Trade-A-Boat – August 2019

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T

he Prestige 590 encompasses all of the

features that represent the modern

flybridge cruiser.

There’s spacious living on three levels, dual

joystick controls (from saloon and flybridge) and

the ability to host a large number of day visitors

across its fore and aft decks.

The three cabin/three bathroom 590 model

tops the flybridge Prestige range from Jeanneau,

which is penned by regular collaborators Garoni

to cleverly disguise what is fairly large motor

yacht at 61-feet (18.7 metres).

This Italian-designed and French-built

Prestige range has grown steadily from its 1989

inception to now offer 13 models between 40-

and 75-feet, and has now become a separate

division of the company.

As the years passed, those Prestige aesthetics

have smoothed a little while retaining the

signature large windows to soften the tall hulls.

But inside, much more has changed from the

earlier models. The pod drive revolution allows

these boats to be handled easily by the family

man who may have kids running about; but

thanks to smart systems, one eye can be kept on

them as well.

“Modern family boats are our core business,

which we liken to having their own private island

at sea,” product manager Erik Stromberg told me.

So, moving with the times is another reason

for Prestige's prominence in the mid-range

motor cruiser segment, despite an increasingly

competitive global market.

To find out more, I spent a day on and off

the water at Cannes with the design team that

included Camillo Garoni.

The sleek, yet understated lines of the Prestige

590 that sat alongside the dock in Cannes may

not have caught my eye like some of the other

more ostentatious craft that surrounded me,

yet the Garoni team has undoubtedly created a

stylish and I'd say, a pretty boat, that is about

the right proportion in terms of length-to-

height ratio.

“The 590 is a very important boat because it is

the middle of our range, so a transition model for

both the smaller and larger Prestiges,” explained

Camillo as we talked in the 590's saloon.

Highs

Owner’s midship ensuite cabin

Smart systems

Good attention to detail throughout

Lows

No galley fiddles

Low flybridge gunwales