Sailing with style

Italian yachting has seen some difficult years, but the high-end and top-end models are still flying high on an unstoppable course in terms of dimensions, technology, luxury and functions, which are finally aimed at offering genuine satisfaction rather than being purely for show, while not forgetting, however, that design, as well as refined quality, is the primary factor of the sex appeal of boats built in Italian shipyards. A brilliant example of this is the smallest yacht of this review, the “secondborn” of a new generation of Pershing yachts, which came out last year with a 62-feet boat and continues with a “70 “, a classic open motor yacht that stands out for the “Champagner Pearl” tone of its hull, superstructure and main deck. A touch of class in a truly hi-tech yacht, which has a touch screen on the bridge and on request in any other area of the yacht instead of the traditional electrical panels. “Pershing 70“is also impressive for its performance: twin MTU engines with 1623 mhp combined with a surface drive system take the boat to a top speed of 46 knots and an amazing cruising speed of 40 knots - more than enough to cover the distance from a port in Liguria to Porto Cervo in about four hours. Also in the leisure boat category is the brand-new Ferretti “Custom Line Navetta 28” semi-displacement yacht, which has a hull length within the limits of its class but behaves like a boat of a higher category, with the right attributes. Among the many aesthetic features of interest are its sinuous lines, which are unmistakeable - like the spacious sundeck - and, particularly, its sliding circular glazed system in the panoramic dining area on the upper deck: a detail that allows flexible use of the area and gives a feeling similar to that achieved with devices some ten or more metres larger. With a length of just a few feet more, Azimut presented “Grande 95 Raised