75 Azimut Flybridge Review and Used Buying Guide

The 75 Azimut that sold out before the ink dried

When Power & Motoryacht sent a tester to the Barcelona boat show to run the new 75 Azimut, the magazine closed its February 2005 report with a telling line: the builder's first year of orders was already gone. That says a lot about where Azimut stood in the mid-2000s. Its 75-foot flybridge arrived as the flagship of the Fly range, priced and sized for owners moving up from 60-footers who wanted four proper cabins, a crew of two and a flybridge big enough to host a dinner party.

YachtBuyer dates production from 2004 to 2009. That window matters for anyone typing "75 azimut for sale" into a search bar, because every example on the market is now between roughly 17 and 22 years old. The design has aged well on the outside, but this is a buy-and-refresh proposition, not a turnkey yacht with modern systems.

Searchers also call it the Azimut 75 Fly or a 75 foot Azimut yacht. Same boat: the 75 was only built as a flybridge.

Righini's profile and the teak beach at the stern

Stefano Righini drew the exterior, and the 75 carries the styling cues that defined Azimut for a decade: shark-fin window treatments, a long sweep of glass along the deckhouse and a clean foredeck where the windlass and cleats are concealed so the lines run uninterrupted from bow to stern. From the dock it still reads as an Azimut of that era, which helps resale with buyers who like the look.

The party trick was aft. Power & Motoryacht described a 4-by-15-foot teak swim platform that extends electrically, then lifts and locks flush against a second fixed 4-by-15-foot teak platform, controlled from a panel in the port cockpit rail. Two teak chaise lounges lived on that platform as standard on the test boat. The retractable platform appears on the option list, so confirm which version a given hull carries. A centerline transom door opens to the crew quarters and engine room, which keeps crew traffic away from the guests.

A flybridge that runs over the whole cockpit

Azimut's own brief for the 75 was simply to expand space, and the upper deck is where that shows most. The flybridge runs from amidships to the stern and roofs the entire cockpit below. An electrically operated bimini is built into a fiberglass frame so owners can open or close the shade as the sun moves. Two cocktail tables join in the evening into one table for ten, and there is a bar and grill alongside.

The upper helm has height-adjustable seats and an intercom linking the bow, cockpit and engine room, which makes stern-to mooring with crew far less shouty. A curving teak stairway climbs from the cockpit, and on the main deck aft a C-shaped sofa and service unit with optional sink, fridge or icemaker turn the cockpit into a second dining area. PMY noted that a retractable flybridge hardtop was optional, so some boats sail with only the bimini.

Galeazzi's loft-style saloon and a galley built for real cooking

Carlo Galeazzi handled the interior, and the original specification leaned on satin-finished, grain-matched cherry with leather and raw flax upholstery and stainless details. The saloon has two facing lounges, with a pop-up plasma TV behind the port seating on the test boat. A step of about five and a half inches separates the saloon from the dining area, and a sliding rice-paper pocket door can close off dining and the lower helm, so the main deck can feel like two rooms.

The galley sits to starboard behind its own door and shades. The tester found granite counters with room for two cooks, six overhead cabinets and three deep drawers, plus Miele cooktop, oven and dishwasher. A 19.7-cubic-foot Sub-Zero refrigerator-freezer and a Frigomar icemaker were options in lieu of the standard units. For a crewed boat this is a genuinely usable galley, and it is one reason the 75 still works for long weekends with guests.

Four cabins below, or three bigger ones

The standard plan puts a full-beam master amidships, a VIP with a low queen berth in the bow and two twin-berth guest cabins between them, each with an en suite head finished in marble. The guest cabins sit up a step from the master. YachtBuyer lists eight guests in four cabins as standard and a three-cabin alternative for six guests, which trades a twin cabin for more space elsewhere.

Crew live aft of the engine room. PMY described two crossover berths to port and a wet head to starboard, reached down four steep steps from the swim platform. That is tight by modern standards, so buyers planning a full-time captain and a stew should look at it carefully before assuming two crew will be comfortable for a season.

• Master: full beam, amidships, en suite
• VIP: forepeak, queen berth, en suite
• Two twin cabins with en suite heads (three-cabin layout optional)
• Crew: aft quarters with two berths and a wet head

What the MAN V12s actually deliver

PMY's test boat ran twin 1,300 hp MAN D2842 LE404 diesels through Twin Disc 2.5:1 V-drives turning 38 by 47 inch four-blade props. In four- to six-foot swells and 15 knots of breeze off Barcelona, the radar gun averaged 35.6 mph at the top end, about 31 knots, which matched Azimut's 30-knot claim. The magazine calculated a range of 382 statute miles flat out and 495 miles at a 30.5 mph cruise, roughly 430 nautical miles at about 26.5 knots.

The hull is a modified deep-V with about 15.5 degrees of deadrise aft and a sharp entry, and the tester reported runabout-like reflexes with no spray reaching the decks even when pushed into the swell. YachtBuyer quotes the later MAN V12-1360 rating at 1,360 hp per engine with the same 30-knot top speed and a 27-knot cruise. Azimut did not publish an rpm-by-rpm fuel curve, and the magazine did not print one, so treat any fuel figure a seller quotes as anecdotal unless it comes from engine data on that boat.

• Measured top speed: 35.6 mph (about 31 knots), PMY 2005 test
• Cruise: 30.5 mph (about 26.5 knots), roughly 430 nm range
• Fuel 1,585 gallons and water 304 gallons per YachtBuyer (PMY listed 1,623 and 264)
• Gensets: two 17.5 kW Kohlers in sound shields

Engine room realities on a 20-year-old Italian flybridge

The engine room offers about 5 feet 9 inches of headroom and roughly 34 inches between the engines, enough to stand for oil and filter checks. PMY flagged one weakness: the saddle tanks block the aft outboard corners of both engines. On an older boat that is exactly where hose clamps, mounts and exhaust elbows hide, so a surveyor needs time and a mirror.

The original systems list reads like a 2005 time capsule: Raymarine E80 plotters, a Cruisair plant of about 100,000 BTU and plasma TVs. Expect most of it to be replaced or due, and check that the MAN V12 cooling systems have been serviced on schedule.

Buying a 75 Azimut for sale in 2026

The market is thin. YachtBuyer recently counted three boats for sale worldwide, built in 2008 and 2009, asking between about $459,000 and $950,000. Over the prior three years five examples came to market, spending an average of 512 days listed and dropping about 10 percent from first ask. That tells you two things: there is no shortage of patience among sellers, and a well-prepared buyer has room to negotiate.

Running a 75 is a crewed-yacht budget. Insurance, a captain, dockage for a 23-meter boat, haul-outs and systems upkeep push typical annual costs into the high five to low six figures before fuel. A cheap 75 with tired machinery can easily absorb its purchase discount in the first year, so the best value usually sits with the boat that has already had money spent on it.

Where the 75 sits in Azimut's family tree

In 2011 Azimut introduced a 78 flybridge that YachtBuyer lists with the same 18-foot 4-inch beam, the same 1,585-gallon fuel capacity and the same 121,254-pound full-load displacement as the 75. That points to the 78 of 2011 to 2013 being a developed version of the same platform, with a hardtop and updated interior. It is a sensible step up for buyers who like the 75 but want a slightly newer boat.

Do not confuse either boat with the current Fly 78 of 2019, which has a carbon fiber superstructure, triple Volvo IPS pods, Alberto Mancini styling and a price several times higher.