LOA 62ft 0in (18.91m) BEAM 16ft 0in (4.87m) ENGINES Twin 600hp Cummins QSC 8.3 V-drives or Zeus pods TOP SPEED 25 knots PRICE £1.65m ex VAT CONTACT www.prestige-yachts.com
UK DEBUT
Making its UK debut is the second boat in Prestige’s crossover X line. At 62ft in length, it adopts a similar profile to the original X70, with an inverted windscreen and larger than usual aft deck and beach club. But it uses a subtly evolved version of the X70’s main deck layout. While on the X70, a full-beam saloon pushes the side decks up onto the flybridge, the X60’s saloon occupies the entire starboard side but stops short of the full beam to port, leaving room for a deeply bulwarked deck on this side of the boat.
A sliding section of glass towards the aft end of the saloon opens up a large aperture onto this deck for plenty of airflow through the saloon and the fact that it sits directly opposite the big aft lounge area makes plenty of sense. That pushes the galley forward into the space behind the helm, where a second smaller side door provides easy access to the foredeck on the starboard side too. At a stroke, this arrangement helps answer a criticism levelled at the X70 that, in the absence of side decks, it was much harder to rig fenders and take a lazy line forward when berthing stern-to in the Med.
Back outside, the foredeck uses a set of multipurpose seats on either side of an octagonal table, all set deep in a sunken rece
