Trade-A-Boat — January 2018

Maritimo M59

facts & figures

PRICED FROM

$2,143,000

PRICE AS TESTED

$2,370,000

OPTIONS FITTED

Simrad electronics package, Volvo D13-

800 upgrade from standard D11-725,

cockpit controls, television, Bose

entertainment system, sliding saloon

and flybridge windows

GENERAL

MATERIAL Fibreglass

TYPE Vee-bottom, planing motor yacht

LENGTH 17.96m

BEAM 5.46m

WEIGHT 27,000kg

CAPACITIES

PEOPLE (NIGHT) 8

FUEL 4400lt

WATER 700lt

ENGINE

MAKE/MODEL 2 x Volvo D13-800

TYPE In-line six-cylinder, 12.8lt diesel.

RATED HP 800hp (588kW)

DISPLACEMENT 12.8lt

WEIGHT 1450kg

GEAR RATIO 2:1

PROPELLER Tainbridge five-blade 30in

diameter x 36in pitch

MANUFACTURED BY/

SUPPLIED BY

MARITIMO HEAD OFFICE

15 Waterway Drive

Coomera, Queensland

Australia, 4209

PHONE +61 7 5588 6000

WEB http://www.maritimo.com.au

range; and we trolled all day at around
8-9kts at around 800-900rpm where we
seemed to be floating on a cushion and
only using around 24Lt/h, giving over
2500nm range for those long sojourns
on distant horizons.
All M59’s are pre-fitted for Seakeeper
Gyro stabilisers if opted, and whilst
they are unbelievably effective in
maximising stability this is a very sure-
footed package that perhaps doesn’t
need it. However the customer has the
choice as they are very effective for
crew with minimal seafaring tummies.
I was again delighted to find a very
spacious and well-presented engine
room, and that you can talk to this old
sea dog until you are blue in the face
but I still love the simplicity of twin
shaft drive technology.
The Maritimo M59 is fitted as
standard with a Cummins-Onan
17.5kW generator plus a 4.5kW inverter
that runs all of the fridges/freezers,
entertainment systems etc. She has
a draft of 1.225m (4ft) and a water
capacity of 700lt.
Whilst my origins are in fishing I
can really appreciate the inclusive
appeal of the Maritimo M59. This is
a gorgeous boat with terrific ability
and seaworthiness for comfortable
intercontinental cruising, or maybe

just around the harbour. She has the

credentials to take on the nastiest

seas but still entertain a crowd in an

upmarket harbourside mooring. For

me it’s simple. Take out the rear lounge

and hydraulic platform, install another

set of engine controls on the bridge

deck extension and she’s a ripper game

fisher. But if your tastes are a little less

piscatorial then take her just as she is –

either way she’s an ideal temptress. Or

you can fit the excellent fish transom

like the M51.

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