The most beautiful boat you'll never own | Zeelander Z5 sea trial | Motor Boat & Yachting

[@The-Droll-and-LazyJoker]

Zeelander, their poetry in... motion

[@klintzman]

This is the boats answer to Rolls Royce or Rolex. Beautiful, luxurious. A dream boat. Love it ❤

[@Marcel_Uithoof]

They even have a Z8 now !

[@alexsmith3945]

Exactly right. We tested the Z5 a year ago and the fleet has now evolved. There are four boats in the modern line-up but, as intimated, it's basically the same boat in four different sizes so all the design principles you see here remain very much intact.

[@darthkek1953]

Zeelander are exquisite. IIRC the Z5 doesn't have a tender garage making the Z6 a much more tempting version to impotently lust after.

[@rykehuss3435]

Tender garages are pretty useless on anything below 90 feet boats. Theyre so tiny you can only fit the smallest tender in there, which is so small its more like a toy than a convenience

[@darthkek1953]

@@rykehuss3435 most yachts these days will it a Williams 285 or more and that's a full on monster you can do two sports with. But more importantly, at anchorage or buoy you can get to shore for explore/dinner/drink.

[@hublitobuchclub947]

@@rykehuss3435what are you yapping about

[@jameshamilton6096]

An Awesome boat but with a compromised sleeping arrangement

[@ianscott3180]

A very attractive weekender for the very rich while the crew is on leave from the big yacht. Imagine tidal cruising without a tender? Off the dock at the end of the garden in Florida? Perfect. If I had the kind of money that this would cost, nI would buy something else. Having said that, when I was taking my walk ashore from my practical boat and saw a Zeelander, I would comment about how stunning it looked.

[@Chicken_Lips]

A great look at this beautiful boat. Really enjoyed that, thanks.

[@seanogden927]

Zeelander definitely build beautiful boats, yes there are compromises in space especially in the cabins but who cares with something this gorgeous. Great tour Alex thank you.

[@maryholder3795]

Ohhhh nice very streamlined look, hull and bulwalks very tasteful lovely curved details like the dark 21:18 blue and white colour. Love the stern platform very versatile, going into a very sociable cockpit. Good sized engine bay with space to work in. Sighs happierly .. onto the salon, light and airy and curvy. More curves down to the cabins. A microwave, freezer and fridge good use of space. Clever use of pearl type tiles mirrors make the space look larger. The cabins are interesting in their use of space. But comfortable. Could see her in the Mediterranean or in the Northern sea, coastal or ocean. You give a very honest opinion of her, pointing out a couple of problems. But by in large she an excellent if expensive to build boat Thank you Alex

[@tp0376]

Can’t you stop the aft platform in the vertical position to access the engine room? So you don’t need the extra room behind ?

[@Nezzer57]

Great Gatsby vibes... Beautiful, but flawed.

[@alexsmith3945]

Beautifully put.

[@marvin9860]

Beautiful but not being able to stand up straight in the owners cabin of a multi million dollar 50 footer is a problem.

[@CCDzine]

A Riva Aqurama is the most beautiful boat I'll never own.

[@andrewpetley4468]

Beautiful looking boat but too many internal compromises for me. Helm position is bizarre, layout is strange, fridge and microwave? Main cabin in particular is a letdown in both headroom and space.

[@cristianfamigliuolo]

It seems to me that the owner of the shipyard is justifying himself too much😂😂

[@anthonynicholas1165]

Beautiful boats that all have one thing in common, they seriously need better interior design, for how much these cost the current designs are laughably ridiculous, i wonder they ever sell even one of them.

[@jeremyprice679]

Too many compromises

[@SauloMogi]

Beautiful boat. Did i miss the price?

[@Jagcycle]

This is what you get when you put form over function, and dollars over sense. Proper Dutch boat builders would be ashamed of this company.

[@KeithArmitage-n4h]

Gorgeous boat, but lack of cabin headroom and a quirky helm layout? I'm not so sure. Luckily I am not quite a Billionaire and won't need to make the buy/not buy decision.

[@leos8720]

Excellent 👌👍

[@VincenzoValenti]

Lookwise, Zeelander boats are works of art, however unfortunately I think for this one the compromise with beauty is a little bit too much. No windows in the bow cabin, crammed, low roof master cabin, very limited space and storage anywhere you look and this, for a boat that is definitely not small, despite its beauty, makes very little sense, especially if you think of the money required to sleep in a bed with a TV placed 50cm from your face

[@DuminguMphande]

so basically inbox for price ... ? probably overpriced.

[@RandomGuyRandomNumber]

No argument about the quality of finish, but almost everything is so totally compromised for the sake of style... and the more one looks at this boat, the less that style appeals - it's such a pastiche of a working lobster boat for no real advantage. So a boat that isn't that good looking, with a terrible GA (fridge, freezer and microwave below, galley sink up - really ?) for silly money... people with more money than sense or frankly, anything else, form an orderly 18 month-long queue here.

[@alexpervanoglu7420]

Totally flawed design. Microwave below deck yet gally up top, of you can call it a gally. Master cabin with a low ceiling, hardly any natual light. Looks good on the outside but you can get a lot more for a lot less money. Terrible design.