Absolute Navetta 62

The Navetta 62 runs 61' 3" overall on a 17' 7" beam, carries 898 gallons of fuel and 206 gallons of fresh water, and is certified CE category B for 14 people aboard. The beam is the specification that decides everything else about this boat - it is what lets a 61-footer carry a main-deck galley you can genuinely cook in and cabins that do not narrow toward the ends.

The cockpit is open and modern, with large glass surfaces and glass angled toward it, which lifts the light on the main deck and makes the aft end read as one space with the water rather than as a room facing it. The furniture is modular, so the same deck goes from a quiet afternoon to a table for the evening without a compromise built in at the factory. The stern platform is glazed, and integrated LED strips carry the detailing through.

The flybridge is the other headline: an open-air panoramic lounge with seating, a large sunbathing area and a fully equipped bar, laid out to be lived on rather than passed through.

Inside, floor-to-ceiling pleated curtains run through the accommodation, the open kitchen carries modern appliances and a cooktop with integrated extractor, and the living area takes an electrically adjustable table and deep sofas. The owner's cabin is forward with a king-size bed and generous storage; the VIP and guest cabins are both given real space rather than the leftovers.

Two engine packages are published: twin Volvo Penta D13-IPS1200s at 2 x 900 hp and twin D13-IPS1350s at 2 x 1,000 hp. Both are pod drives with joystick control, and the joystick is what makes a boat this wide a genuine owner-operator proposition rather than a crewed one.

Fuel is 898 gallons - the number that separates this boat from the rest of its length class. Ask for observed burn at your intended cruise rpm, in writing, from a boat rigged the way yours will be, and work your own range arithmetic off that tank. Do it at sea trial with the boat loaded the way you will run it, and plan the season from the figure you measured.

The engine choice is worth thinking about at order rather than at handover. The IPS1350 package is the one to specify if you want the boat to hold a cruise with a full load and full tanks; the IPS1200 is the efficient option for a coastal rhythm.

Certification is CE category B for 14 people aboard. Confirm that figure on your own build documents, along with anything you intend to size a slip, a travelift sling or an insurance policy from - a 17' 7" beam narrows the list of berths and lifts that will take the boat, so settle it before you buy the slip.

The beam pays for itself the moment you step into the saloon. The galley is open and on the main deck, with modern appliances and a cooktop under an integrated extractor hood, and it flows into the living area rather than hiding from it - the arrangement that decides whether anyone actually cooks aboard or whether every dinner is ashore. The living area takes an electrically adjustable table and deep sofas built for a long evening.

Floor-to-ceiling pleated curtains run through the interior. They read as a styling note and work as a practical one: privacy at a crowded anchorage without dropping the ceiling height or closing the room in.

The owner's cabin is forward, with a king-size bed, ample storage and the full width of that 17' 7" beam behind the bulkhead. The VIP and the guest cabin are both given genuine space and properly specified furnishings rather than being sized by what was left over, which is the practical difference between three cabins and three real cabins.

Fresh water is 206 gallons with the water heater included. On a boat certified for 14 that is a comfortable margin, and it is the figure to plan showers and pump-outs around when the boat is full and staying out.

The Navetta 62 sits between the Navetta 58 and the Navetta 66 in Absolute's Navetta range, and it is the step where the line stops being a large coastal cruiser. Fuel goes from 740 gallons on the 58 to 898 here; beam from 16' 11" to 17' 7"; the engine list from a single D11 package to twin D13s at 900 or 1,000 hp a side. Above it the Navetta 66 takes fuel to 951 gallons, water to 240 and capacity to 16 people, which is another berth and another budget.

The comparison that matters most is inside the brand and across the ranges. The 60 FLY measures the same 61' 3" overall and spends it on a different boat entirely - 16' 2" of beam and 740 gallons against 17' 7" and 898, and certification for 16 people against 14. One is built to carry a crowd for an evening, the other to carry a household for a passage. Buyers who reach this length in the Absolute range should walk both before choosing.

Against the wider market, a 61-foot motoryacht with this beam, a main-deck galley and a 898-gallon tank sits alongside the Azimut Fly 62 and the Ferretti 580. Beam and tank are where the Navetta 62 makes its case; if what you want is a sharper profile and a lighter boat, the case runs the other way, and that is worth settling with a sea trial in each.

The Navetta 62 fits the owner who has run 45 to 55 feet and knows precisely which compromise they are finished with. Usually it is the galley, and this boat answers it directly: main deck, open, in the room where everyone is, made possible by 17' 7" of beam on 61' 3" of length.

It fits an owner-operator who wants offshore capability without hiring for it. Twin D13 pods and joystick control mean the boat comes alongside on your terms, and the 898-gallon tank means the passage is planned around weather rather than around fuel docks.

It fits a family or a group that lives outside. The flybridge is an open-air lounge with a full bar and a large sunbathing area, and the cockpit's modular furniture reconfigures for whatever the day is - neither deck arrives with its use decided for you.

It is the wrong boat if your marina is the constraint. That beam narrows the list of slips and lifts that will take it, and that is a phone call to make before an offer, not after. It is also the wrong boat if what you want is the entertaining-first flybridge: the 60 FLY is the same 61' 3" overall with 16' 2" of beam, 740 gallons and room for 16 aboard, and it is a genuinely different answer to the same length.