All In the Family: Palm Beach PB65 and PB42

Palm Beach’s flagship yacht, the PB65 (70′ LOA, 19’2″ beam), has received a substantial upgrade for 2017. The Palm Beach PB65 has a high-quality build, finishes and teak styling blend seagoing competence with beauty.

A vast, light-filled interior features a salon with power windows, spacious cabins and a rear cockpit that can comfortably host up to eight people. Twin Volvo Penta IPS 950 engines deliver a top speed of 32 knots with a range of 700 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 25 knots. Palm Beach is also debuting the new PB42 (46′ LOA, 14’6″ beam). Her semi-displacement bottom and low center of gravity provide a confident and stable ride.

A spacious, light-filled interior includes luxury staterooms with ample headroom throughout. The climate-controlled salon delivers premium comfort, and power windows forward and aft bring nature closer.
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These 16 new downeast models have a lot to offer.

They really aren’t lobster boats anymore. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine anyone pulling traps from the cockpit of a new Hinckley or a Grand Banks. For openers, you wouldn’t want to scratch the seven to nine coats of varnish on the teak. But today’s Downeast boats do all have the lobster boat heritage—the low profile, the long shear, the tumblehome, and, above all, the seakeeping ability. Today’s boats are definitely more user friendly, not only in navigation (Did a true lobsterman ever have a touchscreen chartplotter to get him home?) but in propulsion and maneuverability as well. Some are still single diesel, but many are twins and often paired to pod drives with counter-rotating props and joystick fingertip controls. Others are powered by outboards with new performance, fuel economy and low emissions. Check out our Downeast Buyers Guide– because you’ll be seeing them at the fall boat shows!

By Peter A. Janssen, Southern Boating Magazine September 2016

Back Cove 32

Bruckmann Abaco 40

Eastport 32 OBX

Grand Banks 44 Eastbay SX

Hinckley 34R

Hunt Surfhunter 32

Legacy 36

Marlow Pilot 31

MJM 50Z

Padebco V25R

Palm Beach 42