Sanlorenzo's 72m Silver Fox turns machinery space into a spa

The flagship, and who drew it

Silver Fox is 72 metres, the first of Sanlorenzo's 74Steel line and the largest yacht the Italian builder has put its name to. Zuccon International Project drew the exterior. The interiors are by Francesco Paszkowski Design in collaboration with Margherita Casprini, and the first images show a softer, more residential register than the yard's fibreglass ranges.

She accommodates up to 12 guests with a crew of 21. That is a conventional guest count for the length, which means the extra volume has gone somewhere other than cabins.

Where the volume went

The diesel-electric arrangement let the yard compress the technical spaces and repurpose them for guests. The beach club is the beneficiary: it has been designed as a dedicated spa and fitness retreat rather than a garage that empties into a swim platform once the toys are out.

The wellness area runs to a massage room, sauna, hammam, plunge pool and a family room for younger guests. The owner has a dedicated deck with a private hot tub and dining, two spa-style bathrooms, a lounge and an office. Elsewhere there is a Jacuzzi, a firepit lounge and long stretches of sunpad built around slow, resort-style use.

Why it matters to an owner

Diesel-electric has usually been sold on fuel and noise. Silver Fox reframes it as a layout argument, and that is a far easier case to make to the person paying. Machinery volume converted into a spa deck is space the owner uses every day, not a line in an efficiency report.

For a buyer specifying a new build in the 60 to 80-metre band, the question to put to the yard is no longer whether hybrid or diesel-electric saves money. It is how many square metres of guest space the propulsion choice buys back, and where on the boat those metres land.