Prestige's most radical boat yet | Prestige X70 yacht tour and sea trial | Motor Boat & Yachting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ย. 2024
- MBY Deputy Editor Jack Haines tours and drives the radical new Prestige X70.
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Great review! I like how you point out things on the boat that you like and what you maybe don't like. Or just things in general to be aware of. Your just not trying to sell or show a boat for the manufacturer. At least that's what I take away from it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the review.
Good honest review
Must be fun putting the fenders down on this one lol
There speaks a practical man 👍🏻👍🏻
Well, the hassle is for the professional crew since this is not a typical luxury motor yacht operated by an owner himself/herself.
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Great job again Jack! I told Hugo you deserve a raise! I also said he was boring...
Great post, nice and honest with some very real insights and opinion.
Great review, like how you point out positives and negatives
Jack this was awesome! Love the detail on tying her up and dealing with the reality of owning this. Great tour of this beauty! Thanks! Sold!
A good honest review.
Great review and as always he never misses a beat and is easy to listen to.
There's a lot wrong with this boat imo. Almost like it's been designed by someone that has never been cruising. No lower side decks? Hauling a ground line up to the fly bridge level and walking it along the side ? Eh, no thanks. What a really bad series of design features. No transom shower unless you have to install a ridiculous overhead pole? Strange modular furniture everywhere? Where is the "design" in that? There is no design. Might as well have just chucked some IKEA furniture onboard in flat-packs and told the customer "you figure it out". Truly terrible lack of effort. "Flexibility and customization"is being way too generous mate.
Seems like a great boat for the money but I agree with your comments Getting a slime line from the transom will make one holy mess on the sides of the vessel and I guess the poor deck hand that has to do it. If they think this is innovative they are wrong as Horizon, Princess, Pearl and others have beaten them to it with equally difficult slime line management. Transom shower has to be the most ridiculous effort I have ever seen and the furniture and colours are gross. Little or no thought or design which is a shame because some of the smaller boats are really very good. I love Italian design and this may have been designed by Italians but it misses the mark They need to look elsewhere.
Wallace, I agree with everything you've said and would add that all the square footage gained by doing away with the side decks ends up being used to make a bigger cockpit - I'd much rather have the extra space in the salon.
Facts. I'd go for the AQUILA 70 POWER CATAMARAN
This boat is designed for someone who has never managed lines. Sure, it's a bit more work for the crew but that's what they are paid for. A good captain/owner will make this up to the crew in other ways.
Best design for the yacht at this size of I have ever seen👍👍
Fascinating boat. I think it would be much better if there was a lower side deck on one side only, perhaps beside the helm. Lose internal space but I think it would work better.
Just came across you channel. I appreciate your straight shooting style. Your British accent is also nice!
Thanks Sam, glad you liked the video! Jack's a regular on here, he posts at least 1 video per month - hit that subscribe button so you don't miss his next one...
Great tour! It's very informative that you point out the features you like and don't like. Appreciate your opinion. The Boat falls short of the mark, I think, compared to quite a few others but it seems to be cheaper as well so you get what you pay for I guess.
Prestige makes rather cheap yachts and this one is no exception. All it is is a simple cruiser that they styled to look like it's a capable offshore yacht. It is still the dock queen it is based off of.
Lots of negative comments about this one. I actually quite like it, the hassle of walking the lines from the fly deck is a bit off putting and the fact you pretty much have to have a sea keeper if you want a nice ride is a bit off putting, but overall a nice boat and a really good honest review!
Prestige says things like “The X70 offers infinite possibilities, blurring the line between the exterior and interior. Based on volume, circulation and light, this crossover enables you to benefit from the full beam of the yacht, reinventing space on board for an incredible experience. Life aboard the X70 combines the comforts of a luxurious villa and the pleasures of life at sea in a radically new and different way”. I say it was their blurred vision that has created the ugliest design and most clumsy yacht on the market and if comparing with the comforts of a luxurious villa they need to look beyond IKEA for inspiration for the interiors. As for dragging a Mediterranean slime line along the side, then up the steps to the flybridge along the side at the highest level and then down further steps towards the bow then you will end up with one holy oily dirty messy hull. That is if you don't fall down the steps and kill yourself in the process. The designer needs a slap. The transom shower arrangement is a joke and pure guesswork is required to get the fender levels at the right elevation. The whole X70 effort is contrived and sadly Prestige have ended up with a horror yacht that would not end up on my short list. It’s a shame as their other boats are generally good. If in the UK stick to Sunseeker, Princess, Pearl or even Fairline for a quality, fully sorted and value product.
great video, and an exciting boat. thanks
Nice review Jack and I think it’s safe to say if. Had the money this would be a no go
How many hooks are standard? In case you drop one in the water,which in my case would happen often.
Nice if you want a beautiful boat with extra floors and loads of family space. Yeah I like it if the weathers crap and you want to be inside.
Love the way the horn is operated by opening the phone box on the flybridge 😂
This feature also may keep people from stealing your phone.
From the looks and function, this is prestige trying to jump on the long range yacht super capable market, yet it isn't a long range super capable yacht at all. It's just one of their motor yachts with a different style to it.
I will buck the trend and say I like it (except for the daft mooring palaver) it's has a nicer design than the Princess X95. But each to their own.
Ppl just hate on prestige. They wwant to fit in and feel superior talking down a brand. In fact this boat is well designed an for its size is really nice. A lot the design flaws ppl talk about are sacrifice you make when you have this size of boat.
These kinds of reviews are great. Direct observation. Even better is NO CAMERAMAN.
You don't need another person for the camera. With only one person it is better because then you are focusing on the boat and not the reviewer.
Many times other review sites and even this one, focus on the person talking about the boat instead of showing the dam boat.
Show the dam boat not the person talking !
I've not read all the previous comments about the palaver of getting the ground line to the front of the boat so this may have already been pointed out. But; narrowboat builders solved this problem years ago, you simply have a socket at both ends of the boat! This simple fix has obviously escaped the Prestige engineers
Jack’s being eternally polite about the system for picking up the Med mooring “lazy line”.
He was trying not to say “white superstructure coated in brown shite” as you pull up amongst your peers at a the favoured berth next to the best restaurant.
But don’t worry the crew have that all in hand......
Excellent video Jack, very informative and detailed, regarding the boat is not the best I've seen, maybe I am getting old to have to go up and down the stairs to go from one side of the boat to the other side 🤣😂🤣
Good honest review - cheap and nasty ,
I'm not convinced; how to moore this thing in the med? Ok, spoke too early; nevertheless; an asymmetrical layout would it make less fussy... In my opinion, the Navetta 64 looks nicer, more convincing in it's layout.
Hi Jack. The only thing i like is the internal helm window. So many features not useful for boating. Moving furniture on the flybridge at sea, lines difficult to berth, etc. As standard should be on all boat manufacturers list. Good walkthrough video thanks.
Princess and Sunseeker won’t be losing any sleep.
Some of the interior is quite nice, some is really not nice at all. And outside, it just seems confused as to what it’s trying to be. On top of which it looks so top heavy and wallows, big challenge for the seakeepers.
The epitome of form over function
Absolutely lovely interior. It's just unfortunate that it seems to have been shoehorned into a boat that's just a tad bit too small for it, lol.
think they need to go back to the drawing board on this one
Well presented video. Some of the design choices are questionable. The front support stations on the fly bridge in front of the the helm are horrendous and look like after market or when they realised the other support structure is not strong enough.
Well said Jamie plus it’s in the way of the visibility too
Creaking is standard, without creaking it is at an additional cost ..
Duff boat , the designer has never sailed . Love youtr videos though .
Great review indeed, like always!
If an object of that size is already bothered by half a meter swelling (50cm only!), no need to call it a boat! Would anyone take his family to sea with this thing?
Thanks a lot for the great reports! Greetings from a (still locked-down) South China Sea!
Thanks for watching!
What is the thing at 5:53 under the starboard stairs?
Folding chairs (same as the chairs around the cockpit table).
@@zk9058 Ah! Thanks!
Several fails on this boat, but overall... "Winner, Winner - Chicken Dinner!!"
Of what do I speak, do you ask? Cabin layout for one. The Owner cabin ALWAYS belongs center line, amidship as much as possible for the best comfort underway. For two, why is the generator and the Sea-keeper open to the engine room? Some sound proofing and a triple pane Plexi-glass wall between the engine room and generator cubicle, maybe?? Or maybe, you find the noise of the generator running to be comforting? lol =D
That midship line rigging is terrible. It won’t be too much of a problem med mooring in Europe but would be a pain in the US.
med mooring in this brick would be a nightmare. running the lazy line to the bow under crosswinds without crashing into anything is a feat on a normal boat, on somenthing as stupid as this it would be impossible. also notable almost all the lazy lines in the med are dirty and full of muddy sand so you'd get the sides dirty every single time, not to mention those that even have mussels attached scratching everywhere while you drag them on the side... it's been a tendency for more than a few years but now many shipyards have just gone full retard designing "boats" that should have no place on the sea.
Tell me more
Not for me, for a start just hauling ground lines up is a no no,wallows in swell, don’t particularly like the owners cabin enough said.
LE BOAT, LE JUNK, LE CLOROX BOTTLE , LE TUB
Well at least their 68 is nice
Well, it’s ugly, it’s difficult to get from front to back, it’s got silly options (2 staircases?!) and a poor layout.
The accommodation is great, but that’s it for me.
I like Prestige boats, but not this one.
If you're med mooring and have wind coming from starboard you'll be handed the lazy line from startbord to counteract its force without risking the line getting tangled in your props. without the double staircase you wouldn't be able to dock half of the times... so the second staircase becomes necessary. but yeah, mainly it's necessary to show how dumb of a design this is, thought by people who have never even tied a line on a yacht in their life.
What a strange design.I think they are trying to be different for the purpose of innovation. Sadly It’s not worked, that boat will be difficult to operate when docking, I don’t think it would be that comfortable at sea, nor in the saloon. I have no idea what’s going on up in fly bridge. A huge waste of money - much better in the market for less cost.
Jack you’ve eaten well over lockdown lol.
Whoa.....that’s fighting words!
Harsh....
(But made me chuckle - sorry Jack)
3.4 million Euros? Do you get a jacket that says “I make really bad investments?” Nice tender! That’s extra! lol- fuck.
A straight copy of the princess x95 no? Same style and the “x” in the name...
Not a big fan of this design but this actually seems a better design than the Princess X95. That creaks as well.
@@nothingsurprisesmeanymore yes but at least you can dock the x95 more easily than this clumsy yacht
the cockpit feels clustered
Surely if you can afford something this big you can afford to buy a Princess, Riviera etc..?
Seems a lot of design issues...
why no shaft drives? almost don't want to watch the rest of the vid' now :(
This ship makes no sense to me. I feel like they were answering a question that no one is asking. Yeah the full beam salon is nice. However, I it compromised the design of quality of life of the ship in a way. It's not a particularly good looking ship in my opinion. The forward deck seems compromised by the design. Even the fly bridge with that strange support structure right were one would be standing is bad. The standard features are nice I will give it that, but that's about it.
Prestige is all about making a cheap and crappy built boat look cool with no function or quality.
You need to calm down. And use a mic which doesn’t catch your heavy breath as much. It feels like u just ran a mile
220 litres per hour 🤪
WOW. Everyone is being pretty gentle on this. So many shortcuts! Creaky cabinets, cheap finishes, hitting heads on flybridge supports, helm chair with poor adjustments, and sadly - the list just goes on forever. Forget the looks - like them or not - the $3.5MM price is ridiculous for what you get, according to Jack - who pulls no punches about it - I wouldn't be caught at sea in it. Just another sad statement from Prestige and Beneteau. The 460 and 520 are pretty good values, but there is just too much to consider in this price range that makes it a non-starter. I don't see anyone putting this on any short list to purchase.
yuck! rather have a princess, better thought out and easier stern line management :(
To much work , the Yacht cost to much.
Please invest in some foam for your microphone. I'm unable to watch with all that ridiculous noise.
Sunseeker, Azimut & Pershing are all way better designed than that one. I'm not impressed.
Not a very well thought out boat is it
Princess yacht for me not this crap
This is a better design than the X95 though and I was shocked how so much creaks in New Princesses these days.
Get Schwifty What about Sunseeker? Their quality still up to standards? Imagine if you had to listen to creaking on your brand new multimillion yacht, I'd be livid
This barge of a boat is a fail...
Call me spoiled but anything over $1M should have no shortcomings whatsoever!
It’s a minger 🤮