WTB: 2018 Ferretti 450 / 2019 Tiara 44 Fly

Not only the smaller models, actually.
The 760 recently mentioned in another thread is on V-drives, and also the 880.
The setup with V-drive integral to the gearbox and connected to the engine with a jackshaft allows a decent accessibility to the shaft and the seal, anyhow. Though strictly from the accessibility standpoint nothing can be as good as straight shafts, obviously.

BTW, interestingly their preference for V-drives (which they have adopted for decades) goes beyond space optimization.
They always argued that the placement as close as possible to the vessel CoG is more crucial for variable, rather than static masses.
Hence the choice to place tanks forward of the engines, where the big chance in weight between full and almost empty tanks isn't going to affect the boat attitude as with other solutions.

Ferretti doesn't just lean toward V-drives for the Ferretti brand. Their other brands are largely V-drives. We're very happy with our V-drives on our Riva's.

They do tend to use V-drives a lot, but actually they aren't so strict about it.
Among Ferrettis, I can think of two among their most popular models, the 53 and the 730, which had straight shafts.
As well as the whole Mochi lineup, with the only exception of the 64, IIRC.
Not sure of the logic behind these differences, though.

Princess and Ferretti would be my choice. Prestige have average built quality, and if you do some serious cruising those boats start to break.
I think for sea keeping Ferretti is a bit better to the Princess 43, but Princess has really gone up in visible apparent quality onwards from 2010.
It is also a harder choice because both Ferretti and Princess (very unusual for Pr) come with Cummins QSB 6.7 550hp engines and you only hear good stuff about those engines.
Still I think the aft galley layout of the 450 works better in the real world so my choice would fall on the Ferretti.

Here is also a nice I think very unbiased video of the Ferretti doing some nice work of a some choppy seas.