lower deck and found yourself resenting the staircase, or if daylight and outlook in the master matter more to you than the quieter motion of a lower-deck cabin, this is a yacht built around your preference. Up to ten guests in five cabins with five en-suites, and up to five crew, means it works as a family boat and as a boat with paid crew aboard.

It also suits a buyer who wants the aft end to work. The Beach Club at water level, the tender garage, the convertible sunbed system, the flybridge running through to the foredeck with walk-around side decks and two seating areas plus an oversized sunpad up there. That is a lot of separate places for people to be, which is what you want at this size.

Be cautious if you need certainty before you commit. This is a boat you buy from drawings, and passage planning waits on the first hulls running their trials. If that matters to you, the Manhattan 68 is a delivered, proven boat in the same family, and the competition at this length has boats you can sea trial today.

Be cautious too if you want a fast yacht. Up to 26 knots on shafts is a cruising envelope, and it is honest for 196,824 lbs, but it is not what a performance buyer is after.

The practical step: Sunseeker is premiering this yacht at the Cannes Yachting Festival, 8 to 13 September 2026. Go and walk the main deck. That is where the whole argument for the boat lives, and no rendering will settle it for you.