Azimut’s carbon-built flagship, where more than half the yacht is carbon fibre and a fourth deck frees the upper deck for the owner alone.
A fourth deck, bought with carbon
Carbon fibre accounts for more than half the yacht, and Azimut calls that the cornerstone of the project: taking weight out of the superstructure is what allowed a four-deck architecture instead of the usual three. The fourth deck carries the wheelhouse, which frees the upper deck below it of the helm and its traffic.
An upper deck for the owner alone
m²atelier planned the interior around that freed space, giving the bow of the upper deck over to a veranda dining area for twelve and a private media room. Aft, the Mezzanine Deck carries a Sea View Terrace and the See-Through Pool, a plunge pool glazed so the beach club below keeps its view of the sea.
A foil at the stern
A carbon Hull Vane® foil is fitted aft to suppress the stern wave and add thrust; in steel the same foil would have weighed 1,500 kg. The Dual Mode hull behaves as a fast displacement hull forward and a semi-planing one aft, which Azimut says holds fuel efficiency across the whole speed range.
Silence at anchor
Two 50 kW electric motors run as shaft generators off a 188 kWh battery room, expandable to 230 kWh. Azimut puts the yacht at three to four hours at anchor with the generators off during the day, and eight to ten at night.
