Azimut S8 Iate a motor

A push of a button turns the whole transom into a swimming terrace, then into a ramp for launching the tender and the jet skis kept in the garage below. That single mechanism, the Pivoting Platform Expander, says more about how Azimut S8 is meant to be used than any spec sheet: the sea is the point of owning her, not the passage to it.

Build and provenance

Azimut builds the S8 as a sports yacht on a monohull, and the construction leans on carbon fibre through the deck superstructure and through the platform and transom, a choice that keeps weight down while the surfaces around it grow. She measures twenty-five metres, eighty-one feet by the American measure, with a beam of 5.6 metres and a draft of 1.8 metres. The build date is 2025.

Layout and accommodation

Eight guests sleep across four cabins, and a crew of two look after the boat and its guests, a crew size that suits days on the water rather than long crewed passages.

Performance and engineering

Power comes from three Volvo IPS 1350 engines, each rated at 1000 hp or 735 kW, driving her to a 27-knot cruise and a 34-knot top speed, planing numbers that mark her as built for pace rather than distance. Interceptor trim tabs run in an automatic mode that manages her angle on the move, and joystick control at the helm turns close manoeuvring into a one-hand task, with the autopilot picking up the course the moment the joystick is released. A Garmin system ties the engine data, the tanks and the air conditioning into both helm stations and a tablet, so running her day to day means checking one screen rather than several gauges.

On deck and at anchor

On deck, the same transom platform that lowers into a swim terrace becomes the ramp for the tender and the jet skis stowed in the garage. Forward, a bow lounging area with facing sun loungers and a C-shaped divan gives guests a second place to sit that has nothing to do with the cockpit.

Where she lies and how to see her

Italy is where she lies. Boatcrowd handles the viewing, from booking it to standing there with you, and if an offer on Azimut S8 is accepted, survey and sea trial come next before anything is signed off.