Lazzara LPC 300 wins major award for full-beam catamaran design

The Lazzara LPC 300 did not stand out because it was merely another polished power cat. It stood out because Lazzara turned a 70-foot, 21.5-metre hull with a 29-foot, 8.9-metre beam into a full-beam lower deck platform, and that space strategy has now been rewarded on one of the industry’s biggest stages.

The LPC 300 won the Motor Yacht Under 25 Metres Award at The International Yacht & Aviation Awards 2026, with the ceremony held on Friday, May 29, 2026, at the Scuola Grande della Misericordia in Venice. The category was packed with designs pushing hard on both performance and layout, including the St-Barth 85 Fly, Picchiotti Gentleman 24M, REN62, and Procat 85. In that field, the Lazzara was recognized less as a style exercise than as a convincing answer to a familiar catamaran question: how do you make the beam work for the owner, not just the spec sheet?

That is where the LPC 300 separates itself. Lazzara says the yacht offers over 300 square metres of usable space, and its patented full-beam lower deck is the core of the design. Instead of treating the twin hulls as a limitation, the platform links them to create larger, more superyacht-like interiors than most boats in this length bracket. The aft beach club runs across the full width of the lower deck and becomes a private waterfront zone, while the flybridge layers in a hot tub, outdoor galley, circular dining area, and multiple lounging spaces. Large sliding glass doors connect the beach club to the main saloon, giving the yacht the open-plan feel that many buyers want from a much larger vessel.

The engineering story matters too. Powerboat World reported that the flat-deck architecture removes traditional through-hulls through an integrated sea chest system, which Lazzara says improves reliability and simplifies maintenance. The master suite is pitched as comparable to one on a 45-metre superyacht, with a private balcony and direct beach club access. That is the kind of detail that changes how a boat lives at anchor, not just how it photographs in profile.

Lazzara first put the LPC 300 in front of the public at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2025, in the Superyacht Extension at berth SYE 022, stand SYE 127. Hull number one was commissioned by a French client and was expected to cruise the Mediterranean in its first season, which fits the boat’s brief precisely: a compact multihull that behaves like a bigger yacht once the owner steps aboard. The award in Venice simply underlined the point the beam was making all along.