August 28, 2026
Sunseeker Predator 75: 40 Knots, One Helm, and a Cockpit That Disappears
Out of nineteen current Sunseeker models, exactly two are published at 40 knots, and they are built on the same hull. The Predator 75 and th…
Read the articleThe Sunseeker Predator Series
Sunseeker's performance line - three boats from 56' 3" to 75' 8", pods on the two smaller hulls and shafts on the biggest, topping out at 40 knots
Predator is Sunseeker's performance nameplate and the longest-running name in the range. Three boats carry it today: the Predator 55 at 56' 3", the Predator 65 at 67' 2", and the Predator 75 at 75' 8".
What holds them together is a design instinct rather than a shared hull. All three are single-station boats - no flybridge, no second helm - built around a main deck that opens up to the cockpit, with the accommodation kept below and the emphasis put on the deck you actually stand on. All three are British-built at Poole.
What does not hold them together is speed rising with size. The published maximums run 36 knots, 35 knots and 40 knots as you go up the line, which is not the shape most ranges have. The Predator 75 is the fastest boat Sunseeker builds, tied with its own Sport Yacht twin, and the two smaller Predators sit a knot apart from each other in the middle.
The other break in the line is propulsion. The 55 and the 65 run Volvo Penta IPS on pods with joystick docking. The 75 goes back to shafts. That is a genuine change in how you own the boat, and it happens between two models wearing the same Predator name.
Two of the three are also platform twins with boats in another Sunseeker series - the Predator 65 with the 65 Sport Yacht, the Predator 75 with the 75 Sport Yacht - sharing every published figure.
The Predator Lineup, Smallest to Largest
Every Sunseeker Predator model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
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56' 3" with a sliding glass roof, a main-deck galley and an optional third cabin. Up to 36 knots.
67' 2" on IPS 1200, up to 35 knots - an extra-wide garage or a Beach Club, and four cockpit layouts.
75' 8", up to 40 knots on twin MAN V12s - one helm, a carbon sunroof, no flybridge above it.
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Moving Up the Predator Series
Predator 55 - 56' 3" overall, 16' 2" beam, 4' 10" draft, 63,273 lbs at half load. Twin Volvo Penta IPS 950 at 2 x 725 HP on pods, 476 gallons of fuel, 114 of water, two cabins with a third optional across two heads, up to 36 knots. This is the flexible small boat: an L-shaped galley up on the main deck connected to the cockpit wet bar, a retractable glass and carbon fibre sunroof over the saloon, a full-beam owner's cabin, and an optional third cabin with its own en-suite that takes it to six guests. Its nearest rival is not in this series at all - the Superhawk 55 runs the same engines on the same beam, weighs 5,773 lbs less at half load and is published two knots faster.
Predator 65 - 67' 2" overall, 16' 8" beam, 5' 3" draft, 83,357 lbs at half load. Twin Volvo Penta IPS 1200 at 2 x 900 HP on pods, 924 gallons of fuel, 211 of water, three cabins with a fourth optional across four en-suites plus crew, up to 35 knots. Eleven feet longer than the 55 and, on paper, a knot slower - because it is roughly 20,000 lbs heavier and carrying a great deal more boat. The features to know are the extra-wide tender garage sized for a Williams 345 with a diagonal sliding hydraulic bathing platform, four documented cockpit configurations, a separate bow entertaining area, and a lower deck that can be specified with an open-plan Owner's Office linked to the master. It shares its entire specification with the 65 Sport Yacht.
Predator 75 - 75' 8" overall, 17' 8" beam, 6' 2" draft, 103,396 lbs at half load. Twin MAN V12-1550 at 2 x 1,550 HP on shafts, 1,268 gallons of fuel, 211 of water, three cabins with a fourth optional across three en-suites plus crew, up to 40 knots. The jump here is real: eight and a half feet longer, roughly 20,000 lbs heavier again, shafts instead of pods, and five knots faster. Eight guests and two crew below, a fully fitted lower galley and dining space, and a cockpit door that slides to starboard before the door and window descend beneath the seating so the saloon and cockpit become one deck. Its platform twin is the 75 Sport Yacht, which adds a flybridge and a second helm on identical numbers.
Note the head count going up the range: two on the 55, four on the 65, three on the 75. Bathrooms do not scale with length here, so read the accommodation tab on each boat rather than assuming.
Our Take
If you are shopping the Predator range, the most useful thing I can tell you is that it does not behave like a ladder. Speed does not climb with length - 36 knots, then 35, then 40 - and propulsion changes character in the middle of the line. The 55 and 65 are pod boats with joystick docking. The 75 is a shaft boat. Those are different ownership experiences, and if the reason you are looking at a Predator is that you want to berth a big boat by yourself on a Friday evening, that reason evaporates between the 65 and the 75.
The second thing is about the twins. Two of these three boats have identical siblings in the Sport Yacht series. The Predator 65 and the 65 Sport Yacht share every published number; so do the Predator 75 and the 75 Sport Yacht. There is no hidden performance difference between them. What you are choosing is a deck plan and an emphasis - the Predator 65 sells you the garage and four cockpit layouts, the 65 Sport Yacht sells you a helm that reconfigures. At 75 feet, the Sport Yacht is the one with a flybridge and the Predator is the one without, which is the opposite of what most people assume from the names. Get that straight before you walk a dock.
The third thing is how to get a cruise number you can trust. Book the trial, run the boat at the rpm you actually intend to sit at, and get observed burn at that rpm in writing on the day. Then do your own arithmetic against the tank - 476 gallons on the 55, 924 on the 65, 1,268 on the 75. It is fifteen minutes of work and it is the only figure in this whole exercise that will describe your boat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do Sunseeker Predators get faster as they get bigger?
No, and the range is a good reminder not to assume it. The published maximums run 36 knots for the Predator 55, 35 knots for the Predator 65 and 40 knots for the Predator 75.
The 65 is eleven feet longer than the 55 and roughly 20,000 lbs heavier at half load, which is why it is published a knot slower despite more power. The 75 then jumps five knots clear of both, on twin MAN V12-1550 engines and shaft drive, and shares the joint highest published speed in Sunseeker's entire nineteen-model current range with its own Sport Yacht twin.
Which Sunseeker Predator models are in the current range?
Three. The Predator 55 at 56' 3" overall, the Predator 65 at 67' 2" and the Predator 75 at 75' 8".
All three are single-station performance boats with no flybridge and no second helm, built at Poole in Dorset. The 55 and 65 run Volvo Penta IPS on pod drives with joystick docking; the 75 uses twin MAN V12-1550 engines on conventional shafts. Published maximums are 36, 35 and 40 knots respectively.
Do all Sunseeker Predators have joystick docking?
No. The Predator 55 and Predator 65 run Volvo Penta IPS pod drives - IPS 950 and IPS 1200 respectively - which bring joystick docking with them. The Predator 75 uses twin MAN V12-1550 engines on conventional shafts and has no docking joystick.
That is worth knowing before you move up the range. If the reason you are looking at a Predator is that you want to berth a large boat single-handed on a Friday evening, that capability does not follow you from the 65 to the 75.
Which Predator 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 Predator series you belong, new or brokerage.
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