Antonini Navi will bring fresh construction updates to Cannes, with EVO 31 due to launch in October and Lounge 40's hull due to be completed by year-end. Light 63, SUY 110 and a new 35-metre Hydro Tec explorer also form part of the yard's expanding pipeline.
Antonini Navi will use the 2026 Cannes Yachting Festival to present a broad update on its growing superyacht programme, with construction milestones spanning yachts from 31 metres to more than 60 metres. The La Spezia shipyard will exhibit in Cannes from 8 to 13 September at Palais 204, where clients and industry visitors will be briefed on projects already in build as well as newer designs moving through engineering.
The most immediate milestone is EVO 31, which Antonini Navi now expects to launch in October. The 31.2-metre full-custom motor yacht has exterior design by Hydro Tec and interiors by Hot Lab, and the builder lists the yacht at under 300 GT with a stated range of 4,000 nautical miles at 10 knots.
EVO 31 has been one of Antonini Navi's most visible construction programmes since its keel was laid in 2024, followed by major structural joining work through 2025. The new October launch target places the project close to the point where the yard can move from construction updates to sea-going validation and final completion work.
The yacht is designed around long-range cruising rather than headline speed, with Antonini Navi listing a 12-knot cruising speed and 13-knot maximum speed. Accommodation is planned for 10 guests plus two additional berths, while the crew arrangement is listed for five plus one, giving the project the proportions and operating profile of a compact explorer-style superyacht.
Alongside EVO 31, Antonini Navi says the hull of Lounge 40 is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. Delivery of the 40-metre project is planned for spring 2029, giving the yard a longer-horizon build that extends its orderbook well beyond the next launch cycle.
The Lounge 40 timetable is significant because it shows Antonini Navi balancing near-term launches with larger projects that will remain in production for several years. Rather than presenting Cannes only as a sales showcase, the yard is using the event to communicate how its active construction pipeline is developing across different size categories.
That pipeline is also supported by the company's wider industrial background in steel and aluminium fabrication. Antonini Navi operates as the yachting division of Gruppo Antonini, applying engineering and metalworking capabilities developed through the group's long-running industrial and offshore activities to custom yacht construction at La Spezia.
At the larger end of the portfolio, the 63.5-metre Light 63 is being developed with Nauta Yachts for an Asian client and is currently in the engineering phase. Antonini Navi describes the project as approximately 1,180 GT with a 10.9-metre beam, positioning it well above the sub-500 GT yachts that established the yard's early superyacht programme.
Cannes will also provide a platform for the 34-metre SUY 110, designed by Fulvio De Simoni and presented as the first model in Antonini Navi's new Sport Utility Yacht line. The builder lists the design at under 300 GT, with accommodation for 10 guests and a six-person crew, while its concept places emphasis on flexible spaces, tenders, toys and active use of the yacht at anchor.
A further 35-metre explorer designed by Hydro Tec for an Italian client adds another custom project to the pipeline. Antonini Navi has not yet released enough identifying information for that yacht to be matched confidently to an existing Superyacht Guide fleet page, so it should be treated as a new unnamed project rather than linked to an unrelated yacht record.
The 2026 Cannes appearance follows Antonini Navi's delivery earlier this summer of the 33.5-metre Seamore 34, a full-custom steel crossover yacht that marked an important step in the yard's move into completed superyacht deliveries. With EVO 31 approaching launch and larger projects advancing behind it, the shipyard is arriving at the show with a more mature mix of delivered, under-construction and engineering-stage yachts than it had a year ago.
For Antonini Navi, the value of Cannes is therefore less about unveiling a single headline concept than showing continuity across a developing orderbook. The combination of an October launch target for EVO 31, a 2029 delivery horizon for Lounge 40, engineering work on Light 63 and additional SUY and explorer designs gives the yard a pipeline stretching across several distinct superyacht segments.