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Sunseeker Predator 65

Name: Sunseeker Predator 65
Brand: Sunseeker

In production 2022–present Designed by Sunseeker

The Sunseeker Predator 65 is a 20.5 m GRP hardtop sportscruiser built by Sunseeker International in Poole, England, launched in 2022 as a flybridge-free, single-level companion to the 65 Sport Yacht, with which it shares its hull, beam and Volvo Penta IPS powertrain. It sits in the current Predator range between the Predator 55 and Predator 75.

Sunseeker's own specification sheet gives an overall length of 20.50 m (67'2"), a beam of 5.10 m and a draught of 1.60 m, with a half-load displacement of 37,810 kg; hull and superstructure are GRP. Design is credited to Sunseeker's in-house team. Rather than a flybridge, the Predator 65 has a single-level, hardtop main deck topped by a large sunroof — Motor Boat & Yachting described it as 'a true single-level hard top sportscruiser with a big sunroof,' aimed at owners who want 'an even purer profile' than the flybridge alternative.

Sunseeker's specification lists three cabins as standard, expandable to four, with four en-suite/day heads; the layout can be split either way depending on configuration, per Motor Boat & Yachting's review of the launch boat.

Standard power is twin Volvo Penta IPS1200 pod drives (2 x 900 hp); twin IPS1350 units (2 x 1,000 hp) are offered as the higher option, for a combined maximum of 2,000 hp. Sunseeker quotes a top speed of up to 35 knots and a range of about 750 nautical miles at a 10-knot cruise, with 11-13.5 kW generators depending on configuration. At launch the base price was about £2.18 million ex VAT.

The Predator 65 had its digital premiere on 10 February 2022 and its world premiere at the Palm Beach International Boat Show that March. It followed the 65 Sport Yacht, launched the previous year, which uses the same hull and engines but adds an elevated SkyHelm flybridge deck in place of the Predator's sunroof; Sunseeker told Motor Boat & Yachting it expected demand for the two body styles to split roughly 50/50. Sunseeker's global naming simplification, rolled out from the 2025 Cannes Yachting Festival onward, has since folded the Sport Yacht line into the Predator family, and the manufacturer's website now lists the flybridge sibling as the 'Predator 65 SportFly.'

Motor Boat & Yachting's Phil Draper rated the handling highly, writing that the boat 'heels into the turns like you're on a motorbike,' and Yachting Magazine's review was similarly positive about the finish and the open-air experience the sunroof gives over rival hardtops.