Yachts International

LUXE ON THE FLY

t’s been nearly 20 years since I was on a Pershing this size. It was the shipyard’s first 115. On a gray, choppy day in October 2004, it carried me along Italy’s Ligurian coast from La Spezia to Genoa, about 45 nautical miles, in not much more than an hour. That yacht packed a little more horsepower than the new GTX116, but this “SUY” still has plenty of punch with 6,000 horsepower, triple waterjets and an impressive top speed.

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