Panache and performance
Standing out amid the acres of gleaming yachts at the Cannes Boat Show last summer was the Solaris 47. Her lines, drafted by Argentinian naval architect Javier Soto Acebal, were striking for their modernity, yet the boat was unmistakably a product of the Solaris yard, founded almost 40 years ago on the Venetian lagoon.
The arrival of the 47 and also a 50 has been Solaris’ response to increasing customer demand for performance-cruiser yachts aimed at the more discerning sailor. The yard produces as many as 40-50 of these models annually from a range that currently consists of nine production models between 37ft and 72 feet. Quality is at the heart of the privately owned yard’s philosophy and one reason why it has produced the iconic Wally supermaxis in the past, clearly demonstrating the standard that this relatively small yard operates at.
