I’m not sure which was more impressive: the helicopter flying backwards at 37 knots less than 50 yards above the 65-foot yacht, or the 65-foot yacht topping out at 37 knots beneath the helicopter. Either way, I was having a hell of a time trying to take it all in while driving that yacht, Fairline’s new Phantom 65.
Our illustrious editor-in-chief had deemed Fairline’s new $4.6 million “sportsbridge” speedster worthy of a helicopter from Florida Coast to Coast photography. With lensman Robert Holland strapped into the open cockpit, pilot Drake Olson bobbed and weaved above the boat while we bobbed and weaved off
