World exclusive sea trial | Flat out in Sunseeker's all-new Superhawk 55

World exclusive sea trial | Flat out in Sunseeker's all-new Superhawk 55 | Motor Boat & Yachting

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Жыл бұрын

MBY editor Hugo Andreae was one of the world's first journalists to test drive the all-new Sunseeker Superhawk 55. Here's his verdict on the first new model in this legendary range for more than a decade...
Sunseeker Superhawk 55 specifications
LOA: 56ft 10in / 17.32m
Beam: 16ft 3in / 4.95m
Draft: 4ft 8in / 1.43m
Displacement: 26,100kgs / 57,500lbs
Water capacity: 430L / 114 US gal
Fuel capacity: 1,800L / 476 US gal
Engines: Twin 725hp Volvo Penta IPS950
Top speed on test: 38.3 knots
Fuel consumption: 140lph @ 20 knots
Cruising range: 192nm @ 20 knots
Noise: 77 db(A)
Starting price: £1,535,000 (ex. VAT)
Price as tested: £1,770,000 (ex. VAT)
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Пікірлер: 97

@mcsvls Жыл бұрын

Cool Boat, Great Tour. Tragic Salon. Nothing like relaxing inside to get out of the heat or weather and face the galley.

@sib610 Жыл бұрын

Legendary race boat designer Don Shead designed the old ones, accountants designed this one. They’ve done an excellent job on the inside but the outside is too bland and similar to all the other brands for me. Good review.

@djham2916 Жыл бұрын

I would be very surprised that an accountant did the exterior design work, but I get your point, that sunseeker has evolved into a business driven by decisions that make good business sense. Seems fair.

@besenzon1 11 ай бұрын

So true. Same with all boat builders though. They should have called it a Mustique or Martinique or Tomahawk. It’s not a Superhawk

@coalitionperformance5901 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful open cockpit and for a new boat looks great. Think it’s more of a camargue than superhawk but still great tour so thanks 🙏

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@justinlinnane8043 Жыл бұрын

Superb tour and well done for getting it first ! It's a beautifully executed boat . Thanks Hugo.

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Justin

@nickwebb9290 Жыл бұрын

Terrific review Hugo, they’re always excellent sir. To be honest, if I was in the market for boat in this price bracket this wouldn’t be it but Sunseeker have done a grand job on and hope it’s successful for them 😁

@rykehuss3435 Жыл бұрын

what would it be?

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick

@jeffpierce3436 Жыл бұрын

This is a nice boat but with those engines, they should call it the Superchicken! 😂🤷‍♂️! Come on Sunseeker, you can’t tell me that the 1350’s wouldn’t work, making it a true SUPERHAWK!! Great job, as always, Hugo👍

@manuelrosado7583 Жыл бұрын

Great review. Amazing boat 👏

@dtutssel Жыл бұрын

I love it. Thanks for the tour. I think they work better with a 2nd cameraman instead of a 1st person handheld and always nice to see them out on the open sea.

@joev3512 Жыл бұрын

Gotta agree with the others. This has little to do with the Superhawks of old, it's neither a proper Superhawk nor a proper Predator, just an insanely expensive toy offering not a lot in terms of usefulness. The new Manhattan 55 is the only attractive SS model in my humble opinion, one I'd pick up in a heartbeat had their prices not gone through the roof. Anyhow, thanks for the tour, Hugo!

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

No worries, glad you enjoyed it

@robertlangley1664 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful boat well done Sunseeker I hope the orders are flooding in . Great news for the British boating industry and jobs ,

@werner3971 Жыл бұрын

Great video hugo!👍

@maryholder3795 Жыл бұрын

The lady can move, very responsive to the movement of the helm and her hull keeps her stable despite the turns to port or starboard. She is sleek and the deck /salon is nicely furnished with plenty of seating options and catering and the area is the full width off the boat. The all the toys that the owner wants are there while the helm is compact with all the necessary screens nicely presented. So far the outside is great as expected of a Sunseeker. Inside is a large well lit salon with seating and well appointed galley I think. I Like both cabins and heads, comfortable. Is she worth the price? She will be someone with a love of boating and deep pockets. Great review thank you Hugo..

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

@besenzon1 11 ай бұрын

Great video

@lgriestra Жыл бұрын

Very good video. Congratulations.

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, we try to give a proper in depth honest review

@nicbennett6554 Жыл бұрын

Hugo, 10/10 for you. Great passion as always and all the detail we would want. Boat, 8/10. It’s very nice; nice speed; nice design; nice practicality. Only trouble is, should a SuperHawk be ‘nice’.

@jacobfinder7476 10 ай бұрын

Finally, the perfect Yacht 😊👍

@jonathanevans9257 Жыл бұрын

Great review but I wrote an article on ergonomics at the helm in the 70's for MB&Y 'Are you sitting comfortably' and some of that seems to have been forgot with this helm seating and neat vertical wheel. Not as comfortable as it could be on a long passage.

@RT-np5ws Жыл бұрын

Nice for essex

@rtbinc2273 Жыл бұрын

I thing one issue Sunseeker has is the used Superhawks on sale. They aren't common, but they are not rare either. This is more of a niche boat. If they build a new 48 you'd be able to get a good used one a lot cheaper. So they need a reason for you to buy the New Superhawk. They've done that. I'd buy this one. I'd be more likely to buy a Kady Krogan but I like this one better. If I was going to get a used Superhawk I'd have it done up like the one Aquaholic's friend did.

@jameshutchinson6273 Жыл бұрын

WANT!

@clifbradley Жыл бұрын

Yea yeah yeah Hugo....but uh.....what was that white and light blue boat behind you? Was that an X95 or something else?

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

It’s the new Sunseeker Ocean 182

@charlienevergold3654 Жыл бұрын

Why IPS on everything? Is it just so an owner can have a joystick? Why not jet drive or surface drive? I understand some extra engineering wound be involved but wouldn’t the top end performance be even better? It would be nice to cross over from Florida to the Bahamas and anchor up close to the beach.

@JedemPoKucama Жыл бұрын

Hate IPS...I would rather have shafts

@pistonburner6448 Жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!

@charlienevergold3654 Жыл бұрын

I’m still trying to figure out why everything has IPS now. They aren’t as efficient and take a little more maintenance. Is it just so they can cater to inexperienced new owners that don’t want to learn how to operate a boat in a marina?

@pistonburner6448 Жыл бұрын

@@charlienevergold3654 I'm thinking very big backers (Wallenbergs, and we know they're friends with all the other global elites) so they have massive funding to enable a strategy of cheap sales now, with the intention to invade the marketplace and then when they dominate and enough companies base their designs on IPS so they can't go back they hike up the prices.

@rykehuss3435 Жыл бұрын

You can have joystick without IPS

@The_Arby Жыл бұрын

It's nice...But not that much difference from a 55 Predator...Use to love Sunseeker Yachts...Just not so much anymore 😞

@jameshamilton6096 Жыл бұрын

Love the boat and your review however, if I am going to spend almost 2 million pounds, one of the most important questions is how far the boat will travel on a full tank. Can I get from say from Brighton Marina to France, Spain, Italy, Greece and back or is it just a harbour toy?

@MonicaHolly143 Жыл бұрын

Theres no boat that can do that for 2million ur sos tupid to think a boat like that can do uk to greece lmao

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

It will do around 200nm on a tank which is the same as most boats of this style

@jameshamilton6096 Жыл бұрын

@@hugoandreae3785 Many thanks for the info

@PromethSunrise 10 ай бұрын

thats appalling, no range at all @@hugoandreae3785

@ManssourJ Жыл бұрын

Sad that a modern superhawk is so slow!! Defeats the brand. I have had 4 super hawks….all do between 50-75 knots…..that’s the whole point.

@jamesmorss9940 7 ай бұрын

did he just say "park the boat", lol

@nanomage Жыл бұрын

Very nice dayboat or weekender. However, as a 6'6" guy hearing someone call 6'4" good standing height I get somewhat put off. Given what rest of the interior and indeed cockpit space looked like it's not for me or my friends. I have to thank this reviewer though, normally the available headroom isn't specified and the sales agents aren't read up enough to answer. Maybe as a tip for the future the reviewers could mention how tall they are so that the viewers could make a good guess as to interior space.

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Noted, we will make a point of trying to give accurate headroom measurements in future

@wingcommanderdaltonwalton67 Жыл бұрын

Without buying a cruise liner you could be out of luck big fella! Most cabins I’ve been in are obtrusive for anyone over 6’4”.

@fishtigua Жыл бұрын

In the old days, a Super Hawk had lockers for soggie knickers, This one has storage for used old lady pads.

@besenzon1 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@robertmoran5733 Жыл бұрын

Sorry Hugo. Engine access?

@cruise35able 11 ай бұрын

I usually prefer italian azimut n ferretti brands that sunseeker But in this class 1.5mil range Sunseeker superhawk 55 is so sleek n sexy ,Better than its competitors Like azimut fly 53 n Ferretti 580 . Azimut fly 53 n ferretti 580 got bigger volume ,gross tonnage . but suneeker got higher speed n better design elements.

@homerjsimpson2118 Жыл бұрын

whats up with the floater around your neck. going out in a dingy??

@sungodspirit1502 Жыл бұрын

very nice boat indeed!

@MrScotia 10 ай бұрын

If I had the money I would buy one. Mon the lotto. 😅

@peterdodge6563 Жыл бұрын

Exterior is beautiful. Speed is wonderful. Helm position is marginal. Interior is needy. Not enough for my $$.

@clifbradley Жыл бұрын

Giant sunpad. For when you want to bring your whole harem of women with you from your home in Palm Shores North to the Bahamas. Then at night ,you ain't got enough room to sleep them all, so 3 are sleeping with you, one in each of the beds and the rest got sleeping bags to sleep on the deck because you're too cheap to buy rooms at one of about 300 resorts that dot the Bahmas per island.

@hwmason530 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful boat but speed and consumption don’t make sense. For the size of this boat, only max out at 38kt, consumption at 25kt basically doesn’t yield more than 250nm. I prefer 35kt cruise speed with 250nm range.

@stefanmarraccini8646 Жыл бұрын

So I'm assuming that the throttles are in a both engines synced and controlled via one lever arm mode. Maybe that's common knowledge among modern salty dogs, but normally I'd think a fool was setting speed records on one engine. However, Hugo ain't no fool. Great vid. Highly edifying. 🙏

@charlienevergold3654 Жыл бұрын

With everything being digital now it’s synced. I’ve seen the joystick in the armrest and the boat can be controlled at speed via the joystick. Tilt for 3° adjustments and twist for 10°. Forward and back for speed settings.

@marineboy6033 Жыл бұрын

Is this a pre production boat? I’d be disappointed with the apparent quality of some of the fittings, and the look of some of the cabinets…. this is based purely on the video - obviously I’ve not seen them in the flesh……

@jaffaholland4039 Жыл бұрын

Not sure at all, dont think it will sell to petrol heads needs 40 plus speed, can be enclosed so not great for British weather. i think that the name means sleek, fast and impractical. Only so many people will spend this money and this miss the mark

@jezp6876 Жыл бұрын

Engine room? Not enough performance for that name IMO

@benlovesboats2854 Жыл бұрын

It can’t be a proper Superhawk without surface drives, nice try though

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Most Superhawks were actually fitted with sterndrives but I take your point. You certainly couldn’t fit sterndrives to this one!

@benlovesboats2854 Жыл бұрын

@@hugoandreae3785 yeah you’re right Hugo, but the coolest ones like the 50 and the 40 at least had surface drives as options. I think I just live in a bygone era and prefer the muscle boats of the 90s, but I appreciate those days are gone now. Don’t get me wrong the new Superhawk is still a lovely boat and it’s great that Sunseeker are still looking at this format as opposed to just the big yachts. Great review too 👍

@jjjones4469 Жыл бұрын

It should be a lot faster I would have been a buyer for this vessel but needs to do 50 knots plus minimum needs 3 engines shame !!! Perfect med boat if it had the speed I would buy a riva or Pershing in front now shame As my parents had all the old Models as a day boat

@pistonburner6448 Жыл бұрын

Sunseeker, Riva and Pershing are ALL 🇨🇳-owned. You sure know how to pick 'em.

@PowerYacht Жыл бұрын

@@pistonburner6448 Ferretti Group (Pershing, Riva) is 70% Chinese owned, probably less with recent Public listings in Honk Kong and Milan. Sunseeker is 90% Chinese owned. The real biggest difference though is that FG is managed mostly by Piero Ferrari, and Galassi. Also unlike Sunseeker FG never had an interest with moving production in China. Sunseeker wanted to do it in around 2012-14.

@pistonburner6448 Жыл бұрын

@@PowerYacht Yes, as I said: 🇨🇳-owned.

@MonicaHolly143 Жыл бұрын

@@pistonburner6448and what's the problem with that ? Lmao

@origin178 Жыл бұрын

The 65 Sportyacht looks far more fun, practical, and usable than this obese play boat. I think Sunseeker have made a mistake with this one, especially wasting their "Superhawk" brand on a design that is no more a Superhawk than a big bloated BMW Mini is a real Mini.

@tr5065 Жыл бұрын

Other than the name, it shares little DNA with the original. No thanks. There are better/more interesting boats for the money.

@djham2916 Жыл бұрын

Such as...? Please elaborate.

@charlienevergold3654 Жыл бұрын

Pershing… Riviera, Hinckley if you have the $$$

@neilwharton720 Жыл бұрын

I think they have lost there way here with the foredeck layout it’s to fussy and certainly not practical, vision from the helm position also doesn’t look the best, the interior looks like a mobile home terrible, for the money there are much better boats out there.

@ironichumorist Жыл бұрын

im literally afraid to watch hugo do this.....did he get through it without saying "gentleman"???

@sylvainsfo3832 Жыл бұрын

Why do you wear a life jacket on a 50+ft ? Because of you guys authorities will make this mandatory in the future.

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

Because health and safety regs make it mandatory when on the boat yard’s pontoons

@sylvainsfo3832 Жыл бұрын

@@hugoandreae3785 which text?

@hugoandreae3785 Жыл бұрын

@@sylvainsfo3832 It’s something which the Sunseeker boat yard insists on, I don’t know the exact rule

@sylvainsfo3832 Жыл бұрын

@@hugoandreae3785 Then, why is it the same for others manufacturers ? It’s only to be more royalist than the King.. this will hit back as a boomerang.

@rule-of-thumb Жыл бұрын

I was liking it until all the butcher's apron references 🤮

@lajucb Жыл бұрын

Sorry ,this boat leaves me cold. It comes across as a day boat trying to suggest you could weekend on it. Prefer a day boat or a cruiser. This seems confused andI I rather dislike it. Given loads of money, I wouldn’t touch this despite its glorious name.

@shawnwood9875 Жыл бұрын

You had me until the main salon has no head room and a wet head in the main bathroom? Come on.

@kokomo9764 Жыл бұрын

The main bathroom did not have a wet head. The salon had huge headroom.

@kokomo9764 Жыл бұрын

What boat were you looking at? It wasn't the same one the rest of us saw.

@shawnwood9875 Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure what video you saw unless you thought the forward room was the main bedroom but it wasn’t.

@pistonburner6448 Жыл бұрын

Chinese company.

@jarkkohenriksson7866 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but compared to the older and sleeker models this new one just seems bloated and overweight.

@ramonrodriguez6692 Жыл бұрын

To call this a performance boat is pretty pathetic. Looks like a nice boat, but….it can do 38 knots!!!!….great, I’ll stick with a used Baia 48 Flash or 54 Aqua…..pretty pathetic to be reviewing a “performance” boat and be so worried about fuel economy……maybe I’d believe this was a performance boat if it had had triple IPS 1350’s….