The Prestige M48 redefines luxury motor yachting with its exceptional design and sophisticated features. As a flagship model from the renowned Prestige brand, this yacht combines elegant styling with innovative technology, offering an unmatched experience at sea. Spanning approximately 14.8 meters in length, the M48 boasts a wide beam of 6 meters, allowing for expansive living spaces and enhanced stability. The yacht’s interiors are crafted with meticulous attention to detail, featuring high-quality materials and elegant finishes that exude comfort and sophistication. The layout includes three spacious cabins, accommodating up to six guests overnight, with the master suite offering a tranquil retreat with panoramic views.
Powered by twin Volvo Penta D6-IPS 600 engines, the M48 delivers robust performance with a cruising speed of 20 knots and a maximum speed of 25 knots, ensuring a smooth and exhilarating ride. The advanced hull design, characterized by a planning configuration, enhances fuel efficiency and reduces drag, making long journeys more economical. With a fuel capacity of 1,200 liters, the yacht promises an impressive range, ideal for extended cruising.
Designed by the Prestige in-house team, the M48 reflects the brand’s commitment to excellence and innovation. The open and airy flybridge offers a perfect vantage point for taking in stunning seascapes, while the spacious cockpit provides a comfortable area for dining and relaxation. Whether hosting guests or enjoying a quiet escape, the Prestige M48 delivers a superior yachting experience, epitomizing luxury and elegance on the open waters.
Length
14.8M
Beam
6M
Draft
1.1M
Day Guests
12
Sleeping
6
Cabin
3
Crew
2
Cruise Speed
20KT
Max Speed
25KT
Fuel
1200L
Range
300NM
Engine
Volvo Penta D6-IPS 600
Option 1
Volvo Penta D6-IPS 650
Naval
Prestige Yachts Design Team
Exterior
Garroni Design
Interior
Prestige Yachts Design Team
New Starting From
€1,200,000
High Price Brokerage
€1,150,000
Low Price Brokerage
€950,000
Twin IPS pod drives give the M48 the manoeuvrability her hull form promises.
Volvo Penta D6-IPS600 engines come as standard, with the more powerful IPS650 available for owners who want extra margin at the top end. Cruising at 20 knots and reaching 25 at full throttle, she is quick for a catamaran of this size without chasing a planing monohull’s numbers. Twelve hundred litres of fuel carry her 300 nautical miles, modest beside a larger yacht but well matched to coastal cruising and island hopping, where the catamaran format earns its keep in the first place. Joystick control, standard with the IPS package, makes close quarters work in marinas straightforward even for an owner without dedicated crew.
Twin hulls do not usually photograph well. The M48 is the exception.
Garroni Design has drawn a catamaran that avoids the boxy look the format can fall into, with a sheer line that tapers toward the bow and glazing that runs low and wide rather than stacked and tall. At 14.8 metres length and 6 metres beam, the proportions sit closer to a conventional flybridge yacht than to a cruising catamaran, and the shallow 1.1 metre draught stays hidden beneath a profile that reads purposeful rather than purely practical. It is a design that sells the catamaran idea to an owner who might never have considered one.
The M48 puts her twin hull width to work the moment you step inside.
The main deck runs as one open space, galley to starboard and a U-shaped lounge wrapping the dining area, with walkways the beam alone makes possible. A lower helm, offset to starboard, keeps sightlines clear for the skipper without carving up the saloon, while a second helm on the flybridge handles everything from manoeuvring to long open water legs in good weather. The layout works equally well for a family splitting time between saloon and flybridge or an owner entertaining day guests without anyone feeling boxed in.
Below deck, the M48 trades the usual catamaran compromise of narrow cabins for genuine volume.
The full beam master occupies the forward section with an island queen berth and a separate shower, a configuration more common on yachts well above 48 feet. Two further cabins aft, each ensuite, bring large hull side windows down to bed height and headroom close to two metres, both a direct result of the twin hull form rather than a trick of joinery. Walnut cabinetry and a restrained, contemporary palette run throughout, while wraparound glass in the saloon keeps natural light reaching deep into the interior through most of the day. Three cabins in total sleep six guests comfortably.
The M48 is built to be run lean, by an owner or by a small crew, without asking either to compromise.
A hydraulic aft platform handles tenders up to 11 feet, and the specification scales to a crew of two when an owner wants full service aboard, or to none at all for a couple confident at the helm. Three cabins sleep six overnight, with day capacity for twelve, enough for family cruising or entertaining without stretching the yacht beyond her natural size. As the first power catamaran in Prestige’s line, the M48 sets out to prove the format can deliver genuine comfort rather than simply extra deck space, and on the numbers and the layout alike, she makes that case convincingly.
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