Double-deck cruise Jumbo yacht of the Italian shipbuilding company The Azimut Group

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Text: Зара Шахбазян

Magazine: N6 (62) 2002

Double-deck cruise yacht Jumbo has become a kind of flagship for the Italian shipbuilding company The Azimut Group. The new ship got its name not by chance. The word jumbo - translated from English "huge" or "enormous" - perfectly matches the character of the yacht Today, Jumbo is the largest ship built over a thirty-year history of the company. Despite its size — a hundred feet long and thirty wide — the Jumbo yacht is distinguished by the undoubted elegance of its outlines. The purity of the smooth, flowing lines gives her appearance a special elegance. Cruising speed, which can develop a Jumbo with a displacement of 100 tons, reaches 25 knots. Considering the different needs of the future owners, the designers developed two options for the yacht —VIP and luxe. The principal difference between the VIP option is a luxury apartment on the upper deck, designed for the owners of the vessel. On the luxe yacht here is a cozy dining room for eight people. Familiarity with the ship decided to start with the captain's bridge. On the yacht Jumbo, he turned into an open hanging terrace - the so-called flybridge. A friendly party or just a pleasant idleness - everything is here to get the maximum pleasure. A large oval table with intricately curved sofas, as well as a special kitchenette equipped with a grill, refrigerator, ice maker and sink. And how wonderful it is to sunbathe next to the miniature pool, admiring the magnificent views that open on the sides! The compositional center of the yacht is the salon located on the upper deck. Plastic rounded lines that dominate the interior are repeated in the design of soft, comfortable chairs and sofas. Right at the entrance to the salon - a bar counter, decorated with Italian marble. Cherry wood furniture, mirrors that reflect the details of the interior, create the illusion of a truly vast space. Table lamps, stylized as antique candelabra, emphasize the atmosphere of peace and comfort reigning here. The interior color scheme defines a noble "trio" - dark brown, deep blue and pale yellow, symbolizing, apparently, the union of the heavenly body, the sea and the earth. In the spacious garage, which is located on the wide stern, two jet skis, a boat and all kinds of diving and windsurfing accessories can be freely placed. According to the designers themselves, "the more beautiful the night, the faster the morning will come." Soft, comfortable beds with rounded corners, made in the classical style, serve as a visual embodiment of this idea. No matter what course the Jumbo yacht had to take, whatever the azimuth, you can be sure of one thing: comfort and coziness will be the same here as at home.