Project: Itama 54

Ferretti Group looks back to Itama, as it presents the totally new 54 project as designed by Tommaso de Luca.  A totally new Itama has long been coming since 2009 and the Fifty, the last totally new model from the Ferretti Group owned iconic blue and white open yacht, and as the new models which came from 2012, like the 45 and 62 and subsequent S and RS were all in reality evolutions of the Forty and FiftyFive from 2006 and 2007 respectively.  For this new Itama 54 project Ferretti Group bring new designer Tommaso de Luca, a previous Luca Bassani of Wally prodigy, who will have to bring a cautious evolution side, against the revolutionary one he was taught.  De Luca replaces Marco Casali, who marked the Ferretti's Group Itama since the they own the name by the year ending 2024, with his designs bringing success and a soft evolution respecting the name to the letter.  54 means also a second generation model, with the Mario Amati Itama 54 as produced from 1985 to 2001 being also the flagship till 1996.  For his first Itama De Luca brings traditional input in this new 54 like the windshield which is similar to the Mario Amati 1986 launched 45, which then evolved as 46 in 1995, and then the 50 in 2003, with new evolutions incoming; see angle outwards stern, and fore deck which is not flush and drops slightly down in the middle section, and will also integrate a sun-pad.  The 54 will also feature window glazing serving the cabin area on the hull side.  The accommodation on the cockpit is superb, and the Itama 54 will feature spaces nearly competing with those of the 62; a C-shaped lounger forward, a C-shaped dinette, the large sun-pad aft with storage underneath all lying to starboard, with helm station and wet-bar behind it to port side.  The Itama 54 lower deck will feature two cabins, two bathrooms, a galley and a dinette.  The spacious master cabin forward contains a central bed with two large storage drawers in the base and two wardrobes. The guest cabin located to midships and can be furnished with a queen-size bed or bunk beds. Next to the fully appointed galley is a dinette with a sofa and a table.  The Itama 54 will be powered by twin Man 730hp as standard or optional 850hp with line shaft propulsion, with top speeds of 33 knots and 37 knots respectively.  The first new Itama 54 should arrive in the half of this year.

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