It is Friday at three. By half past four you are backing out of the slip with eight people aboard and no staffing plan more complicated than one phone call. That is the case for the Ferretti 720: the space and presence of a much larger flybridge, in a boat that does not have to be crewed before it can leave the dock.
Who It's For
The 720 is for the owner who has outgrown a sixty-something and wants four real cabins, a proper flybridge and genuine speed on tap. Four guest cabins and a single crew berth at 73'10" tell you exactly how Ferretti expects the boat to be used: a captain, perhaps a mate for the long trips, and an owner who still takes the helm on a good afternoon. If your plan involves three permanent crew, you have outgrown this boat already — the 800 is built around exactly that.
Design & Layout: Big-Boat Details at 74 Feet
The current 720 gets the details that make extended time aboard practical: more glass in the salon and master, a galley that can work as a semi-enclosed space behind its sliding door when someone is cooking and open back up when nobody is, and storage designed for weeks aboard rather than afternoons. The 18'4" beam pays for a full-beam master below and a flybridge that hosts dinner for the whole guest list.
Eight guests aboard does not mean someone loses a door or shares a passageway with the crew — that is the four-cabin layout's whole argument, and it is why this size works so well for families that actually fill the boat.
Performance: The Four-Knot Option
The engine decision is the biggest single choice on this boat. Standard twin MAN V8 1200s give a published 28 knots flat out and 24 at cruise; the optional V12 1400s lift those to 32 and 28. Four knots of cruise is a wide spread for an engine option — on most boats this size you are paying for one or two. If you run long legs on a schedule, the V12s buy you real time. If you like to be anchored by five, the standard boat is the smarter money.
There are 1,215 US gallons of fuel and 264 of water aboard, and 48,000 kg to move. How far that takes you depends on which engines you ordered and how hard you push them — settle it on a sea trial with the tanks measured, and get the burn figures in writing.
Ownership Conversation: One Crew Berth, On Purpose
The single crew cabin is the honest signal of the 720's operating model: help when you want it, autonomy when you do not. Running costs are questions your documents answer better than any article — the sea-trial sheet, the service history and the build specification are the three to read before you sign. The 670 is the same idea a size down; the 800 is where you go when the crew becomes permanent.
Where to Start
The 720 earns its place in the range by refusing to become a staffing project. Pick the engine package to match your calendar, confirm the layout works for your guest list, and sea-trial her properly.
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