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"Since I founded the company over 50 years ago, I have always sought to create value, first for clients, second for the company and third and last, for shareholders.

This unique situation in the nautical sector means that we can invest every day in innovation and technology, we can develop new models and further refine the services we offer our clients"

Paolo Vitelli

The first steps towards success In 1970 some prestigious yachting brands appointed the company to distribute their boats in Italy. Azimut quickly expanded its operations: Apart from distribution, it began to design new yachts. In a joint venture with Amerglass, it designed the AZ 43’ Bali, a mass-produced fibreglass boat, which was an immediate success. The company gradually expanded its range, focussing on the lower end of the market - with the launch of the AZ 32’ Targa in 1977, the “Ford T” of the boat world - and upper end too - (with the memorable début of the Azimut 105’ Failaka in 1982, the biggest mass-produced yacht in fibreglass at the time).

New production sites and international recognition From the late nineties onwards, with the acquisition of new boatyards at Fano, the restructuring of the Benetti boatyards at Viareggio and the construction of a new site at Avigliana, in the province of Turin, Azimut went on to become the foremost builder of yachts and megayachts. This leadership position was confirmed in subsequent seasons, thanks to numerous business successes and an investment policy which has consolidated Azimut's technological and production capacities over the years, with sites now established in Brazil.

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Azimut’s New Design-Forward 53-Foot Yacht Has a Floating Flybridge

The compact vessel can accommodate a large party of guests, with lounges, seating and a full upper galley., michael verdon, michael verdon's most recent stories.

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Azimut's new 53 was launched today with a special flybridge and bow area

Azimut Yachts today held a virtual unveiling of its new 53, showing the just-launched motoryacht running hard off the coast of La Spezia, Italy. The 53 is distinguished by several features, including a superstructure that designer Alberto Mancini created to look like it is “floating,” as well as a square bow that provides more social space at the front of the yacht.

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“We made the most of the area between the fly and superstructure,” says Mancini, referring to the large transparent black band around the flybridge. “That gave us more leeway with what I call ‘horizontal architecture,’ giving us a wraparound feature that looks like a floating flybridge.”

The flybridge itself is designed for a large party of guests, with lounges, seating and a full upper galley to make the best use of the top deck. It also has a canvas bimini that retracts when the boat runs at speed. The bow also has a fabric cover that can be deployed with carbon poles, covering the large forward lounges.

Azimut's new 53 was launched today with a special flybridge and bow area

The designers made excellent use of the flybridge space, from the sunbeds in front to the rear lounges. It’s surrounded by a transparent black plastic collar that allows easy viewing of the water.  Courtesy Azimut Yachts

The main salon is an open, airy design, with a level floor, wraparound windows along the sides providing natural light, and excellent headroom. Azimut’s designers paid close attention to details like supplementing the salon with extra cabinetry and ensuring the full-height refrigerator and stove did not impinge upon the salon’s open feel.

Precision in design also extended to the lower deck, from the VIP guest stateroom to the second guest stateroom with twins (and space for a washer/dryer). The full-beam master suite was placed amidships, where the boat is widest, with its own walk-in closet and multiple cabinets. All three staterooms have their own heads. The 53 also has a rear captain’s cabin.

“The majority of the hull below-decks is dedicated to the owner and guest accommodations,” said Federico Lantero, Azimut’s product marketing director.

Azimut's new 53 was launched today with a special flybridge and bow area

The square bow also let Azimut designers maximize space, creating a social area in what is typically the working end of the yacht.  Courtesy Azimut Yachts

The 53 is powered by twin 725 hp Volvo Penta IPS engines, which gives it a top end of 31 knots and a cruising speed of 27 knots. The 53 also comes with the Seakeeper 9 gyro stabilizer to keep roll to a minimum for comfort at anchor.

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Azimut 55 review – curvy interior gives this Italian flybridge a cutting edge

The Azimut 55 has an interior to die for but is that enough to topple such a talented crop of competing boats?

From the outside it is not immediately apparent how different the Azimut 55 is from the 54 it replaces. The trace of the profile is much the same, as is the window architecture, and the dimensions are almost identical, but with the likes of the Princess 55 and Prestige 520 nipping at its bathing platform, the Italians knew they had to do something to give the 55 an edge.

Ironically, that ‘edge’ is the curvaceous interior designed by Achille Salvagni, a man who originally penned interiors for Azimut’s larger boats but has more recently been let loose on the 60 and now this, his smallest Azimut yet.

If anything, the effect is even greater on a smaller boat, as it’s such a treat to find the intricate detailing and obsessive commitment to curvature on a mid-range craft.

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The elegant saloon runs with the curved theme

The talk of curves may seem like overkill but on a Salvagni interior this is no hyperbole; even the curves have curves. Cabinetry, grab handles and sofa bases – everything culminates in a soft radius, which is both aesthetically pleasing and preferable to hard corners that you might knock yourself on at sea.

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It’s well finished, too, with a feeling of no-expense spared that is superior to the more affordable Prestige 520 and on a par with the Sunseeker Manhattan 52 , but possibly not quite at the lofty heights of Princess and Absolute.

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This, though, is an interior that grabs your attention the moment you set foot inside the yacht’s saloon , thanks to its audacious mix of colours, materials and an eye for artistic flourishes rarely seen on a boat of this size and price.

There is a brave mix of dark and light woodwork and recessed bronze-leaf highlights that gives the impression the cabinets and counter tops are floating. And the bold pastel upholstery fabric really pops against the monochrome palette of the lower dashboard and helm seats.

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The dashboard is stylish but falls short on places to store loose items

Seemingly small details like the table lamps are stylish and creative, no detail is permitted to be bland or uninteresting. Crucially, there are very few instances where substance surrenders to style.

The Princess 55 and Sunseeker Manhattan 52 use glass more intelligently and therefore their interiors feel bigger but the Azimut’s main deck layout is beyond reproach.

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Achille Salvagni’s flourishes make for a sumptuous interior

The most important change over the 54 – apart from the far more contemporary finish – is the switch of galley location from amidships to its new spot next to the cockpit doors.

With a neat curved return (naturally), the galley is well placed to serve both internal and external deck spaces and the raised dinette amidships with settee opposite is sociably arranged and in the best position to drink in the elevated views. The stylish furniture does come at a bit of cost, though, as there is no under-seat storage within any of the sofa units.

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The striking mix of dark and light woods makes a statement

Ample accommodation

Below decks the layout and décor are no less intriguing, especially in the master cabin, which has an angled island berth and a host of delightful styling cues that are more reminiscent of an upmarket hotel suite than a boat’s cabin. Again, the texture and colour choices are rich and varied and the lamps are statement pieces in themselves.

A pair of chrome spotlights sprout from the ceiling to provide bright beams for reading in bed and there’s a signature Salvagni chest of drawers dominating the space to port. This can be replaced with a vanity station if preferred.

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The master cabin calls to mind an upmarket hotel suite

The angle of the bed aligns its occupants with the port hull window but it also leaves space for a generous walk-in wardrobe aft with the ensuite bathroom tucked neatly to port adjacent to the cabin entrance.

Headroom is good all round but there are a fair few steps and levels to negotiate that could catch you out in the dark.

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There are eye-catching details everywhere, including the bathrooms

Despite reworking the deck moulding to broaden the foredeck, the VIP cabin in the bow feels pinched and it wouldn’t be that comfortable if two adults were getting changed at the same time – not an unlikely scenario – as there isn’t a huge amount of space at the end of the bed.

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Space is tight in the VIP cabin

The ensuite bathroom is a good size, though, and there are design notes that faithfully echo what is going on in the saloon – another nice aesthetic touch.

This bathroom also has day head access from the main lobby and is shared with those using the twin guest cabin on the starboard side.

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The VIP ensuite is shared with…

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…the compact but well-appointed twin cabin

Out on deck

The changes on deck over the 54 are slightly less drastic. The layout is much the same, though the space on the flybridge has been used to greater effect. Most notably aft, where, as an option, it is possible to have fixed furniture in a handful of different configurations. The pair of low-slung L-shaped sofas facing each other across a coffee table seems the best use of the space to me.

It’s a shame the same level of thought hasn’t gone into the design of the foredeck, which is essentially a fixed sunpad with adjustable headrests. Most rivals include either a walk-through section or table option up front or, in some cases, both, so the 55 is lagging behind in this respect.

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There is a nice foredeck sunpad but no seating or walkway

Do things improve at the helm stations? Well it’s a mixed bag. Both look great but it doesn’t take long to unearth flaws like the MFD screens being too far away from the helm seat and an over dependence on shiny materials that look good but produce a lot of glare and get filthy with fingerprints. Both could do with more secure storage areas for loose items, too.

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Helm stations are easy on the eye but lack storage

The driving experience is similarly frustrating. The 800hp MAN i6 diesels on V-drives provide ample shove and remain smooth and quiet through to full revs.

At 1,800rpm they are barely breaking a sweat yet the boat runs just shy of 20 knots, consuming around 180lph and with noise levels at only 70 dB(A). If you are in no hurry this is a blissful cruising speed.

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The Azimut 55 has a cruising speed of 19 knots

What’s not so good is the handling, specifically the steering. Granted, this was an early hull and engineers were still tweaking the electric steering system, but it just felt lifeless.

The enormous steering wheel isn’t all that conducive to quick changes of direction anyway, but the rudders felt so dulled by the electronic governor that much of the driving entertainment was sucked away.

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The engine room is free from unnecessary clutter

Some will point out that this doesn’t matter on a 55ft flybridge cruiser that will spend most of its life running in straight lines, and that’s fair enough, but I would urge them to get behind the wheel of a Princess 55 or an Absolute 52 Fly and stand by that opinion.

Hopefully, by now the engineers will have made some adjustments to the steering to make it faster and more responsive, but we can only go off the experience we had on our short sea trial.

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The Azimut 55 is a big step up from its predecessor

It’s a small issue but a frustrating one because there is a lot to admire about the design of the 55. It sensibly uses the 54’s underpinnings but feels like an entirely different boat and that is mainly down to its knockout interior.

There is work to be done on improving the driving experience, but as a place to live, the Azimut 55 is outstanding.

Specifications

Top speed: 30.5 knots

Cruising speed: 19.3 knots

Fuel consumption: 179lph

Range: 220 miles

Noise: 70Db(A)

Price from: €1,100,000

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LOA: 55ft 5in (16.9m)

Beam: 16ft 1in (4.9m)

Draught: 4ft 11in (1.5m)

Displacement: 29 tonnes

Fuel capacity: 2,560 litres

Water capacity: 590 litres

Test engines: Twin 800hp MAN i6

RCD: B for 12 people

Designer: Stefano Righini & Achille Salvagni

Price as reviewed:

£1,100,000.00

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Azimut S10: Inside Azimut Yachts' S Line Flagship Superyacht

The new Azimut Grande S10 revealed her star power at Cannes 2019. Cecile Gauert makes it past the velvet rope to take a closer look

Getting on board the new Azimut Grande S10 at the Cannes Yachting Festival was a bit like trying to get into the hottest new nightclub in town. Many more wanted in than made the cut. Azimut Yachts would have done better with a broad-shouldered bouncer than a svelte hostess to keep people from climbing on to the boat’s swim platform uninvited. This first S10 was just three weeks out of the yard, but from the look of the shoes lining the dock, it was already an unqualified success.

One of the latest models from the prolific Italian builder that celebrated 50 years in business in 2019, the new flagship of the S line (the S stands for sport, but could just as easily indicate speed or style) is part of a company-wide model re-tweak that includes the work of designers who are new to the well-known Italian brand. The S10 ushered in Azimut’s collaboration with Italian designer Alberto Mancini for exterior design – he has since worked on several other new models. The interior design is by Francesco Guida , whose extensive CV includes being chief designer at Arcadia Yachts and who has penned the interiors of Italian yachts small and large, including 79.5-metre Dragon .

The boat is not only good looking enough to create a bit of riot at the dock and turn heads on the water as it speeds past, it is also technologically complex. This should come as no surprise to those who have followed the Azimut adventure since the ambitious Paolo Vitelli established a boat charter company in 1969.

“We’ve been breaking the rules at Azimut for a long time,” said Giovanna Vitelli, executive vice president of Azimut-Benetti Group (and Paolo’s daughter), when she presented the Azimut S6 , one of the S10’s smaller sisters, in summer 2019 on New York’s Times Square. “At Azimut, we have been revolutionary in many elements, in design, in technology. The first time that windows were installed in the hull was on the 68S back in 2000. On this line, the triple installation of the Volvo IPS was made for the first time, and we started on the S collection the extensive use of carbon fibre. So many, many first times were concentrated on the S line.”

One of the firsts on this boat is a new integrated glass bridge, custom designed for Azimut Yachts by Italian technological powerhouse Naviop Simrad and Centrostile. This nifty piece of engineering is as complex in design as it is user friendly. Set in a shapely console and with crisp and colourful graphics, it’s an eye-catching (and essential) centrepiece of the main deck. It’s designed to be intuitive to use and allow the captain and/or owner to customise the view, as well as the amount of information to display.

It’s not the only complex piece of engineering on board the S10. The Azimut engineering team cooperated with carefully selected engineering subcontractors to work out the ins and outs of the yacht and fit intricate systems such as automated sliding doors, a transom door in carbon fibre that pivots down to create a platform and a sturdy column of stairs that supports the flybridge overhang as well as providing access to the sportsfly, all of it within a slippery hull that’s designed to reach 35-plus knots at full power.

Azimut Yachts wanted to make a splash for its big anniversary, so a couple of years ahead of the occasion it gave designers a blank page to create their vision for an innovative new flagship of the S collection. The softly spoken Mancini, who sailed as a youngster, has quietly emerged as one of the go-to designers for semi-custom builders especially – he’s designed new boats with and for  Dominator , Mangusta and  Fairline . “The Vitelli family and the Azimut board gave me 100 per cent freedom to reinvent the future of the S series in a length of 30 metres,” he says. “I really started from scratch.”

The S Collection’s basics include sporty looks, innovative tech, high-performance materials and open spaces. However, Mancini did not stick to preconceived ideas. His inspirations for the S10 are diverse and unexpected: sports cars, mega sailors and seaside villas. “One day I was walking in Malibu and I saw this villa with terraces plunging down to the beach into the sea, and I thought it was very interesting,” Mancini says. He didn’t immediately equate this villa with Azimut’s new sport boat flagship, but the idea of terraces eventually came into play when he threw out the notion of an open yacht as strictly a sleek and fast boat and really thought about creating new spaces.

“I thought, ‘Let’s add a 20-square-metre flying bridge and reinvent the classic open layout,’” he says. “I created what I call a vertebra column in carbon and steel in the middle of the yacht to connect the flying bridge to the main cockpit. I removed the typical starboard side recess and emphasised the sliding pocket door and the communication between indoor and outdoor.”

The resulting layout is quite interesting. Boarding from the beach platform and ascending sculptural steps on either side of the swim platform when the yacht is at the dock, you can go straight up to the flybridge using a central staircase with steps in teak, finished with a carbon fibre coating. These stairs anchor a central cockpit under the shade of the flybridge overhang, creating a sheltered outdoor lounging space, as on a super sailor. Forward of this protected outdoor seating area is the entrance to what is traditionally the main saloon or a dining area, accessed through a wide set of sliding glass doors.

A second set of glass doors, which are curved for space efficiency, lies between the dining room and the saloon to add flexibility of use in a relatively compact space: depending on whether doors are open or closed, the dining area is either an indoor or outdoor area. For consistency’s sake, Mancini chose to use the same teak flooring and a pattern of teak louvres on the ceiling, working closely with interior designer Guida to create a cohesive look.

“This space has two fathers,” says Federica Bertolini, style manager at Azimut, with humour as we stand in the dining space that acts as transition between exterior and interior spaces. Mancini also extended the main deck aft to create a sort of patio overlooking the sea, bordered by panes of glass that add protection without interrupting the infinity view. “I left it as a flush deck to allow the owner to imagine his own scenario,” Mancini explains. With loose furniture it can be used as a lounging area or maybe even a party space. Then he created one more level, closer to the sea, a foldable platform that adds another 10 square metres of exterior space when it is down. “So here you have the vision of the villa – the fly, the main cockpit, the aft deck terrace and then the beach club .”

What prevented this from becoming a towering assemblage of light-filled floors is Mancini’s experience with car design and an ingrained belief in harmonious proportions, which helped him stretch and refine the lines. It was also sports cars that inspired a clever solution to hold sunshades over the aft deck. “I designed a structure in the deck that rotates up [like the gull-wing doors of a Lamborghini],” he says. In the upward position they act as poles that help stretch  Sunbrella  sunshades over the aft deck.

Forward, he decided to do away with the usual railings and designed a structure in carbon (like a gun barrel, he says) that visually extends the length of the yacht. Inset is natural teak and a thin strip of LED lights, which adds a wave pattern at night. “[Mancini] paid a lot of attention to the lighting and the design by night. We have a lot of these light inserts on the boat, under the stairs, under every sofa, and a lot of other spaces, just so that people can recognise the design of the boat at night,” Bertolini says. “Indirect light gives strength to the lines and lighting sequences create an artistic, dramatic effect of the boat at night,” she says. “We believe that design must touch every function and light is very important to us.”

Top side, forward of the flybridge, is a sleek piece of glass that helps bring light inside, but is also treated to block it out at the touch of a button. Its shape is reminiscent of earlier Azimut Grandes, as Mancini worked to integrate some of the builder’s DNA into this new model.

For the first boat, built on spec but subsequently sold, the shipyard chose one of two decor packages developed by Guida. Named Platinum, it’s a subtle blend of natural colours – with the main veneer a product from Alpi in a sand colour – travertine marble, teak, leathers in grey and greige and woven metal with a few light and dark accents. Although this is not a custom boat, the high level of detail, such as the decorative marquetry finish on top of cabinets, makes the interior feel sophisticated without the use of overly precious materials that would not feel right on a modern, sporty boat.

“Boats are small, and everything must be in perfect harmony,” says Guida, who designed the interior furniture and all decorative details, including the back of the bed in the master cabin, upholstered in a woven leather pattern according to his sketches. Again, lighting was carefully studied with lamps and sconces adding a sophisticated residential feel to the decor.

Unusually, a bar is concealed inside the owner’s cabin, along with the more conventional desk/vanity. Another surprise is the dumb waiter hidden inside a cabinet in the dining area, discreetly sending food up and down to and from the lower deck galley. A dayhead is tucked inside a shapely space behind the glass bridge and accessible from a side pantograph door.

Access to the two-cabin crew area and the galley is aft on the main deck – via another pantograph door or interior stairs descending from a corner of the dining area – while owner and guests get to their four cabins below using stairs located on the forward end of the main deck. “We worked a lot on privacy,” Bertolini says. Although the boat can be owner operated in theory and falls within the less stringent European rules for boats under 24 metres (thanks to some perfectly acceptable engineering gymnastics that put the hull length – platform excluded – at less than 24 metres) it has space for three crew members in two cabins.

The side decks lead to the forward lounge, another outdoor space. For anyone who enjoys the feel of salty spray and wind in their faces, this will be the spot to be as the yacht cruises at 30 knots. Top speed is 35 knots for this boat built in GRP and carbon fibre with a V-shaped planing hull designed by PLANA Design and two 2,600hp MTU 16 V 2000 M96L engines. Range at the cruising speed of 30 knots is around 340 nautical miles with an average fuel consumption of 728 litres per hour.

Mancini’s terrace idea has inspired a much bigger sistership now under construction, a 38-metre tri-deck under 300 gross tonnes, which will become the largest Azimut yacht yet. But the new flagship of the S line feels like the complete package, a well- designed platform for many hours of fun in the sun in a favourite anchorage or for a thrilling ride up and down a coast.

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  1. Azimut Yachts

    Yachts. Revenue. 1.2 billion EUR (2022) [1] Parent. Azimut Benetti S.p.A. Website. www .azimutyachts .com. Azimut Yachts is an Italian yacht manufacturing company based in Viareggio, Italy. It was established in 1969 by Paolo Vitelli.

  2. Azimut yachts, superyachts and luxury boats

    Azimut has reinterpreted, extended and revolutionized the bow area, lavishing the forelounge with comforts to host an island of wellbeing between sky and sea. GRANDE 32M. The revolutionary and unprecedented Flex Deck of the Grande 26M opens to extend the cockpit, creating an evocative terrace overlooking the sea. GRANDE 26M.

  3. Heritage and history: the best yacht manufacturer

    The foundation of a dream. The university student, Paolo Vitelli, founds Azimut Srl, a sailing yacht chartering business. In time, an increasing number of top yachting brands turn to the company to distribute their boats in Italy. 1975 1975. A grande prelude: the AZ 43' Bali.

  4. Benetti

    Benetti is an Italian shipbuilding and boat building company based in Viareggio, Livorno, and Fano, owned by Azimut Benetti S.p.A.. Benetti designs and constructs motoryachts, and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts, having won the Showboats International magazine "shipyard number 1" award six times in a row, the only yard to have done so.

  5. Azimut Yachts: a History Dating Back to 1969

    The birth and progress of Azimut yachts is a story rich in luxury boating and sailing. Starting off in sailing boat chartering, the Italian yacht manufacturer Azimut was founded by Paolo Vitelli in 1969. With technology at the heart of its manufacturing, Azimut designs new hull engineering, improving fuel efficiency and freeing up space on board.

  6. Azimut world: the group and the mission

    Azimut is part of the Azimut | Benetti Group, the biggest private player and shipbuilder in the nautical sector today. The Vitelli family, the founder and majority shareholder of the company, has been leading the way for over fifty years now, continuing to innovate through the Group's main yacht brands, Azimut and Benetti, while developing a variety of service brands to cater to the ...

  7. Category:Azimut Yachts

    The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. 2018 SPb Azimut 70 Yacht 01.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 3.63 MB. Azimut Yacht Cannes IMG 1300.jpg 5,776 × 3,851; 17.29 MB. Azimut.jpg 922 × 518; 171 KB. Louis Sola and Paolo Vitelli ( founder of Azimut Yachts) at Panama Canal.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 1.18 MB. Marco Valle and Louis Sola at Cannes ...

  8. Azimut

    Azimut. Look up azimut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Azimut may refer to: Azimut Holding, an Italian asset management company. Azimut Hotels, a Russian hotel management company. Azimut Yachts, an Italian yacht-manufacturing company. Azimut (Alice album), 1982. Azimut (Perigeo album), 1972.

  9. Baglietto

    Baglietto. Baglietto are superyacht builders of La Spezia, Italy. They build yachts 100 ft and longer. It was founded in 1854.

  10. Yacht

    A 45-foot cruising yacht in 2010 The superyacht Azzam, the longest private yacht, as of 2018.. A yacht (/ j ɒ t /) is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use.

  11. Benetti is the world's Leading Superyacht builder

    The report by Boat International took account of work at 179 shipyards worldwide where yachts over 24 metres in length are built, revealing that top ranking Azimut Benetti has a 12% share of the market in this segment based on the 821 projects analysed, with a lead over the second ranking player of 16% in terms of number of projects and 432 metres by length.

  12. Azimuth thruster

    Mechanical transmission, which connects a motor inside the ship to the outboard unit by gearing. The motor may be diesel or diesel-electric. Depending on the shaft arrangement, mechanical azimuth thrusters are divided into L-drive and Z-drive. An L-drive thruster has a vertical input shaft and a horizontal output shaft with one right-angle gear.

  13. Azimut S10 yacht

    General arrangement. Data summary. GALLERY. Enquire now. 6. 7. 8. Experience the Azimut S10 Yacht, a 95 foot technologically advanced yet comfortable and sophisticated yacht. Explore more on the Azimut Yacht website.

  14. The history of Azimut Yachts

    Azimut Yachts came about in 1969, when the young university student Paolo Vitelli founded Azimut Srl, and began chartering sailing boats. The first steps towards success. In 1970 some prestigious yachting brands appointed the company to distribute their boats in Italy. Azimut quickly expanded its operations: Apart from distribution, it began to ...

  15. Azimut Benetti

    The Azimut Benetti Group is one of the world's leading builders of yachts and mega yachts. With operations in 80 countries and a network of 138 sales and customer service offices, the Group embraces the successful Azimut Yachts and Benetti brands, each dedicated to a different market segment. More in detail, Azimut Yachts was founded in 1969 ...

  16. Paolo Vitelli (businessman)

    Paolo Vitelli, Italian politician. Paolo Vitelli (born in Turin on October 4, 1947) is an Italian businessman, the founder in 1969 of the motor yacht company Azimut. He is currently president of Azimut Benetti Group. From March 2013 to September 2015, he was a member of parliament in Italy's Legislature XVII, after being elected in the Civic Choice List with Monti for Italy.

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    THE GROUP. Azimut | Benetti is the world's largest private Group in the yachting industry. Thanks to continuous innovations and experiments, for 24 years* the Group has been the world's leading manufacturer of megayachts and the shipyard with the widest range of models on the market. *Global Order Book, Boat International.

  18. Azimut Yachts: A World Of Options

    Azimut Benetti Group started as Azimut srl, a sailing-boat charter company, in 1969. It wasn't until the 1980s that it became a boatbuilding brand with its own production. From there, it experienced phenomenal growth. At all of the world's major boat shows, the group has a large presence with island-style displays and multiple booths, presenting a vast array of boats and yachts, addressing ...

  19. Best Azimut yachts: 7 of the finest models from the famed Italian yard

    Azimut Yachts is one of the biggest names in Italian boating. We round up 7 of the best Azimut yachts that we've tested over the years. Famed on both sides of the Atlantic for effortless Italian style and breathtaking performance, Azimut Yachts has been at the forefront of motorboat innovation for more than 50 years now. And since 1985, Azimut's range has been part of the Azimut-Benetti ...

  20. Azimut's New Design-Forward 53-Foot Yacht Has a Floating Flybridge

    Courtesy Azimut Yachts. The 53 is powered by twin 725 hp Volvo Penta IPS engines, which gives it a top end of 31 knots and a cruising speed of 27 knots. The 53 also comes with the Seakeeper 9 gyro ...

  21. Azimut Atlantis: versatile sports cruiser yacht

    The Azimut Atlantis Series unlocks a thrilling nautical narrative through the athletic aesthetics and genetics of a versatile sportive cruiser. Its personality designed for performance meets with technical finesse, allowing for ease of navigation while balancing beauty, safety and full functionality. Generous Italian-made interiors tailor to ...

  22. Azimut 55 review

    The Azimut 55 has an interior to die for but is that enough to topple such a talented crop of competing boats? From the outside it is not immediately apparent how different the Azimut 55 is from the 54 it replaces. The trace of the profile is much the same, as is the window architecture, and the dimensions are almost identical, but with the likes of the Princess 55 and Prestige 520 nipping at ...

  23. Azimut S10: Inside Azimut Yachts' S Line Flagship Superyacht

    Getting on board the new Azimut Grande S10 at the Cannes Yachting Festival was a bit like trying to get into the hottest new nightclub in town. Many more wanted in than made the cut. Azimut Yachts would have done better with a broad-shouldered bouncer than a svelte hostess to keep people from climbing on to the boat's swim platform uninvited.

  24. Yacht Buyers Are Getting Younger, Says Azimut/Benetti Exec

    The company comprises two brands: Azimut, which produces smaller yachts that range in length from 10 to 35 meters, and Benetti, a mega- and superyacht producer behind ships from 37 to more than ...