{"id":132447,"date":"2024-09-10T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/?p=132447"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T09:50:20","slug":"prestige-f5-7-first-look-stylish-new-flybridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/news\/prestige-f5-7-first-look-stylish-new-flybridge-132447","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Prestige F5.7 sea trial \u2013 Exclusive drive of new \u00a31.2M Prestige"},"content":"At 56ft 8in long, the new Prestige F5.7 is much the same size as the Princess F55 and Sunseeker Manhattan 55<\/a> but has ensuite bathrooms for all three of its cabins, rather than the usual two. It also boasts what Prestige describes as a semi-main deck owner\u2019s cabin and an unusually big saloon featuring a vast sliding picture window and an \u2018Oceanview\u2019 galley.\r\n\r\nOriginally developed for last year\u2019s F4 (now renamed F4.9 to reflect its 49ft LOA), this new style of aft galley runs across the beam of the boat and faces out into the cockpit through a large lifting window and a single hinged door to starboard. Not only does this allow the chef a fine view of the sea but once the window is opened, it creates a long bar area for serving guests in the cockpit.\r\n\r\nThe cockpit itself features a pair of longitudinal sofas facing each other across a pedestal table for maximum conviviality and a low transom with a glazed insert to make the most of the views astern. Steps lead down on either side from here to a large hydraulic bathing platform.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_132453\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]\"\" The semi-main deck owner\u2019s cabin is a key selling point of the new F5.7[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAt the other end of the deck, the bow has a central sunpad with adjustable backrests and a fun little seating area with a forward-facing sofa and a couple of aft-facing corner seats set around a hexagonal table.\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s also a well-appointed flybridge with a wet bar amidships, a large dinette aft and a two-seat upper helm position to port with a wraparound sunpad. The hardtop is an option.\r\n\r\nThe saloon looks to be unusually light and spacious, thanks to the lack of intrusion from the slender transverse galley and a full-height picture window-cum-sliding door that opens out onto the starboard side deck, providing a second access point to and from the interior.\r\n\r\nA big C-shaped sofa takes full advantage of the views out with a hi-lo table enabling it to double as a dining area. The sociable lower helm position also has room for two.\r\n\r\nNext to it, a centreline companionway descends a few steps to the forward owner\u2019s cabin then reverses back on itself to drop down further to the other two guest cabins. The owner\u2019s cabin has a diagonal door to starboard leading into a small lobby area with a wardrobe and vanity unit.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_132452\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]\"\" The saloon looks exceptionally big and bright thanks to a full height patio door leading out to the side deck and a space-efficient Oceanview galley with a lifting picture window and hinged glass door to starboard[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe island bed faces aft and the ensuite bathroom has two basins and a generous shower enclosure. Long eye-level windows on either side of the cabin should provide a decent view out if not the full panoramic effect of the deeper windows you\u2019d find in a midships owner\u2019s cabin.\r\n\r\nThe two remaining cabins share the space where the owner\u2019s cabin would normally be. The VIP to port gets the lion\u2019s share with an aft-facing double bed set at an angle and a more generous ensuite that runs across the beam, occupying the space between the engineroom and the starboard-side twin. This has a smaller ensuite with Jack-and-Jill doors to the lower lobby so it can double as the day heads.\r\n\r\nIf required, the lazarette can be specified as a further ensuite crew cabin accessed from a hatch beneath the cockpit cushions.\r\n\r\nThe only engine option is a pair of 600hp Volvo Penta IPS800 pods, giving the F5.7 a quoted top speed of around 27 knots.\r\n

Prestige F5.7 specifications<\/h2>\r\nLOA:<\/strong> 56ft 6in (17.27m)\r\nBEAM:<\/strong> 15ft 3in (4.68m)\r\nENGINES:<\/strong> twin Volvo IPS-800s\r\nTOP SPEED:<\/strong> 25 knots\r\nPRICE:<\/strong> from \u00a31.15M ex VAT\r\n\r\n
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At 56ft 8in long, the new Prestige F5.7 is much the same size as the Princess F55 and Sunseeker Manhattan 55 but has ensuite bathrooms for all three of its cabins, rather than the usual two. It also boasts what Prestige describes as a semi-main deck owner\u2019s cabin and an unusually big saloon featuring a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":132801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1680,1593],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":[""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132800,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132447\/revisions\/132800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132447"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mby.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=132447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}