ITAMA SEVENTYFIVE - THE BLUE and WHITE FLAGSHIP IS HERE
Comfort, innovation and prestigious luxury are the keywords behind the design of the largest craft in the Itama fleet. The brand new, sleeker and more streamlined SeventyFive is now ready to be unveiled to markets and public thanks to the intense commitment and close working relationship of the Itama and Ferretti Group Engineering Departments and yacht designer Marco Casali.
DESIGN EVOLUTION
The first development that has been made with regard to previous models is the boat’s exterior design that has been deliberately perfected to enhance the craft’s aura of power. High bows, a distinctively curved profile and a sleek structure thanks to its slim central roof are the features that distinguish this dynamic open yacht and highlight its sporting spirit.
On going onboard, on the other hand, the first thing that strikes you is the extraordinarily high quality of the living areas and the revolutionary use of space. The innovative approach that has been adopted here has created an even greater layout differentiation and a higher level of functionality, while at the same time maintaining the exceptionally high standard of finishings that these craft are famous for. The end result? Stunning appeal and highly exclusive features.
CARBON INNOVATION
If we begin by focussing on technology and materials, this craft is fitted with a very special carbon fibre and glass windshield and avantop. The new, autoclave-moulded carbon and glass windshield is no less than 10.70 metres long at the sides and 4.50 metres wide. The entire windshield is therefore almost 26 metres long, a highly innovative feature in terms of both its unique golf club-shaped window section and its spacious front opening that slides away with a pantograph movement to join the cockpit to the sundeck in the bows via an original central walkway. This innovation makes accessing the whole below decks area both safer and more convenient as there is no longer any need to use the boat’s waterway to move around.
The use of carbon fibre also saves 60% of the weight of a steel windshield of this size. A breakthrough that significantly improves performance in terms of both speed and fuel consumption; two features that are fundamental for a craft with such a sporting character.
The avantop also boasts a revolutionary new structure that allows it to slide forward and cover, in just a few seconds, the whole front of the cockpit when sailing.
The cockpit is highly innovative too, and features a helm console with a vertical design suspended on a central upright, which separates the cockpit’s living area from the second, more intimate, dinette to the fore of the console. The helm station is protected by the fixed structure of the avantop that stretches over it like an umbrella, covering 14.35 square metres. Thanks to an electric drive system, the front shell of the top can slide forward as far as the windshield to cover an incredible 19 square metres.
A brilliant combination of design, weight distribution and engineering enables the avantop to be both stylish and highly efficient, and the central uprights have been deliberately designed to improve visibility. Great care has also been taken over the style of the retractable bimini top that covers the dinette. This opens by stowing away the fabric in a special carbon housing that closes automatically. Both the windshield and the avantop clearly express the incredible design talent that has succeeded in restyling the typically 70s corners and contours of these parts of the boat.
A TRULY LUXURIOUS COCKPIT
The cockpit is clearly designed to be one of the hallmarks of the boat, in terms of both its size and remarkable features. Measuring almost 60 square metres, the area is divided into 4 zones that include a second dinette decorated with the same fabric as the large horseshoe-shaped sofa in the centre of the cockpit. The white fibreglass helm console and its distinctive black safety guards conceal seating that is also part of this second dinette. The aim of the design here has been to make these areas as private and as comfortable as possible by using original solutions such as LED and optic fibre lighting. LED floor lighting has been used on all the walkways on the craft. The spacious, almost full beam, stern sundeck with double side walkways is located over the hangar that comfortably houses the craft’s tender or jet ski as well as a small crane to launch them with. The aft deck is fitted with a built-in gangplank that extends to a convenient length and also doubles as a swimming ladder. It also features two comfortable sofas upholstered in a special waterproof fabric that can slide together to form a large horseshoe shape that can sit up to 12 people around a teak table with lacquered white edges. In general, all the furnishings have glass fibre frameworks with teak tops and doors.
A large chaise-longue has also been included under the windshield in front of the helm console, so that passengers can relax and enjoy cruising in complete luxury. On the left of the central console there is also an ergonomic seat for the co-pilot.
AN EXTREMELY VERSATILE LAYOUT
The craft’s standard layout includes 4 cabins (a Master Cabin, a full beam Vip cabin, and two guest cabins, one with side-by-side twin beds and one with bunk beds) and 4 bathrooms, as well as a twin crew cabin with its own bathroom and toilet. An alternative version of the craft with 3 cabins and bathrooms is also available. This layout, designed to enhance still further the craft’s propensity for socializing, features an unusually large dinette that can be fitted with its own bar and on request, a 60 inch TV.
SUPERIOR STYLE BELOW DECKS
The interiors here are decorated with warm, cosy colours that make the luxurious, full beam Master Cabin in the centre of the boat, even more welcoming. The cabin is fitted with special low furniture to enhance the beam of the boat and two large ‘open view’ windows situated on both sides of the cabin to offer direct visual contact with the sea even below decks. To enjoy these splendid sea views, a chaise longue has also been placed under the window on the left. The cabin also includes a teak dressing table with a mirror, a leather pouf with underseat storage space, a huge cabin wardrobe and another closet in the entrance area. Soft woollen carpets and natural ‘velvet effect’ teak furniture tops are used both here and in the VIP cabin, and the bed heads and surrounds are upholstered in matching leather. Special fixed ceiling light fixtures incorporating LEDs and adjustable halogen spotlights fitted with twin backdrop plates have also been adopted. These lighting solutions have been designed and made exclusively for this craft. The Master bathroom is divided into two separate areas, the shower and the toilet. Immediately on the left there is an elegant, black, acrylic stone washbasin with twin taps. The furnishings are made of ash, whereas wengé has been chosen for the floors. The large shower cubicle has a glass door and is decorated with Bisazza mosaic tiling. Continuing onto the ultramodern style of the VIP cabin, a number of highly practical features can be noted immediately; like the reading lights incorporated in the bed head and the fact that the bed rests on a raised teak platform with two leather benches on either side of it. Under this there is a large and convenient, natural teak chest of drawers plus two more storage spaces. The walls are decorated with the same elegantly bright lacquered finish as the Master Cabin. The two guest cabins situated on either side of the craft towards the bows have been deliberately designed to match each other in terms of both colour and materials. Teak has been used for both the floors and furniture and the walls are panelled in linen. The first guest cabin has side-by-side twin beds, whereas the second is fitted with bunk beds. A similar solution has been adopted in the crew cabin, but in this case a Pullman bed has been fitted, which means the top bed can be stowed away.
THE TASTEFULLY DESIGNED DINETTE AND STOREROOM
The dinette area offers levels of potential and comfort that guarantee real pleasure. The warmth of a woollen carpet precedes a large horseshoe-shaped leather sofa that wraps around a square teak table with white lacquered edges and a special motorized opening mechanism. The sofa can comfortably sit up to 8 people, and opposite it stands a matching natural teak cabinet housing a built- in plasma screen television. In front of the dinette, but separated from it by a satin finish glass door, is the galley. Completely furnished in lacquered gloss white, the galley, can be reached directly from the dinette and the crew cabin as well as having its own separate stairway leading outside. The area is equipped with a series of special features including a ceramic glass hob with an oven and dishwasher located underneath it, as well as a slide-out breakfast table complete with Poltrona Frau foldaway leather chairs. There is a separate, stainless steel, twin door fridge column, and the corridor leading down from the Master staircase includes a practical storage space with a stowaway washing machine. Ivory coloured linen has been used for the wall panelling to match the walls in the corridor that leads to the guest cabins situated in the bows.
The new SeventyFive is therefore a craft that offers even the most demanding open yacht lover an experience that is profoundly luxurious, innovative, and embellished with all the glamour and value of a genuine classic. This is thanks also to its superb performance that has been developed to express to the utmost the company philosophy, ‘The pleasure of Power’. With its twin 1823 hp MTU engines combined with Arneson ASD 14 drives, the Itama SeventyFive can reach peak speeds of up to 43 knots or cruise comfortably at 38 knots.
Itama has also decided to produce a limited VHP (very high performance) edition of this yacht. In addition to featuring a number of special construction details to enhance its sporting aura, this craft will also be fitted with a special drive system that will allow it to reach speeds of up to 60 knots.
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