The Merritt 68′ Convertible Sportfish is an embodiment of superior craftsmanship and performance. Designed for both the avid angler and luxury cruiser, this yacht excels in both comfort and capability. At 68 feet in length, the Merritt 68′ offers an expansive fishing cockpit, equipped with all the amenities needed for a successful day on the water, including a live bait well, tackle storage, and a fighting chair. The open flybridge provides excellent visibility and control, ensuring that you are always in command of your journey. Inside, the yacht offers a plush interior with a spacious salon, complete with high-end finishes and modern conveniences that ensure a relaxing experience. The Merritt 68′ can accommodate up to 8 guests in comfort, with two well-appointed cabins providing peaceful retreats after a day at sea. Powered by robust inboard engines, this yacht offers a cruising speed of 30 knots and a maximum speed of 40 knots, ensuring that every trip is swift and exhilarating. With a fuel capacity ample enough for extended voyages, the Merritt 68′ is perfect for exploring distant fishing grounds or enjoying leisurely cruises. The naval architecture and design, crafted by the skilled team at Merritt, embodies a perfect blend of functionality and style, ensuring a vessel that not only performs well but also turns heads. This yacht is a testament to Merritt’s dedication to quality and innovation in sportfishing yachts.
Length
20.7M
Beam
5.8M
Draft
1.7M
Day Guests
8
Sleeping
8
Cabin
2
Crew
2
Cruise Speed
30KT
Max Speed
40KT
Fuel
11356L
Range
500NM
Engine
Twin MTU 12V2000 M96L
Option 1
Twin Caterpillar C32 ACERT
Option 2
None
Naval
Merritt In-House Team
Exterior
Merritt In-House Team
Interior
Merritt In-House Team
New Starting From
€5,500,000
High Price Brokerage
€4,500,000
Low Price Brokerage
€3,200,000
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The cockpit is built for one purpose, and it does not pretend otherwise.
A live bait well keeps fresh bait in reach through a long day offshore, while dedicated tackle storage and a fighting chair turn the aft deck into a proper working station rather than a styled afterthought. The open flybridge sits above it, giving the helmsman a clear sightline over the cockpit and the spread trailing behind, with command over the boat and the fishing operation from the same position. Nothing here is decorative. Every fitting has a job, and the layout reflects decades spent building boats for exactly this kind of work.
Eight guests can fish, cruise or simply relax aboard without crowding each other.
The day capacity matches the overnight one: eight guests by day, eight by night across two cabins, a generous ratio for a 68 footer built around a working cockpit. A crew of two keep the boat properly run and the cockpit clean between drops, freeing guests to focus on the fishing or the cruising rather than the maintenance. The arrangement keeps public and private spaces distinct, with the salon and galley set apart from the working deck so that a day of fishing does not have to dictate the mood below. It is a layout built for long days on the water followed by genuine comfort at the end of them.
Below decks, the Merritt 68 settles into a calmer register.
A spacious salon anchors the interior, finished with the kind of detailing that signals real craftsmanship rather than showroom polish. Two cabins provide proper overnight accommodation for up to eight guests, giving the boat genuine range as a live aboard rather than a day boat that happens to have bunks. The transition from cockpit to salon is deliberate. The working deck stays separate from the living spaces, so the boat can move from a morning of fishing to an evening at anchor without feeling like two different vessels joined together.
Comfort here is built around recovery, not entertaining for its own sake.
After a day spent fighting fish from the cockpit, the salon and cabins are where the boat earns its keep as more than a tool. The finishes carry through consistently from the helm to the staterooms, and modern conveniences sit alongside the traditional sportfishing layout rather than compromising it. It is a boat that understands its owners will spend long hours working the cockpit and then want somewhere properly comfortable to recover, not a styled lounge disconnected from the rest of the boat. That balance, a hard working deck forward and genuine comfort aft and below, is where the Merritt name still earns its reputation.
Twin MTU 12V2000 diesels give her the reach that serious sportfishing demands.
A 30 knot cruise and a 40 knot top speed come from an engine package built for reliability over distance as much as outright pace, matched to an 11,356 litre fuel capacity that extends range to 500 nautical miles. That is enough to reach grounds well offshore and return without staging the trip around a refuelling stop. A 1.7 metre draught keeps her clear of trouble in shallower water near the coast, while the in-house engineering team behind her, the same group responsible for the naval architecture, exterior and interior throughout, keeps every system on board consistent with the next. It is an engineering approach built on decades of exactly this kind of boat, not borrowed from elsewhere.
Length
20.7M
Beam
5.8M
Draft
1.7M
Guests
8
Cabins
2
Cruise Speed
30Kt
Max Speed
40Kt
Length
23.5M
Beam
6.1M
Draft
1.7M
Guests
8
Cabins
4
Cruise Speed
30Kt
Max Speed
40Kt
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