The launch of Maritimo’s much-awaited and now highly acclaimed M75 Flybridge Motor Yacht and S75 Sedan Motor Yacht was perfectly timed to coincide with Maritimo’s 20th anniversary celebrations in 2023. What better way to celebrate 20 years of success than with the launch of these world-class luxury motor yachts, delivering true ocean-going capabilities? In its two forms, the 75 class was then, and remains today, the very peak of opulence in scale and luxury offered by Maritimo. Clientele in Australia and around the world have embraced the product of many years of planning and development, along with the countless hours invested.
Now, a little over a year since all the popping of champagne corks, the clinking of glasses, and the fanfare, we thought it was time to check in on one Maritimo owner to find out how he and those near and dear have been enjoying their luxurious Maritimo S75 Sedan Motor Yacht.
“This is actually our first Maritimo, having come out of a Sport Yacht 6000, which we owned from 2015 to 2020. Overall, it was a terrific boat. I’d had it from new, so I didn’t have any issues, even though the engine room was a bit tight. However, we wanted something a little bigger because, you know, with boats, bigger is more comfortable, and you can access more out-of-the-way places. So, I went to the factory and said, ‘Can you make me one of these 10 or 15 feet bigger?’ They said they had no plans for a larger vessel. But right time, right place—I happened to talk to Maritimo’s Australasian Sales Manager, Ormonde Britton, who coincidentally lives in the same neighbourhood as me.”
“Following that, I met the Maritimo design team. They had the M75 on the drawing board and were also considering the sedan version. I got in early, and my S75 was the first one to be built. It was the one showcased at SCIBS in 2023.”
“I was commuting to Brisbane quite a bit during the build. I was going back and forth past the factory and I’d call in just about every week. I got to know everyone working on it, and it was great watching it being built. There’s no doubt about it—the whole process was very hands-on. Dealing with the design team and the craftsmen—they’re not just boat builders; they’re artists.”
“I was also very pleasantly surprised by how Maritimo designed the S interior differently. It wasn’t just a copy of the M or a modification of it—the interior of my boat is very different. They consider everything for the S and the M in their own right. Neither is an afterthought or a compromise of the other.”
“Of course, in the S, the helm station is downstairs, as there are no stairs and no flybridge. The factory incorporated a day lounge that sits beside the helm. My wife loves to sit there; she can look out the glass, so we’re close as we travel.”
“It has a different kitchen as well, as it doesn’t have the island bench. For us, I think it’s a much better layout, and the fact that they went to the trouble to make it so different—I am really impressed with it. The interior throughout is beautiful. It’s a work of art.”
“And mechanically, it’s beautiful with the Scania Di16 V8s. Technically, it’s not 80 feet, but with the swim platform, it’s 80 feet overall. When you’re booking into a marina, you’ve got to tell them it’s 80 feet. But, you know, 80 feet of boat romping along at 22 knots in the open sea is really something to see and feel. It’s a beautiful boat. Because of its scale, you don’t even really think about the weather so much, unless it’s very extreme. The boat handles so well with the two gyro stabilisers and the Humphree interceptors. I reckon it’s easier to handle than our previous 60-footer, and certainly no issues for us to manoeuvre with our thrusters when we only have two people on board.”
“Our boat—OMEGA—lives up at Hamilton Island permanently. We jump on a plane and just take a small case because everything’s on the boat. You can go to a different beach every day. It’s a really easy lifestyle.”
“There’s Dunk Island, Orpheus, and a few other places around there. We find the best boating is when we come back down to Yeppoon and Rosslyn Bay Harbour, which is only 200 miles. We think the beaches between Great Keppel and the Whitsundays are the best for boating on the coast. There are more islands and interesting things to do and see per square mile than anywhere else.”
“So, we hang out in that area and go out to the reef, and I scuba dive. My daughter loves to scuba dive as well. The 200 miles from Great Keppel up to the Whitsundays is by far and away some of the best boating in the world. In the right conditions, it’s magnificent. And you often get it to yourself; it’s still relatively isolated.”
“Those islands in between the Percy Group, like Curlew Island and the Duke Group’s Marble Island and Hunter Island—they’re just magnificent. So, we spend a lot of time between Yeppoon and Mackay. We’ve got 10,000 liters of fuel on board, and with the watermaker, we’re completely autonomous. We can stay up there for a very long time. We try to get on the boat at least one week out of each month.”
“It’s our second home. It’s an apartment on the beach—only better! Much better, as you get a different locale each time…”
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