Flagship superyachts — 26 meters to the 144-foot Grande 44M
Grande is where Azimut competes with the superyacht yards. These are crewed yachts from roughly 26 meters up, with full-beam owner's suites, crew quarters, and the volume and systems of much larger boats — wrapped in the design-forward styling that separates Azimut from more conservative builders.
We review three Grande models in depth: the 85-foot Grande 26M, the 105-foot Grande 32M, and the 115-foot Grande 36M. The series now tops out at the 144-foot Grande 44M, the brand's flagship launched in 2026.
Every Azimut Grande model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
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The Azimut Grande 26M is an 86-foot flybridge with pod-drive MAN V12 power for 28 knots and 20% better fuel efficiency than shaft-drive rivals—five full cabins and a 20-foot Deck2Deck terrace over the water.
Azimut Grande 32M — 105ft wide-body superyacht. Five cabins, full-beam owner's suite, 70sqm flybridge, D2P hull with carbon fiber, side garage for tender and jet ski. Stefano Righini design. Azimut|Benetti Group. Advisory from Minted Yachts.
The Azimut Grande 36M is a 115'9" flybridge yacht with a full-beam main-deck master, twin MTU 2200hp engines, 18-19 knot cruise, and ~1,000nm range built for extended Bahamas and Florida cruising.
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Grande buyers usually arrive from the top of the Fly series or from other builders' flagship lines, and the move is less about length than about operation: Grande is where you stop driving your own boat and start running a crewed program. The 26M is the entry point that still feels owner-operable with a small crew; by the 36M you are firmly in superyacht territory — charter-capable, globally deliverable, and specified like a much larger vessel.
If you are weighing a Grande against the big Fly models, the honest question is whether you want a crew. That answer decides the series before any spec sheet does.
Grande is where I tell buyers to slow down and think about operations, not length. The jump into this series is the jump into crewed yachting — provisioning, payroll, management — and getting that structure right matters more than any option list.
Get it right and the 26M is one of the smartest entries into superyachting on the market: it still feels like your boat, not a program you fund. And if you want to see where the brand is headed, look at the new 144-foot Grande 44M flagship — Azimut is punching straight at the established superyacht yards now.
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The larger Grande models are charter-capable — the 32M and 36M especially are specified with charter in mind. Charter income can offset a meaningful share of running costs, but it adds wear, scheduling constraints, and management overhead, and it changes how you insure and flag the boat. Decide whether you are buying a family yacht or a charter business first; we help owners structure both.
Plan on one. The Grande 26M is the closest to owner-operable with a small crew; from the 32M up you are running a crewed program with dedicated crew quarters, and the 36M is fully charter-capable superyacht territory. If you want to drive your own boat, the big Fly models are the better fit.
Crew payroll is the biggest line, then dockage, insurance, maintenance, and fuel. As a rule of thumb, crewed yachts in this class run high single digits to around ten percent of vessel value per year, driven mostly by crew size and cruising program. Before you buy, we build an operating budget around your actual plans — that number, not the asking price, is what decides whether a Grande fits.
Grande is Azimut's flagship superyacht series — crewed yachts from roughly 26 meters with full-beam owner's suites and crew quarters. We review the Grande 26M (85ft), 32M (105ft), and 36M (115ft); the series tops out at the 144-foot Grande 44M, the brand's flagship launched in 2026.
Tell us how you plan to use the boat — guests, range, crew or no crew — and we'll give you the straight story on where in the Grande series you belong, new or brokerage.
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