Horizon’s new PC60 blends open salon with Portuguese deck

Horizon Power Catamarans used a new PC60 build to show how owner feedback can reshape a proven powercat formula. The yacht became the first PC60 to combine an open salon layout with the brand’s Portuguese Deck, a move aimed at giving owners more daylight inside, more usable outdoor space and a better-protected place to relax forward.

The Portuguese Deck first appeared on the PC60 in 2025, after Horizon said the concept had already proven popular on the larger PC68. The layout debuted on hull 32 at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in Palm Beach, Florida, where Horizon ran the presentation from March 19 to 23, 2025. Horizon said the response to the new seating area and the semi-enclosed flybridge was overwhelmingly positive, and that reaction helped reinforce the case for bringing the feature deeper into the PC line.

The deck itself is positioned forward of the flybridge helm and reached through a centerline companionway with a hydraulic door. That passage opens onto a space that Horizon has turned into an outdoor retreat, with convertible hi/lo dinettes that can work as dining tables, casual seating or full sun lounges. In practical terms, that matters at anchor and underway: the foredeck becomes a place to sit, serve, and move around without forcing guests into the same patch of cockpit or salon space.

Horizon’s current PC60 setup keeps that flexibility while preserving the model’s familiar interior choices. Buyers can still specify either an On-Deck Master or an expansive Open Salon configuration within the yacht’s 24 feet 6 inches of beam. The open salon uses that width well, with a galley that flows into a bright main saloon and a raised forward lounge that keeps sightlines open. A three-stateroom, four-head arrangement, with a full-beam master suite across the starboard hull, gives the boat the kind of privacy and comfort many owners expect from a larger yacht.

The trade-off question is the one Catamaran Yachts readers will care about most, and Horizon’s answer is that the PC60 is meant to add social space and visibility without sacrificing serious cruising ability. The model’s Silent Living system can provide up to 20 hours of generator-free comfort, standard Victron advanced power management comes on new builds, and twin MAN i6 850hp engines give the boat about 20 knots of cruising speed and roughly 25 knots at the top end. The design does not just open the boat up; it tries to make the whole platform work harder, from the salon windows to the sheltered bow, in a way that still fits real passagemaking use.