Johnson Yachts has started work on a new 70-footer designed to bring superyacht-level quality and customization to an owner-operated vessel. Johnson has been building large yachts in Taiwan for the past 30 years; with the new 70 it wants to bring that experience and expertise to a size where a cruising couple can operate the boat.
“Every owner knows his or her needs far better than we do,” said Andy Huang, president of Johnson Yachts. “But we can build a Johnson 70 to suit each one of them and to create something special.”
The new 70 can be ordered with an open flying bridge or an enclosed skylounge, for example, or with a cockpit designed for fishing or for entertaining. It comes in three-or-four stateroom versions, and the owner has a great degree of latitude in choosing the layout of the galley, the salon and the helm area.
The interior of hull number one has a mix of textures in fabrics and materials from Design Unlimited. The hull for the new 70 line was drawn by Bill Dixon of Dixon Yacht Design.
The Johnson 70 has a single-level main deck. The galley is forward, with wraparound counters and a peninsula all providing lots of working space if a large number of guests are on board. There’s also lots of pantry space for supplies for long-range cruising. An L-shaped settee with a large dining table and loose chairs are across from the galley.
Aft of the galley, a large settee and loveseat are in the salon, which has large windows to provide lots of natural light. Wide sliding doors open to the cockpit, with a settee stretching across the transom. An overhang from the flying bridge provides protection from the weather.
In the accommodation deck below, the full-beam master is midships with a king-sized bed. A desk or dressing table is to port; a settee to starboard. It has a walk-in closet, and the en suite head has a large shower. Hullside windows provide natural light.
The VIP stateroom is all the way forward, with a queen-sized bed and a private head with a separate shower. That stateroom too has hullside windows. In the three-stateroom layout, the guest stateroom is on the starboard side with an athwartships berth to optimize space; it has a private head with shower. To port is a laundry room with additional storage. In the four-stateroom version, that service area becomes a stateroom and the third and fourth staterooms both have twin berths. They share a head to port, which is also the day head.
Specs.: LOA: 70’0”; Beam: 18’3”; Draft: 5’4”; Disp.: NA; Fuel: 920 gals.; Water: 260 gals.; Power: 2×1,015-hp CAT C18 diesels.
