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Globally shared components, often competently integrated into various brands of premium motoryachts, doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room to really shine. Which means there is a vast armada of these style of boats, as is seen when visiting leading international shows. After nearly 60 years in business, Princess Yachts fully understand this, so when building the F55 back in 2017, it was simply more of the same hand-crafted quality with interiors from dedicated cabinet makers.

That really makes these boats shine in this crowded market. And amid the quality is a deep attention to detail. Case in point is the curved grain-matched walnut panelling on the hull that arrived in Australia. To summarise, the F55 is a sporty, open-top flybridge cruiser with twin helms. The hull number clearly tells the success of this model, that is actually getting a cosmetic revamp for 2022. But only cosmetic because why change a winning formula after all?

Princess has been making quality motoryachts since 1965, in a range that currently runs from 35 foot to superyacht class 100 plus footers, produced by a workforce of 3,000 at Plymouth in southwest England. I lived and boated around the region for many years,

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