After months of intensive modifications ahead of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, Palm Beach XI has emerged from the shed transformed. The work reflects the combined expertise of a remarkable team, pushing performance and innovation forward at every step. As final preparations come together, Palm Beach XI stands not only as a serious contender on the world stage, but as a performance laboratory where offshore racing lessons are sharpened, tested, and fed directly into the Palm Beach Motor Yachts range.
Palm Beach XI will head south with clear intent, and when she does, Palm Beach XII will make the same demanding run from Sydney to Hobart alongside her. Palm Beach XII, a Palm Beach 65 motor yacht, is no incidental participant. Her presence on that course is a deliberate demonstration of capability. Long-range efficiency, offshore confidence, and design genuinely shaped for real sea conditions are not advertising claims here. They are demonstrated.
The same philosophy that underpins Palm Beach's offshore racing programme runs through Palm Beach XII. Her passage makes the case for how hard-won experience translates into motor yachts designed not merely to perform, but to go farther with assurance and ease. Design informed by miles, not marketing.
The Sydney to Hobart route demands efficiency, stability, and a hull that works with the sea rather than fighting it. Palm Beach XII's passage offers an honest, real-world illustration of how offshore racing thinking informs motor yacht design. Real miles. Real weather. Honest outcomes.
The Palm Beach 65 delivers long-range efficiency without sacrificing pace, with an 875 nautical mile range at 21 knots and cruising speeds that give owners genuine offshore flexibility. Rather than waiting for conditions to suit the boat, owners can choose when to go.
What sets the 65 apart is choice. The interior is calm, spacious, and beautifully finished, yet it is the breadth of layout options that defines the experience. Both main deck and accommodation arrangements can be tailored to suit how the boat is actually used, whether for extended passagemaking or relaxed entertaining. For a motor yacht of this size, that level of adaptability remains rare.
Palm Beach XII's Hobart run reinforces a simple truth. Boats shaped by real offshore experience inspire confidence, age well, and are built to make the passage, again and again.
