You don’t get to be the biggest boatbuilder in the world (by number of vessel feet constructed) for 24 years in a row without having your finger on the pulse of the global marine market. Back in 2016, Italian shipyard group Azimut Benetti, which forged its reputation building large motoryachts and megayachts, saw that demand for outboard-powered weekend cruisers was growing rapidly. They jumped right in with the Azimut Verve 40.
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