EXTRA 86 FAST
They say the customer is always right, although even in the world of luxury yacht building you have to assume that there are limits. But those limits might be further off than you think. Here’s one Ancona shipyard where the idea of going the extra mile doesn’t begin to cover it.
If the Extra 86 Fast seems vaguely familiar in profile there’s a reason for that – styling is by Francesco Guida, who also designed the Arcadia range of semi-displacement yachts. While their radical looks continue to divide opinion, I was an instant convert to the Arcadia as soon as I stepped aboard the first one: the acres of glass and wide open spaces made a compelling case, and the exaggerated cab-forward layout, with the wheelhouse almost on the bow, made a lot of
