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TAILOR-MADE The latest model in the Azimut Yachts Flybridge collection, the Azimut 68 adapts to the desires of contemporary owners, who increasingly demand bespoke solutions by Bryony McCabe
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he Azimut 68 is the latest iteration of the brand’s Flybridge collection that offers the market unparalleled customisation for a yacht of its size. The model, one of the Azimut Yachts’ 2021/22 novelties, proposes a choice of three interior layouts, distinguished by the positioning of the
galley, the Azimut 68 can create an informal, convivial or intimate living space suited to the owner’s on-board lifestyle. Inspired by sportscar design, exterior designer Alberto Mancini has used a modern language to guide the evolution of the Flybridge collection and highlight the distinctive features of Azimut Yachts with an ever-sharper cleanness of line. “The yacht had to carry on the evolution of the Flybridge collection in continuity with the previous models, bringing out the typical styles of Azimut Yachts and, at the same time, modelling a sleek and streamlined yacht with ever-cleaner lines,” he explains. “In addition, I used a stylistic language that transforms some functional elements into design details.” The exteriors enclose Azimut Yachts’ stylistic features, reinforcing Mancini’s pursuit for sportiness together with a cleanliness of lines. “The side glazed surface in the saloon is never interrupted and emphasises a minimalism created thanks to the automotive approach to the project, also seen in the hull lines in the bow,” Mancini adds. “In addition, decisive and horizontal marks express strength and stability, contributing to perfect harmony and proportion between the hull, deck and the superstructure, in line with the stylistic path started five years ago.” The external areas are characterised by transformability and multifunctionality. This is especially 142
Opposite, the Azimut 68 offers a choice of three interiors layouts for different on-board lifestyles. Above, the eye-catching cockpit seat is carefully designed to look like a self-standing sofa. Right, the flybridge offers generous spaces and three separate zones
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noticeable in the spacious bow zone, where part of the sun pad can be flipped to create a huge lounge
Above, the ‘Lanterna’
furnished with a facing pair of extra-deep and incredibly comfy sofas. The flybridge offers three separate
layout has an elegant
zones: a spacious sun pad, a dining area, and a stern area that can also be used for sunbathing or
lounge at the entrance
furnished with large sofas as a socialising area.
to the main deck, with
An important feature of the interiors is the spaciousness of the accommodation, configured to offer
a galley off to one side,
four cabins and three bathrooms of decidedly generous dimensions. Interior designer Achille Salvagni
closed off by a solution
designed the interiors to produce maximum stylistic harmony and brings some of the defining features
that combines ribbing
of his most important projects, such as smooth, curving lines, generous spaces and an extraordinary
and plexiglass. Opposite
cleanness of line.
top, this configuration
A fundamental concept in the interior design is undoubtedly the transformability and multifunctionality
gives the galley privacy
of the spaces. This is particularly clear in the day area on the main deck, laid out on two levels. Thanks
but allows light to flow
to two coffee tables that can be lowered and the possibility of installing a second TV in the wall, this
throughout the space.
zone can be turned into two different and independent areas.
Opposite bottom, the
Another focus is sustainability: to reduce its environmental impact, the Azimut 68 is characterised by
refined owner’s suite
an extensive use of carbon fibre in the yacht’s topside, including the superstructure, the hard top and
is characterised by a
part of the deck, aiming to cut consumption levels despite the yacht’s generous volumes. The same goal
natural sense of luxury
was key to the design of the hull, whose forms have been optimised to achieve better performance and
and an atmosphere of
maximum cruising pleasure. www.azimutyachts.com
wellbeing
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