Bluegame BGX60, the 62-Foot Crossover Built Around Its Stern

Where the Bluegame BGX60 fits

The Bluegame BGX60 is the second boat of the BGX collection, Bluegame's crossover line. Bluegame presented it at the Genoa Boat Show in October 2020, a year after the bigger BGX70 had become one of the talking points of the 2019 Cannes show. The design brief was blunt: keep every advantage of the BGX70 concept, especially the owner-first layout and the fluid link between outside and inside, and put it in a smaller boat.

The result is a 19.02-meter (62-foot 4-inch) yacht that does not fit any of the usual categories. It has no flybridge, a central wheelhouse on the main deck, a wide, flat aft deck almost at the waterline and, a few steps down through glass doors, a lower saloon with hull windows. Bluegame later extended the swim platform by almost a meter and renamed the model BGX63, which YachtBuyer dates to 2023. So anyone shopping a Bluegame BGX60 today is buying a 2020 to early 2020s boat on the brokerage market.

A stern that works as a beach club and a toy store

Everything about the BGX60 starts at the back. The aft deck is low, open and flat, and it can be set up in two ways. Fit loungers, a wet bar and furniture and it becomes a waterside sun deck; leave it clear and it carries the tender and toys. Motor Boat & Yachting compared it to the beach club of a custom superyacht, and that is fair.

Behind glass doors, the lower saloon sits deep and far aft, with a sofa, a pop-up television and hull windows. It is the space Bluegame designs for the half of the family that wants shade and a book while the other half uses the water. The same signature angled doors appear on the BGX63, where YachtBuyer described the room as air-conditioned, shaded and still part of the action.

On the successor, toys are handled by a 500-kilogram (1,102-pound) crane in the starboard bulwark rather than a garage, with a hydraulic platform rated at 400 kilograms for boarding rather than permanent storage. Expect a BGX60 to follow the same logic, but confirm what each boat actually carries.

Two cabins or three, and an owner suite off the aft deck

Bluegame offered three lower-deck plans on the BGX60: two cabins with two bathrooms, two cabins with three bathrooms, or three cabins with three bathrooms. Access to the cabins is through a door off the lower saloon, and a second staircase forward gives guests their own route, which Motor Boat & Yachting singled out for privacy.

The two-cabin version is the one to want if you rarely carry more than two couples. Its master was described as a cabin that could have come from a boat 10 feet longer, and the forward VIP is a good size, slightly squeezed by the crew cabin tucked down the starboard side. The crew space, an option, is reached from the foredeck and can be a workshop on owner-operated boats.

Bluegame's specification lists four berths as standard and six optional for guests, plus one or two for crew, with CE Category B and a 14-person limit.

A central wheelhouse instead of a flybridge

Up a staircase from the stern, the main deck holds the helm station, the galley and an internal dinette, with walkaround side decks outside and large lounging areas forward and aft. Without a flybridge, the foredeck matters more than usual. On the BGX60 it has a pair of fixed tables, a broad sun pad with two-way backrests and a free-standing canopy for shade.

On the BGX63, YachtBuyer's tester praised a far-forward helm with a carbon fiber seat, twin Garmin displays running digital switching, and a fold-out aft docking station that looks through a glass panel in the overhang at the platform corner. A side door gives the skipper direct access to the deck for lines. These details carried over from the BGX60 concept, but individual boats vary because Bluegame customizes heavily.

IPS 1050 or IPS 1200, and the numbers Bluegame quotes

Power is a pair of Volvo Penta D13 engines driving IPS pods. The standard package was IPS 1050 at 800 hp per side, and the option was IPS 1200 at 900 hp. Bluegame quoted 25 knots cruise and 28 knots maximum with the standard engines, and 27 knots cruise and 30 knots maximum with the IPS 1200s, measured with a third of tank load and four crew. YachtBuyer reported that on the successor nobody had ordered the smaller engines, which is a useful hint about what you will find on the used market.

Fuel capacity is 3,000 liters (792 gallons) and dry displacement about 35 tonnes. Bluegame did not publish a fuel curve or range for the BGX60 in the material we found, so ask any seller for engine-hour logs and real fuel data. With the IPS units located back under the aft deck and the helm far forward, testers of the BGX family describe a notably quiet, smooth ride.

The hull is again by Lou Codega, with a 16.5-degree deadrise on the BGX60, a more moderate figure than the 22 degrees on the BG42 and one better suited to a heavier cruising yacht.

• LOA 19.02 m (62 ft 4 in), CE length 18.21 m, beam 5.30 m (17 ft 3 in)
• Draft 1.42 m (4 ft 6 in) at full load, dry displacement about 35,000 kg
• Fuel 3,000 L (792 gal), water 780 L (206 gal), grey and black 330 L each
• IPS 1050: 25 kn cruise, 28 kn max; IPS 1200: 27 kn cruise, 30 kn max (builder figures)

BGX60 or BGX63 on the brokerage market

The BGX63 is the same idea with a longer stern. Bluegame lists it at 20.00 meters overall and 18.98 meters CE length, against 19.02 and 18.21 meters for the BGX60, with the same 5.30-meter beam and 1.42-meter draft, the same IPS 1050 or 1200 options and the same 3,000-liter fuel tank. The extra length is mostly platform, which makes the waterline deck more usable.

How to tell them apart: check the builder's plate and documentation, since the hulls look similar. A BGX60 has the shorter stern platform, a quoted LOA of about 62 feet 4 inches rather than about 65 feet 7 inches, and a 2020 to 2022 build date. If the extra platform space matters to you, pay the premium for a BGX63; if not, a BGX60 delivers nearly the same experience for less.

Owning one, and what to budget

BGX60s are rare in the US and the builder is in Italy, so expect to import a boat or buy through a dealer that can handle EU-built yachts. IPS D13 engines are well supported in the US, which helps.

For a 62-foot IPS yacht run by the owner with occasional crew, a realistic budget is roughly $120,000 to $250,000 a year for slip, insurance, IPS and generator service, bottom work, crew days and fuel. Professional full-time crew pushes costs higher. Budget for a Seakeeper if the boat lacks one, because large open decks and a low stern are at their best at anchor.