25.5m Sanlorenzo SHE Makes World Premiere at Cannes 2026

Sanlorenzo has given the 25.5-metre SHE her world premiere at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2026, introducing a new Heritage concept that deliberately looks backward and forward at the same time. The yacht draws on the proportions and understated elegance of Italian motor yachts from the 1960s, but places that visual language over a contemporary hull, modern glazing and Sanlorenzo’s first application of Volvo Penta’s IPS hybrid propulsion system.

The market response arrived before the public debut. Sanlorenzo says the first five units were already secured by owners before SHE was presented in Cannes, giving the model an unusually strong commercial start for a yacht conceived as a new design statement rather than an extension of one of the yard’s established ranges.

Sanlorenzo revisits the classic Italian navetta

SHE was launched at Ameglia ahead of Cannes and is described by Sanlorenzo as a reinterpretation of the classic 1960s navetta. Exterior design is by Zuccon International Project, while the interiors are by Piero Lissoni, bringing two long-standing Sanlorenzo collaborators together around a brief focused on proportion, longevity and a deliberately restrained form of luxury.

The exterior avoids the aggressive surfacing and oversized visual devices common to many recent yachts in this size bracket. Instead, SHE uses relatively pure horizontal lines, balanced superstructure volumes and extensive glazing to create a profile that references older Italian yachts without reproducing them literally.

That restraint is central to Sanlorenzo’s “Tomorrow’s Timeless” philosophy. The company is presenting SHE as a yacht intended to age well aesthetically, using familiar architectural principles while introducing propulsion and energy systems that are distinctly current.

Hybrid propulsion gives the heritage concept a modern technical core

The model’s technical centrepiece is a Volvo Penta IPS hybrid installation. Sanlorenzo lists twin IPS30 1350 H units based on Volvo Penta D13 engines rated at 1,000 hp each, combined with two 160 kW electric motors. The system allows conventional diesel operation, hybrid running and fully electric propulsion depending on operating conditions.

Sanlorenzo publishes a maximum speed of 20 knots and a conventional cruising speed of 17 knots. In full-electric mode the yacht can reach up to 11 knots, with a stated electric cruising speed of 7 knots, while hybrid cruising is available across a wider speed range.

For a yacht whose styling is deliberately rooted in the past, that propulsion choice is important. SHE is not being positioned as a nostalgic exercise; the classic influence is being used as a framework for a yacht that is intended to reduce noise, improve energy management and give owners more operating choices at anchor and under way.

25.5 metres with a 6.5-metre beam and six guests

SHE measures 25.5 metres overall with a hull length of 22.9 metres and a maximum beam of 6.5 metres. Sanlorenzo lists accommodation for six guests and three crew, a relatively intimate arrangement that fits the model’s owner-centric positioning rather than pursuing the maximum possible number of cabins.

Fuel capacity is 5,350 litres and fresh-water capacity is 1,400 litres. Those figures reinforce SHE’s role as a sophisticated cruising yacht rather than a compact high-capacity charter platform, with the design focused on private use, quieter operation and a carefully controlled relationship between interior and exterior spaces.

Full-height glazing and a symmetrical architectural approach are used to bring light into the accommodation, while Sanlorenzo describes the interior as a modern reinterpretation of classic Italian yachting codes. The result is intended to feel familiar in proportion but contemporary in materials, detailing and technology.

The hybrid installation also changes how a yacht of this size can be used close to anchorages and coastlines. Electric operation is not intended to replace the diesel system for every passage, but it can reduce machinery noise during low-speed manoeuvring and short-distance cruising, while giving the onboard energy-management system more flexibility when hotel loads and propulsion demands change.

Sanlorenzo has also emphasised advanced materials and a lower-impact approach around the model, presenting SHE as part of a wider effort to integrate sustainability without making it the yacht’s dominant visual theme. That matters because the design brief depends on the yacht appearing calm and familiar; the technical innovation is meant to sit beneath the surface rather than advertise itself through an overtly futuristic exterior.

The relatively small guest complement is another deliberate departure from the maximum-volume approach. With six guests and three crew, SHE is aimed at owners who value privacy, manageable onboard service and generous personal space, which may also make the yacht attractive to experienced owners downsizing from larger yachts without wanting to give up high-end finish or technical sophistication.

Cannes positions SHE as a new Sanlorenzo design statement

The Cannes Yachting Festival gives SHE the first major public test of that proposition. At 25.5 metres she sits close to the lower boundary of the modern superyacht market, but Sanlorenzo is using the model to make a broader argument about what buyers in this size range may value: recognisable design, lower visual complexity, hybrid operation and a more intimate accommodation plan.

SHE also arrives at a time when Sanlorenzo is extending its product philosophy across several distinct brands and size categories. In Cannes, the company presented SHE alongside other new launches and used the show to describe the model as a key expression of its long-term development strategy.

The five pre-sold units suggest that the design has already found an audience before widespread public exposure. That early demand also gives Sanlorenzo room to develop the Heritage idea as a repeatable ownership proposition rather than a one-off styling exercise. For the yard, that provides early evidence that a heritage-led yacht does not need to be conservative technically, and that owners can respond to a design whose innovation is deliberately less visible than its styling.

With her world premiere now taking place in Cannes, SHE becomes one of the clearest examples of the current move toward quieter, more efficient propulsion without abandoning the emotional appeal of traditional yacht design. Her significance lies in the combination: a classically influenced 25.5-metre yacht whose most important engineering feature is a hybrid system designed for the next generation of private cruising.