Hello Friends! I want to share with you the extraordinary last 15 months my wife and I have had living aboard our Prestige 500S, CALIFRENCHIES in Marina del Rey, California! First, I’d like to thank Desirée Van Welsum for managing the Prestige Yacht Owners Group on Facebook with great discipline and always a great sense of humor. And also my wife, Estelle Garnier Ruben, who’s […]
Spend enough time on the water and it’s only a matter of time before you find yourself going aground. If you’re lucky, and you’re grounding is a soft one, as in mud or sand, the result is usually little to no damage; except to your pride which may be bruised but not broken. If you’re not so lucky and you’re […]
This article originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of Yachting Magazine. By Patrick Sciacca The Prestige 680 S is a well-balanced express cruiser and flybridge yacht combination. Hybrid is a term often associated with diesel-electric- powered yachts these days, but the Prestige 680 Sportyacht represents a different type of amalgam, one of a sportlike express cruiser and a flybridge yacht. The […]
This article appeared in the 2018 January issue of Sea Magazine. New layout and design cues complement the quiet ride and maneuverability Prestige is known for. HULL #3 OF THE Prestige 460 was so new that its first visit to the fuel dock was just before our trip in Southern California from Newport Beach to Long Beach. As Bayport Yachts […]
Starting in September, 2017, Aboard their Prestige 500S, Loofah III, Sue and Art Wittmack open another chapter of their lives by embarking on a 6,000 mile, yearlong adventure called “America’s Great Loop.” Follow their journey! CLICK HERE Saturday (11/18) Frequently, as we are having breakfast, enjoying coffee, catching up email, planning the day and making entries into our various logs, […]
This article originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of Power & Motoryacht. The Prestige 520, an evolution of the popular 500, attracted huge crowds when it debuted at Cannes. When walking various boat shows I’m always interested to see what boats are resonating with boaters. One quick and easy way to tell if a model is new and popular is by […]
New York City to Norwalk, CT As we suspected all along when we planned this trip, we were not able to keep to our original itinerary. The plan was to stay in New York City until Friday, and then to head to Norwalk, CT. However, the weather forecast in NY and in CT for Friday was bad. So, we moved […]
Two qualities of a truly successful boat builder are the ability to constantly innovate and consistently introduce new models that meet the changing needs of the modern boater. For the past 20 plus years, Prestige Yachts has proved to be this kind of builder which is why we’re inviting you to say “hello” to our newest model, the Prestige 520. […]
Day 2: Cape May to Atlantic City We “slept in” this morning until 7:15 am after getting to bed later than usual in Cape May. The kids were still asleep, so Ann and I had breakfast and got the boat ready without them. We pulled out of Cape May at 8:00 am and headed towards the inlet into the Atlantic […]
