You are not planning a day trip. You are planning a season — weeks aboard, guests coming and going, a boat that has to feel like home in week three as much as on day one. And you would rather have volume and tankage than another two knots.
The Sanlorenzo SD96 was built for exactly that owner.
Who it's for
The SD96 is a boat for people who stay aboard. Eight guests, five crew, and a semi-displacement hull whose entire argument is endurance: 15,700 litres of fuel and 2,500 litres of water on a 94-foot 11-inch hull. That is substantially more tankage than most yachts of this length carry, and it is the number that shapes how the boat gets used.
Five crew is the other number to sit with. This is a professionally run yacht — a captain and a real team — and the yard designed it that way. If your plan is to operate it yourself with occasional help, look hard at the crew arrangements and how the systems are laid out before committing to the idea.
It is not a boat for someone who prioritises speed. At a published 17 knots flat out you are not outrunning anything. You are going a long way in comfort, which is a different kind of freedom.
Design and layout
Zuccon International Project drew the exterior, and it has aged well: balanced proportions, generous deck space, a composed profile rather than an aggressive one. Inside, Sanlorenzo talks about connected living and abundant glazing — social areas and private retreats united by light and considered circulation. On a boat meant for long stays, circulation is not a design flourish; it is the thing that decides whether you are still comfortable in week three.
Sanlorenzo builds semi-custom, so layout, materials and systems are a conversation with the yard rather than a choice between packages. That takes time, and the result is a boat that fits how you actually live — and one whose arrangement the next owner will judge, so specify it with resale in mind.
Performance
Twin MAN 8V engines at 1,300 horsepower a side, for a published maximum of 17 knots. Fuel 15,700 litres — 4,147 US gallons. Fresh water 2,500 litres. Eight guests, five crew, on a length overall of 94 feet 11 inches.
The tankage is the headline. For range, do the arithmetic yourself: take observed fuel burn from a sea trial at the speed you intend to run, divide 15,700 litres by it, and keep a sensible reserve. That gives you a number you can trust because you know where every part of it came from.
Ownership: the questions worth asking
Ask for the sea trial report with fuel burn at each rpm step — on a semi-displacement boat this is the document you buy on. Ask for the build specification for the draft and weights, which you will need for anywhere shallow and for the insurance schedule. Ask how the specific hull has been crewed and maintained to date — five crew is a real operation, and the boat's condition will tell you how well that operation ran.
Then look at the semi-custom side through the eyes of the next owner as well as your own. A thoughtfully specified SD96 finds a buyer. An oddly specified one sits.
Where to start
The SD96 makes sense if you want the living space and endurance of a serious semi-displacement yacht in just under 95 feet, professionally run. Make the sea trial sheet the document you buy on, and let the tankage — not the top speed — be the number that sells you.
Talk it through with Tony Smith — TS@MintedYachts.com or +1 (404) 805-9819 — or send the form on this page and we will come back with the yard's own documents.
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