German premiere for a big one: The Beneteau Grand Trawler 62 is coming to Düsseldorf and has a very clear target group: experienced water travellers (including former sailors) who don’t want to waste too much time looking around, but who just want to take it easy and discover new things. This 18.9-metre cruiser is seaworthy and just right for them.
The 62-foot trawler is available with a choice of three or four cabins, and each cabin has an ensuite bathroom. Even the two six-cylinder engines in the stern don’t have space problems. If this was a hotel, the master cabin alone would easily qualify as a presidential suite. The upper floor is laid out as a veranda, so that only a sun canopy separates the captain and the swimmers from the elements. The foredeck, too, has a secluded little sun deck with a double lounger as a hide-away.
Equipped with two MAN diesel engines totalling 1,460 hp, this 28-tonne grand trawler can reach up to 22 knots. The hull is optimised for excellent displacement, and the grand trawler uses less than a third of the fuel of a planing yacht at this speed. This gives her a range of around 1,038 miles (1,670 kilometres), roughly the distance between Gibraltar and Sicily.