Available through authorised dealers and distribution partners in selected territories worldwide.
Azimut 53 Fly
Two seasons old, IPS950 power, Seakeeper 9, Skyhook. Priced like a five-year-old boat.
Available through authorised dealers and distribution partners in selected territories worldwide.
Length
16.68 m / 54' 8"
Beam
4.78 m / 15' 8"
Engines
2× Volvo Penta D11-725 IPS950 (2× 725 HP / 533 kW)
Cabins
3
Passengers
12
Engine hours
≈180 h
Overview
"Two seasons old, priced like five. Worth a serious look."
Who this boat is for
Buyers who want a near-new Italian flybridge fully optioned — Seakeeper, Skyhook, watermaker — without paying the new-boat premium.
Hisham's take
The Azimut Fly 53 is the Avigliana yard's flybridge sweet-spot — 16.68 metres of Stefano Righini exterior over a Pierangelo Andreani interior, three real cabins plus a separate crew cabin, three heads, and a flybridge that's a second living room rather than a tacked-on helm. This 2023 example based in El Gouna is two seasons old with roughly 180 engine hours on its twin Volvo Penta D11-725 IPS950 pods — 725 HP a side, joystick docking, and Volvo's Skyhook dynamic positioning that holds station against wind and current without an anchor. The options sheet is the one you'd specify yourself: Seakeeper 9 gyro stabiliser, watermaker, washer-dryer combo, automatic bimini, full Garmin Platinum navigation with three cameras and AIS 800, premium A/V with Hi-Lo TV, teak cockpit / flybridge / swim platform, and the flybridge BBQ-and-fridge setup that turns the upper deck into the boat's social heart. Priced at €1.5 M ex works, you're skipping the depreciation hit on a hull that runs and looks like a delivery-week boat.
Distribution
Deck & interior layout.
Flybridge
Specifications
The numbers, properly.
Dimensions
- Length
- 16.68 m / 54' 8"
- Beam
- 4.78 m / 15' 8"
- Draft
- 1.43 m
Performance
- Engines
- 2× Volvo Penta D11-725 IPS950 (2× 725 HP / 533 kW)
- Top speed
- 30 knots
- Cruise speed
- 24 knots
- Fuel
- 2,250 L
- Water
- 600 L
Layout & capacity
- Cabins
- 3
- Heads
- 3
- Sleeps overnight
- 6
- Passengers
- 12
Tech & equipment
- Helm
- Garmin Platinum package · 3× Garmin cameras · AIS 800 · Volvo Penta IPS joystick + Skyhook dynamic positioning
- Equipment
- Seakeeper 9 gyro stabiliser · Volvo Penta Skyhook DPS (dynamic positioning) · Proportional bow thruster · telescopic gangway · Watermaker 55 L/h · washer-dryer combo · Premium audio/video package · Hi-Lo TV mechanism · Teak: cockpit, flybridge, swim platform
- Type
- Flybridge
- Location
- El Gouna
- Year
- 2023
Character
Italian flybridge in its prime — IPS950 power, Seakeeper-stabilised, Skyhook positioning, and a fully-loaded options sheet from the Avigliana yard.
Key features
What it actually does.
Propulsion & performance
- ·2× Volvo Penta D11-725 IPS950 — 2× 725 HP / 533 kW
- ·Volvo Penta Skyhook dynamic positioning (DPS)
- ·Joystick docking · proportional bow thruster
- ·Cruise 24 kn · top 30 kn
- ·2,250 L diesel · ≈180 engine hours
Comfort & systems
- ·Seakeeper 9 gyro stabiliser
- ·Watermaker 55 L/h · washer-dryer combo unit
- ·Safe in master cabin · bidet faucet in master & VIP heads
- ·Mosquito nets for portholes · cockpit enclosure with side accesses
- ·Set of linens, towels, cutlery, crockery & glasses included
Electronics & helm
- ·Garmin Platinum navigation package
- ·3× Garmin video cameras · Garmin AIS 800
- ·Co-pilot seat at both main helm and flybridge
- ·Dimmer lights across salon, cabins and flybridge
- ·Predisposition for satellite TV antenna (TV5/TV6)
Deck & flybridge
- ·Automatic bimini on flybridge
- ·Flybridge furniture with refrigerator and barbecue
- ·Bow sundeck with Batyline cushions + covers
- ·Foredeck lounge — convertible bench / sunbed in Batyline
- ·Telescopic gangway · stainless steel anchor
- ·Teak: cockpit, flybridge, swim platform · 6 fly spreader lights
- ·Underwater transom lights ×2 · 2 additional transom cleats
Interior
- ·3 cabins (master, VIP, twin) + dedicated crew cabin
- ·3 heads — bidet faucet in master & VIP
- ·Hi-Lo openable table in salon · Hi-Lo TV mechanism
- ·Premium audio/video package · salon lamp + appliques in master
- ·Carpet Besana Moon 189 on main and lower deck
Gallery
Closer look.
14 images
On the water
Watch it run.
What stands out
The points that matter.
Twin Volvo Penta D11-725 IPS950 — ~725 HP each, ~180 hours
Seakeeper 9 gyro + Volvo Skyhook dynamic positioning
Three cabins (master, VIP, twin) + dedicated crew cabin
Garmin Platinum nav suite, 3 cameras, AIS 800
Watermaker, washer-dryer, premium A/V, automatic bimini
Teak everywhere it should be — cockpit, fly, swim platform
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 Azimut 53 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
€1,500,000 — Ex Works
Survey reports, sea-trial videos, and trade-in options available on request.
Also worth a look
