Azimut’s 72 Fly Is Beauty and Practicality Incarnate
Standing on the dock at a recent Miami boat show, I beheld what is certainly a beautiful update to a model Azimut first unveiled in 2016. With a deep-V hull and nearly 19 feet of beam, the Alberto Mancini-designed yacht clearly bears the DNA of her predecessor. The combination of alternately forward raked bow rails, a steeply rear-raked windshield, and a forward-raked flybridge windscreen beneath a carbon fiber roof, create a gorgeously sleek yet purposeful look. Vast expanses of tapering curved glass surround her cockpit and a huge flybridge (hence her name) covers nearly half the boat’s length.
Stepping aboard, the first thing Sarti was excited to show off was not the 72’s lounging areas, but her engine room—and here is where practical comes to the fore. Housing a pair of 1400-horsepower MAN V-12’s (capable of pushing the 117,000 pound yacht to 31 knots), that engine room is a cavernous, mechanic’s dream with plenty of headroom and twin 22kW generators. Speed, safety, beauty and yes, practicality. The Azimut 72 Fly has it all.
