Moonlight Drive

33 knots at full throttle puts Moonlight Drive well into performance-flybridge territory, a pace her 23-knot cruising speed backs up rather than contradicts. Sunseeker built her as a Manhattan in 2015, and she is offered for sale from Marina del Rey, California.

Build and provenance

The Manhattan is Sunseeker's flybridge model at this length, built in 2015 with a fibreglass hull that keeps her light for her size. A flybridge layout adds a second outdoor helm and lounge above the main deck, extending the living space upward as well as aft.

Layout and accommodation

Four cabins sleep eight guests, a configuration built around that flybridge layout, with the main deck salon and helm doing double duty as the yacht's social hub. She is sized for a family or a group of friends rather than for a large standing crew on a separate deck.

Performance and engineering

Her 23-knot cruise and 33-knot top speed are the numbers of a planing hull built for pace along the coast rather than a slow ocean crossing, the kind of performance that turns a weekend run into an afternoon's outing. The fibreglass build keeps weight down, part of what lets her reach that speed.

Where she lies and how to see her

Moonlight Drive lies in Marina del Rey, California. Boatcrowd sets up viewings and is present for each one, and once an offer on her is accepted the survey and sea trial follow before the sale completes.