The 116 was met with applause from journalists and owners after its debut, and hot on its tail came the GTX80, which premiered last year. That model also proved popular, particularly in the US, and buoyed by these successes comes yet another member of the family, the GTX70 that debuted at the 2025 Cannes show.

At a distance, the GTX70 is perhaps the most proportionate of the three offerings. Some have found the bows on the GTX80 and GTX116 to look a little snubby, although they’re likely comparing it in their heads to the sleek, arrowhead shapes of the Pershing X series. However, with the GTX70, the team at Vallicelli Design has done a really nice job.

The shorter bow section plays in concert with the low hump of a superstructure and a delicately cambered shear line to produce an eye-pleasing silhouette that conveys both sportiness and homeliness at once – no small feat. A stiletto-like hull-side window serves not only to freshen up the accommodations deck, but also to elongate the profile ever so slightly.

Stepping aboard the GTX70 from aft, you’re met with a hydraulic swim platform that’s useful for launching tenders and water toys. It also helps to form a large beach club area when paired with terraces forward, and to port and starboard, expanding the boat’s width by about another 3 metres past its 5.42-metre beam.

When fully deployed, the terraces create an entertainment space that’s a relatively massive 23 square metres – no one will be complaining about elbow room.

A sunpad for four (with stowage beneath) sits in the middle of the deck while carbon-fibre folding chairs are also available for extra seating. A useful electric sunshade slides aft out of the hardtop to provide shade for nearly the entire area.

Stairs to port and starboard lead from the beach club up to the cockpit where a U-shaped settee snugly wraps around a folding, high-low teak table. The settee converts into a sunpad, though it’s completely under the shade of the hardtop, making it more of a shadepad, really. A daybed is perhaps more accurate. Either way, on a blazing-hot day, it’s probably a very nice place for reading a book. The high-low table presents an optimal place for alfresco meals and will likely be the main dining area for most owners on board. Extra refrigeration to starboard is good for a quick, cold drink.

The cockpit is connected to the galley via a sliding door and a drop-down window to port. The window offers access to something Australian boaters will find familiar: an aft galley. The trend that started Down Under has finally, perhaps begrudgingly, found a foothold with the Italians.

The location of the galley allows it to serve the saloon and cockpit equally well, and also points to this boat’s purpose as a versatile comfort cruiser. The galley has a U-shaped counter that’s big enough to do real prep work on, and rounded edges on those counters demonstrate real forethought by Pershing, showing that this boat was meant to be used in a seaway. Refrigeration and a freezer to starboard sit next to a cabinet holding wine glasses – nearly everything you could possibly need for a party.

Forward of the galley sits an L-shaped lounge with another folding teak table to port, and another lounge to starboard, with large windows above the seating that provide good natural light. One detail on this deck that’s quite cool is the asymmetric lighting pattern in the ceiling, where strips of recessed LED lights criss-cross each other in various Xs – it’s the GTX series, after all. Get it?

The lower helm sits on the centreline at the very forward tip of the main deck. Here, two comfortable, elevated helm chairs sit before a very stylish dash with customisable electronics. The relatively high seats help with visibility, but the mullions in the windshield to port and starboard do not, and will take a little getting used to for any captain.

The GTX70 comes standard with triple 900-horsepower Volvo Penta D13-IPS1200s. The pods make for a highly manoeuvrable boat, and also help to create more onboard usable volume, since they take up less space than

more orthodox powerplants. With the hammer down, the boat can hit a rousing 36 knots – and while that’s not quite up to traditional Pershing speeds, it’s still plenty fast. At a 30-knot cruise speed, the Pershing has a range of 300 nautical miles, and if you back that off to 25 knots, you can make it 400 miles.

At 21.76 metres in length, the GTX70 is meant to fit squarely in the owner-operator bucket, and as such, the engine room is a focal point. The space is accessed through a hatch in the cockpit, and what you’ll find down here is a space that isn’t necessarily tight, just full. Three engines is a lot of engines, after all. There’s also a Kohler generator, a Seakeeper gyrostabiliser, and a watermaker. Access to all these things is decent. It’s not comparable to a bluewater cruiser, of course, but I don’t think it will be turning anyone away either.

While the engines rest in their space, the guests naturally have their own accommodations, too. Down below, the GTX70 sleeps six in three cabins.

The full-beam midships master is the belle of the ball, where a king-size berth fits neatly into a space decorated with the typical shiny blacks and light greys associated with Pershing.

The ensuite head is roomy enough, particularly in the shower, which even those with larger frames should find to their liking. The rest of the accommodations consist of an ensuite forepeak VIP with an athwartships queen, and a guest cabin with twin berths to starboard. A day head in the passageway services the guest cabin. Fit and finish down here is exemplary, with neat stitching on the upholstery and tight joinery on the richly grained woods.

When everyone is well rested, one hotspot on this yacht for playtime will be the flybridge. Here, another helm sits forward and will appeal to those who like to wheel a boat with some wind in their hair. A sunpad all the way aft is convertible; a headrest can form seats at the folding teak table forward. This, I should add, is a real sunpad – there’s no hardtop up here, so bring plenty of sunscreen. A teak folding table forward of that can handle light snacks and is serviced by a console containing an electric cooktop and a sink. Features up here are somewhat minimalistic, but also well thought out. There’s everything you need, and nothing you don’t.

The flybridge really helps to open up the space on the GTX70 as well, offering privacy and/or separate spaces for different age groups. That fits in line with this model’s raison d’être as a family-forward vessel meant for spending real time at sea.

The GTX70 strikes the mark well in that regard, with the creative use of space, details aimed at life underway, and a practical, ergonomic layout.

When you pair all those things with performance that holds up to Pershing’s high standards, you have a yacht that’s going to check a lot of boxes for a lot of different folks. I’m sure the brass at Pershing are resting easy. With this new addition to the GTX line, they can be assured they aren’t missing any bets.

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