GRASPING THE ZEITGEIST
When the new Sanlorenzo 62Steel was launched in La Spezia last summer there was a party, a godmother and a christening. Everything was carried out with the tradition and ceremony befitting plans that were years in the making. Only the most vital element was missing: the owner.
This was the first launch the yard had ever done in a socially distanced manner and the owner, separated from the occasion by the restrictions of the pandemic, viewed it remotely on a live stream. Surreal? Yes, agrees Antonio Santella, Sanlorenzo’s vice president of superyacht sales and director of new product design. “That has never happened before in our history. But the show must go on.”
The 62Steel was developed to slot into Sanlorenzo’s Steel superyacht range between the 52Steel, which lies inside 500GT regulations, the 57Steel and the company’s 64/70-metre flagship. This is the first of this new fine, built on the same platform as the larger 64 and completed despite difficulties and delays in the supply chain that plagued businesses in 2020.
Sanlorenzo has no wish to extend production beyond 70 metres but it did want to evolve a modem, keen-edged range for its loyal clan
