The clue is in the name, of course. Azimut’s Grande range thinks big. The company has never been short on ambition. Their new 85-foot 26M, launched at Cannes in September, replaces the 25 Metri in the shipyard’s lineup, and although it’s no longer than its predecessor, it’s wider in the beam at 22 feet vs 20 feet 3 inches, and does in fact represent quite a lot more boat. But it wants to look bigger too.
So, clever styling by Alberto Mancini is intended to create the illusion of a full-length upper deck that stretches all the way from the bow to the aft rail of the flybridge. In fact, the walkways on the
