SHAKA LAKA Princess V58

Princess V58 is an open motor yacht built by the well-known English shipyard in 2009 and been refitted during 2018. She offers two double cabins and a guest cabin to accommodate up to 6 guests overnight. Her performance and handling is excellent at high speeds providing great stability.

Ninety nine point nine per cent of the boats that appear in Modern Boating Dreamboat tests – as the strap head implies are normally large and luxurious cruisers, designed more for cruising in style and comfort than for overall performance. And for most of us they will remain merely a dream, because of their expensive price tag, so I suppose that’s what’s so great about my job. At least I get to play with them even if I do have to hand them back at the end of the day. And while many luxury cruisers rely on their levels of comfort and fittings to win over buyers, every now and then a luxury motoryacht comes along that’s a bit different.

The Princess V58 is one such boat, she still has all the levels of luxury and standard of fittings as the other contenders, but she can also boast sportboat-like performance.