If you like cruising, then you are blessed with a fabulous range of popular luxury cruiser boats in Australia. Australia is the biggest island in the world surround by the Pacific Ocean: what better setting for a luxury cruise boat that will enable you spend as long as like at sea, visiting all these islands you wanted to visit or just entertaining friends out on the water.
Australia is a world leader in luxury boat building, with luxury cruisers built for sports and also just for pleasure. Although these cruisers are not designed for sports such as skiing, they can be good fishing boats option. Many are fitted out for fishing, with plenty storage space for equipment, and with serious fishing arsenals. However, rather than talk about it, let's have a look at some of the options you have when you are looking for a luxury cruiser.
We shall focus on four of Australia's popular luxury boat sales builders: Sunrunner, Maritimo, Eureka and the fabulous Riviera, and have a look at a representative boat from the range of each company. Let's start off with the Sunrunner 4800, a 49 foot cruiser with a beam of just over 14 feet. This is a big boat with about 6 foot 8 inches headroom below and two double berths in forward and aft staterooms, and also a convertible dinette in the saloon; although I am sure you will find more sleeping room than that if you have to.
Other luxuries include an electric Barbie, an ice maker, fridge and Corian countertops. The air conditioning is essential for these hot evenings at sea and the heads are roomy and more than adequate. The galley offers black granite counters, teak floors and loads of cupboard space. You also get a Samsung microwave/convection oven and a Miele cooker with a small dishwasher to allow more time on deck and less time cleaning up!
With twin Cummins engines and a fuel capacity of 2000 litres, this boat is seriously ocean-going luxury.
Next comes the Maritimo 60 Flybridge, designed for long range luxury cruising with its twin
Caterpillar C18 1000 MHP diesel engines that allow you to cruise a thousand miles without stopping. This boat is well balanced with an advanced hull design providing the poise you would expect of a top class luxury boat.
This is true luxury with two of just about everything: staterooms, heads, helm stations and aft decks all designed with long range luxury cruising in mind. This boat is 18.7 metres (61 feet 4 inches) long and 5.6 metres wide - just over 18 feet. With a total of three cabins, it can sleep six. The cabins and galley are appointed in a similar fashion to the Sunrunner, and most of the popular luxury cruisers in Australia are pretty similar in the way they are fitted out.
The Eureka 42 flybridge competes with its twin 575hp, C9 Caterpillar ACERT electronic marine diesel engines and 25000 litre fuel tank. The galley ad heads are well fitted with Corian bench tops, and everything you would expect in a luxury cruiser such as fridge, freezer, shower and so on.
This is a spacious boat, handling well in all sea conditions, and is appointed as you would expect a luxury cruiser boat for sale to be. Both this and the Maritimo are top class flybridge cruisers, and fitted both for serious fishing and serious cruising. Where used for sport or pleasure, these are amongst Australia's favorite pleasure cruisers.
Finally Riviera. The Riviera 5800 Sports Yacht is luxury personified. The entertainments system offers a Bose AM/FM stereo and a 40" LCD TV with 5.1 DVD player and all the speakers including sub-woofer. Some might think this is leaving the best till last, since the Riviera range appear to offer more than the rest, but you pay for what you get.
First let's look at the engines: three Volvo IPS 435 HP engines that provide all the power you will need for ocean cruising, and a 22.5 KW Onan generator for all your electrical needs. You can choose between 3 cabins and 4, and are also offered the option of separate quarters.
In the galley you will find a water purifier, freezer, microwave and dishwasher, and there are three heads in total. This is real luxury, and Riviera are hard to beat. A total of 63 feet in length, this cruiser is intended for serious long distance trans-oceanic sailing and can take from 8 to 12 people. It is fully fitted for diving and fishing, and you can have the open version or have targa if you prefer. You also have the option of the luxury all weather closed cruiser that really does this boat building company proud.
If you prefer a smaller version, the 4400 Sports Yacht was voted the 2008 Australian Manufactured Boat of the Year and thoroughly deserves the accolade. Both these cruisers are luxury boats of the highest quality.
So there you have four of the most popular luxury cruisers in Australia, or five if you include the Riviera 4400. Each one of them truly deserves the term 'luxury', and there isn't an Aussie in the whole country that wouldn't give up a whole year of 4X for one of these babies: and that's saying something!
