Scout 670 LXS

The largest outboard-powered yacht in the world has arrived.

Scout Boats unveiled the new 670 LXS during a January VIP event at its headquarters in Summerville, South Carolina, and in March, the public had its first opportunity to see the new flagship yacht at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in Florida.

Boasting five 600-hp Mercury V12 engines, the 66-foot, 9-inch yacht has a top speed of 60 mph, a fast cruising speed of 40 mph and a range of roughly 500 miles.

“We want to continue to raise the bar for class, comfort and style, and we knew the next evolution for the Scout brand was the 670 LX Series,” says Scout CEO Steve Potts, who founded the company in 1989. He explains the flagship series will include both LXS (luxury sport) and LXF (luxury fish) models.

The initiative, known internally as Project Everest, launched in 2021 when Scout found the right design partner in Harrison Eidsgaard, an acclaimed superyacht design studio based in London, to help create a unique yacht designed to fill a gap in the market.

“The design is a harmony of [Scout’s] sportfishing heritage injected with superyacht detailing and styling,” says Peder Eidsgaard, one of the design studio’s founders.

The 670 LXS features three staterooms, multiple lounge areas, retractable sunroof and windows, dual hydraulic beach platforms, articulating rocket launchers, a SureShade system and much more. It also showcases pioneering manufacturing techniques.

“The hull is epoxy-infused carbon fiber, so it looks like a Ferrari but is built like a tank,” says Alan Lang, Scout’s director of sales and marketing. “It checks all the boxes for cruising, fishing and performance, and you can still pull up to a sandbar if you want to. You can do it all and still feel like you’re aboard a luxury yacht.”