Ferretti launches all-new 960

The Ferretti Group’s Cattolica shipyard and the northern Adriatic coast town’s dock has hosted the launch of the first hull of  the Ferretti 960.

Ferretti says that the launching ceremony was an exciting moment for all residents and, particularly, for the numerous Ferretti Group employees who worked on the design and construction of Ferretti Yachts’s new flagship for months. This new model marks another step forward for the Group’s brand, which adds a prestigious new yacht to its range. This is the largest planing yacht ever built by the Italian brand in its.

"The launch of this model makes us extremely proud, first and foremost because it marks the debut of a new flagship in the brand’s range." said Karin Paggi, Ferretti Yachts and Ferretti Custom Line EMEA Sales Manager.

The Ferretti 960 has an overall length of 29.20 metres and a maximum beam of 6.7 metres. It is Ferretti Yachts’ first planing recreational craft featuring the master cabin forward on the main deck, and as many as four guest cabins, all equally sized and with equivalent furnishings and fittings, located on the lower deck.

The layout also includes three crew cabins with reserved access from the galley, a solution normally found on maxi-yachts only. The external profile sets a new trend in the design of large planing hulls: the glazing running along the entire main deck “cuts” the hull from stern to the extreme bow, contributing to a much lighter profile that ensures incredible interior brightness and endows the yacht with a very sporty look.

The new flagship comes in three different sets of MTU engines. The standard version has two 16V 2000 M84 2218hp engines allowing it to reach a maximum speed of 27.5 knots and a cruising speed of 24 knots. Two optional solutions include two 16V M93 2435hp engines or ta pair of 16V M94 2638hp engines, respectively. In the former version, the maximum speed will be 29 knots, with a cruising speed of 25; in the latter, more powerful version, which is the one found on the first yacht just launched, the Ferretti 960 can reach a peak of 31 knots and a cruising speed of 27 knots (preliminary data).

Ferretti says that such outstanding propulsion goes hand in hand with the maximum comfort ensured by the Mitsubishi Anti Rolling Gyro system, capable of reducing rolling by over 50 per cent.