PARDO ENDURANCE 72

Is this the most complete multi-purpose cruiser Pardo has ever built?

- Alex Smith

Pardo is one of those brands that seems to specialise in the creation of 'wow moments. Take the trademark Italian styling, which marries long, swept sheerlines with angular hull windows, reverse bows and inverted screens. Take the magnificent kitchen island galley that dominates the lower deck on the two-cabin variant of its flagship GT75. Or take the way it can make something as practical and workmanlike as a helm station feel like an art installation. Of course, for those who enjoy long-distance boating in northern Europe, Pardo's naked Med-style extravagance does run the risk of making the brand feel like it flexes more toward the exotic and image-driven than to the practical everyday demands of the committed cruiser. But if you want a boat that takes all of Pardo's A-list loveliness and combines it with serious credibility as a purpose-built cruising machine, the arrival of the new 72 at the top end of the Endurance line could be a very exciting development.

AN ENLARGED SALOON

First introduced as a concept in the summer of 2024, this new 72-footer certainly shares plenty of stylistic design cues with what's gone before but the way the decks are arranged is critically different. For a start, as a cruise-focussed platform, the sheltered internal saloon encompasses a far greater proportion of the main deck than it does on the GT75, providing much more in the way of sheltered day space when the weather turns or when you're settling in for a long passage. While that inevitably limits the outdoor space available at the bow and the stern, the designers have beautifully mitigated that element of compromise by factoring in not just a proper flybridge but also some of the largest drop-down bulwarks you will ever see on a boat of this length.