2027 Tiara Yachts 48 LE

The 48 LE shares its hull, beam, and triple-outboard power with the 48 LS dayboat — but the resemblance ends there. As Tiara, Power & Motoryacht, and Soundings all put it, "they're very different boats." Where the 48 LS is built for flat-out daytime performance, the 48 LE is an enclosed pilothouse express cruiser engineered for owners who want to spend real days and nights aboard, with two full staterooms, two private heads, and a true salon-level galley.

• Enclosed pilothouse salon with retracting glass — full-beam hardtop with a retractable sunroof, sliding glass salon door, and an electrically retracting starboard window/bulkhead that disappears to merge the galley and salon directly with the cockpit
• Salon-level galley, not belowdecks — "robust features to starboard, dining accommodations to port," placing food prep and entertaining at the same level as the cockpit rather than down a companionway
• Two full staterooms, two private heads — forward master with en-suite head and separate stand-up shower with built-in bench, plus an amidships guest stateroom with its own head and shower; wireless phone chargers built into both sides of the master berth
• Power-actuated 180° rotating cockpit lounge — lockable at any angle, paired with a high-gloss teak table with fold-out wings and electric grill; choice of a Buffet Lounge Module or fishing-focused Adventure Module
• Fold-down portside terrace with integrated swim ladder — drops to near-water level for safe, at-rest swim and dock access away from the outboards, plus a starboard dive/boarding door with a built-in step-down and handhold
• Quiet, stable ride at speed — Robb Report measured a near-silent 65 dB cabin noise level at roughly 40 mph in rough Tampa Bay chop; Lakeland Boating praised limited bow rise and no cavitation even in tight turns
• Triple Mercury 600 V12 Verado power (1,800 hp total) — the sole engine package offered, with a two-speed automatic transmission, counter-rotating propellers, sound-dampening technology, and Mercury Joystick Piloting integrated with a bow thruster for precise docking
• Garmin navigation at two stations — primary Garmin displays at the helm plus companion MFDs built into the port settee for second-navigator use

Two independent magazine sea trials give slightly different numbers depending on test-day load:

• Boating Magazine certified test: top speed 52.5 mph, hole-to-plane in 7.4 seconds, 0–30 mph in 10.5 seconds
• Yachting Magazine sea trial: top speed (WOT) 46.5 knots at 6,450 rpm, hole-to-plane in 7.4 seconds with minimal bow rise