Azimut 100 Jumbo Yacht, Specs and Buying Guide

The Azimut 100 Jumbo, grand dame of production fiberglass superyachts

Azimut once described the 100 Jumbo as the grand dame of fiberglass hulls in the production mega-yacht category, and for a decade it was exactly that. YachtBuyer dates the model from 1994 to 2006 and counts 35 built, a remarkable number for a 30-meter yacht at the time. In Azimut's early 2000s line-up it sat above the 98, 85 Ultimate and 80 Carat, and when Yachting tested the new Azimut 105 in 2007 it described that boat as the replacement for the company's venerable 100-foot Jumbo.

For a buyer today, the 100 Jumbo is one of the least expensive ways into a genuine 100-foot crewed yacht. Several are listed in Florida, and recent sales have ranged from under $900,000 to more than $2 million. That spread is the whole story of buying one: the hull is the same, but the money that has or has not been spent on it varies enormously.

Jumbo, Leonardo or Grande, the three Azimut 100s

Searches for an Azimut 100 or a 100-foot Azimut will turn up three different boats. The 100 Jumbo is the 1994 to 2006 flybridge covered here. The Azimut 100 Leonardo, which YachtBuyer dates from 2009 to 2016, is a much more modern open-plan flybridge of 100 feet 11 inches with a 22-foot 4-inch beam, twin 2,185 hp MTU 16V 2000 M84 engines, a 55-square-meter flybridge with a spa pool and a garage for a tender of up to 4.2 meters. The Azimut Grande 100, dated 2011 to 2016, is a 103-foot four- or five-cabin yacht on the same MTU M84 engines, quoted at 26 knots, with an optional main-deck owner's suite.

The easiest way to tell them apart is age and styling. A Jumbo has the rounded, 1990s Righini profile and a traditional interior; a Leonardo has a low, aggressive profile with big glazed areas; a Grande 100 has the sleeker 2010s Grande styling. Prices differ by millions, so make sure the listing you are reading is the boat you think it is.

• 100 Jumbo: 1994 to 2006, 29.8 meters, 35 built
• 100 Leonardo: 2009 to 2016, 100 feet 11 inches, open-plan loft concept
• Grande 100: 2011 to 2016, 103 feet, four or five cabins

Size, tankage and a 16-degree hull

Azimut's 2002 specification lists the 100 Jumbo at 29.8 meters overall with a 6.6-meter (21-foot 9-inch) beam and a propeller draft of 1.96 meters (6 feet 4 inches) at full load. The hull is a V-shaped planing form with 16 degrees of deadrise aft, steeper than the 9 to 10 degrees of the 105 and 116 that followed, a steeper figure that generally trades a little efficiency for a softer ride into a head sea. YachtBuyer lists a full-load displacement of about 221,600 pounds.

Tankage is generous: 13,800 liters (3,643 gallons) of fuel and 2,000 liters (528 gallons) of fresh water, with large gray and black water tanks. With a 6.4-foot draft the Jumbo can use most Bahamas and Caribbean anchorages that a 100-foot yacht would normally visit, though it is not a skinny-water boat.

Four or five staterooms and a crew of four

Azimut offered the Jumbo with four or five guest cabins for eight to ten guests and five or six guest heads. The common four-cabin plan has a master, a VIP and two twins, all with en suite heads, plus a day head. Crew accommodation is for four in two cabins with two heads. The interior style of the period is high-gloss cherry and plush upholstery; Azimut's own 2002 data credits interior decoration to Francois Zuretti, while YachtBuyer lists Carlo Galeazzi, so expect variation from boat to boat.

One charter yacht shows how adaptable the layout could be. Yachting profiled the 100-foot Jumbo Melimar in charter service with a master, VIP and two twins, built to be wheelchair accessible with slightly wider doors and passageways than most yachts of its size. If the boat you find still has its original interior, factor in a refresh; a lighter, more contemporary scheme is usually money well spent at resale.

MTU 16V 2000s, older MTUs and the occasional Caterpillar

By 2002 Azimut quoted twin MTU 16V 2000 M91 engines of 2,000 mhp each, for 29 knots maximum and 26 knots cruise at half load. YachtBuyer gives 28 and 25 knots. Earlier hulls were not all built that way. Current listings show a 1996 boat with twin Caterpillars of about 1,350 hp and 1999 and 2002 boats with MTUs of about 1,800 hp, so the engine plate on any given Jumbo may differ from the brochure.

The engine question dominates the survey. A 30-meter yacht on twin high-speed diesels needs regular top-end and major overhauls at set hour intervals, and the cost of a major on a pair of 16-cylinder MTUs is substantial. Ask for the overhaul history, oil analysis records, and the dates of turbocharger, injector and heat exchanger work, and have an MTU or Caterpillar dealer attend the sea trial.

A charter workhorse, and why that matters to a buyer

The Jumbo's size, layout and crew quarters suit charter work, and Melimar was offered through International Yacht Collection at $33,500 a week plus expenses for six guests when Yachting featured her. A charter history cuts both ways. Charter boats usually have professional crews and regular maintenance, and their systems have been kept working; they also accumulate hours and wear quickly. Ask for logbooks, crew maintenance records and charter income statements, which tell you a lot about how a boat has been run.

The refit math on a 30-meter GRP yacht

Many Jumbos on the market advertise at least one major refit, and the best value tends to lie in a boat whose owner has just paid for paint, teak, engines and electronics. Two listings illustrate the range: a 1996 boat refitted in 2023 asking about $799,000 and a 1999 boat also refitted in 2023 asking about $1.23 million. The difference reflects scope, engine condition and quality of work.

If you buy an unrefitted boat, budget realistically. Exterior paint, new teak decks, stabilizer service, air conditioning, generators and modern navigation electronics can easily add up to more than half the purchase price on a yacht of this size, before any engine work. Annual running costs for a crewed 30-meter yacht, including four crew, insurance, dockage and maintenance but excluding fuel and depreciation, typically fall in the $500,000 to $850,000 range.

Azimut 100 Jumbo for sale, what boats are asking in 2026

YachtBuyer's market data shows ten of the 35 Jumbos listed for sale over the past three years, a high proportion that reflects the age of the fleet. Current US asking prices include about $1.6 million for 1999 and 2006 boats in Florida and about $2 million for a 2002 boat, while recent sales have ranged from about $875,000 for a 2003 boat to $2.2 million for a 2002 boat. In practice, plan on roughly $800,000 to $2.2 million depending on refit status, with the price of the next engine overhaul and paint job always part of the negotiation.