Power & Motoryacht

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Modern. It’s become a popular buzzword around the boat show circuit. There are modern fold-up windows. Modern fold-down gunwales. Modern televisions paired with modern sound systems. “This boat comes standard with a set of modern silverware in perfectly allocated drawers,” was an eye-rolling line I recently overheard. We’re talking about forks and knives here, right?

This race to build the most modern motoryacht to ever sit atop salt water has led to some models that feel as sterile as an emergency room. But that’s not the ambience aboard the middle sibling in Azimut’s S-line, which includes a 55 and 77. The new S7 is modern in the best sense. Sleek lines flowing from the pen

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