FD75

• 22.86 m LOA, 20.45 m waterline length, 6.2 m beam
• 1.73 m draft, 67.93 t displacement
• Twin Caterpillar C18A diesels, 1,136 hp each
• 19.4 knots top, 17 knots cruise, about 2,289 nm at 8.1 knots
• 9,085 L fuel and 1,136 L fresh water capacity
• Main-deck master plus three guest cabins, crew cabin for two
• Raised pilothouse with open flybridge and lower helm
• First hull completed in 2020

A main-deck master at 75 feet

Main-deck owner's suites usually begin somewhere north of 90 feet. The FD75 plants one on a 75 foot hull, complete with walk-in closets, because the High Performance Piercing Bow carries the full beam so far forward that the deck space exists to spend. It remains the boldest packaging statement in the series. Everything an owner gives up by choosing 75 feet, the FD75 hands back in the one place it is felt daily, the walk from bed to breakfast without a companionway in between.

The rest of the accommodation holds the standard: a queen cabin, a double and a twin below deck, all with proper berths, plus a crew cabin sleeping two. An optional beach club finishes the transom for owners who want the waterline lifestyle of the bigger FDs on the smallest platform in the family.

Small hull, long legs

Twin Caterpillar C18A diesels of 1,136 horsepower each drive the FD75 to a published top speed of 19.4 knots with a 17 knot cruise, quick enough to keep schedules honest. The more telling figure sits at the other end of the throttle: around 2,289 nautical miles of range at 8.1 knots.

That endurance comes from 9,085 liters of fuel, about 2,400 US gallons, pushed through an efficient fast displacement hull displacing just under 68 tons. Water capacity is 1,136 liters, and twin Onan generators cover the hotel load. A Florida-based FD75 can reach the Exumas and back several times between fuel docks. The C18A pair is a known quantity across the sportfish and cruiser fleets, which keeps mechanics familiar with it in every Bahamas-adjacent boatyard.

A main-deck master, four staterooms and 2,289 miles of range on the smallest hull in the FD family.

Two helms, one owner

The raised pilothouse layout gives the FD75 both an open flybridge and a proper lower helm, so the boat drives from inside when the weather argues and from up top when it does not. For an owner-operator, the pilothouse also separates navigation from the salon's social life, keeping passages calm for everyone aboard.

Horizon aims the model squarely at owner-operators, and the details follow: sightlines planned for short-handed maneuvering, systems reachable for daily checks, and a scale of operation, one couple, one optional hand, that keeps the running cost conversation short. The crew cabin waits for the seasons when help is wanted, and the pilothouse helm quietly extends the cruising calendar, keeping passages comfortable when an open flybridge would send everyone below.

Volume the length does not explain

Horizon promotes the FD75 on unparalleled volume, innovative functionality and intelligent layout, and the claim survives a walkthrough. The vertical bow stretches the waterline to 20.45 meters of the 22.86 meter length, the 6.2 meter beam holds far forward, and the interior reads a full size class above the paperwork. Visitors habitually guess the length higher than the brochure states, which is precisely the reaction the piercing bow was designed to produce.

The glass does its share too, with the salon and master suite lit by the same generous glazing philosophy as the larger FDs. Owners trading up from conventional 70 footers consistently report the same first impression, that the FD75 feels like the 85 footer they assumed they could not justify.

The entry that behaves like the range

The first FD75 was announced in 2019 and rolled off the line in 2020, and the model has fed the series from below ever since, introducing owners to the FD idea who later climb to the FD90 and beyond. It shares the family bow, the family glass and the family logic, so nothing about a later step up feels unfamiliar. The model went from press announcement in 2019 to a completed first boat in 2020, quick work even by Horizon's standards.

As an ownership proposition it is disarmingly simple: superyacht packaging, couple-scale running costs and Horizon's factory network behind it in the markets where the boats actually cruise. For a first serious yacht, or a deliberate downsize that refuses to feel like one, the FD75 is the range's quiet overachiever, and the reason many Horizon ownerships begin at 75 feet.

Für wen: A first-time superyacht buyer or deliberate downsizer who wants a main-deck master, four cabins and true passage range in a boat one couple and a single hand can operate.