Anyone planning a visit to the Perth Boat Show 2026 ends up asking the same question: what is actually worth crossing the halls to see? This year there is a straightforward answer. Motoryachts Australasia (MYA) is bringing the Sunseeker Superhawk 55 to the show, and at 17.13 metres overall it is expected to be the biggest boat in the halls.
The short version first. The show runs Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2026 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road, with more than 80 exhibitors across Pavilions 1 to 6. The Superhawk 55 is an open sports yacht from Sunseeker’s Performance range: two cabins, two en-suites, twin Volvo Penta IPS 950 pods and a top speed of up to 38 knots. MYA, the official Sunseeker dealer for Western Australia, leads its display with the boat.
This article works through the boat properly — the official figures and what each one means once you step aboard — then covers why a 17-metre sports yacht rewards an in-person visit, where the Superhawk sits in Sunseeker’s range, and the practical details of the show itself.
The official figures, and what they mean aboard
The builder’s published specifications are worth setting out in full, because every number translates into something you can feel on the boat:
- Length overall: 17.13 m (56’2″)
- Beam: 4.93 m (16’2″)
- Draft: 1.43 m (4’8″)
- Displacement: 26,100 kg
- Accommodation: two cabins, each with its own en-suite
- Engines: twin Volvo Penta IPS 950 (2 × 725 PS)
- Top speed: up to 38 knots
- Capacities: 1,800 L fuel, 430 L fresh water
Start with the beam. At 4.93 metres the Superhawk 55 is nearly five metres wide, and on an open sports yacht that width goes to usable space rather than superstructure. The deck is organised around a sociable aft cockpit with a wet bar — this is a boat designed for a day spent with people aboard, not just a fast run between two points.
Below, the two cabins each carry their own en-suite. That is the detail separating a genuine weekender from a dayboat with berths: two couples can stay aboard without negotiating a shared bathroom, and the open-plan lower deck reads as one space rather than a corridor of doors.
Then the displacement. At 26,100 kg the Superhawk 55 weighs a little over 26 tonnes — the mass of a serious yacht rather than an oversized runabout, and exactly what you register underfoot once there is any sort of sea running. The 1.43-metre draft matters locally too, keeping the boat workable in the river pens and coastal anchorages Perth owners actually use. The full specification sheet is on our Superhawk 55 page.
Twin IPS 950s and what 38 knots means in WA waters
The propulsion package is a pair of Volvo Penta IPS 950 pod drives producing 725 PS each, for a published top speed of up to 38 knots. Those are the numbers to hold onto: two pods, 1,450 PS in total, and a genuine high-thirties turn of speed from a 26-tonne yacht.
Speed on paper is one thing; what it means on this coast is another. Western Australian boating is long-distance boating. The destinations that define a Perth season — Rottnest and its bays, the Swan, the coast north and south of Fremantle — sit far enough apart that cruising speed decides how much of a day is spent travelling and how much is spent at anchor. A yacht that can run in the high thirties turns Rottnest from a commitment into a decision made over breakfast.
The 1,800-litre fuel capacity is the other half of that equation, sized for WA distances rather than marina laps, and the 430 litres of fresh water backs up the two en-suites for a proper weekend aboard. How the boat should be specified and run for your particular use is a conversation for the MYA team — but the platform is built for exactly the kind of boating this coast serves up.
Why seeing it in person beats the brochure
Photographs flatten boats. A brochure spread can tell you the Superhawk 55 has a sociable cockpit; it cannot tell you how many people genuinely gather around the wet bar, whether the helm suits your height, or what 4.93 metres of beam feels like when you walk it. Scale is precisely the quality photography fails to carry, and scale is this boat’s headline attribute.
At 17.13 metres, the Superhawk 55 is expected to be the biggest boat in the halls this year. Other exhibitors’ line-ups were not published at the time of writing, which is why we say expected — but a 17-metre open sports yacht indoors is a rare sight at any show. Our rundown of the biggest boats at the Perth Boat Show 2026 puts the size question in context.
There is a practical buying point here as well. The show spans everything from family trailer boats to high-performance craft, which makes it the one setting where you can step off a trailer boat and aboard a 17-metre sports yacht within minutes — and calibrate, physically, what each additional metre of length actually buys. Standing aboard settles questions no specification table can: whether the cockpit suits the way you entertain, whether the cabins work for how you would cruise, whether the boat feels like yours. Ten minutes on the deck tells you more than an evening with the PDF.
Where the Superhawk 55 sits in the Sunseeker range
Sunseeker has built boats in Poole, on England’s south coast, since 1969, and today turns out roughly 150 boats a year. The current range spans approximately 55 to 134 feet across about 19 models, from yachts an experienced couple can run themselves to vessels that carry professional crew. The Superhawk 55 sits at the range’s performance end: an open sports yacht for owners who want pace and open deck rather than an enclosed flybridge cruiser.
That positioning is useful when you are comparing boats at a show. Plenty of yachts near this length trade speed for interior volume; the Superhawk makes the opposite choice, keeping the profile low and the emphasis on the cockpit, the wet bar and the run to wherever the day is headed. Whether that trade suits you is exactly the kind of question a walk-through answers.
Motoryachts Australasia holds the official Sunseeker dealership for Western Australia, operating from Rous Head Harbour in North Fremantle — the appointment, the range and the after-sales arrangements are set out on our Sunseeker page. For the longer story of how the brand is represented on this coast, from ordering through commissioning to warranty support, see Sunseeker in Perth.
The show in brief: dates, hours and tickets
The practical details, condensed:
- Dates: Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2026 — the Sunday is Father’s Day
- Venue: Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth — Pavilions 1 to 6
- Hours: Friday 9.30am–7.00pm; Saturday and Sunday 9.30am–5.00pm
- Adult entry: $22.50 online plus booking fee, or $26 at the gate
- Friday evening: adult and concession entry from 3.30pm at $12.50 online plus booking fee
Tickets are sold through the official Humanitix ticket page; online prices carry a booking fee. Concession, child and family pricing, and everything else happening across the six pavilions, is covered in our full guide to the Perth Boat Show 2026.
The Superhawk 55 leads the MYA display but does not stand alone. Alongside it is the first Saxdor 400 GTS in Western Australia, making its WA public debut — 12.4 metres of outboard-powered walkaround against 17 metres of pod-driven sports yacht. The two boats make opposite arguments about how to spend a day on the water, and seeing them minutes apart is a comparison no brochure can stage.
See it at the show, or in North Fremantle afterwards
If the Superhawk 55 is the kind of boat you have been circling, the show is the easiest look you will get all year. Find the Motoryachts Australasia stand — exhibitor details are listed at perthboatshow.com.au — and give yourself time aboard rather than a walk-past. There is no better setting for the questions a specification sheet cannot answer.
If the weekend does not suit, or a crowded show floor is not where you make decisions of this size, the boat’s home port is close by. MYA operates from 26 Rous Head Road, North Fremantle, with viewings available seven days by appointment — a quieter setting to work through the details at your own pace. We have set out how that works in arranging a viewing after the show.
Call +61 499 770 180 to arrange a time, or reach the team through our contact page. Either way, see the boat in person. The figures make the case on paper; the deck makes it properly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Sunseeker Superhawk 55 be at the Perth Boat Show 2026?
Yes. Motoryachts Australasia, the official Sunseeker dealer for Western Australia, is bringing the Superhawk 55 to the Perth Boat Show 2026, held Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road. At 17.13 metres overall, it is expected to be the biggest boat in the halls, though other exhibitors' line-ups were not published at the time of writing. The boat leads the MYA display alongside the first Saxdor 400 GTS in Western Australia.
What are the key specifications of the Sunseeker Superhawk 55?
The builder's published figures: length overall 17.13 metres (56'2"), beam 4.93 metres, draft 1.43 metres and displacement 26,100 kg. Power comes from twin Volvo Penta IPS 950 pod drives of 725 PS each, giving a top speed of up to 38 knots. Tankage is 1,800 litres of fuel and 430 litres of fresh water. Accommodation is two cabins, each with its own en-suite, on an open-plan lower deck, with a sociable aft cockpit and wet bar above.
How fast is the Sunseeker Superhawk 55?
Sunseeker publishes a top speed of up to 38 knots, delivered by twin Volvo Penta IPS 950 pod drives producing 725 PS each — 1,450 PS in total moving a 26,100 kg yacht. That pace matters in Western Australia, where the destinations that define a season, from Rottnest to the coast either side of Fremantle, are far enough apart that cruising speed decides how much of the day is spent travelling. The 1,800-litre fuel capacity supports that kind of use.
Where will the Superhawk 55 be displayed at the show?
On the Motoryachts Australasia stand. A stand number had not been published at the time of writing, so check the exhibitor listings at perthboatshow.com.au closer to the show. The show itself runs across Pavilions 1 to 6 of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre with more than 80 exhibitors. The MYA display is led by the Superhawk 55 and the first Saxdor 400 GTS in Western Australia, which makes its WA public debut at the show.
Can I view the Superhawk 55 if I miss the Perth Boat Show?
Yes. Motoryachts Australasia operates from a marina office at 26 Rous Head Road, North Fremantle, in the Rous Head Harbour precinct, and arranges viewings seven days a week by appointment. The office is open weekdays from 7.00am to 4.00pm. Call +61 499 770 180 or use the contact page on this site to arrange a time — a private viewing is often the better setting for working through specification and layout questions at your own pace.