Majesty 62
| 18.8 m LOA, 4.98 m beam, 1.2 m draft | |
| 7 guests in 4 cabins plus crew cabin | |
| Twin MAN i6-800 diesels, 25 knots top | |
| 450 nm range at displacement pace | |
| 3,646 l fuel capacity | |
| Semi-covered flybridge, GRP hull | |
| Yacht Style Awards 2019, best Asia-built 15-24 m motor yacht |
The sensible centre of the fleet
Every high-volume builder has one boat that quietly pays the bills, and for Gulf Craft's yacht range it has long been the 62. She offers the essential Majesty proposition, more cabins and more standard equipment than the European names at the length, at a price that leaves budget for the actual boating, and she does it without a single exotic engineering bet. Generations of the yard's flybridge buyers have started at this size, and the model's longevity is its own review.
The recognition followed the sales. At the Yacht Style Awards in 2019 the 62 took the prize for best Asia-built motor yacht between 15 and 24 metres, a category thick with capable competition, and the win marked the point where the region's press stopped grading Gulf Craft on a curve.
Four cabins plus crew at 18.8 metres
The berthing plan is the boat's core argument. A master and a VIP, both en suite, a twin and a single sharing the third bathroom, seven guests sleeping in real beds on a hull under 19 metres. A separate crew cabin with its own head completes the plan, so a captain or a deckhand-cook lives aboard without borrowing guest space.
For the family buyer the arithmetic is decisive, children in the twin, grandparents in the VIP, a friend in the single, and the owners keep their full beam master. Boats a full class larger from the fashion brands frequently sleep fewer people, which is why the 62 keeps winning comparisons she is theoretically too small to enter. The berths are real ones with real stowage, drawn for a fortnight aboard, which is where optimistic layouts usually surrender.
Seven guest berths, a crew cabin and 25 knots on 18.8 metres, the boat that quietly built the brand's owner base.
MAN 800s, 25 knots, no drama
Twin MAN i6-800 diesels, straight sixes of 800 hp each, drive the 62 to 25 knots with a comfortable 20 knot cruise. The engines are the segment's dependable choice, compact, efficient and serviceable across every market the boat sells in, and they leave the machinery space accessible in a way owners who check their own dipsticks appreciate. Parts and service knowledge for these engines exist in every serious yard from Marseille to Male, which keeps downtime short wherever the boat lives.
With 3,646 litres of fuel the practical envelope is the classic coastal one, 450 nautical miles at displacement pace, ample for the marina-to-anchorage rhythm the boat is built around. The 1.2 metre draft opens beaches, sandbanks and shallow berths, which in the Gulf and the islands is where the weekends happen.
A flybridge sized like the second deck it is
The semi-covered flybridge is drawn for maximum outdoor living, helm forward, then dining and sun space running aft under the option of shade. It converts an 18.8 metre boat into a two storey residence, and in the brand's home climate the upper deck carries most of the day, breakfast through sundowners.
Down below, the main deck keeps the galley in the conversation and the glazing generous, and the cockpit connects to the swim platform where the tender, the toys and the swimming traffic live. None of it is novel, all of it is proportioned a size more generously than the length suggests, which is the recurring family trick.
The boat that builds Majesty owners
The 62 is where many of the brand's longest relationships start. She is bought as a first crewed boat or a step up from sport cruisers, run for some seasons, then traded against a 72 or a Nomad as the itineraries grow, with the yard's trade-in ecosystem smoothing each move up the ladder. High production volume means the model benefits from continuous small refinements, hull after hull.
Her position has since been reinforced from below by the newer, restyled Majesty 60, but the 62 keeps the fuller cabin count and remains the value benchmark of the pair. For buyers comparing spec sheets across brands at this length, she remains one of the strongest sums in production boating.
Motores y sistemas
| Main engines | Twin MAN i6-800 diesels, 800hp (588kW) each at 2,300rpm, giving a 20-knot cruise and 25-knot top speed. One brokerage listing for a specific 2018 hull instead shows twin Caterpillar engines at 1,150hp each, reported here as a discrepancy rather than resolved since it may reflect a listing error or a non-standard repower rather than the factory specification |
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| Stabilizers | Not publicly known. No spec sheet, brochure or listing checked states whether stabilizers are fitted or optional |
| Bow thruster | Not publicly known. Not specified in any source checked |
| Fuel tankage | 3,646 litres (963 US gallons) per the factory specification; one brokerage listing instead cites 3,800 litres, a close but not identical figure |
| Fresh water tankage | 568 litres (150 US gallons) |
| Range | Quoted as 450 nautical miles, but sources disagree on the qualifying speed: one spec summary states 450nm at 12 knots, while a Monaco brokerage listing states 450nm at 20 knots. Both figures are given here rather than picked |
Lo que cuentan armadores y tripulaciones
Named best Asia-built motor yacht in her size class
Won Best Asia-built Motor Yacht (15 to 24m) at the Christofle Yacht Style Awards 2019 on Kamala Beach, Phuket, in front of more than 350 industry guests and owners.
Yacht StyleOwner's cabin flagged as a compromise against direct four-cabin rivals
Comparing four-cabin 60 to 65 foot flybridge rivals, reviewer Carl Richardson notes the Majesty 62's owner's cabin must share its beam with the ensuite and can still only manage a bunked fourth cabin, a weaker layout than a full-beam owner's suite with three proper guest cabins on a direct rival.
Carl Richardson, YachtBuyerPositioned as the slowest, most comfort-oriented boat in her rival set
Described as having the slowest cruising speed of 20 knots against rivals cruising toward 30 knots, framed as prioritising stability and comfort over outright speed.
YachtBuyerAsia-Pacific dealer built a dedicated tropical variant off the same hull
Regional dealer Farfalla Marine, covering Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, commissioned a Majesty 62 Maldives derivative on the same hull with a single flybridge helm, vertical windscreen and reinforced air-conditioning for tropical climates, with the first hull due in August 2021.
Farfalla MarineSold as an owner-operable size needing no professional crew
Gulf Craft markets her as handled by the owner without the need for extra crew, a characterisation independently echoed by an unaffiliated Monaco brokerage describing her as well suited for owners looking for a manageable size.
Gulf Craft and Smart Yachts Monaco
Lo bueno y lo que conviene vigilar
Puntos fuertes
- Genuine industry recognition, not just marketingBest Asia-built motor yacht (15 to 24m) at the 2019 Yacht Style Awards is a named, third-party juried award rather than a manufacturer claim.
- Shallow draft and a comfort-first character suit tropical and coastal cruisingA full-load draft of just 1.2 metres lets her reach shallower anchorages than most 60-foot-plus flybridge rivals, and her lower 20-knot cruise is presented as a deliberate stability and comfort trade-off rather than a limitation, which is also why a dealer built a tropical resort-market variant on the same hull.
- Compact enough to run without hired crewFour cabins plus a self-contained crew cabin still let an owner run her short-handed, a pitch echoed by an unaffiliated brokerage rather than only appearing in factory copy.
A tener en cuenta
- Owner's cabin and fourth-cabin layout lag true four-cabin rivalsA named reviewer singles out the owner's cabin for having to share its beam with the ensuite, leaving only a bunked rather than proper double fourth cabin, against direct four-cabin competitors.
- Meaningfully slower than same-size flybridge competitorsAt a 20-knot cruise and 25-knot top speed she is the slowest boat in her stated rival set, whose competitors cruise toward 30 knots, a real gap for buyers wanting speed rather than a leisurely cruiser.
Información práctica
| New price / as-tested price | Not publicly listed. itBoat states plainly that the base price of a new Majesty 62 is not currently published and buyers must contact the sales team; a Monaco brokerage listing for a new-build slot likewise shows no price, only on request |
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| Running / ownership costs | Not publicly known. No fuel-burn, service-interval or ownership-cost figures for this model were found in any boat-test, dealer or spec-sheet source checked |
| Where built / delivery | Built by Gulf Craft at its own shipyard in the UAE; the model made its world debut at the 2018 Dubai International Boat Show |
| Resale / used market | Thin and inconsistent. A market-watch tool reports zero pre-owned Majesty 62s listed for sale globally over the past three years, while a separate aggregator currently shows one 2018-built example listed through a Dubai broker at EUR 1,542,000, a discrepancy left unreconciled since it is unclear whether that listing is current or stale |
| Not publicly known | Exact new-build price; total units sold; ownership and running costs; whether stabilizers and a bow thruster are standard or optional, since no public spec sheet lists them either way |
Para quién es: A pragmatic family owner who counts berths, service bills and standard equipment before badges, and wants a crew cabin without a crewed-yacht budget.