The words “luxury” and “fun” are also rarely used
together, but this is a fun yacht. Fun while you’re carving
white slashes at nearly 40 knots (about the same speed
as Second World War PT boats) with twin MAN 1,900hp
V12s throbbing gently, fun while you’re sprawled on the
sofa watching the latest Jason Statham thriller on the
big-screen television, and certainly fun when you wake
up in the master stateroom to gaze out of the large hull
windows at...where? Saint-Tropez? Nantucket? St
Barths? All are logical habitats for the S78.
The best starting point to see the Princess S78 is to
stand back to admire the lines: this is clearly a sport
yacht with a capital S. It has a flybridge but the profile
is so lean that you barely notice it, yet it can seat a dozen
people in windshield-protected comfort.
Justin Olesinski, the design’s firm managing director
(and Bernard’s son) agrees, “Our aim with the S78 was
to expand a clearly defined S Class range to create a
fitting flagship by carefully instilling each area with
S Class DNA. The very essence of S Class combines
the powerful and exhilarating characteristics of a V
Classwiththeaccommodationofaflybridge.”
Low bulwarks
outside maximize
the views from the
inside the salon
(below). Wide hull
openings in the
master (above) are
alsoimpressive