This Azimut Carat with zero-speed stabilizer is located in St Petersburg, FL. The Azimut 80 Carat is an open and largely informal family yacht, a trait she shares with other models in the Azimut line. Her informality does not imply any lack of quality in her finish, however. Cherry bulkheads, cabinetry, and overhead accents are highly detailed, well fitted, and recently refinished in high-gloss lacquer that twinkles with clear reflections of recessed overhead lights. Upholstered furniture, new carpet throughout, soft bulkhead panels, and dramatically shaped overheads are in neutral hues that nicely complement the woodwork. Her countertops are granite. The master head sole is marble, while wood is used in other heads. The sole of the in-line galley is upgraded to marble and is easy to clean and comfortable on the feet.
The Carat's profile, from the talented hand of stylist Stephano Righini, identifies her as a sister to other Azimut yachts, both larger and smaller. Yet unlike Azimut’s that have a large, continuous oval pattern in the deckhouse window, the Carat's window is divided by a sizable "dorsal fin” post. It eases the earlier look's boldness and blends nicely into the curves of the pilothouse and flying bridge. This boat's size puts her on the cusp of that point between owner-operated and crewed yacht, maybe a little past it. Only the most capable family will want to cruise her alone. Most will carry at least a captain, perhaps a mate, too.
The full-beam master is near amidships, where pitch will be minimal. The master has a vanity and a large walk-in locker to port, and a comfortable settee to starboard. The head includes a spacious shower, a bidet, and two sinks. VIP guests are accommodated in a bow stateroom with an island queen berth. The remaining four guests occupy two twin-berth cabins, port, and starboard between the master and VIP staterooms. Though more compact, the twin cabins are finished and outfitted as nicely as the two main staterooms. For example, the VIP and twin cabins have nearly identical heads: All have circular showers with water outlets overhead that provide the rain-showering equivalent of surround sound. Curved acrylic shower doors rotate out of the way when not in use, allowing extra floor space in front of the toilet and sink.
The Carat's dining arrangement lies on the main deck's starboard side. The layout includes an oval dining table surrounded by four chairs inboard, and a large banquette outboard. The galley lies to port, facing the table with a beautifully built tambour panel which allows the galley to remain open as a buffet for informal dinners and cocktail parties. During more formal meals, the panel can be closed for privacy. A lower helm is forward of the galley. Aft, the salon has fixed seating on two settees facing an entertainment center in the after corner of the room. Like many yachts, the Carat has a power sliding glass door in a glass bulkhead aft, but unlike many other such doors, Azimut's is weathertight. It includes an innovative system that offsets as it closes, sealing tightly against a gasket. The afterdeck is spacious and fully protected from sun and rain by the extended flying-bridge deck above. Full-length side teak decks and aft mooring stations with raised capstans, cleats, and roller fairleads make docking a snap. A single stairway leads to an integral swim platform. In port or at anchor, a transom door provides entry to the engine room and, through it, access to the crew's quarters. Stern stowage lockers large enough for personal watercraft flank the door. Accessibility in the engine room is good outboard of the engines, excellent in all other areas. Additional safety features include emergency fire dampers on the ventilation ducts and a structural cage around the V-drive shaft, features too often omitted in similar class vessels.
The flying-bridge deck is huge. Even with a tender stowed aft and a new large sun pad, there is still plenty of room for socializing. The driver's pod at the centerline helm has enough space for a companion on either side. Abaft, curved settees flank a small table with what Azimut calls a perimeter leaf. This expands the table by wrapping around, rather than inserting in, the smaller top. In addition to an open aft stair, an innovative alternating- tread wood stair accesses the flying bridge from the galley. Steeper than most stairs to preserve space, it has footpads rather than full-width treads. It is a clever design that has proved safer than inclined ladders in applications afloat and ashore. Performance and Handling She tracks true and is good in turns, with moderate inboard banking, little loss of speed, and no noticeable bow drop. In moderate seas, the ride is easy with no pounding or slap, and inside, the boat is quiet enough for normal conversation at the helm. Encountering a combination of swells and small chop is not the same as running in heavy weather, but the Carat's V-hull with a fine entry and 12 degrees of deadrise at the transom takes on the seas with ease.
Navigational controls are straightforward and easy to operate, and response to the wheel and throttles is immediate and predictable. She tops out at 31.4 knots at 2300 rpm, being equipped with MTU series 2000 M-91 developing 1,500 hp each. Engine service up to date. The Azimut 80 Carat's combination of reliable composite construction, interior and exterior comfort, smart yet subdued styling, and excellent performance make her a jewel worthy of consideration. She is suitable for formal or informal entertaining, day-tripping or extended cruising.
2021 Updates- 6 Month $500k+ Yard Period
2 new Kohler/Lamborghini 32 kW generators with 200 hours and a 5-year warranty.
Transmission rebuild with existing clutches and gears
New Radar
Rebuilt Passarele with remote control
Rebuilt black and Gray water systems
Rebuilt chiller cooling towers and air handler
New raw water pump
New sea strainers
Rebuilt fuel shut-off valves
New underwater lighting
New teak on aft deck and flybridge stairs
New 2021 Yamaha EXR 3 person jet ski
New life rafts
New matching exterior covers
Flybridge cushions are new 2020
New U-line flybridge refrigerator with icemaker
New Pepwave wireless system with iPad controlled AV system
All new TVs
Galley has wine cooler, new beverage cooler, French door refrigerator freezer
Crew has new refrigerator/freezer and new ceramic cooktop. All counter surfaces are granite or marble.
All soft goods are custom made new last summer 2021
Newly fabricated Bunny-pad on flybridge
Serviced ABT Stabilizers
Refinished veneer on dining table & entertainment center
Serviced fire systems CO2 cylinders and extinguishers
Shafts pulled and aligned
Fresh varnish on cap rails
Serviced both MTU 12V 2000 main engines: Replace fuel injectors, rebuild EUP’s, removed and ultrasonically cleaned heat exchangers and charge air coolers then reinstall.
All thru-hulls replaced
New light up name board
Rebuilt stern thruster
New KVA auto boost transformers
Bottom painted
Propspeed shafts & props
Dial indicated shafts & balanced props
New tide seals & cutlass bearings
New shafts seals & spares on shafts
Added Pullman bunk in crew
Main Salon
New beige carpet throughout
New soft goods
Overhead paneling with seven recessed lights
Wood valances, port, and starboard
Drop shades and drapes, port and starboard
Curtain, aft
Cherry cabinetry, port, with Samsung flat-screen television on remote control lift
Built-in curved sofa, port, with pillows
Built-in curved sofa, starboard, with pillows
Built-in chair, aft
Burled wood countertop, port, and starboard outboard
Cherry table with burled wood and glass top
Samsung Blue Ray player
Creston Integrated System
Direct TV
Sony FM/AM Receiver
Sony AV Multichannel Receiver
WiFi Router
Dining Area
Suede upholstered overhead
Cherry wood overhead trim piece with fiberglass inlay and five recessed lights
Built-in cabinetry, port, with privacy shutters to galley, cabinets for secured glassware, and china storage
Built-in full-length cabinet, starboard forward, with false upper panel, and storage in lower
Oval cherry wood table, seats
Scottsman 32 Bottle wine cooler
Galley
Frigidaire refrigerator and freezer
Pantry, forward
Inboard Hoshizaki Ice Maker
Exit door to portside deck
Two cherry wood cabinets, port outboard, and centerline inboard, with granite countertops
Miele 4-burner smooth surface stovetop
Miele oven
General Electric Profile microwave oven
Two round stainless-steel sinks
Miele Incognito dishwasher
Single-lever faucet
Built-in cabinets overhead, port outboard, and centerline inboard
Stairway to crew quarters and engine room, aft
Master Stateroom
Ultra-suede overhead with six lights
Fiberglass inlay with three recessed lights
King Size Island berth- five drawers below, built-in
Nightstands with drawers below
Two swing-arm reading lamps
Mirror on aft bulkhead
Overhead soffit with two recessed lights
LED lights, three port, and three starboard, with drop shades and curtains;
Built-in dresser, port, with nine drawers and two cabinets
Built-in drawers with entertainment center, starboard, with: • 42" Samsung television • Samsung Blu Ray player
Built-in vanity, starboard, with mirror, stool; six drawers; two cabinets
Walk-in closet with full-length mirror; built-in drawers; three recessed lights
SSBC Speaker selector volume control Rotel amplifier
Master Head
Marble sole
Fiberglass overhead with four recessed lights
Fiberglass soffit over countertop with three recessed lights
Built-in vanity, outboard, with marble countertop and two sinks
Two mirrored medicine cabinets
Porthole with shades
Vacuflush head
Walk-in shower with overhead light, showerhead on hose; horizontal shower nozzles; hot/cold faucet;
Starboard Stateroom
Ultra-suede overhead with four recessed lights
Twin berths
Curtains
Portlight
Built-in nightstand between berths
Sony AM-FM/CD player with two stereo speakers
Four mirrored panels on forward bulkhead
Two swing-arm reading lamps
Two air conditioning units, one under each berth
Hanging locker
12' Samsung Flatscreen TV
Starboard Head
Entry via companionway and starboard stateroom
Fiberglass overhead with four recessed lights
Built-in vanity with marble countertop and sink
Mirrored panels above sink
Storage locker, outboard
Vacuflush head
Portlight with drop shade
Shower with Lexan circular door
Shower stall with circular door
Port Stateroom
Ultra-suede overhead with four recessed lights
Double berth
Six mirrored panels, aft
Hanging locker, port, with light
Cruisair SMX air conditioning control
Porthole with shade
Sony AM-FM/CD player
12" Samsung Flatscreen TV
Port Head
Wood flooring
Fiberglass overhead with three recessed lights
Built-in cabinet, port forward, with marble countertop sink and faucet
Mirrored vanity
Storage locker
Vacuflush head
Portlight
Drop shade
Shower area with circular Lexan door
Bow Stateroom
Ultra-suede overhead with one recessed light
Cherry wood overhead soffit with eight recessed lights
Curtains
Queen Island berth, centerline
Two drawers below berth, aft
Built-in countertops, port, and starboard outboard
Sony stereo
Cruisair SMX II air conditioning control
14" Samsung Flatscreen TV
Walk-in closet, starboard, with overhead recessed lights
Bow Head
Fiberglass overhead with four recessed lights
Built-in curved wood cabinet, port, with marble countertop and backsplash, sink with faucet
Storage locker
Wood frame mirror over sink
Vacuflush head
Circular Lexan door to shower area
Showerhead on hose, overhead showerhead, four shower nozzles
Flybridge
Fiberglass decks
Curved seating, port, and starboard
Oval table, starboard
Cabinet, center forward, with built-in sink, BBQ grill, molded top, refrigerator
Fiberglass storage cabinet, starboard forward
Bench helm seat, forward
Full VDO engine instrumentation
Jabsco searchlight controls
Steering wheel
Raymarine rudder indicator
Trim tab level indicator
American Bow thruster bow/stern
Life ring
MTU single-lever controls
Sun lounge
Opacmare davit
Nouvarania 14' inflatable tender with 60 HP Yamaha outboard with only 40 hours
KVH (7) TracVision
Lower Helm
Vinyl overhead panels with four recessed lights
Leather dash pad and helm
Leather seating with adjustable center seat
Cruisair SMX II air conditioning control
Two recessed red lights over helm area
Wood steering wheel
Single-lever MTU controls
Touch-screen control panel to computer system
White Star compass
American Bow thruster (Bow & Stern)
Two stainless steel grab rails
Full VDO engine instrumentation
Icon M504 VHF
Raymarine ST 290 ABT Trac Zero Speed Stabilizer
Raymarine Rudder Indicator
Simrad AP28 Autopilot
Garmin 7215 GPS Plotter
Garmin 7015 GPS Plotter
Raymarine RL70 radar
Crew Quarters
L-shaped dinette
Built-in cabinet with granite countertop, stainless steel sink, single-lever water faucet
Overhead storage, aft
Miele Novotronic T1565C clothes dryer
Miele Novotronic W1918 clothes washer
Cruisair SMX II air conditioning control
Sanyo refrigerator
Head pump and vacuum tank, under stairs, with discharge Y-valve
Door to engine room
Upper and lower bunks
Crew Head
Vacuflush head
Mirrored vanity
Shower area with circular door
Decks and Superstructure
New teak deck
Ceramic wax
Cockpit table
Boarding doors, port, and starboard, to cabin
Teak decks, non-skid halfway forward
Teak cap rail
Lights in foredeck step-up
Two windshield wipers with washers
Sun lounge area
Overhead deck lights, four port, and four starboard
Approximately 90-lb stockless anchor with 250’ of chain
Electric/hydraulic passerelle
Aft Deck
New teak deck
Fiberglass overhang with eight recessed lights
Teak over fiberglass deck
Locker, port forward
Stern cleat, port and starboard
Hawse eyes, port and starboard, with rollers
Maxwell 1500 windlass, port, and starboard, with deck control
Teak table on stainless steel pedestals
Four teak folding chairs
Three lockers, aft
Fire hose outlet, in center locker
Control panel for aft stairway, port hatch, starboard hatch, and swim ladder
Teak cap rail
Freezer to starboard
Fire Fighting and Safety Equipment
Portable Extinguishers: Dry chemical
Built-in System: Three CO2
220-volt Auxillary fire pump
Main Machinery
MTU ENGINE MODEL #: 12V2000
2000 hr service Completed September 2021**
Filter: dual Racor
Controls: MTU / electronic
Watermaker: Sea Recovery
Bilge Pumps: 3 electric/automatic, 2 sump, 220-volt electric to compartment manifold
Freshwater Pressure System: Two 24 VDC
Bow Thruster: BCS
Stern Thruster
Propellers: 5-bladed nibral
Propeller Shafts: 3.5" stainless steel
Steering Gear: hydraulic
Air Conditioning: Cruisair direct expansion
Engine Room
Fluorescent overhead A.C. lights with safety lenses
Hydraulics to davit, swim ladder, pod hatches, and step door, trim tabs, steering
Main circuit panel
Two fiberglass mufflers to generators with water separators
Two 24-volt freshwater system pumps with accumulator tank, filter, and pressure gauge
Water heater
Air conditioning units, two port, and two starboard
Dripless shaft seals, port and starboard
24-volt fuel transfer pump
Manual fuel transfer
Circuit panel to crew quarters
Bilge pump to six compartment manifold with shut-off valves
Battery switches to each generator, each engine, ship’s service, and Fuel shut-off valves, centerline forward below decks
Electric/automatic bilge pump
Craftsman toolbox
Mastervvolt 24-volt 75-amp battery charger to house service batteries (2)
230-Volt fire pump
Six 12-volt batteries to ship’s service
Emergency steering wheel and valves
Air conditioning raw water circulating pump
A.C. and D.C. circuit panel
Two 12-volt batteries to engines
Engine emergency stop buttons
Sea Recovery watermaker
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. Hours listed may vary from actual hours due to recent use. Purchaser is encouraged to verify hours prior to purchase. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
