Ferretti's Diesel-Powered Yacht Is Making Waves in the Luxury Boat Market

The Robb Report is an American luxury and lifestyle magazine that covers automobiles, airplanes, watches, yachts and even real estate. Its beginnings, however, were much narrower.

Now owned by the Penske Media Corporation, it was originally founded by Robert L. "Rusty" White as a newsletter designed to sell his Civil War memorabilia and Rolls Royces. As anyone familiar with the publication will attest, it has truly evolved. 

This past weekend the Robb Report's Boat of the Week feature focused on a cutting edge 100-foot wide-body yacht by the Ferretti Group, an Italian multi-national ship-building organization specializing in the design and production of custom luxury yachts. Ferretti's new yacht, the 1000, is not the largest it has ever built, but it has features that look to disrupt the industry. Stefano de Vivo, Ferretti Group's chief commercial officer. described it as a "crucial" design that will be "a template for other models going forward."

The article spends time detailing the spaciousness of the interior rooms. Photos give the impression that we're looking at restrained extravagance. One rule of thumb here is that design must not defeat functionality. The spaces feel big, and the ocean views are even more vast.

Our fascination with this yacht has to do with its power source. Of this the author writes, "What’s unusual is its 28-knot top speed, thanks to twin 2217-hp MTU diesels. That’s lightning fast for a boat its size." Indeed.

The yacht itself looks like it would be right at home in a James Bond film. And who doesn't like Ferretti's tag line for the 1000: A thousand reasons to fall in love. 

Full story here, with lots of nice photos: 

Why Ferretti’s New 100-Foot Wide-Body Flagship Could Disrupt Its Entire Class