Azimut 47 Verve

Azimut racked up impressive sales for its Verve 47 at the Miami Yacht Show, with nine deposits from buyers who had barely seen the boat. One was a businessman from Puerto Rico who had come to look at the Azimut S6 but fell in love with the Verve. It will be his first boat.

The 47 is the sibling of the Azimut Verve 40, launched in 2016. Federico Ferrante, president of Azimut/Benetti USA, describes the Verve series as an alternative to U.S. center consoles. “They tend to be based on fishing-boat designs,” says Ferrante. “Nobody builds a better fishing boat than the U.S. builders, but we wanted a different type of dayboat, one that