Sunseeker 82.5 ft' 2006 2006

FINS UP is a turn-key authorized charter operation US Coast Guard-documented and owned in an LLC Pre-purchase survey just completed on 5/15/25  Please call for details and to arrange your showing Caterpillar 3000-hour mechanical service was just completed on her 1600hp C32s Vessel was originally built with the older Cat C30s They were replaced with modern common-rail C32s in year 2013 Runs clean!Freshly bottom-painted with fresh PropSpeed foul release prop and gear coating Extensive upgrades since 2023 including all new Simrad electronics14 ft Novurania tender w/ 50hp Yamaha outboard included!Soft grey hull wrap and matching new grey bimini top New flybridge hot tub and navigation equipment recently added 4-stateroom layout plus crew quarters Master stateroom has a separate stairway entry from the salon All guest staterooms forward of lower helm Navigational Equipment:   (2) Simrad VHF (2) Simrad Autopilot (4) Simrad GPS Chartplotters Simrad Radar open array HD7 KVH Satellite SystemManufacturers Description:The graceful 82 Yacht proves beyond any doubt that first impressions really do matter But it doesnt simply stop there Her spacious interiors are an exercise in ergonomic genius no more so than down below in her astonishingly spacious accommodation areas The effect is one of remarkable comfort and luxury on every levelFrom Power Motoryacht Magazine:It was an unusual situation but this is a highly unusual boat Wed run the numbers and logged the speed fuel trim and decibel readings and now were at the fun part of the test: handling On an 82-foot 60-ton yacht this isnt always the fun part—Ive tested boats this size that couldnt out-turn the USS Nimitz—but this was differentAt somewhere between 25 and 30 knots I cranked the wheel hard to starboard and passed control to the skipper Just going below for a second I told him Keep her on this heading Our heading was a turn so tight we were in danger of catching ourselves by the tail but the skipper obliged with a knowing look and I made my way down to the amidships master cabin There just outside the starboard hull windows was a maelstrom of solid salt spray—no sea no sky just a chaotic wall of white water whooshing past the glass as the yacht dug her chine in and hurled herself around the turn heeling over at an angle that would be considered dramatic in boats half this size It was exhilarating hugely silly entertainment and given the hushed and opulent surroundings strangely surreal My brain was unwilling to believe what my eyes were seeingPerhaps I shouldnt have been so surprised Sunseeker is immensely proud of its sporting heritage and even with a tall beamy motoryacht as voluminous as the 82 its design team cant seem to resist reaching back for it Like a modern Jaguar that has nothing in common with the companys Le Mans winners of the 1950s the name nevertheless sets up expectations: Customers whod balk at the thought of skirts and spoilers nevertheless want the feeling of willing horsepower and taut handling reminders of the history theyre buying intoSunseeker bought into history when it called in Don Shead in 1979 and started writing its own This relationship has become one of the industrys great partnerships For years Shead has maintained a fully staffed drawing office at Sunseeker His designers and engineers are completely integrated with Sunseekers—the companies are inseparable—and the boatbuilders ambition is the perfect foil for the designers experience Megayachts raceboats production cruisers gas turbines surface drives waterjets—they do it all So whether the builder wants a new 37 Sportfish or a 140-foot megayacht its all in a days work for the Shead-Sunseeker team And as for a 60-ton 82 that thinks shes a sportboat well thats second natureAlthough all owners of a boat like this wouldnt necessarily expect such handling most would demand a choice of layouts and there are several Three basic configurations are available and within those a number of options All offer four cabins on the lower deck with the owners stateroom amidships and the VIP all the way forward Our test boats layout carried the title master junior suite and port twin guest with en suite head and places the owners berth against the aft bulkhead with heads dressing room and shower helping to insulate the cabin from the engine roomA symmetrical pair of roomy twin-berth cabins both with en suite facilities lies to port and starboard The double guest stateroom forward features a good-size head and shower compartment to port and a dressing room to starboard which the owner of our boat who intends to operate her without crew had converted to a laundry roomThe popular standard layout shown in our spec box (the master grand suite) sees the owners berth swung around and placed against a screen in front of the master stateroom doorway so you can walk around it The en suite shower and head sit just forward to port This layout uses up space on the port side and relegates the fourth cabin to a small bunk-berth affair with no facilities But for many owners any inconvenience suffered by occasional guests is a fair trade-off against the magnificence of their more frequently used quartersIncredibly Sunseeker is turning out two 82 Yachts a month so you dont have to squint at plans to compare layouts You can step aboard two or three other boats and see them for yourself While there are pros and cons with each its good to see that certain excellent features remain common to all spacious forward guest heads a roomy and practical saloon with a deceptively large galley and a great navigators station opposite the helmStepping from boat to boat also allows you to compare owners decor choices One owner whose boat was moored next to my test boat had gone for brown leather upholstery in the saloon and black leather helm seats Its amazing how much of a difference it made Our test boat had a calming conventional color scheme composed of cherry paneling cream-colored leather and cream-colored wool carpet Visual contrast was provided by a few discreet notes of black leather and black marble worktops in the galley and in the heads The overall effect was very pleasingBesides flexibility a boat of this class must offer quality and for some years now Sunseekers quality has been beyond reproach Like other major British yards its joinery and interior finishing can rival the best the Italian yards can offer and these are complemented by high standards of engineering Take the standard hydraulic aft swim platform which can be lowered well below the waterline so the tender can be floated onto its chocks There is of course a safety switch to prevent the engines going into gear with the platform down and if you have a hydraulic pump problem a manual pump enables you to get the platform up again If its really not your day and you suffer complete hydraulic failure you can override the engine safety switch and at least get yourself home albeit slowlyAlso unusual on a boat this size theres only one way to the upper deck from the cockpit (Its one reason why the saloon feels so big There are no stairs inside) The flying bridge has a sunbathing area aft sensibly arranged seating and a bar in the center section most of which is shaded by a bimini The upper helm is also comfortable and well organized and it was from here that we carried out our sea trialsAfter running all the numbers in flat water in the lee of Handfast Points white chalk cliffs not far from the Sunseeker factory in Poole England we ventured farther out where the breeze picked up raising a two- to three-foot chop Then the fun began The extreme angle of heel in really tight turns took some getting used to but then it became just part of the fun The 82 was quiet and comfortable at 30 knots and happy to stay on plane down to 15 or 16 which means relatively economical cruising in a wide variety of conditions Small trim tabs proved adequate for correcting heel in the crosswind and werent needed for anything else Upwind downwind and across seas the hull couldnt be faulted The 82 felt like a truly capable sea boat as well as an extraordinarily agile drivers machineThe skipper told me that while taking our boat back from last winters London Boat Show he was surfing ten-foot waves at 25 knots on autopilot and she was steady as a rock Normally youd take such claims by an employee with a grain of salt but Ive driven the 82 so its totally reasonable to me