On a trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Power and Motoryacht’s Senior Editor Chris Dixon finds Fairline’s new Phantom 65 not only remarkably fast and nimble boat for her size but full of surprises, luxuries and some of the most gorgeous woodwork you’ll find anywhere.
Senior Editor, Power & Motoryacht
Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.
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