AC72

Design

Designer

Cassetta Design

Naval architect

Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design

Summary

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

72.2 ft (22 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

71.4 ft (21.75 m)

Beam

32.8 ft (10 m)

Draft (min)

4.9 ft (1.5 m)

Draft (max)

13.1 ft (4 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

78,264 lb (35,500 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

—

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

150 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

370 gal (1,400 L)

Fresh water capacity

264 gal (1,000 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

composite with extensive carbon reinforcement, full carbon deckhouse

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Generator

Onan 12.5 kW

Engine

2 x YANMAR 4LV 150HP

Draft

boards up / boards down 1.5/4.00m

Bridgedeck clearance

1.00 m

Watermaker

1 or 2 x 150 l/h, 220V

Engine power basis

per engine as printed

Displacement basis

light displacement (35.5t)

Layouts & Drawings

4 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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  layout-flybridge-1 — Advanced Yachts

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  layout-lower-deck-1 — Advanced Yachts

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  layout-maindeck-peninsula-1 — Advanced Yachts

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  layout-maindeck-lounge-1 — Advanced Yachts

About Advanced Yachts

Semi-custom

Milan-based Italian sailing-yacht atelier building a few semi-custom performance cruisers a year — the 18.6-metre A62, the 20.5-metre A66 and the 24-metre A80, the latter two drawn by Reichel/Pugh with design by Nauta Design, and the 22-metre AC72 catamaran whose first hull is in build.

Advanced Yachts presents itself as a company of sailors who have been sailing for more than forty years and as a true sailing-yacht atelier: limited production, each yacht made to measure for its future owner, every one built in Italy by artisans and small specialist firms, from shipbuilding and carpentry to teak decks, lighting, engineering and fabrics. Its boat pages tell the story of the range. The first A66, One Shot, was built for an experienced owner who spends long periods aboard and has since sailed the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; the second, Botta Dritta, for a racing owner who wanted both long Mediterranean cruises and competitive regattas. The first A80, Apsaras, was built for a Hong Kong owner who had fallen for the A66 but wanted a larger boat; presented at the Monaco Yacht Show, she won the cruising category of the ARC, spent a season in the Caribbean and set off round the world by way of South Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines and Australia, racing the Sydney–Hobart on the way. Jikan, the second A80, was built for an English owner with a furling boom and self-tacking jib for short-handed sailing, and Mindfulness, the third, combines the two with a shoal-draft keel and is offered for charter. Salt, developed after the first A80s, became the first A66s. In 2025 the yard announced the AC72 catamaran, its first boat entering construction, and moved to the advancedyachts.com address.

The Advanced Yachts Range

Every model Advanced Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. A8078.7 ft
2. AC72· this model72.2 ft
3. A6667.1 ft
4. A6261 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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