Less is more
With the yacht slipping through the opening pontoon that closes off the mouth of Cannes’ Vieux Port, you could almost reach out and high-five the crowds jostling on either side. Perched up on the flybridge of the new 26-metre from Extra Yachts, we have a bird’s-eye view of the Yachting Festival below. It takes a steady nerve and quick reactions on the Volvo IPS joystick by the skipper to squeeze through the narrows in the midst of a procession of yachts heading out into the bay for sea trials.
Carefully designed with a hull that sneaks in just below the 24-metre mark for CE certification, the Extra 86 Fast is nevertheless big for a small yacht. Including the bathing platform and her trademark protruding anchor, the hull actually measures 26.3 metres, but only 23 metres of that are on the waterline. There are lots of other superlatives about her too. Under the long aft deck, three of the biggest Volvo IPS engines available – the 1350 – combine to
