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Prestige 500 Flybridge — Miami, the Keys & the Bahamas Prestige built its reputation on light, volume and usable space rather than on statement lines, and the 500 Flybridge is one of the clearest expressions of that thinking. Launched in 2017 and refitted in 2024, this award-winning French-built motor yacht reads as a genuinely modern cruiser: bright, uncluttered, and set up as comfortably for a single day on Biscayne Bay as for a run across to the Bahamas. Twin Volvo IPS engines do a great deal of the work here. They give smooth, quiet progress, sensible fuel figures and the kind of low-speed control that makes tight Miami marinas and Bahamian anchorages a non-event rather than an exercise. Her shallow draft is the other quiet advantage — sandbars, mangrove channels and thin-water islands that keep larger yachts offshore are all within reach. The flybridge is among the most generous in her class: helm station, wet bar, al fresco dining and wide sun loungers with a full panorama. Down in the aft cockpit, sliding glass doors open the main salon to the outside air, so the two spaces work as one through the day. Inside, large windows and restrained, well-finished surfaces keep the interior light-filled from morning to sunset. Below, she offers three cabins for six guests — an unusual layout at this length. The full-beam owner's stateroom benefits from private access, the VIP cabin has its own ensuite, and a third guest cabin completes the arrangement, making multi-day charters genuinely practical rather than merely possible. Detailed bed configuration available on request. A day aboard Mornings suit a run across Biscayne Bay past the Miami waterfront and the houses of Star Island. Midday belongs to a quiet sandbar — swimming, snorkelling in clear water, or nosing into the islands and mangroves that larger yachts have to admire from a distance. Afternoons can go either way: the sociable scene at Haulover Sandbar or Stiltsville, or a longer stay at anchor with the swim platform to yourself. Then back towards the city with the light going soft, drinks on deck, the skyline doing what it does best. Paddleboarding and swimming from the platform round out the day for those who want them.