Sunseeker Predator 56 for Sale
MotoryachtThe Sunseeker Predator 56 is available on Hulls.io with 1 listing currently for sale. This model is categorised as a Motoryacht.
Updated 9 October 2026 · By Hulls.io Editorial
The Sunseeker Predator 56: A Complete Guide
The Predator 56 is a two-cabin open performance motor yacht that Sunseeker built in Poole, Dorset, in the early 2000s. HMY Yachts’ Powerboat Guide gives its production years as 2000 to 2004, and Sunseeker’s own website, as archived, carried a Predator 56 page from at least February 2000 to September 2004. The company’s media briefing notes list it in the Performance Motoryachts line-up of the 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 ranges.
Sunseeker’s own description promised power and speed, a wide cruising range, ease of handling, excellent outdoor facilities and comfortable accommodation, with the option of an opening hardtop. HMY’s guide goes further: in its view the Predator 56 set the standard for big sport yachts in its production years, and it is one of the few European sportboats whose engine room offers decent service access.
The name needs care when searching listings, because Sunseeker has used several Predator numbers in the mid-50s and around 60 feet. The 2003/2004 range listed a Predator 55 alongside the 56: a different boat which Sunseeker’s provisional specification lists with twin Arneson surface drives, with a shorter 17.32 m hull. A later, unrelated Predator 55 was launched at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September 2024, and Motor Boat & Yachting tested a Predator 57 in its April 2015 issue. In late 2001 Sunseeker’s website also listed a Predator 60 alongside the 56, at 19.13 m (62 ft 9 in) overall. Check the build year and the specification before comparing adverts.
Hulls.io currently tracks 1 active listing for the Sunseeker Predator 56. Among them is a 2002 Sunseeker Predator 56 listed in Gibraltar.
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Sunseeker Predator 56 Specifications
Figures are from Sunseeker’s own European and US specifications for the Predator 56, as archived between November 2001 and August 2004; the principal dimensions, capacities and engine did not change across those versions. Despite the name, the boat is 60 ft 2 in long overall including the bow pulpit, and adverts often give its length as about 60 ft. Sunseeker labelled its speed and range figures as estimates for guidance only.
| Length overall (inc. pulpit) | 18.35 m (60 ft 2 in) |
|---|---|
| Hull length (inc. bathing platform) | 17.55 m (57 ft 7 in) |
| Waterline length (half load) | 13.45 m (44 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 4.59 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Draft to keel (ex. propellers) | 1.05 m (3 ft 5 in) |
| Draft (inc. propellers) | 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) |
| Displacement (half load) | 23,600 kg |
| Fuel capacity | 2,350 litres (621 US gal) |
| Fresh water capacity | 650 litres (172 US gal) |
| Engines | 2 × MAN D2848 LE403 V8 diesels, 800 PS (588 kW / 790 hp) each |
| Drive | Shafts to fixed-pitch propellers in half tunnels |
| Builder’s estimated speeds | Up to 34 knots maximum; 22 to 27 knots cruising |
| Builder’s estimated range | Up to 260 miles |
| Accommodation | 2 cabins, each with a shower room |
| Builder | Sunseeker International, Poole, Dorset, UK |
| Production | 2000 to 2004 |
Design and Accommodation
Construction
Sunseeker’s specification describes a hand-laid GRP hull with a stitched multi-axial reinforced single-skin bottom, balsa-cored topsides and deck, and longitudinal stringers supported by transverse bulkheads and floors.
Cockpit and bathing platform
The cockpit seats up to eight around a table and has a wet bar with a sink, coolbox, ice maker and ceramic griddle. The helm has a double stand-or-sit seat for the helmsman and co-pilot. Aft, a hydraulic lift-and-fall bathing platform launches and recovers a dinghy or personal watercraft, and a hydraulic gangway was standard in the 2001–2003 European specifications (the US specification lists a remote-controlled telescopic passerelle). European boats came with a full camper/sun top and a tonneau cover; the opening hardtop was an option.
Saloon, galley and cabins
Below, the saloon has a large dining area with a folding table, and the galley a two-ring ceramic hob, refrigerator, freezer and microwave/grill. HMY’s guide describes a full-length leather settee and plenty of high-gloss cherry joinery. There are two cabins: a VIP stateroom forward with a double berth, and a master stateroom aft with a large double berth and a settee, which HMY describes as full-width. Sunseeker’s specification gives each cabin an en-suite shower room with a separate shower compartment. HMY notes, however, that the aft cabin’s heads also has an entrance from the saloon, so it is not private.
Engines and Performance
Every Sunseeker specification for the Predator 56 that we found, European and US, lists a single engine option: twin MAN D2848 LE403 V8 diesels rated at 800 PS (588 kW, 790 hp) each. They drive four-blade bronze propellers through shafts running in half tunnels. Sunseeker estimated a maximum speed of up to 34 knots, cruising speeds of 22 to 27 knots and a range of up to 260 miles, and it pointed out that hull condition, engine tuning, propellers, temperature and load all affect these figures. Fuel capacity is 2,350 litres.
How It Compares
Predator 60. The bigger Predator listed on Sunseeker’s website alongside the 56 in late 2001. Sunseeker’s specification gives it an overall length of 19.13 m (62 ft 9 in), the same 4.59 m beam, a half-load displacement of 24,150 kg, shafts in tunnels like the 56, and a choice of engines: the 56’s twin MAN D2848 LE403 V8s or larger MAN V10 and V12 options, with an estimated maximum speed of up to 36 knots.
Predator 55 (2003/2004 range). The smaller Predator that joined the range while the 56 was still listed. Sunseeker’s provisional specification from early 2004 gives it a 17.32 m (56 ft 10 in) hull, a 4.57 m beam and a half-load displacement of 21,300 kg. Its principal characteristics list twin Arneson surface drives rather than the 56’s shafts, with a choice of MAN V8 or V10 engines.
Buying a Used Sunseeker Predator 56
The youngest Predator 56s date from 2004, so condition and maintenance history matter more than the original specification. A few points are still worth checking against the boat in front of you.
What to check
- Which engines are fitted. The builder’s specification lists twin MAN D2848 LE403s; if a boat has anything else, ask for the history.
- Engine hours and the service history of both engines, shafts and propellers.
- Whether the optional opening hardtop is fitted, and that it works.
- The hydraulic lift-and-fall bathing platform and the gangway or passerelle, and that both work.
- The canvas: the camper/sun top and tonneau cover on European boats.
- The age and condition of the electronics, which on a boat of this age may have been replaced.
- A full out-of-water survey, with an engine survey, by a surveyor who knows boats of this era.
Asking prices depend heavily on year, engines, condition and equipment. The listings on this page show what sellers are asking today. Browse every Sunseeker yacht for sale.
Sunseeker Predator 56 Value Retention
Newest vintage = 100%. Older vintages shown as % of that price.
Based on median asking prices by model year. The newest model year in our dataset is used as the 100% reference point. The curve is smoothed so retention never increases as age increases — hover over data points to see raw values. Shaded band shows the 25th–75th percentile price range. Figures reflect asking prices from tracked listings, not final sale prices.