Ferretti 750

Once again, this is one of the little comforts. We are travelling with the new Ferretti 750. The cruiser started planing at 1500 rpm using the trim tabs. We were travelling at a good 25 knots to check the turning behaviour to the left and right. And lo and behold, when we let go of the wheel, it automatically turned back to the centre position. It felt like being in a car. And that's what the electronically controlled power steering is supposed to do.

Cutting through its own wave during these left-right manoeuvres demanded nothing from the hull. The effortlessness of these turns was hard to beat.

The almost 23-metre Ferretti is once again the result of collaboration between the designers at Studio Zuccon International Project, the Ferretti Group's Advanced Yacht Technology (AYT) centre for yacht building research and the in-house Centro Stile. This is where experience comes together to create small transitions to more sailing pleasure and overall new qualities.

This also includes the convenience that the helmsman, who is all too often identical to the owner in this type of format, can find a bulkhead on both port and starboard to quickly check on the side open decks during manoeuvres. In addition to the usual companionway from the cockpit, reaching the flybridge via a staircase in the saloon is not a matter of course with this length. The predecessor 731 did not have this staircase. Clever utilisation of space on the main deck makes it possible. A grab rail, which doesn't necessarily have to be a railing, would make this offer pleasantly perfect.