Available through authorised dealers and distribution partners in selected territories worldwide.
Absolute 40 Fly
Italian flybridge living, sized for a couple — pod drives, low hours, full options.
Available through authorised dealers and distribution partners in selected territories worldwide.
Length
12.5 m / 40' 8"
Beam
4.05 m / 13' 3"
Engines
2× Volvo Penta D6-IPS500 (2× 370 HP)
Cabins
2
Passengers
10
Engine hours
460 h
Overview
"Best small flybridge layout in the segment — and this one is loaded."
Who this boat is for
Couples who want true flybridge living in a hull they can dock single-handed — IPS pods, joystick, full options, ready to sail.
Hisham's take
The Absolute 40 Fly is the Italian flybridge done sensibly — 12.5 metres of hand-built Piacenza yard, IPS pod drives, joystick docking, and a layout that gets you two real cabins, two heads, a convertible salon dinette and a full flybridge with BBQ, sink and a second helm. This 2018 example based in Egypt has only 460 engine hours on its twin Volvo Penta D6-IPS500s (2× 370 HP), and it's been kept exactly the way these boats reward — complete maintenance history, A/C, Mase generator, bow thruster, hydraulic gangway, hydraulic bathing platform with 300 kg lift, full Raymarine and Volvo electronics, cameras in the engine room and cockpit, premium audio, teak everywhere it should be. Add the Tiger Marine tender with its Mercury 15 HP outboard and you have a turnkey Mediterranean cruiser — flybridge living in a hull a couple can run themselves.
Distribution
Deck & interior layout.
Upper Deck — Flybridge
Specifications
The numbers, properly.
Dimensions
- Length
- 12.5 m / 40' 8"
- Beam
- 4.05 m / 13' 3"
- Draft
- 1.50 m
Performance
- Engines
- 2× Volvo Penta D6-IPS500 (2× 370 HP)
- Top speed
- 30 knots
- Cruise speed
- 24 knots
- Fuel
- 950 L
- Water
- 500 L
Layout & capacity
- Cabins
- 2
- Heads
- 2
- Sleeps overnight
- 6
- Passengers
- 10
Tech & equipment
- Helm
- Volvo Penta IPS joystick · Raymarine 12" GPS/chartplotter (helm + flybridge) · Volvo 7" EVC autopilot
- Equipment
- Mase IS 7B/3.5 kW generator (230 V – 50 Hz) · Mediterranean A/C — 25,000 BTU · Bow thruster · electro-hydraulic gangway · Hydraulic bathing platform — 300 kg lift · Full electronics — GPS, autopilot, radar, cameras · Teak deck · bow & flybridge sunpads · BBQ + fridge fly
- Type
- Flybridge
- Location
- Egypt
- Year
- 2018
Character
Italian flybridge living in a hull a couple can handle. Pod drives, low hours, full options — a turnkey Mediterranean cruiser.
Key features
What it actually does.
Propulsion & performance
- ·2× Volvo Penta D6-IPS500 — 2× 370 HP
- ·Joystick docking with Volvo Penta EVC
- ·Cruise 24 kn · top 30 kn
- ·Diesel — 950 L fuel tank
- ·460 engine hours · full service history
Comfort & systems
- ·Mase IS 7B/3.5 kW generator (230 V – 50 Hz)
- ·Mediterranean A/C — 25,000 BTU
- ·Boiler · 500 L fresh water (heater included)
- ·Greywater tank · fresh-water deck wash · quay connection
- ·Safe in master and VIP bow cabin
Electronics & helm
- ·12" Raymarine GPS / chartplotter at main helm and flybridge
- ·Volvo 7" EVC touch-screen autopilot
- ·VHF with DSC Europe at both helms
- ·Radar, searchlight (dual control), engine-room + cockpit cameras
- ·Premium Fusion audio — salon and cockpit, party mode
Deck & flybridge
- ·Bimini-top flybridge with sliding hatch + LED strips
- ·Flybridge BBQ, sink and fridge wet-bar
- ·Bow sundeck with reclining backrests, pearl-grey cushions
- ·Cockpit teak table · removable, doubles as dinette bed
- ·Hydraulic bathing platform — 300 kg lift, integrated ladder
- ·Electro-hydraulic retractable gangway
Interior
- ·2 cabins + convertible salon dinette — 6 sleeps
- ·2 heads with separate showers, second door from hallway
- ·Galley with induction cooktop, fridge, microwave-ready
- ·Hall leather sofa in Grano colour
- ·3D-capable LED TV with Wi-Fi, digital terrestrial + satellite
- ·Electric sliding glass between galley and salon · flyscreen
Included tender
- ·Tiger Marine 3.10 m RIB — Zodiac-style inflatable
- ·Mercury 15 HP First Rock outboard engine
- ·Carried on the hydraulic swim platform
Gallery
Closer look.
19 images
On the water
Watch it run.
What stands out
The points that matter.
Twin Volvo Penta D6-IPS500 — 460 engine hours, complete service history
Two-cabin / two-head layout with convertible salon (6 sleeps)
Generator, A/C, bow thruster, hydraulic gangway & swim platform
Full electronics — GPS, autopilot, radar, joystick docking
Tiger Marine 3.10 m tender + Mercury 15 HP outboard included
Bimini-top flybridge with BBQ, sink and fridge wet-bar
Talk to Hisham
One conversation.
Honest answers.
I read every message myself. Tell me how you'll use the boat — cruising area, who's on board, your budget — and I'll come back within 24 hours with a real opinion on whether the Absolute 40 Fly is the right call, or what else you should be looking at.
No spam. No mailing list. No pushy sales follow-ups.
Survey reports, sea-trial videos, and finance options on request.
Trade-in valuations welcome — bring your current boat into the conversation.
Price bracket
€500,000 — Tax Included
Survey reports, sea-trial videos, and trade-in options available on request.
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