The New Prestige X70 Is A 70-Foot-Long Superyacht

I’m always blown away by the complexity, creativity, craftmanship and sheer beauty of the world’s largest superyachts I’ve seen recently. But the “smaller” yachts I grew up sailing between New England and the Caribbean were my first love. And since my experience testing “smaller” yachts (from 30-70 feet) during my early career as a sailing magazine editor has shown me just how hard small yacht design is, I’m even more impressed with the X70 from Prestige. It appears to do the impossible: provide significant of superyacht luxury on a 70-foot long yacht. Here’s how.

First off, it’s obvious that the designers of the X70—Garroni Design and Militerno De Romedis—have completely…