At the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, 26th-30th October 2006, the Predator 108 from Casino Royale was for sale and could be yours for £4,600,000 (plus tax of course). For that, you have a total of 7,200 hp on triple Arneson surface drives which will give it a top speed speed of 42 knots, very fast for a boat weighing in at 76000kg / 167600lb. But will it make you smile like the XS 2000 when flat out, I think not. The XS is the one to have, saving yourself £4,500,000. Second hand prices are from about £100,000 tax included.
A Sunseeker Sportsfisher (pictured right) also finds its way into the film.

This Sunseeker XS 2000, as featured in the new James Bond Film, Casino Royale, was on display at the Powerboat P1 World Championships in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, 25-27 August 2006. Sunseeker Sales Group had an XS 2000 racing in the P1 for the first time where it finished 5th and 2nd - not bad for your first time out!!!! All the best for next year, results will be posted on this site.

At the 2005 Southampton Boat Show, I saw this beautiful black and silver Sunseeker XS 2000 on display. Little did I know that this would be one of the boats in the new James Bond film - "Casino Royale" - out Thursday 16th November 2006. The World Premiere is taking place on Tuesday 14th November in London, followed by dozens of local regional charity premieres across the country on Wednesday 15th November.

The pictures on the left are not of the film boat but they will give a guide to how the front seating would be. The seating area has a sliding hatch which is best closed when under way, it looks better! For more information on the Sunseeker XS 2000, click here.

For the 2007 Powerboat P1 season Sunseeker's Challenger XS has new engines fitted, they are Iveco FPT NEF 400 which are 480 hp each this will give the boat 80hp (total) more than the old Yanmars. Will the extra weight of the new engines give them any advantage over the old. Maybe the new air intakes will help!
In the 2008 P1 race at Marseille, (France) May 24-25th The Sunseeker Challenger had a sinking while taking a corner during practice, don't know how it could happen but it did.
After working to get the boat ready to race again P1 Powerboat Cancel the flagship home event for Team Sunseeker the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race, so together with this and the sinking of the boat Sunseeker Challenger will not be contesting the remaining three Grand Prix of the Sea events of the 2008 season.