The Ferretti Yachts 500 exemplifies the perfect balance between luxury and performance, offering an exquisite yachting experience for discerning owners. Crafted by renowned Italian shipyard Ferretti, this model boasts a sleek and modern aesthetic that is both timeless and contemporary. The exterior design, crafted by the celebrated team at Zuccon International Project, features clean lines and a spacious flybridge, providing an ideal space for relaxation and entertainment. The interior, designed by the Ferretti Group’s in-house team, is a testament to Italian craftsmanship, featuring high-quality materials and a layout that maximizes comfort and functionality.
Powered by twin inboard engines, the Ferretti Yachts 500 offers a cruising speed of 27 knots and can reach a maximum speed of 30 knots, ensuring swift and smooth journeys across the water. With a generous beam of 4.3 meters and a draft of 1.23 meters, this yacht provides stability and ease of handling. The fuel capacity of 1,400 liters allows for extended voyages, while the water capacity of 600 liters ensures ample supply for all onboard needs.
The yacht accommodates up to 8 guests during the day and has sleeping arrangements for 6 guests across 3 well-appointed cabins, making it ideal for family cruises or entertaining friends. The crew quarters can house 1 crew member, ensuring all operations run smoothly. With a starting price of approximately 1,200,000 euros, the Ferretti Yachts 500 offers unmatched value in its class, and used models range from 900,000 to 1,100,000 euros, making it an attractive option for both new and seasoned yacht owners.
Length
15.3M
Beam
4.3M
Draft
1.2M
Day Guests
8
Sleeping
6
Cabin
3
Crew
1
Cruise Speed
27KT
Max Speed
30KT
Fuel
1400L
Range
300NM
Engine
Twin Cummins QSB6.7
Option 1
Twin MAN i6 800
Option 2
Twin Volvo Penta D11-670
Naval
Ferretti Group
Exterior
Zuccon
Interior
Ferretti Group
New Starting From
€1,200,000
High Price Brokerage
€1,100,000
Low Price Brokerage
€900,000
She is light on the helm and holds a tight turn without hesitation.
Twin Cummins QSB6.7 diesels drive her as standard, with Volvo Penta and MAN options available for owners who want a different character underway. Ferretti positions the engine room well aft in the hull, a layout that frees up space amidships and keeps weight distribution working in her favour. Humphree interceptors manage trim automatically, holding her flat through the turn and settling her quickly onto the plane. At cruise she covers ground at 27 knots and tops out at 30, with a genuine 300 nautical mile range on 1,400 litres of fuel. It is the kind of performance that rewards a couple running the boat themselves, responsive enough to feel involving, forgiving enough not to punish a rough entry into a marina berth.
Zuccon International Project drew a profile built to last, not to shout.
The raked aft windscreen sets the tone, carrying the eye back along a clean, uninterrupted sheer line. Up top, a flybridge of around thirteen square metres carries a single helm seat, a wet bar, booth seating and a table alongside sunpads, enough for a full afternoon of entertaining without feeling cramped. A further sunpad sits forward on the superstructure, giving guests a second, quieter spot to stretch out. Aft, an eight square metre cockpit holds its own table and a transom sofa that converts to a sunpad, stepping down to a substantial six square metre swim platform at the waterline. Every zone earns its place rather than duplicating the one beside it.
Glass, not walls, separates the galley from the saloon.
Glazed panels keep splash away from the seating while preserving the open feel of the main deck, and a C-shaped sofa arrangement in the saloon keeps the whole space sociable rather than segmented. Ferretti’s own design team offers two distinct decor schemes, a lighter oak finish for a Mediterranean feel or a walnut palette for a more traditional cabin, both fitted with equal care. Simrad navigation screens sit at the helm as standard, with larger displays available for owners who want more at a glance. Every surface and sightline on the main deck was drawn to keep guests moving easily between cooking, dining and the water, rather than boxed into separate rooms.
Three cabins, two heads, and an owner’s suite that runs the width of comfort rather than the width of the hull.
The owner’s stateroom sits forward with a queen berth facing the bow and its own television, generous enough at roughly eleven square metres to function as a genuine retreat rather than a place to simply sleep. Headroom throughout the lower deck runs close to two metres, so nobody aboard feels like they are ducking through their own cabin. A two cabin layout is available for owners who would rather trade the third stateroom for extra stowage, and an optional single crew berth keeps professional support aboard without disturbing the guest accommodation. It is a layout built around real families and real weeks aboard, not a single weekend at the dock.
A fifty foot flybridge that asks little and delivers a great deal.
Built in Forli and priced from approximately 1,200,000 euros new, the 500 measures 15.3 metres on a 4.3 metre beam, with a 1.2 metre draught and a loaded displacement of 22 tonnes. Standard twin Cummins QSB6.7 diesels, with Volvo Penta D11 and MAN i6 options available, give her the flexibility to be specified around how an owner actually intends to cruise. Ferretti Group’s own naval architecture and engineering teams stand behind the build, continuing a line that succeeded the yard’s earlier 450 and 550 models. For a first flybridge yacht, or a smaller one after years aboard something larger, the 500 offers a rare combination of usable size and genuine seakeeping ability.
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