On almost every yacht under 150 feet, the owner shares the best deck with everyone aboard. The Azimut Grande 44M is drawn around a different idea: four decks where the segment expects three, and the option to make the top one entirely yours — open water views forward and astern, and nobody up there you did not invite.
Who This Boat Is For
Buy the Grande 44M if privacy at scale is the point — an owner who wants a deck of their own above a household of guests and crew. This is a yacht for the experienced owner who has moved through the 80-to-100-foot range and knows precisely what they need; the operational model is a full professional crew, and the reward is a configuration this segment rarely offers at any price.
The Four-Deck Argument
The Grande 44M measures 143'1" overall on a 28'5" beam and a 6'9" draft, with 10,568 gallons of fuel and 2,114 gallons of water. Five to six cabins with eight to nine heads sleep ten guests, and five crew cabins support a full operation.
The convertible upper deck is the headline: closed to guests, it becomes an owner's apartment with unobstructed views at both ends — a privilege usually reserved for far larger yachts. Azimut did not simply add a deck for marketing's sake; the proportions were redesigned around it, with carbon fiber keeping the four-deck superstructure light enough for the hull to carry gracefully.
Performance
Twin 1,550 hp MAN engines are standard, 1,800 hp optional, for a published 17-knot maximum and 15-knot cruise — displacement-style numbers that match the Dual Mode hull's efficiency brief. At 672,403 lbs of full-load displacement, this is a yacht engineered for sea-keeping and long legs rather than sprinting: the 10,568-gallon fuel capacity is there to keep itineraries ambitious.
At this level the sea trial and survey process is run by your captain and surveyor as a matter of course; have consumption documented at the passage speeds your seasons will actually use.
Within the Grande Collection
The 44M extends the collection to its current summit, above the Grande TriDeck's four-terrace stern. The TriDeck keeps the collection's outdoor-first character at 125 feet; below it, the Grande 36M anchors the three-deck range. The choice inside the family is a clean one: terraces cascading to the water, or a private deck of your own.
Where to Start
Walk the upper deck twice — once furnished as guest space, once imagining it as your apartment. That conversion is the boat's entire differentiation, and whether it moves you is the first and last question. Everything else about the 44M is executed to the standard its length demands.