James Bond-Style Boats: Five of The Best
These boats all offer a slice of 007 attitude by way of design.
Are you searching for the perfect Bond-style vessel to take us across the water from a standstill to 50 knots in minutes? Vessels on our list are equipped with luxury accommodations and every creature comfort imaginable, including dining facilities, champagne coolers, iPad docks and TV and AV systems. More importantly, they also have unique features, such as bullet-proof cabins that can transition from land to water and boast stealth capabilities, enabling you to remain incognito on the water for covert missions.
1. Safehaven Marine: Barracuda
Above: Barracuda cruising through the water. Image via Safehaven Marine.
Conceived for military and policing purposes this Badass with a capital B; this built to bulletproof military-style vessel takes stealth mode to a new level thanks to its angular hull shape and camo-paint it can go undetected by radar.
Concealed below deck remote control gyroscopically stabilized 12.7mm machine gun, or a manned motorized gun turret incorporating a 7.62mm MG which can be raised up through hatches enabling significantly increased standoff range for an overmatch capability against the enemy.
Its deep-V high-speed carbon fiber hull and wave-piercing bow provide excellent seakeeping abilities and the vessel is capable of achieving high speeds of 35-40 knots, powered by twin 600hp diesel engines, ideal for effortlessly carving across colossal waves and engaging in high speed chases. There is enough space on board to carry a six to ten-person crew. Equipped with a range of high-tech navigation gadgets as well as sonar, thermal and night vision surveillance cameras. Barracuda is built by Irish manufacturers Safehaven Marine.
2. Riva's Aquarama
Above: Riva Aquarama. Image via Riva.
Iconically Bond, classic boat Riva Aquarama features in 1995’s Goldeneye when Pierce Brosnan sped out of Monaco’s Port Hercules on a Aquarama towards a tri-deck motor yacht at anchor. The ideal boat for romancing a Bond girl, these stylish classic boats were very much ‘in vogue’, between 1972 to 1996 an iconic symbol of beauty and wealth and with only 278 models in circulation, they remain highly sought after.
Runaround boats – are the epitome of Bondesque glamor. This classic boat was initially conceived for water skiing around the Italian lakes, or as a vehicle to enjoy slow, scenic travel.
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3. Iguana Yachts: The Iguana Commuter
Above: Iguana Yachts: The Iguana Commuter. Image via Iguana Yachts.
Iguana’s Commuter is the ideal amphibious support vessel to effortlessly transition between water and land. In Bond-style you can easily embark on virtually any terrain, albeit sand, water, or road, so that you can launch it wherever your 007 mission takes you.
The convertible hardtop transforms from a heightened sun shade to a completely sealed weatherproof helm at the touch of a button. A luxurious cabin complete with an integrated head allows its owners to enjoy the creature comforts all day including drinks cooler, a small day bed and storage so valuables can be left on board worry-free when you disembark at your favorite beachfront restaurant for a Vesper martini shaken, not stirred.
4. Safehaven Marine: Thunderchild II
Above: Thunderchild II passing Fastnet Rock lighthouse. Image via Safehaven Marine.
Thunderchild II (XSV20), built by Safehaven Marine is the fastest yacht on our list, averaging 44.6 knots (51.3 MPH) so outrunning your nemesis in this is a piece of cake. She is classified as a high speed offshore patrol / S.A.R interceptor and cruiser. Reminiscent of a floating supercar, her low-lying structure provides a low center of gravity and increases her aerodynamic/hydrodynamic capabilities.
Completely unique, her hull seamlessly fuses a twin-stepped, asymmetrical catamaran form with a wave-piercing monohull, to create a hybrid faceted design that delivers the rough weather and high-speed dynamic transverse stability of a catamaran.
5. Spirit 46: Spirit Yachts
Above: The Spirit 60 cruising in the ocean, a larger version of Spirit 46. Image via Vortec Marine.
Lastly, The Spirit 46 is the original Spirit Yachts model; the ideal combination of modern and classic, the Spirit 46’s low profile and long overhangs and contemporary underwater profile provides effortless cruising at 18 knots. The Spirit 46 boasts the performance credentials in regatta racing.
British boatbuilder Spirit Yachts has a portfolio of Bond films to boast their longstanding sailing heritage name. Like any experienced sailor, 007 understands that, when you find a yacht builder you like, you stay loyal for a lifetime. Which is why after owning the 54-foot Soufrière, built by Spirit Yachts he choose to retire on the elegant Spirit 46 sailing yacht in the Caribbean in ‘No Time to Die’.
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