Following on from the successful launch of its M48 last year, Prestige Yachts is building on the powercat concept with its new M8. In this larger size (we’re talking 65 feet here) the French brand is offering high-end features with the undisguised aim of taking on the superyacht world. We were invited to Monfalcone, Italy, where the manufacturing headquarters are based: an opportunity to discover an ultra-modern shipyard and, above all, the new flagship powercat of the M range.
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The surprise that the M range caused by the sudden appearance of a major monohull motorboat specialist onto the powercat market is now old news. The manufacturer is moving forward and intends to get down to “serious” business with the launch of a new flagship yacht in its new range. M is for multihull, and 8 is for “80-foot monohull equivalent”. A terminology already found in some of the other Bénéteau Group products and, above all, now used in Fountaine Pajot’s MY range.
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