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Ferretti has been busy. The Italian builder is replenishing its line-up

with new models at a breakneck pace, overhauling the look and feel

of its entire range, from the 450 all the way up. Designed in

collaboration with Zuccon International Project, the all-GRP 78ft

Ferretti 780 is the latest to join the pack. It replaces the previous 750

and nips at the heels of the new 850, launched in 2016.

These new-look Ferrettis share a common brief: to cast off the style

of a traditional Italian yacht and create a penthouse on the sea. In this

aim it’s not dissimilar to its big sister brand Custom Line, which last

year launched its Navetta 33Telli, designed for the Ferretti Group’s CEO.

“The idea was to bring a lot of the features you’d have in a beautiful

seaside apartment or villa into a yacht,” says Randy Coleman, the

Ferretti Group’s vice president of sales for North America, as he gazes

around the open plan interior of the new 780, with its chic Minotti

furniture, high ceilings, wide windows and unobstructed sightlines

from the aft deck all the way to the bridge.

The beamy exterior, with its large, arching windows and cutaway

bulwarks, is influenced by the secondary, but equally important,

brief – to create stirring views for everyone on board. “Ferretti’s

philosophy is everywhere you are on the boat, you should have views

of the sea,” says Coleman.

This particular 780, hull No 2, was started on spec for the American

market, and soon purchased by a current Ferretti client who is stepping

down from his 840 Altura model for something easier for him and his

LOA: 78' 9"

LWL: 64'

Beam: 19'

Draft: 6' 4"

Fuel capacity: 1,321 gallons

Water capacity: 277 gallons

Construction: Fiberglass

Engines: 2 x MAN V12 1550

Max speed: 31 knots

Cruising speed: 27 knots

Guests: 8

Price: POA

w: ferretti-yachts.com

Ferretti 780

functionality

WORDS Risa Merl

PHOTOGRAPHY: ALBERTO COCCHI