Lance West

Two Italian designers shaped Lance West before Azimut built her: Alberto Mancini drew the exterior lines, Francesco Guida the interior. She was completed in 2021, part of the S series, at 94 feet. She reads as a design exercise as much as a cruiser.

Build and provenance

She is built in GRP, hull and superstructure both, but carries carbon fibre elements through her construction to save weight. Mancini's exterior lines and Guida's interior give her a coherent design language rather than styling layered onto a standard hull, which matters to a buyer as much at resale as at purchase.

Layout and accommodation

Eight guests sleep in four cabins: a full-beam owner's suite, two VIP cabins and one twin, looked after by a crew of four. Floor-to-ceiling windows run the length of the main salon, which holds a dedicated dining area and a wet bar with a wine cooler. On deck the sportsbridge carries its own bar and alfresco dining table, the foredeck is a sunpad lounge, and the main salon opens straight onto the aft deck terrace, so the line between inside and outside barely exists.

Performance and engineering

Twin MTU engines drive a planing hull built for pace, cruising at 28 knots. Gyro stabilisers hold her level at anchor and under way, and the weight saved by her carbon fibre construction goes into stability rather than sitting as ballast.

Where she lies and how to see her

Lance West is berthed in La Spezia, Italy. Boatcrowd puts viewings on the calendar and is there for them; once a buyer's offer is accepted, an independent survey and sea trial follow before anything is signed.