LOA 95ft 6in (29.01m) BEAM 22ft 3in (6.77m) ENGINES MAN V12 1900-2000hp TOP SPEED 22-24 knots PRICE £12.5m inc VAT and options CONTACT www.princess.co.uk
When Princess launched the tri-deck X95 back in 2020, it always planned to offer a more W conventional open flybridge version too. The fact that it has taken Princess two years to get round to it is actually good news. Concerns that the X95’s bold new looks might prove too much for some to swallow have shown to be largely unfounded. As a result, the yard has been so busy churning out X95s (18 built with a further eight on order) that the Y95 got temporarily shifted onto the back burner. Now it has finally arrived, we can’t see the workers on the Y95 production line getting much downtime either!
Featuring a full-length open flybridge with an enclosed bridge deck a few steps forward and down from it, the new Y-model has a sleeker, more conventional profile than the X95. It loses out on that boat’s spectacular skylounge and the “country kitchen” option of an open-plan main deck with a big galley/ dining area under the windscreen but the rest of the interior matches it blow for blow and the upshot is even more outside entertaining space to revel in.
The most obvious win is that vast new flybridge, which much like the one on the new Sunseeker 100 has asymmetrical access. There are steps leading up to it from the aft cockpit but you can also walk forward from the flybridge through a small gate on the port side to a gently sloping side deck that leads down to another socialising space on the foredeck. This in turn leads round to another set of steps on the starboard side that drops you back down to main deck level. While this might make life a little harder for the crew when it comes to putting out fenders, it gives a much better connection between the different levels and locations of the outdoor guest spaces.
The flybridge is predictably massive with multiple furniture options as well as a hot tub, a 1,000kg crane (so you can store a couple of jetskis up here) and a hard top with either a solid composite structure, fixed glass skylights or rotating louvres.
