Pardo GT65
- LOA 20.14m
- Model Year 2026
- Cabins 3
- Crew 1
- Max Speed 35 knots
- Status In Production
- Yacht Type Wheelhouse
- Use Type Weekending
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Design & Build
The GT65 comes from the same design pairing as the rest of Pardo’s GT range, with Nauta Design responsible for the exterior and interior, and Zuccheri Yacht Design handling the naval architecture. The brief is familiar Pardo territory - low roofline, reverse bow and plenty of glass - but the GT65 pushes the enclosed side of the formula further than the brand’s walkaround boats without turning into something bulky.
The glasshouse is where some of the more interesting work has gone in. Pardo has reduced the size of the window mullions to open up the views, but says that called for careful structural work and stronger materials around the glazing to keep the stiffness where it needs to be. The hull windows are larger too, so the same idea carries below deck rather than stopping at the saloon.
Lower down, the engine air intakes have been enlarged and reshaped. They add a bit more muscle to the profile, but Pardo says the change also helps cut noise on board. It’s a useful example of how the GT65 has been developed beyond surface styling - the familiar Pardo cues are still there, but a fair amount of work sits behind the cleaner lines.
On Deck
A three-stage hydraulic platform drops to water level, helps launch and recover the tender and leaves proper submerged steps into the sea. Behind it, the garage takes a 3.25 m tender, with extra room for water toys and side access from the cockpit so you don’t have to open the whole back end every time someone wants a paddleboard. Pardo designed the platform system in-house, and the yard also says it can carry a jet ski, although we’d want to see a load limit before getting too carried away.
Above all that hardware sits a sunpad with room for four. Lift it and there’s a sink plus an optional electric barbecue beneath, so the transom can switch from tender bay to waterside hangout without much fuss. It’s a neat bit of packaging, and there’s very little dead space back here.
In the cockpit, Pardo has seating for up to 12 around an adjustable table, and the yard built a full-size mock-up to test how people would be moving around it. There are four storage areas, a drawer fridge and the option of extra shade from an extended hardtop and electric bimini. Two separate access points lead towards the machinery and crew spaces, so guests don’t have to share the same route as whoever has drawn the short straw and needs to get into the engine room.
Big sliding doors and an electric glass section open most of the aft bulkhead between cockpit and saloon. That keeps the main deck from feeling chopped in half, but Pardo hasn’t sacrificed all-weather protection to achieve it. The side decks are broad, the bulwarks are higher than on the more open Pardo models and there’s direct deck access beside the helm through a pantograph door. This is one of the places where the GT65 starts to feel less like a very large day boat and more like something built for a good time aboard.
The foredeck is another full social area rather than somewhere to dump a couple of cushions and call it done. The main sunpad is roughly 2 m by 3 m, with reclining backrests, C-shaped seating, an adjustable table, shade on carbon poles and a pair of lockers. Then things get slightly stranger.
Buried among the foredeck seating is an optional joystick helm station. It has charts, camera feeds and control of the yacht, and Pardo says it can be used right up to maximum speed. A 35-knot helm in the middle of the sunbathing area sounds faintly unhinged, but the sensible use is obvious - it lets the owner stay up front with everyone else while the boat noses into an anchorage or works through a harbour. On the water, it’s one of those ideas that makes rather more sense than it does on paper.
Even the anchor gets special treatment. A conventional setup would spoil the reverse bow, so Pardo hides it beneath the hull and drops it vertically from its own recess. Once recovered, it disappears completely.
Interior Accommodation
Pardo has resisted the temptation to offer half a dozen ways of arranging the GT65. The production boat gets one layout, shaped by owner feedback and what the yard says were dozens of studies before it settled on the final plan. The result is a main deck that stays open from cockpit to helm, with the saloon wrapped in glass and slim structural pillars. At the aft end, one section of the glass panel slides away while another tilts out, so the division between cockpit and saloon almost disappears when the weather plays ball.
The materials stop all that glass from making the place feel cold. Pardo uses water-repellent, light-resistant Dedar linen on the walls and wide-plank genuine oak parquet through the interior, which gives it a softer, more residential feel. The glazing still dominates, though, with plenty of daylight and wide views out.
Half a level down is the galley, which Pardo calls the "galley mid". It keeps whoever is cooking close to the main deck without giving over a big chunk of the saloon to kitchen units. The L-shaped workspace has Dekton sintered-stone worktops, an induction hob, oven, full-height fridge, sink and plenty of storage. Pardo carries the same stone into the shower seats and uses Elka tapware designed specifically for the yard.
It’s a neat answer to the galley-up or galley-down question. The main deck stays open, the cook doesn’t vanish below, and the interior still has enough texture and warmth to avoid feeling like a glass box.
Owner's Cabin
The GT65 has three guest cabins, all with their own bathrooms, and Pardo gives the best spot to the owner. The full-beam suite sits right forward, as far from the engines as the layout allows, with a walk-around bed, sofa, vanity and a TV hidden in the mirror. The real talking point is a walk-in wardrobe, which is behind semi-transparent glass and is large enough to walk through rather than simply peer into, which is quite a luxury on a yacht of this size.
Guest Accommodation
Aft is the VIP, where Pardo has had to work rather harder for peace and quiet. The cabin is closest to the technical spaces, so a structural cavity lined with sound-absorbing material separates the two, with the wardrobe used as another buffer. There’s a double bed, plenty of storage and an en-suite with a separate shower. The hull window also gets an electrically operated mirror that slides vertically across it, so guests can swap the sea view for a full mirror at the touch of a button.
The third cabin sits to starboard and has twin single beds that slide together electrically to make a double. That gives it a useful bit of flexibility for children, friends or another couple, without asking the owner to commit to one arrangement. A full-height wardrobe with an integrated mirror and another private bathroom with separate shower complete the space.
Crew Accommodation
There’s a separate crew cabin accessed from the cockpit area, so crew don’t need to pass through the guest accommodation to reach their quarters.
Performance & Engine Room
The GT65 comes with twin Volvo Penta IPS1200s as standard, with IPS1350s on the options list. With the larger engines, Pardo quotes 34.7-35 knots flat out, but the more interesting number sits lower down the rev range. At 26.5 knots the yard claims 10.4 litres per nautical mile and an estimated range of around 290 nautical miles, with an eco-cruise speed of 24.3 knots. Pardo also says pushing on to maximum speed adds just 0.5 litres per nautical mile, so the consumption curve is remarkably flat, and suggests the GT65 is happiest covering ground quickly rather than eking out displacement-speed range.
The hull is a deep-V and puts plenty of focus on easy handling for an owner-operator. A bow thruster, generator and side docking station are standard, while a gyro stabiliser is optional for cutting roll at anchor.
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Rivals to Consider
The Grand Banks EB60 Sedan looks like the conservative choice until you read the performance sheet. At 20.74m (68ft), with three cabins and a 5.80m (19ft) beam, it carries 5,750 litres of fuel and draws just 1.14m (3.7ft), yet with the biggest IPS1350 package Grand Banks quotes 38 knots. More interestingly, the smaller IPS950 version actually goes farther at the same 21-knot speed - 894nm versus 864nm - so the larger engines are really about pace, not range. It’s the long-legged cruiser of this group, just with rather more punch than its looks suggest.
Bluegame’s BG64 comes at the brief from the opposite direction. It’s 20m (65.6ft) long and 5.30m (17.4ft) across, with twin IPS1050s, 3,000 litres of fuel and a quoted 28-knot top speed. What stands out is how much deck hardware Bluegame has squeezed into that narrower hull, including a balcony, outdoor bar, foredeck seating and hydraulic platform. The more telling comparison is with the older BGX60: same beam, same fuel capacity and the same standard engines, yet the BG64 is around 1m longer and 2 knots slower. Bluegame seems to have spent the extra length on living space rather than chasing another number on the speedometer.
At 19.02m (62.4ft), the discontinued Bluegame BGX60 is the compact one here, but it still finds room for three cabins, two crew and a full-beam owner’s suite reached by its own private stair. That last detail gives it a surprisingly grown-up feel for the shortest boat in the set. Twin IPS1050s deliver a quoted 30 knots, with IPS1200s available, while the 3,000-litre fuel tank matches the newer BG64. Its age now works both ways: the layout still feels distinctive, but buyers are looking at a previous-generation Bluegame beside a brand-new Pardo.
The 21.46m (70.4ft) wallywhy100 plays by different rules again. It’s the only semi-displacement design here, and Wally quotes 420nm at 25 knots - which also happens to be the standard boat’s top speed. That’s a far more useful number than a range claim buried at displacement pace. The extra length goes into a more separated interior too, with an enclosed lower-deck galley, dining for eight and a full-beam aft owner’s cabin. Compared with the GT65, it feels less like a sports cruiser stretched into cruising duty and more like a compact cruising yacht that just happens to run at mid-20-knot speeds.
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Specifications
- Builder Pardo Yachts
- Range GT
- Model GT65
- Length Overall 20.14m
- Beam 5.65m
- Draft 1.53m
- Hull GRP
- Cabins 3
- Berths 6
- Crew 1
- Yacht Type (Primary) Wheelhouse
- Use Type (Primary) Weekending
- Cruising Speed
- Max Speed
- Fuel Capacity 3,350 Litres
- Fresh Water Capacity 1,100 Litres
- Engine Model 2x Volvo Penta D13-IPS1200
Tenders
The Pardo GT65 supports tenders with a max length of 3.25m
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