Palm Beach 70

Sharp looks and high standards of performance.

by Arnie Hammerman

Palm Beach Motor Yachts, the venerable Australian builder of high-end luxury cruisers, has just released its new flagship 70.

Photo Courtesy of Palm Beach

Sporting a flybridge, she is abundantly clad in teak both inside and out, blending Downeast traditional styling with a modern appeal.

Her sharp looks are alluring, but Palm Beach is equally attuned to performance. Founder Mark Richards is a famous racing sailor and understands how weight effects speed. His generous use of modern coring materials and carbon fiber combined with a proven hull design gives the Palm Beach 70 unrivaled speed, ride and fuel economy.

Driven by a pair of Volvo Penta D13 IPS 1350s, the hull will achieve a 36.8 mph cruise speed and a top speed of 43 mph. The first Palm Beach 70 delivered had optional twin Volvo Penta D13 1,000-hp driving shafts and cruised comfortably at 28 mph, using 48 gph and yielding a range of 912 miles.

“The Palm Beach 70 was born from client demand — they wanted a larger Palm Beach,” Richards says. “We had to build the yacht we ourselves wanted, which can stand on her own to meet our high standards of performance, hull efficiency and aesthetics.”

The Palm Beach 70 has entertaining and seating areas from the cockpit through to the salon. The fully appointed galley is adjacent to the lower helm, and there are three cabins and two heads below. The amidships master is situated to port with wide pocket doors opening onto the passageway.

The flybridge provides an additional lounging area, while the foredeck features a distinctive bow cockpit and a recessed seating area far forward where guests can safely sit and enjoy the breeze.

The new Palm Beach 70 is a unique flybridge motoryacht that’s designed to provide discerning yachtsmen with a performance-oriented yacht featuring cruising comfort, efficiency and style.