SMART OPERATOR

The 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