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SERENE SECLUSION
The innovative layout creates a private patio, positioned more reservedly, in which to relax and enjoy the sheltered al fresco environment. Teak, steel and exposed carbon recall the modern and performant style of the yacht.
WIDE-RANGING RELAXATION
The sweeping lounge at the bow invites a full complement of guests to spend the day outdoors, among comfortable sunpads and sofas.
A SUCCESSION OF LIVING AND LOUNGING
The entire main deck is reserved for living and lounging, to gather more than a full host of guests in revelry. There is a convenient, residence-style dayhead at hand. Meanwhile, the galley and other crew areas enjoy a separate space with double access from inside and outside.
COZY ACCOMODATIONS
A modern and welcoming interior design characterizes the lower deck accomodations providing all the essentials of a pleasant stay on board. The master suite feels large, even with a generous offer of furnishings: a chaise lounge and a vanity desk, as well as plenty of personal storage. The guest staterooms include two VIP suites with queen-sized beds and a fourth guest cabin, all characterized by the same sophisticated décor.
OUR ADVANCED TOOLKIT
Azimut’s pioneering use of carbon fiber lamination goes beyond pure performance. The Carbon Tech Generation offers expanded volumes onboard, while maintaining excellent dynamic stability and perfect handling. Preserving the yacht’s low center of gravity, the carbon fiber was focused on the upper parts of the yacht, lightening the laminated components by up to 30% and reducing the natural roll momentum up to 15%.
The bridge was produced in partnership with Simrad-Naviop and has a single ultra-wide screen displaying all the main monitoring and navigation information, a mix of video sources and clusters of content chosen using the commanders, or two touch screens duplicated by two physical joggers for extra redundancy and safety.
Automatic interceptors by Humphree gives the vessel the lift it needs to get up on plane faster or to reach that optimum running trim. In this way the resistance of the hull is automatically optimised for every speed and load condition, this resulting in increased speed and lower fuel consumption. The Humphree system is all electric powered by 12-24 Volt DC. Thanks to the design of the Interceptor it only requires a small amount of power to move the blade up and down, even under high speed operation.
At the helm, the innovative Optimus Electronic Power Steering system by Seastar Solutions gives you a similar sensation to driving a top of the range car. The owner can configure the responsiveness of the helm by regulating wheel turns and steering effort according to speed. The system also has the additional benefit of eliminating the hydraulic piping between the helm station and the rudder compartment.
The engine room features an Active Ventilation System that regulates fan rotation speed on the basis of temperature.
S10 AT A GLANCE
- Length overall (incl. pulpit) 28,72 m (94’ 3’’)
- Beam max 6,34 m (20’ 10’’)
- Draft (incl. props at full load) 2,03 m (6’ 8’’)
- Displacement (at full load) 96,93 t (213692 lb)
- Building material GRP + Carbon Fibre
- Exterior designer Alberto Mancini
- Interior designer Francesco Guida
- Hull designer P.L. AUSONIO Naval Architecture & Azimut R&D Dept.
- Builder Azimut Yachts
- Keel Planing, deadrise 18.5° at the stern and 23.8° amidship
- Certifications CE A; NMMA
- Cabins 4 + 2 crew
- Berths 8 + 3 crew
- Head compartments 5 + 2 crew
- Engines 2 x MTU M96L - 2600 hp
- Maximum speed (test load) up to 35 kn
- Cruising speed (performance test mass) up to 28 kn
- Fuel capacity 9500 l (2510 US Gal)
- Water capacity 1750 l (462 US Gal)
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The Azimut S10 is the flagship model from the Azimut yard’s iconic S Line. Featuring the Italian yard’s concept of a high-performance sports yacht with all the comforts of a traditional motor yacht, the Azimut S10 offers stunning living arrangements. Measuring 28.72 meters in length, her timeless, elegant exterior design is the work of Italian designer Alberto Mancini. Perfectly matched, interior designer Francesco Guida created her warm and welcoming interiors. With a concept influenced by sports cars and ocean-view villas, her unique design reimagines the conventional layout of the flybridge and includes an original and functional layout for the main deck.
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Key features onboard the Azimute S10 include the infinity terrace on the main deck aft, a central carbon and steel staircase that connects the flybridge to the main deck, and the 20-square meter flybridge. Available in a configurable interior layout, she can easily accommodate up to eight overnight guests in four cabins, including an ensuite master cabin, two ensuite VIP cabins with queen beds, and a configurable ensuite cabin. Powered by two 2,600 MTU 16V engines, the Azimut S10 has a maximum speed of 35 knots and a cruising speed of 30 knots.
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Through revolutionary design and extracurated technology, the Azimut S10 flagship further empowers the ideal of superior sporting performance embodied by the S Series and represents its most evolved stylistic personality. Concocting visual and living extravagance, refined and contemporary lines unite with a layout that looks to spectacular discoveries, from the infinity open-air terrace created to embrace the full beauty of the sea by day and by night, to the more reserved areas insinuating intimacy. Breathe in the innovative imagination of S10.
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The Azimut S10 was introduced by the Azimut Yachts shipyard in Cannes in 2019 as the flagship model of the sports S-collection. Alberto Mancini, the designer for whom this model became a debut in his collaboration with Azimut Yachts, worked on the exterior of the ship.
The yacht received an electrochromic glass hatch opening above the cabin. Complemented by glass doors between the saloon and the co*ckpit, panoramic glazing on the upper deck and on the sides, it helps to create natural daylight in the saloon and cabins.
Fordek with surround fencing is equipped with two sunbeds in the central part and two sofas with tables on the sides. Sun beds are cleaned to create a recreation area. A “beach club” at the water level is supplemented with a garage to accommodate a jet ski or a tender. From the co*ckpit, divided into a free terrace, lounge area and dining area there is direct access to the “beach club”.
On the flybridge there is a double control post on the port side, opposite a sofa. There is also a bar and dining area with two tables, which transforms into a sunbed.
On the lower deck there are four cabins with bathrooms. The master cabin occupies the entire width of the hull and has its own dressing room. Guest cabins with convertible beds are located on the sides, and a VIP cabin is located in the bow of the vessel.
The planing body of the Azimut S10 is equipped with two engines MTU 16V 2000 M96L of 2600 liters. from. With their help, it reaches 35 knots.
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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 co*ckpit. 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 co*ckpit 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 co*ckpit, 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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The main characteristic of the layout is the versatility of the spaces. On the main deck, first sliding glass door between the patio and the dining area, when open, turns these two zones into a single large ambience with a table under cover and two sofas in the open. The continuity between the patio and the dining area is emphasized by the use of the same teak and other materials and colourways in both areas, while a second, slightly curved door in the middle of the living area separates the indoor lounge, keeping the areas air-conditioned.
The stern-facing transparent parapet makes the spacious 17-square-metre co*ckpit a veritable terrace overlooking the sea and elevating the connection with the water. Creativity and innovative design are behind the full-beam platform, a never-before-seen feature in this category, which is reached by artfully recessed stairs.
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- By Phil Draper
- Updated: May 12, 2020
Yacht designer Alberto Mancini’s brief for the Azimut Grande S10 was relatively simple. Beyond length and beam, the only condition was that the vessel should have obvious Azimut DNA. Everything else, he says, was effectively a blank sheet.
For inspiration, he looked to beach-house terraces in Malibu, California, the kind with multiple decks that descend to the sand and sea. That thinking led him to create about 550 square feet of outdoor space on the S10, including 150 square feet of foredeck “garden”; 215 square feet of flybridge with a lounge and wet bar; and 183 square feet of aft deck, not counting the fold-down bathing platform.
The two-zone aft-deck arrangement is particularly interesting. The stern is raised slightly and open for free-standing furniture, sun loungers, dancing—whatever owners want—while the inner zone by the aft-deck doors is protected and down a step, tucked beneath the top-deck overhang. It’s further shielded by centerline flybridge steps and a bank of wet-bar furniture, not to mention the carbon buttresses/fashion plates on both sides.
Mancini says that, in addition to his California dreaming, he thought about mega-sailers from Italian sailing-yacht builder Perini Navi when he was figuring out how this space could meld with the main salon.
Inside the sliding doors to the salon is something a bit different too. Instead of the conventional lounge area, there is a dining table occupying most of the after area to port. There’s a second set of sliding doors beyond the table, sweeping in at an angle from starboard. This double-door deal allows for a flexible, indoor-outdoor vibe. The doors can be completely open through to the lounge area and to the bridge beyond, or they can be closed or opened individually, depending on mood and practicality. The amidships lounge and TV area is all the better for deep side windows and three rectangular skylights.
Both the dining area and adjacent co*ckpit have 4-inch teak planking that’s laid athwartships and have the same bare teak joist signatures as on the headliners, creating a stylish look. There’s an opening window to port, and to starboard are a door and glazing to conceal crew access. From there, a staircase descends beneath the dining area to the galley, crew mess and crew quarters (as many as three cabins for four crew or two cabins and a laundry room).
Francesco Guida designed the S10’s interior. Heavy on white lacquer, brushed and stained oaks, and travertine stones in the heads, the decor is Italian chic with a hint of art deco. No matter whether owners prefer formal or informal, it works.
The bridge console is more than it seems too. Most of the Naviop-integrated instrumentation is set into a fold-down box, which, when up, presents two touchscreen displays. When rolled down, this box shows much of the same information on seven small-screen repeaters. The latter setup generally improves the view through the windshield when the yacht is at rest and cuts down on reflections during nighttime navigation.
The standard accommodations layout has four en suite staterooms. The full-beam owner’s stateroom is amidships with an aft-facing island berth, sofa, vanity/desk and walk-in closet. The hullside windows (27-by-68 inches apiece) have Venetian blinds and super views. The trade-off for that sizable stateroom is the placement of the VIP, which is tucked in the bow with a diagonal double berth. Twin- and transverse-berth staterooms are just off the middle of the guest companionway.
The S10 has a length overall of 94 feet, 3 inches and officially comes in under the 24-meter load-line-length requirements that add cost and complexity. Getting the design approved required excluding the stern platform and transom, and a substantial chunk of the bow, from the official hull measurement. In theory, both are detachable without compromising structural integrity.
According to Davide Cipriani, CEO at the engineering firm Centrostile, the project required around 50,000 hours of work by a project team of 10. Their other big challenge was to optimize interior heights without compromising the yacht’s striking profile. Weight reduction was also a critical component; while the hull is essentially laminated with a vinylester resin, carbon fiber is used for the superstructure, flybridge and hardtop moldings.
That’s not to say that styling took a back seat. Check out the high-gloss, teak-and-carbon-fiber rails that ring the foredeck, reminding me of a crossbow. Also see the sculptural steps made of teak and carbon-fiber as well as the stainless-steel banisters en route to the flybridge. There’s also some quirkiness: Part of the superstructure on each quarter hinges up to almost vertical, creating posts to which a Bimini top can be stretched. The inspiration for this setup was the way the doors open on supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador. Mancini says he also gave considerable thought to how the yacht looks at night, so owners can spot it easily in a busy anchorage when returning by tender from shore.
Twin 2,600 hp MTU 16V 2000 M96Ls—whirring out via V-boxes to five-blade, 3-foot-11-inch-diameter props—push the S10 to a top speed of 35 knots. At a fast cruise of 30 knots, and allowing for a 10 percent fuel reserve, this yacht should be good for up to 350 nautical miles between fuel stops. That range stretches to more than 750 nm if owners stick to 12 knots.
The engine room is nicely arranged as well. Headroom at the forward end is 6 feet, 6 inches, and both engines can be circumnavigated, albeit on hands and knees at the very back. The stern garage can hold a jet tender of about 14 feet length overall, plus a PWC and a couple Seabobs.
With the Grande S10, Azimut Yachts incorporates considerable space and volume into a yacht that maintains sleek lines and impressive performance. Those qualities, along with her designer pedigree, should give the S10 a wide appeal.
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