The Ferretti 670 flybridge yacht sits on the boundary of owner and crew operation, in the heart of luxury yachting, and with some serious competition, it needs to get every element right. This is why Ferretti’s decision to showcase a three-cabin layout, for what is undeniably four-cabin territory, is so perplexing — until you step on board.
A Ferretti flybridge is an important yacht, not only to the vast Italian dynasty behind it but also to the motor yacht market itself. Along with Princess, Azimut, and Sunseeker, these are benchmark models that set the standard for design, price, and luxury.
This 670 sits on the boundary of owner and crew operation, and so must cater for multiple uses with a whole string of attributes necessary to qualify as a contender. These include an abundance of interior glass, a huge flybridge, a forward cockpit, tender stowage, crew quarters, 30 knots on tap, and four impressive cabins.
Less is More
So let us introduce you to the three-cabin version of the Ferretti 670 and say immediately that it is a thing of utter brilliance. There is also a four-cabin option but it seems very few have been ordered. The 20+ 670s sold in its first year of production (excellent numbers by the way) have been mainly tri-cab variants.
Yacht buyers are pretty savvy, they know a good thing when they see it. In this case, the ‘it’ is a full-beam master stateroom enjoying a raised study area at the entranceway, where a fourth cabin would sit. This split-level stateroom creates the space and feel of a far larger main deck master. Sat at the study’s desk, looking out across the suite or through its hull side window, you can’t help but be impressed. Kudos to Ferretti for trying something different in a market where playing safe is the norm.
Finish and Layout
Aside from this very specific feature, the 670 does a lot of things very well. The interior finish is sharp and clean, there is class-leading space in almost every part of the yacht, and the interior never feels compromised. The design work is as confident and sophisticated as ever.
There is the sense of a slightly homogenous finish, with just two interior style options and lots of molded surfaces. But it is all carried out with a sense of professionalism. The only design element we might query is the raised galley, which is more a matter of style than ergonomics. Ferretti offers galley aft layouts on models below the 670, while the larger 720 can gently integrate its galley. Here, it towers over the salon with a solid wall of cabinetry.
We have already waxed lyrical on the master suite design, but let us delve further into the layout and finish. As well as the raised study, you have a lounge area and an array of storage delivered in a minimalist style, with lockers and drawers floating on vertical rails. A walk-in closet and generous ensuite lie across the aft of the cabin. The result is a cabin that feels like it belongs to a larger yacht and a space you'll enjoy spending time in.
The forward VIP is also impressive with its oversized windows cut into the flare of the bow and a nice low-level berth. Storage space is again good, with a large closet, as is the spacious ensuite.
That leaves a fairly standard third guest cabin with berths that are perhaps a little too close together. But there is an ensuite, and as a kid's cabin, it works well. The optional fourth cabin would be a fairly tight bunked affair, but there is a decent closet and a large window.
Impressive Social Spaces
Across the yacht the excellent headroom makes the yacht feel larger, adding an extra dimension of space wherever you walk. Nowhere is this more evident than in the salon area, where vast sections of glass mix with the space on offer.
The aft lounge area enjoys facing seating that leads out onto the cockpit through triple sliding stainless steel doors, opening up the interior. Forward, up by the raised galley is a generous dining area, its elevated position making the most of the windows. There is a pop-up TV, but the view out is far better — Ferretti includes cut-away bulwarks to maximize the seascape on offer.
Two Styles, One Winner
Our test model came with the lighter of two interior finishes, with white oak and muted grey and silver tones creating a calm atmosphere. This is a highly subjective statement, but we think the warmer finish is more complimentary to the onboard feel, with some wonderfully organic colors flowing through the yacht.
The crew quarters are found aft, via a small door hidden in the superstructure’s aft pillars. Here you'll find a single berth, toilet, and closet, with access to the engine bay too.
The flybridge helm is discreetly designed, sat over to port with only a single bench seat and a neat raised pod housing twin display screens. With a single seat, the idea is that guests will use the dinette seating and sun pad to gather and enjoy the ride. In this case, the sun pad and its backrest is the best spot when underway.
In the salon below, the starboard side helm offers two proper seats with good lateral grip. The dash is smart and practical with space for three MFDs. The view forward through twin windscreen sections is excellent, with only a short run of foredeck to look past. A side door to the deck is an important feature whether crewed or owner-operated.
We'll start with the flybridge and its open aft section where freestanding furniture can be deployed, instead of fixed molded seating. Keeping the aft section open makes sense, especially with so much fitted furniture forward. There is a long stretch of wet bar to serve the main lounge and dining area opposite.
Ferretti has always delivered its flybridges in a practical, clean no-nonsense sort of way, and here that translates into features like the all-GRP table, a practical decision that is helped by the teak deck to add a touch of color.
The forward sun pad is typically Ferretti and a great spot for guests to enjoy the ride. Both the open aft deck and sun pad sit outside the optional hardtop. This can be fitted with an integral sunroof to open up the main deck area.
Main Deck Options
Moving down the teak pads of the stairwell you come to the aft cockpit, this time dressed with a teak bi-fold dining table that allows you to open up the deck space that bit more. It’s easy and safe to move from the cockpit to the side decks, with the slightest of steps up and then a deep bulwark to guide you forward.
The forward cockpit is set right into the bows, with a bench seat leading onto a multi-use lounge that can convert between seating and sun pads thanks to some neat high-low tables. A small working space is left around the anchor windlass, with good stowage space underfoot and set into the coachroof.
From the very front, we finish at the stern, where a hydraulic bathing platform is found but Ferretti has done away with the transom seat in favor of a two-tier stowage area.
This Italian builder has always been a premium brand, its yachts coming at the top end of the price spectrum. In return, Ferretti delivers a clean, concise yacht with good engineering, and a top finish and overall build.
Ferretti is, however, working hard to be more competitive on price. Its decision to offer two, albeit very different, interior styles is part of the economy drive. The result can be a little one-dimensional in places but add some teak decking to the cockpit and flybridge, air-conditioning, plus your navigational equipment, and you have an impressive package with only the engine options to consider.
The standard 1,000hp MAN engines deliver a claimed top speed of 28 knots, which will surely drop to nearer 25 knots with the yacht fully loaded. That means a cruising speed barely into the 20-knot region. The optional uprated 1,200hp version, running off the same V8 block, is therefore the better choice, nudging the top speed past 30 knots.
Our Verdict
We all know that sometimes less really is more, but that noble adage so rarely applies to yachts as to be nearly redundant. Since someone stuck an engine in a hull over a hundred years ago more has meant more. More space, more speed, more luxury. But the three-cabin 670 works so well for the owner, and is so impeccably balanced overall, that it surely rates as one of the best yachts in its class even whilst offering less.
And while others might argue that, by reducing cabin numbers, anyone could deliver a larger and more interesting interior, we would simply agree whilst pointing out that no one has done it quite as imaginatively or as well.
Reasons to Buy
- Master suite innovation
- Three cabin layout
- Stowage
- Use of glass
Things to Consider
- Galley visuals
- Fourth cabin would be tight
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Rivals to Consider
This Ferretti’s optional three-cabin layout is what takes it from good to great, and this kind of exciting lateral thinking is seen on its main rivals.
The Azimut 68’s curvaceous and dreamy four-cabin interior comes with various deck salon layouts with the galley aft or raised up to starboard. Galley aft designs are the contemporary favourite, opening up the salon and delivering easy on-deck dining. But the forward galley option here works incredibly well. Often they can be an eyesore, blocking light and space, but this one is handled beautifully, almost invisibly concealed behind strips of wood and glass and serving the adjacent dining table. The design moves the lounge aft, merging with the cockpit.
The Sunseeker Manhattan 68 follows suit with a standard galley aft, four-cabin layout joined by a three-cabin version that moves the galley down and creates a vast, social lounge with a bar area by the cockpit doors.
Both the Sunseeker and Azimut enjoy 30knot performance and highly luxurious and spacious flybridges, with foredeck lounges adding to your options.
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Specifications
- Builder Ferretti Yachts
- Range Flybridge
- Model Ferretti 670
- Length Overall 20.24m
- Beam 5.38m
- Draft 1.64m
- Hull GRP
- Cabins 3
- Berths 6
- Crew 1
- Cruising Speed
- Max Speed
- Fuel Capacity 3,800 Litres
- Fresh Water Capacity 1,000 Litres
- Engine Model 2x MAN V8-1200
- Engine max range (speed type) 270 (nm)
Ferretti 670 Layout
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Flybridge
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The Ferretti follows a well-trodden layout up top, with the mid-section dining and bar area set beneath a short hardtop, leaving the massive forward sunpad and clear aft deck open.
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Main Deck
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The 670 has the galley and dining forward, leaving the lounge free to open onto the deck via wide cockpit doors. A feature of the main deck is a big forward lounge with seating, tables and sunpads.
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Lower Deck
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Standard 3 cabin layout
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While many yachts are striving to work in four cabins, which the 670 can do, the success story here is a three-cabin design that creates a raised study overlooking the full-beam Owner's cabin, creating a superb and very inviting stateroom. Both the twin and VIP guest cabins are ensuite. A small crew cabin is accessed from the aft deck.
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