Prestige is Jeanneau’s brand for premium quality power yachts. Now, for the first time in 37 years, the French boat manufacturers have built a power catamaran. Looking at the new Prestige M48from the side, you wouldn’t know that she has a double hull. Yet this impression is deliberate. Outwardly, the new model looks similar to the other three product lines with their classic hulls, but it features a sumptuous 130 square metres of usable space over a length of 14.5 metres and a beam of 6 metres.

The Jeanneau DB/43 marks the launch of a new cruiser line by these French boat builders. The 13.1-metre yacht provides ample space on board and is therefore more than just a boat for the day, even though this is suggested by the letters DB for Day Boat – a term that was last used by Jeanneau in the 1980s. Now DB is back again, designed by Jeanneau’s in-house designer Camillo Garroni.

The Targa line from the UK boat builders Fairline has been inspiring the premium sector for a decade and a half now. The new Fairline Targa 40 builds on the success of the Targa 38. It’s a great combination of speed, comfort and design at the highest level – thanks to British engineering and Italian aesthetics.

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.

Whenever Axopar Boats and Brabus Marine work together, there are plenty of superlatives, and their joint product premieres at boot Düsseldorf are almost legendary by now. The launch of the Brabus Shadow 900 Deep Blue Signature Edition on Majorca met with enormous enthusiasm and will soon be followed by a new version of the Axopar 37-based boat: the Brabus Shadow 900 Stealth Green Signature Edition.

The Absolute 52 Fly is Italian design at its best. With this 52-foot boat, the Italian boat builders have expanded their current flybridge fleet. The newcomer is said to have all the essential features of her sister vessel, the Absolute 72 Fly, which is 20 feet longer. This includes a flybridge with an integrated terrace, a large stern terrace on the main deck, a generously sized foredeck and three spacious double cabins below deck.

Participating in this year’s 50th Anniversary Speed Week, held at Coniston Water in Cumbria, Cox Marine has achieved the industry’s first ever Diesel Outboard World* Speed Record.

The Cox Marine team and their vessel Pegasus, surpassed their own three prior speed records, recorded earlier this week, to clinch a coveted World Record title, for World’s fastest Diesel outboard* on Thursday 3rd November achieving an average speed of 62.27mph.