The Princess Y72 represents the pinnacle of modern yacht design, seamlessly blending elegant aesthetics with performance and comfort. Measuring approximately 22 meters, this impressive yacht is crafted with a GRP hull and features a planning hull configuration, ensuring smooth and agile navigation across the seas. The exterior is designed by the renowned Princess in-house team, reflecting the brand’s commitment to sleek and timeless design. Inside, the yacht is a sanctuary of luxury, featuring interiors crafted by the skilled hands of Princess’s design team, known for their attention to detail and use of high-quality materials.
Powered by twin MAN V12 engines, the Y72 boasts impressive speeds, reaching a maximum of 34 knots and a comfortable cruising speed of 26 knots. The inboard engine configuration provides reliability and efficiency, perfect for long-range voyages. The yacht’s spacious layout includes accommodation for up to 8 guests across 4 well-appointed cabins, ensuring each guest experiences the utmost comfort and privacy during their stay. Additionally, the yacht accommodates 2 crew members, ensuring a seamless and personalized service onboard.
With a substantial fuel capacity, the Y72 offers a considerable range, allowing for extended explorations without frequent refueling. This yacht is not only a marvel of engineering but also a testament to Princess’s dedication to creating vessels that offer luxury and performance in equal measure. The Princess Y72 is an ideal choice for those seeking a yacht that embodies both elegance and capability, making every journey a memorable one.
Length
22.8M
Beam
5.5M
Draft
1.7M
Day Guests
12
Sleeping
8
Cabin
4
Crew
2
Cruise Speed
26KT
Max Speed
35KT
Fuel
4500L
Range
300NM
Engine
2 x MAN V12 1650
Option 1
2 x MAN V12 1800
Naval
Princess Design Studio
Exterior
Princess Design Studio
Interior
Princess Design Studio
New Starting From
€3,700,000
High Price Brokerage
€3,400,000
Low Price Brokerage
€2,800,000
Thirty five knots from the smallest yacht in the range says everything about her intent.
Twin 1,650 horsepower MAN V12 diesels are standard, with an 1,800 horsepower pairing available for owners who want a wider margin at cruise. At 26 knots she settles into an easy, confident cruising speed, and helm noise stays low enough, around 65 decibels, for a normal conversation at the wheel. The hull beneath her carries naval architect Bernard Olesinski’s lines, developed across the wider Princess range and scaled down here without losing the composure that comes with a larger, heavier boat. She is built to be driven by her owner as much as handed to a crew, responsive without ever feeling nervous underfoot.
A five degree steeper bow angle than her predecessor buys real volume below decks.
That extra rake pushes more usable space into the forward cabins without adding to her overall length, a small engineering decision with an outsized effect on how the accommodation actually lives. A dual staircase arrangement separates owner and guest traffic from crew movement, keeping the boat calm even with everyone aboard at once. The four cabin layout places the full beam master amidships, the most stable position on the yacht, with a VIP forward and two further guest cabins to port and starboard. It is a layout drawn for a genuinely usable 72 footer rather than a scaled down version of something larger.
The full beam master takes her own private stairway from the saloon, a touch usually reserved for larger yachts.
Teak appointments run through the interior in generous measure, paired with granite worktops in the galley and oval handrails formed on the same CNC tube benders used for much larger megayachts, a detail that costs more to produce than a straight rail but reads as considerably more finished. The saloon is built around a sociable bar area and an open plan galley rather than a closed one, keeping whoever is cooking part of the conversation. A multi zone Naim audio system runs throughout, and finish levels stay high in every cabin rather than tapering off toward the guest rooms, a discipline not every yacht in this size bracket maintains.
An aft cabin built for two can serve crew one season and guests the next, without the yacht ever feeling reconfigured.
That flexibility runs through the boat. The saloon’s bar area and open galley pull double duty as a formal dining space and an easy hangout depending on who is aboard, and the crew cabin’s direct access to the engine room keeps maintenance and watchkeeping close at hand without intruding on guest life above. Even at her most compact, the Y72 is built around the idea that a yacht should adapt to how an owner actually uses her through a season, not just how she photographs at the dock. It is a practical, lived in approach to a size of boat that is often asked to do everything at once.
She replaced the Princess F70 as the smallest yacht in the range and made the case for staying that way.
Standard crew provision for two keeps running costs and complexity down without compromising service, and the engine room’s access points are built for genuine maintenance rather than a squeeze behind a hatch. Debuting at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the Y72 established the entry point into Princess’s flybridge range at a size still large enough for real cruising rather than day trips alone. For an owner weighing a smaller, simpler yacht against everything that usually gets cut to get there, the Y72 argues that very little has to be sacrificed at all.
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