AZIMUT S6
It is nearly eight years since Azimut came out with the first of these triple-engined beasts, the 55S in 2012, but I can still remember my amazement when I raised the hatch and caught sight of those three IPS600s lined up across the engineroom.
The first point to ponder was how they managed to fit them all in. There barely seemed to be a cigarette paper’s width between them and virtually zero clearance overhead. The next question was why. It seemed impossible that three small diesel engines and their pod drives could not only be lighter but also more fuel efficient than two big ones producing the same power. But so it was.
With the new S6, a stretched development of its original S model, Azimut has revisited the triple-engine concept but somehow managed to install the next size up, in a hull only 2in wider. If that seems a bold decision, it is one that Volvo probably helped to make: IPS600s are no longer available.
The three IPS700s, displacing 7.7 litres apiece compared with the
