2021 Beneteau Grand Trawler 62 revealed

The boat, revealed today, wears the “trawler” name only by association. Gone are the flared, deep-vee bows and sharply angled stems of Beneteau’s more traditional Swift Trawler range.

Instead, the Grand Trawler 62 is a plumb-bowed, modern-looking, highly efficient design that maximises interior volume without eroding seakeeping ability.

The new three-level Grand Trawler 62 flybridge passagemaker measures a credit card’s width shy of 19 metres long. Its twin 730hp MAN i6 shaftdrive engines can yield up to a 900 nautical mile range.

However, that maximum range comes with the caveat that you’ll be travelling at the glacially slow speed of just 9.0 knots to tap it – Beneteau claims the Grand Trawler 62 is 35 per cent more efficient at low speed than a conventional planing hull.

Top speed is rated at 20 knots.

Designed by naval architects Micad, the Beneteau Grand Trawler 62 features a high all-around freeboard and a full displacement hull that is so mathematically complex that the calculations alone soaked up 300 hours of development time.

Beneteau said the interior was shaped with the idea that owners would be spending plenty of time aboard.

“The cockpit affords seamless access to a large full-beam lounge area bathed in light,” Beneteau said.

Forward of that is a galley that can be closed off from the dining area with an optional sliding door. This area of the saloon also has an internal staircase to the flybridge, and a central raised helm station that can expand to include a co-pilot at the tick of an options box.

Timber finishes are either in walnut or oak.

The forward section of the saloon features a trawler-style forward-sloping windscreen, with a sliding door giving access to the bow offset to port.

Beneteau said the 31 square metres of flybridge space made it one of the largest in its class.

“A large U-shaped sofa provides space for eight guests around the table,” it said. “

It has the additional features of relaxation spaces and a fitted wet bar facing the guests. The extensive sun pad on the foredeck is prolonged by a comfortable bench facing the sea also accessible by the cockpit ladder.”

Aft of this space, the cockpit features a transom that “opens fully onto the sea, creating a
seamless space between the deck lounge and the generously proportioned 9.0-metre-square swim platform”.

“An ingenious system of sliding openwork protections creates the perfect ‘terrace to the sea’,” Beneteau said.

“Another specific feature of the Grand Trawler 62 is that anyone who loves spending time in the water, and sunbathing, will love the immediate access from the stern deck into the lazarette which can be configured with shower space and head.”

Owners can select between three- and four-cabin versions of the Beneteau Grand Trawler 62, with the four-berth version moving the full-beam master cabin from amidships to the bow.

There is also provision for two crew.

The Beneteau Grand Trawler 62 will be built on the French boat brand’s Italian production line at Monfalcone.

Specifications*
Model: Beneteau Grand Trawler 62
Length overall: 18.95m
Hull length: 16.47m
Beam: 5.45m (overall)/5.41m (hull)
Draft: 1.40m
Air draft: 5.12m (T-top stowed)/7.34m (max)
Displacement: 28,500kg (light)
Engines: 2 x 730hp MAN shaftdrive