For Sale · Barcelona · America's Cup 2024
Buy the boat
that followed the Cup.
65 knots of FB Design performance.
One of roughly seven Fabio Buzzi hulls on the open market worldwide. Twin Mercury outboards, FB Design construction, photographed on the water in Barcelona during the 37th America's Cup — alongside the INEOS Britannia AC75.
01 — The Boat
From the
harbour to the racecourse.
These photographs were taken in Barcelona in the days surrounding the 37th America's Cup — not just at the dock, but out on the water, chasing the same coastline and sailing theatre as the foiling AC75s.
The next edition sails in Naples in 2027. Close now, move south before the regatta does, and own the one boat in this story that delivers Buzzi speed, real rarity, and a front-row platform to the world's most spectacular sailing series.
02 — Specifications
FB Design
in the flesh.
Built in 2008 by FB Design S.R.L. to a Fabio Buzzi design. The FB 38/19 S carries a GRP/Kevlar hull with STAB® stability and Structural Foam® injection — the same unsinkable construction philosophy used in Buzzi patrol boats. Twin Mercury Verado V8 300 HP outboards deliver 65 knots top speed and 38-knot cruise. Accommodations include 11 passengers plus captain, 1 cabin, chemical WC, aft shower, 2 Tecno double seats, fore and aft sunbeds, a revised T-Top (2024), stainless Bimini, new electric windlass and bilge pumps. Currently berthed Marina Botafoch, Ibiza.
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Flag
FB Design embossing — every seat is signed.
03 — The Builder
Fabio
Buzzi.
Lecco, 1943 — Venice lagoon, 2019
The rare figure who designed, built, engineered and drove his own race boats — and won with all four hats on. He founded FB Design in 1971, raced his first Pavia–Venice at seventeen, and died at 76 doing exactly what he had always done: chasing a record, having just set a new Monte Carlo–Venice mark moments before the crash in the Venice lagoon.
In a 50-year racing career he took 52 world offshore titles, more than 40 world speed records, eight UIM Harmsworth Trophies, the Round Britain (1992 & 2004), the Cowes–Torquay–Cowes, and the Venice–Montecarlo–Venice. He built the first race boat ever in Kevlar 49 (Mostro, 1974), invented the Trimax surface drive now produced with ZF, and pioneered the STAB tube hull and structural-foam construction that make his boats effectively unsinkable.
In 2018, at 76, he set the fastest-ever diesel powerboat record at 277.5 km/h on Lake Como — a Guinness World Record that still stands.
Timeline
- 1943Born in Lecco, into a family of Lombard builders and craftsmen.
- 1960First race at 17 — the Pavia–Venice on the Po river.
- 1971Mechanical engineering degree, Polytechnic of Turin. Founds FB Design.
- 1974Launches Mostro — the world's first race boat built entirely in Kevlar 49.
- 1980sDevelops the Trimax surface drive (now built with ZF) and the STAB tube hull.
- 1992Wins the Round Britain race in record time aboard Cesa, a 14-m diesel he designed and drove.
- 2001Delivers the V.6000 to the Guardia di Finanza — still the fastest police boat in Europe.
- 2014Cowes–Torquay–Cowes win, 52nd offshore world title overall.
- 2018Diesel powerboat world record on Lake Como — 277.5 km/h. Guinness World Record.
- 2019Dies at 76 in the Venice lagoon during a Monte Carlo–Venice record run he had just set.
The boats that mattered
Twin MTU diesels with Trimax surface drives. 70+ knots. Built by Intermarine to Buzzi's design — still the fastest patrol unit in service in the Mediterranean.
The STAB tube hull adopted by the Italian Coast Guard, GdF, Albanian and Cypriot navies. Sister architecture to this F11.
First race boat in the world built entirely in Kevlar 49. Changed offshore racing forever.
14-m diesel that won the Round Britain race — the boat Buzzi most often called his favourite.
04 — The Market
Seven hulls.
One planet.
Across the entire global brokerage network there are roughly nine listings representing seven distinct boats — all used, all in Europe, all from the 2007–2010 civilian range plus a single 1997 hull. Zero new boats. Zero listings outside Europe. With Buzzi gone, the number can only shrink.
| Year | Model | Asking (EUR) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 48 STAB | €539,000 | Rijeka, HR |
| 2010 | 42 SF | €395,000 | Alimos, GR |
| 2008 | Buzzi RIB 42 | €348,000 | Šibenik, HR |
| 1997 | Buzzi 40 RIB | €240,000 | Cuneo, IT |
| 2008 | 42 Rib Buzzi | €210,000 | Ibiza, ES |
| 2008 | FB 38 / 19 S | €95,000 | Ibiza, ES |
| 2009 | Buzzi 39 RIB SF | €185,000 | Sneek, NL |
Source: aggregated YachtWorld / boats.com / iNautia listings, June 2026.
05 — Gallery
Barcelona runs.
America's Cup water, Barcelona skyline, actual chase frames of the boat on offer.
06 — Buy
Take it to
Naples.
The America's Cup leaves Barcelona and sails to Naples in 2027. Close the deal before then and follow the fleet south — the way Buzzi himself would have done it: at speed, in a hull he built.
Asking price
The cheapest Fabio Buzzi for sale currently.
- Currently berthed
- Marina Botafoch — Ibiza, Spain
- Brokerage — Sole seller
- Santa Marina Yachts
- Calata del Porto, 9 — 16038 Santa Margherita Ligure (GE), Italy
- Telephone
- +39 0185 285592
- info@smy.it
- Web
- www.smy.it
- Viewings
- By appointment, dockside in Marina Botafoch, Ibiza