Prestige 460

I’ve sea trialed and been aboard at least a dozen Prestige models over the years, and thought I had a good handle on their design briefs. I understood the company’s focus on center of gravity, their systems installation process, their desire to give every inch of usable space back to the owner. I knew what had changed over the brand’s 30-year history and what had stayed the same. I’d watched as their displays at the major boat shows grew every year and how the company steadily earned market share. I thought I was a good student on the topic of Prestige Yachts and what they were all about.

I thought wrong.

Colleagues and I—along with former and current Prestige U.S. Presidents Paul Fenn and Nick Harvey—picked up a brand new 460 from Staten Island, New York and took her for a shakedown cruise. Destination: Manhattan’s