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Custom Line is the Ferretti Group's semi-custom superyacht brand, known above all for the Navetta, a displacement yacht that set the template for comfortable long-range cruising in Italian style.

CountryItaly
ShipyardAncona, Italy
Founded1996
FocusSemi-custom composite and aluminum superyachts from about 30 to 50 meters
Aerial view of yachts moored in Port Hercule, Monaco

About Custom Line

Custom Line was created by the Ferretti Group in 1996 to extend the group into larger yachts built to each owner's taste. Production is centered in Ancona on the Adriatic, where the group also builds CRN superyachts, and the brand sits between Ferretti Yachts' series flybridges and CRN's fully custom builds. The brand works with outside interior studios on some models; the new Navetta 35, for example, has interiors by ACPV Architects.

The yachts are semi-custom: hull, structure and general arrangement follow an established platform, while interiors, finishes and many layout details are shaped around the owner. That balance gives buyers a proven design with room for personality, and it tends to produce yachts that are easier to compare on the brokerage market than one-off builds.

The Navetta line, with its high bulwarks, broad decks and economical displacement hull, has become the brand's signature. The Saetta line offers faster planing yachts, and an aluminum model extends the range to about fifty meters.

Custom Line yacht models

The current range is organized into three families. Earlier Navetta and planing models, including the Navetta 26, 28, 33 and 37 and the Custom Line 97 and 112 Next, are regularly seen on the brokerage market.

Model guides: Custom Line Navetta

Custom Line yachts for sale

Custom Line yachts change hands both publicly and privately. There may be no Custom Line in the current Reel Deal Yachts selection, but Daniel can search the wider market, including yachts that are not publicly listed.

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Buying a Custom Line yacht

Because many Custom Line yachts share a platform, a buyer can compare several hulls of the same model and judge them on refit history, crew care and how the owner specified the interior. Survey work should include a class review, machinery condition, stabilizers, and a close look at interior joinery and soft furnishings, which vary most between yachts.

Most of these yachts are run by a professional crew and many are chartered, so flag, class, commercial compliance and VAT status belong in early due diligence. The Mediterranean is the main cruising ground, with a growing presence in Florida and the Caribbean. Daniel's guide to buying a yacht covers these steps in more detail.

How to buy a yacht

Selling a Custom Line yacht

Sister ships are the most useful evidence when pricing a Custom Line, so a valuation built on recent sold comparables, adjusted for refit work and specification, gives a realistic starting point. A yacht with a strong charter record and a stable crew often stands out.

Buyers at this level move through a relatively small network of brokers and advisors. Daniel can handle a sale quietly among qualified buyers or run a worldwide campaign with cooperating brokers, using the Monaco Yacht Show and Fort Lauderdale as natural moments to present the yacht. Preparing documentation and class records before listing shortens the path to closing.

Custom Line new builds

A new Custom Line is commissioned through the Ferretti Group. For clients who want Daniel on their side, he helps define the brief, compares build slots with available nearly new yachts, and coordinates with the yard, interior designers and an owner's representative through construction. He acts for the client, not the builder.

How Daniel guides a new build

Why work with Daniel Grant

Custom Line owners often cruise the Riviera in summer and Florida in winter, and Daniel works in both places. With Reel Deal Yachts' brokerage infrastructure behind him, he offers a single, personal point of contact, informed use of sold comparables, and the discretion that larger transactions call for.

On a purchase, he assembles the right surveyors and specialists and keeps the process moving. On a sale, he protects the owner's privacy while making sure the yacht is seen by the buyers who matter.

Questions owners ask

What is a Custom Line Navetta?

The Navetta is Custom Line's displacement yacht line. The design favors volume, range and comfort over speed, with high bulwarks, wide side decks and generous interior space. Navettas have become the brand's signature and are sought after by owners who plan long cruising seasons, often with family and guests aboard for weeks at a time.

Is Custom Line part of Ferretti Yachts?

Custom Line is a separate brand within the Ferretti Group, which also owns Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Riva, CRN, Itama and Wally. Older listings sometimes describe the yachts as 'Ferretti Custom Line', but the brand builds its own larger semi-custom yachts in Ancona and should be valued against other Custom Line models.

Are Custom Line yachts good for charter?

Many are chartered, particularly Navetta models in the Mediterranean, because their volume and comfortable guest cabins suit charter guests well. Charter use brings commercial compliance, crew and management considerations, and it can affect VAT treatment. A buyer planning charter should review class, flag and the yacht's existing charter record before committing.

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