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Pershing

Tested: Pershing 7X

The Pershing 7X is the rare combination of big, fast and ultra-sleek. If you’re at all familiar with the builder, that should come as no surprise.

New Boat: Pershing 140

The new flagship for this boundary-pushing builder proves that fortune favors the bold—and the first.

New Boat: Pershing 7X

The newest Pershing is 4 tons lighter and combines high performance with production boatbuilding, Italian style.

Tested: Pershing 8X

The Pershing 8X combines eye-catching contemporary Italian design with a top end over 45 knots.

Italian Shipyard Tour: Ancona and Cattolica

I have just finished day two of a whirlwind Italian shipyard tour. The week was kicked off by the launch of the Pershing 108 on Monday. (The previous night, the launch was celebrated by an approximately 42-course dinner.)

But Monday was serious boating business. The day began at the Pershing shipyard, where Hull No 2 of the 108 (and of course other boats that were not the star of the event) was under construction.

Cruise Missile: Pershing 90

The flashy paint job is head-turning, but so are the vertical hull windows for the master.More than a decade ago at one of my first boat shows in South Florida, I ran into a photographer who was fond of boasting about his latest trips. He’d say things like, “Oh, I just took a little trip over to such-and-such,” name-dropping some

Tested: Pershing 7X

The Pershing 7X is the rare combination of big, fast and ultra-sleek. If you’re at all familiar with the builder, that should come as no surprise.

New Boat: Pershing 140

The new flagship for this boundary-pushing builder proves that fortune favors the bold—and the first.

New Boat: Pershing 7X

The newest Pershing is 4 tons lighter and combines high performance with production boatbuilding, Italian style.

Tested: Pershing 8X

The Pershing 8X combines eye-catching contemporary Italian design with a top end over 45 knots.

Italian Shipyard Tour: Ancona and Cattolica

I have just finished day two of a whirlwind Italian shipyard tour. The week was kicked off by the launch of the Pershing 108 on Monday. (The previous night, the launch was celebrated by an approximately 42-course dinner.)

But Monday was serious boating business. The day began at the Pershing shipyard, where Hull No 2 of the 108 (and of course other boats that were not the star of the event) was under construction.

Cruise Missile: Pershing 90

The flashy paint job is head-turning, but so are the vertical hull windows for the master.More than a decade ago at one of my first boat shows in South Florida, I ran into a photographer who was fond of boasting about his latest trips. He’d say things like, “Oh, I just took a little trip over to such-and-such,” name-dropping some

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