Flying Colors54' Pama LX540 2004

Pama Yachts has a fascinating backstory that blends craftsmanship, international ambition, and a touch of reinvention.

The company traces its roots to 1986, when Taiwanese boatbuilder Philip Wang founded Prima Yachts. This venture eventually gave rise to the Pama Yachts brand, which quickly gained recognition for its raised pilothouse and semi-displacement yachts. Initially based in Taiwan, the company outgrew its facilities and relocated to Shenzhen, China in 1992, where it established a 14,000-square-meter shipyard complete with a launch quay.

Pama Yachts became known for its stylish fiberglass yachts ranging from 15 to 27 meters, including popular models like the Pama 54’ Pilothouse (LX540) and Pama 62' Pilothouse (LX620). These vessels were celebrated for their spacious interiors, solid construction, and attention to detail—often incorporating input from international designers like Howard Apollonio.

The brand enjoyed success in markets across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the U.S., with boats built to meet rigorous standards such as ABYC, ABS, USCG, and CE RINA certifications. However, despite its strong reputation, Pama Yachts ceased operations in 2016.

Even today, used Pama yachts are sought after for their durability and design, with many still cruising the seas decades after their launch.

The Pama LX540 was designed by Howard Apollonio and David Adams—a duo known for blending performance with elegant, livable design. Apollonio, in particular, has a long-standing reputation in naval architecture, especially for raised pilothouse yachts like the LX540. Their collaboration brought together sleek exterior lines, thoughtful interior layouts, and solid engineering that made the LX540 stand out in its class.

Howard Apollonio is a renowned American naval architect and marine engineer with over 50 years of experience designing yachts, commercial vessels, and military craft. He’s especially celebrated for his work on raised pilothouse motor yachts, a style he helped popularize through collaborations with brands like Christensen, Pama, Westport, Cheoy Lee, Hampton/Regency, and Queenship.

Apollonio’s designs are known for blending classic aesthetics with modern performance, often featuring efficient hull forms, spacious interiors, and thoughtful systems integration. He’s also the creative force behind Apollonian Yachts, a brand he co-founded to fill a gap in the market for mid-sized, owner-operated pilothouse yachts. The flagship Apollonian 52 is a prime example—designed to be affordable, easy to handle, and packed with liveaboard comfort.

His influence spans continents and decades, and his yachts are still admired for their craftsmanship and seaworthiness.

David Adams was an accomplished Australian yachtsman and yacht designer with a remarkable career both on and off the water. He’s best known for his solo circumnavigation victories, particularly winning Class II of the 1994–95 BOC Challenge (now the VELUX 5 Oceans Race) aboard True Blue, a 50-foot yacht designed by Scott Jutson. That win set a new record for the fastest solo circumnavigation by an Australian in his class.

Beyond racing, Adams co-founded Tricon Marine in China in 2009, where he collaborated with naval architect Howard Apollonio to launch the Argos G92—a luxury motor yacht with a hybrid hull designed for both speed and efficiency. His work at Tricon reflected a shift from racing to high-end yacht production, blending performance with comfort.

Approximately fifteen Pama Yachts were sold in the United States and Canada and there is an active Owner’s Group that shares information about the yachts, maintenance tips and cruising plans.

Flying Colors offers a full-beam master stateroom amidships with a centlerine king size berth and ensuite head with an enclosed shower; a VIP guest stateroom forward with an island queen size berth and ensuite head with enclosed shower; and an office to port that converts into a stateroom with a single size berth. There is direct access to the guest head with enclosed shower from the guest companionway.

The salon offers a sofa with storage, 2 stools and an electric hi/lo teak table to port, lounge chair to starboard, entertainment center/storage cabinetry with a U-Line refrigerator/icemaker and U-Line wine cooler starboard forward, storage cabinets, side windows with curtains, stainless steel & glass doors with curtains aft, carpet (2025) and teak & holly sole and storage under the pilothouse steps,

The galley is starboard aft in the pilothouse.

• Sub-Zero under-counter refrigerator and freezer
• Kenyon Euro-Kera 3-burner electric cooktop
• Sharp Carousel convection/microwave oven
• Stainless steel sink
• Storage cabinets and drawers
• Teak & holly sole
• Side window
• U-Line refrigerator with an icemaker in the salon
• U-Line wine cooler in the salon
• Gaggeneau BBQ grill on the flybridge
• Costway refrigerator on the flybridge

Dining space is available at the salon hi/lo teak table, the expandable pilothouse table, flybridge table and aftdeck table.

The full-beam master stateroom is amidships and offers a centerline king size berth, nightstands, reading lights, carpet, storage drawers and cabinets, cedar-lined hanging locker, cedar-lined walk-in closet, desk/vanity, Vizio flat screen TV and an ensuite head with an enclosed shower.

The guest stateroom forward offers an island queen size berth, nightstands, 2 portlights with curtains, overhead hatch with a screen and shade, mirror, benchseat to port, cedar-lined hanging locker, storage drawers and cabinets, carpet and an ensuite head with an enclosed shower.

There is an office to port that converts into a single size berth stateroom and offers a desk, shelves, storage cabinets and drawers, cedar-lined hanging locker and carpet.

There is access to the guest head with enclosed shower from the guest companionway across from this office.

• Danby DCD 5505W-1 separate full-size dryer
• Danby DWM 5500 W separate full-size washer

The raised pilothouse offers a full helm forward, Stidd helmseat, electronics as detailed in the electronics section of this presentation, trim tabs controls, anchor windlass control, electronic engine controls, bow & stern thruster controls, stabilizer system controls, searchlight control, benchseat with storage and an expandable table to port, side deck access door on each side, guest companionway stairs starboard forward, flybridge stairs port aft, teak & holly sole, overhead hatch with a screen and shade and side windows with blinds (2025).

The flybridge offers a hardtop, overhead hatch, Eisenglass enclosure (2025), non-skid deck, sliding hatch and stairs to the pilothouse, sliding hatch and stainless steel & teak ladder to the aftdeck, wrap-around seating with storage and a table to port, wetbar with a Gaggeneau BBQ grill, Costway refrigerator and storage to starboard, 2 X Stidd helmseats, anchor windlass control, trim tabs controls, bow and stern thruster controls, searchlight control, electronic engine controls and electronics as detailed in the electronics section of this presentation.

The aftdeck offers a hardtop, teak deck, molded-in steps to each side deck, benchseat with storage, 2 deck chairs and a table aft, engine room and lazarette access, sliding stainless steel & glass doors to the salon, 2 transon gates, stainless steel & teak ladder to the flybridge and storage cabinets.

• Vizio flat screen TV in the salon and master stateroom

• Garmin Fantom4 Radar
• Garmin 800 AIS transponder
• Garmin GPSmap 8612 multi-function display on the flybridge
• Garmin GPSmap 8612xsv multi-function display at the lower helm
• Garmin GXM satellite weather service antenna
• Simrad AP22 autopilot on the flybridge and AP20 at the lower helm
• Furuno RD-33 navigational data organizer display on the flybridge and RD-30 at the lower helm
• Icom IC-M602 VHF at the lower helm and on the flybridge
• Rule Aqua Meter Saturn magnetic compass at the lower helm
• Ritchie Powerdamp magnetic compass on the flybridge
• Mingood intercom system

• Northern Lights M843NK.3 12 kW generator with approximately 3,199 hours
• Victron Energy Mulitiplus 12vdc/3,000 watt/120 amp inverter/charger (2025)
• Victron Energy Centaur 12/60 battery charger (2025)
• ProMariner ProSport HD 12 battery charger
• Marinco Charge Pro 10 amp battery charger
• 2 X USB ports in the pilothouse
• 110 vac outlet on the flybridge
• 50 amp shore power cord
• Glendinning Cablemaster shore power cord system
• Blue Sea voltmeter and amp meter displays
• 145 amp alternator
• Balmar 220 amp alternator

• Twin Cummins QSM 11-M 660 HP main engines with approximately 3,283 hours (3,000 hour service completed in 2025)
• Twin Disc MG5082A gearboxes
• ZF Cruise Command electronic engine controls
• Cummins engine displays
• VDO gauges
• Tides Strong Marine dripless shaft seals
• Capilano hydraulic steering system
• Dual Racor 77/1000 FG fuel filters with vacuum gauges for each main engine
• Racor R24P fuel filter for the generator
• Reverso oil change system
• Bennett trim tabs
• Side Power bow and stern thrusters
• Wesmar CPS 1000 stabilizer system (Seals replaced in 2024)
• SeaWater Pro 40 gph watermaker
• Dometic and Aqua Air reverse cycle air conditioning/heating system (2 X 24,000 BTU units, 2 X 12,000 BTU unit) (Soft starts on the two larger units)
• RV Vac central vacuum system
• Torrid stainless steel 20 gallon water heater
• Jabsco electric heads
• Maintenance log
• Operations manual
• Port main engine starter replaced in 2025, starboard main engine starter replaced in 2023
• Port main engine circulating pump replaced in 2020, starboard main engine circulating pump replaced in 2025
• Stern thruster gear leg replaced in 2024
• New shafts, Cutlass bearings and rudder bearings in 2019

• Maxwell 2200 anchor windlass with foot controls and a remote control at each helm
• Stainless steel rails
• Stainless steel deck hardware
• Non-skid decks
• Windshield cover
• Teak covered fiberglass swimplatform
• Transom storage
• Stainless steel swimplatform 3" hoop rails
• Stainless steel swim ladder
• Fresh water hot/cold deck shower
• Dock water connection
• Awlcraft Flag Blue painted hullsides
• Underwater lights
• Hull bottom painted in 2024

• Gala V360 RIB tender
• Yamaha F40LA 40 HP 4-stroke outboard
• Nick Jackson 1,000 LB davit (Winch replaced in 2024 and cable replaced with Dyneema line in 2025)

• Fireboy FE241 engine room fire suppression system
• Fireboy emergency engine shutdown system
• Fire extinguishers
• First Alert smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
• Rule bilge pumps
• Rule bilge high water alarm
• Siren Marine boat monitoring system
• Jabsco searchlight
• Siren Marine boat monitoring system

• Sellers' personal belongings
• Binoculars
• First aid kit
• Cleaning supplies
• Headsets
• Tools

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

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