The music was powerful and happy. The vibe was positive. It felt like a house party. Nearly 15 people milled about the Pearl 82’s flybridge, with room for a couple dozen more. The area seemed large enough to accommodate a pickleball court. Maybe it is? Heck, it had space for two people at the helm, a sun pad aft to starboard for several more, a hot tub for six, U-shaped seating around a table to starboard, and L-shaped seating with a table to port for another 10 or so—with both seating spaces under the retractable hardtop. There’s also a grill, a fridge and loose seating aft.
Our sizable crew was jetting off Cannes, France, to wring out this builder’s 82-foot raised-pilothouse yacht, which fills out a four-model lineup ranging from 62 to 95 feet length overall. I found this yacht to be memorable for several reasons beyond the impressive flybridge layout.
For example, there is the on-deck owner’s stateroom, part of a five-stateroom layout for the Pearl 82. An on-deck primary stateroom is quite the design feat in an 82-foot vessel. Entering from the salon via a door to starboard, there is a corridor with a vanity/desk to prep for an evening ashore or to set up the laptop for work. It’s a relaxed, quiet cutout, set away from the rest of the stateroom. Two steps down, the space seemingly opens to the outside, because it kind of does. Extensive glazing flanks the space, with curved glass forward and above. Sliding doors framed in gleaming stainless steel provide access to the foredeck, which is up three steps from the stateroom. The perceived volume made everyone on board go wide-eyed.
The stateroom, however, doesn’t just appear large. It actually is…
