This yacht is VERY fast! - Gladiator 631 Canados

Developed from late 2019 and introduced in 2021, the Gladiator 631 Next belongs to Canados’ Gladiator sports-yacht range. Naval architect Simone Cesati worked with the yard on the hull and composite engineering, while the Canados Design Team handled exterior and interior design. Measuring 19.35 metres overall with a 4.73-metre beam, it combines a low, hardtop-covered profile with accommodation intended for more than day boating.

The main deck centres on outdoor living. Three helm seats face a console with twin Garmin displays, while the hardtop shelters a dining area whose electrically operated table converts the seating into a sunpad. An island galley incorporates refrigeration, barbecue, sink and icemaker. Further seating and sunbathing space occupy the foredeck; aft, the original arrangement provides a garage for a 2.85-metre jet tender and a multifunction boarding passerelle that doubles as a swimming ladder.

Below deck, the two-cabin arrangement places a full-beam owner’s suite amidships and a VIP cabin forward, accommodating four overnight guests with two bathrooms. Between them is a saloon, originally specified with 2.40 metres of headroom, curved seating and Poltrona Frau leather. A three-cabin layout was also offered, replacing the saloon with an enclosed twin-berth cabin rather than adding another room to the same arrangement.

The launch specification pairs two 1,000 hp Volvo Penta D13 diesels with ZF 400 gearboxes and adjustable JDM 30 Special surface drives carrying five-blade propellers. Canados announced approximately 50 knots maximum, 40 knots cruising and a 460-nautical-mile range at 35 knots. These are published design figures, not a guarantee for every load condition. Fuel capacity is 2,500 litres and freshwater capacity 600 litres.

Weight reduction is central to the design. The original specification describes a naturally ventilated, triple-stepped hull, vacuum-bagged E-glass, Kevlar and carbon construction, a carbon hardtop and transom, structural tanks, and honeycomb bulkheads and furniture panels. Announced displacement was 18.5 tonnes dry and 22 tonnes fully loaded. The surface-drive trim actuators sit inside the hull, while a joystick links the rudders and bow thruster for harbour manoeuvres.

The range was initially announced with an alternative twin-900 hp shaft-drive installation; later builder literature also describes a separate, lower-decked, triple-engine 631 Record derivative. The Next remains oriented towards outdoor cruising, with two- or three-cabin choices and separate crew accommodation. Its owner-operated design brief and shaded social spaces suit fast coastal passages and Mediterranean-style use. Individual equipment varies: a publicly listed example includes gyroscopic stabilisation, air conditioning and a hydraulic bathing platform, so these should not automatically be assumed standard across production.