Gulf Craft Majesty 100 Terrace Review (2025 Edition) by Aquaholic

On Deck

The whole aft cockpit is classic Majesty Superyacht territory. A big, sociable deck with plenty of space for seating, and steps leading down to the bathing platform. The platform itself isn’t just a slab of teak at water level as the entire section lowers into the sea, forming submerged stairs so you can wander straight down for a swim. That same system doubles as tender launch gear, with a sunbed at the transom folding away flush to give clear deck space. Raise the platform and transom together and you uncover a proper tender garage. The passerelle disappears neatly inside the structure, the upper step becoming part of the staircase once stowed. Clever, simple, and very user-friendly.

Forward, the party piece. The owner’s private terrace sits right at the bow, something you’d usually expect on a 40 or 50-metre yacht, not a 32-metre. From here you’ve got a completely private deck for lounging or coffee mornings, blinds dropping for seclusion when you want it. Just a few paces up a stair and you’re at the foredeck hot tub, ringed with sunbathing pads and views over the bow. Crew can still get on with their work up here, all the anchor handling kit and bollards are positioned so they can manage lines and ground tackle without needing to step through the owner’s cabin.

Head up to the upper deck and you find another outdoor living space. Sliding glass doors lead to a dining area beneath adjustable louvres and aft of that, a broad lounging area looks down over the cockpit and bathing platform, giving you a three-level sweep of outside deck spaces.

Climb right forward on this level and you’re greeted by the bar zone with refrigeration, icemaker, sink, and a teppanyaki grill tucked in. Side windows here can be dropped to funnel air through the upper saloon, and full-height doors open to give a flowing connection inside and out. Finally, top out at the mast and arch with its radar domes, antennas, searchlight & thermal camera. 

Head inside from the cockpit and you’re straight into a light, bright, and contemporary. Huge windows run down both sides so there’s a wash of natural light, and they’ve doubled down on it with pale materials and soft tones. It’s breezy outside, but in here it’s calm and quiet, a proper retreat.

One neat touch is the sliding doors on either side of the dining space. If you want the breeze running through at anchor you just open them up and sit here with lunch and you’ve got cross-ventilation that feels very refreshing. Of course, you can close it all and run chilled air, but the option to let the boat breathe like this is very, very nice. Detailing on bulkheads isn’t plain either with little fluted finishes and good lighting give the space interest without overloading it.

Forward again and you get that sense of thought-through layout. Day heads are tucked in, lighting on the stairways looks superb, and you’ll find hidden routes like the door that links back to the laundry area behind the galley, invisible to guests unless you know where to prod.

The galley itself is no halfway-house fit-out. It’s full commercial-grade stainless steel, the kind of kit you’d expect on a bigger yacht. There’s a proper bank of freezers one side, fridges on the other, wine cooler, coffee machine, icemaker, microwave and all the cooking appliances you’d need. The whole thing says “big league yacht” even though this is the 100-footer in Majesty’s range. Laundry kit sits nearby, so service flow is efficient and discreet.

Up on the upper deck, the saloon doubles as a movie den if you want it. A big TV rises out of the cabinetry, side windows drop for airflow, and the bar area here keeps it sociable with refrigeration, sink, icemaker and a teppanyaki grill top. It’s comfortable, light, and the sort of space that swings between daytime lounging and evening cinema without missing a beat.

The bridge forward carries the tech with multifunction displays, comms, engine controls and the little steering wheel. Truth is, you’re mostly on thrusters in harbour and autopilot at sea, but it’s all here and all tidy.

Owner's Cabin

Forward on the main deck, you'll find what makes this yacht a stand out. Before you even reach the suite there’s a walk-in wardrobe with drawers along one side, hanging space, and then straight through to a big ensuite. The finishes are what you’d expect at this level (marble, stonework, and a separate shower) very much to superyacht standards.

The bedroom itself opens out and feels the part. Lighting and detailing around the stairwell are superb, and you get that sense of it being the owner’s domain right away. But the real surprise is what lies beyond the glazing. Step forward and you’re out on the private terrace, and that is why it’s called the 100 Terrace. You normally only find this sort of thing on 40 or 50-metre yachts, the idea that the owner has their own outside space, completely separate from guest decks. At 32 metres, you just don’t see it.

It’s a brilliant setup. The terrace is purely for the owners, right at the front of the boat. Blinds can come down for privacy, and there’s a dedicated stair here. That does two things. First, it means the hot tub on the foredeck is just a few strides away. Second, it gives crew their own way down to the anchoring gear and bollards so if they’re handling ropes or weighing anchor early in the morning, they don’t have to come through the cabin to do it. 

The effect is that you can sit here, blinds down if you like, with the full beam of the bow in front of you. It’s a very unusual feature for a 100-footer.

Guest Accommodation

Drop down to the lower deck and you’ve got four cabins down here, all ensuite. The stairway itself gives you a clue to the attention to detail as the lights trigger on as you move, so the passageway glows gently as you step down.

Forward are two cabins with singles. They’re set up as twins, but the design allows the berths to slide together and form a double if you want it.  Big hull windows are cut in here too, to give you a proper sea view from the bed. Wardrobes are tucked behind the door, a safe built in, and each has its own ensuite with rainfall shower. These are generous cabins for their position as they are smallest on board, but still very comfortable.

Step aft and you hit the two bigger guest cabins. Because they’re not split by a corridor, they use the full beam of the hull, which makes them feel far more spacious. Both mirror each other with the big beds, neat bedside tables, wardrobes along one side, AV kit installed as you’d expect, and good-sized bathrooms with rainfall showers. The fluted timber detailing alongside cream panels runs through, giving it all a consistent look.

It’s a very complete lower deck setup: four proper cabins, all with their own bathrooms, and a layout that feels well-balanced between doubles and twins. Even down here you’ve got little moments of fun with hidden TVs that rise out at the touch of a button. Nicely done.

Crew Accommodation

There are actually two separate crew zones on this boat, another unusual feature for a 100-footer. Forward you’ve got the main crew access behind a side door, so the team can come and go without ever needing to step through guest spaces. There’s a closable bulkhead door as well, so service can be completely discreet if that’s the way you want it.

Straight off that service passage you’ll find a pantry with a wine cooler, coffee machine and storage, which is a handy halfway house before you get into the galley proper. The galley itself is full commercial stainless steel. It looks like something off a much bigger yacht: banks of freezer storage one side, fridges the other, cooking kit, microwave, ice maker, everything where it should be. Laundry machines sit nearby, and there’s even a hidden door that links back into the guest passage if you know where to push.

Drop down forward and you’ll find two mirror-image crew cabins. For a yacht this size they’re a decent size with wardrobes, good storage, and each has its own ensuite with a proper separate shower. Not the usual wet-room compromise you sometimes see.

Then there’s the second crew zone aft. Head down from the main deck and you arrive in the crew mess. It’s a good space for this size of yacht, a table that folds out for dining, a compact galley with fridge and sink, and even another washing machine so crew can run their own laundry without using guest kit. Screens here show all the camera feeds around the boat, so it doubles as a monitoring station.

The captain’s cabin is off this space. It’s in use on this boat so we can’t step inside, but typically it’s laid out with a small double berth and a Pullman bunk, so you can sleep two comfortably, or three if you absolutely had to.

All told, the crew accommodation is very well handled. Two proper cabins forward, a mess and captain’s suite aft, and circulation routes that keep service slick but discreet.

Drop down into the machinery space and you’ll see they’ve specced this boat with the MAN V12 1900s. That’s 1,900 horsepower a side, giving a flat-out speed of about 20 knots. Most people will settle her at around 14 knots for an easy cruise, but if you drop her back to 12, you’re looking at roughly 1,000 nautical miles of range. So she’s got the legs for proper passages, but still carries the power to pick up her skirts when you want to.

The layout down here is neat. A wide central walkway runs between the engines so you can get all the way around them. Generators are mounted aft (one each side) and the battery switches and controls are grouped logically. There’s even a proper escape route: a stair and hatch that lead straight up to the deck above, so if you ever needed to get out in a hurry, you could.

From 2025 these yachts all carry the new exhaust-cleaning systems, and you can see it built into the run here. The exhaust comes out of the engine, loops through the treatment gear to clean everything up, and then exits at the stern. It’s all very current and it’s good to see it integrated cleanly rather than feeling like an afterthought.

Safety-wise you’ve got handheld extinguishers for immediate response, but more importantly a piped-in fire suppression system across the whole bay. If there’s ever a serious issue, you hit the system and it fills the space automatically. There’s also a watermaker installed, reducing dockside reliance between trips.

That range figures give you plenty of confidence: 14 knots is the natural cruising pace, but if you ease her back to 12 she’ll give you around 1,000 nautical miles. That makes her a practical choice whether you’re hopping along the Med or stretching out for longer passages.

Obviously at this size, the yacht will have to be crewed, so the crew setup is a big tick from an ownership point of view. Two separate crew areas mean the team can live and work without intruding. That side deck door and the hidden passageway through to the laundry make service almost invisible, so guests and owners get privacy while the crew keep things running. It’s the sort of feature that doesn’t shout about itself but makes a big difference when the boat is in regular use or on charter.

From a maintenance angle, the 2025 exhaust treatment is worth noting. It needs the standard urea/DEF fluid and the usual checks, but it’s cleaner and future-proofed. Add in the piped-in fire system, logical grouping of electrics, and good access all round in the engine room, and upkeep is about as straightforward as it gets on a yacht of this size.

On the ownership ledger, a 32-metre superyacht will carry costs in the region of 10% of the yacht’s value each year. Crew salaries, maintenance, insurance, berthing, fuel, etc. it adds up quickly. One way many owners offset the expense is through chartering. A yacht like this would attract strong demand, especially with its unique owner’s terrace, and those charter weeks can take a significant bite out of annual running costs if managed properly.

Two rivals worth considering at this size are the Azimut Grande 32M, which matches the Majesty in length but leans heavily on Italian style and open-plan interiors, and the Cantiere Delle Marche RJ102, which takes a more rugged explorer approach with long-range of 4,000nm.

The Gulf Craft Majesty 100 Terrace is a superyacht that looks the part at the dock, but more importantly, it feels set up for an owner who wants to their privacy, enjoy the standout terrace, and keep the whole package working smoothly whether privately or on charter. A smart, modern take on the 100-foot yacht.