M/Y Lila
CNM Continental 50 · 2010 · Twin MAN 800 HP · Arneson Surface Drives. A rare Italian-built sport cruiser, one of only eleven hulls in the world.
An Italian thoroughbred,
rarely seen.
Built in Rome by Cantieri Navali del Mediterraneo, the Continental 50 is one of those quiet legends of Italian yard culture — a fast, beautifully proportioned sport cruiser produced in extremely limited numbers. Lila is hull eleven, and she is the last of her kind.
Twin MAN D2876 LE423 diesels deliver 800 horsepower per side through a pair of Arneson Surface Drives — the propulsion package favored by go-fast Italian shipyards for its efficiency and dramatic stern wake. Below, leather and lacquered wood wrap two staterooms and two heads. On deck, hydraulic side balconies extend outward to open the cockpit to the water — a feature almost unheard of on a fifty-foot boat.
The lines of a low-slung Italian.
Photographed dockside and underway on Biscayne Bay. Original 2010 hull, immaculately maintained, with the rakish bow and tucked-in stern that define the Continental series.
Leather, lacquered wood, teak underfoot.
Two staterooms, two heads, and an interior wrapped entirely in leather and high-gloss veneer. The cockpit opens to a vast sun pad and twin hydraulic balconies — a 50-footer that lives like something larger.
A quiet room below the waterline.
Below decks, navy leather banquette seating faces a compact, fully-equipped galley with ISOTHERM refrigeration, electric cooktop, and 20-gallon water heater. Portlights and a forward skylight pull daylight deep into the hull.
An aft deck that becomes a beach.
The aft sun pad converts from settee to oversized lounger across the full beam. Forward, twin helm seats face a wraparound windscreen. Hydraulic side balconies fold outward at the touch of a button.
A captain's seat with a city for a windshield.
Twin Furuno chartplotters, joystick thruster controls, and analog MAN engine gauges sit beneath a panoramic curved windscreen. The helm position is high, dry, and unmistakably Italian.
Twin MAN 800s. Arnesons astern.
What truly separates Lila from any other 50-footer on the market is what sits behind the transom. Eight hundred German horsepower per side, turning four-blade ROLLA NiBrAl propellers through a pair of Arneson Surface Drives — a propulsion package usually reserved for serious open-water performance yachts.
“Eleven hulls in the world, an MAN engine package most builders dream about, and Arneson drives behind the transom. This is a serious boat for the buyer who knows what they're looking at.”
Dan Ribeiro, CPYB · Paramount Yachts
Specifications.
Full technical sheet available on request, including the February 2025 condition & valuation survey.
Vessel
- Builder
- CNM — Cantieri Navali del Mediterraneo
- Model
- Continental 50
- Year
- 2010
- Hull No.
- 11 of 11
- LOA
- 50 ft / 15.24 m
- Beam
- 13 ft 9 in
- Flag
- United States
Mechanical
- Engines
- 2 × MAN D2876 LE423 R6-800
- Total HP
- 1,600 hp
- Drive Type
- Arneson ASD D11 surface drives
- Propellers
- 2 × ROLLA NiBrAl, 4-blade
- Bow / Stern Thruster
- Hydraulic / electric
- Generator
- MECCALTE 10kW (2018, 187 hrs)
Accommodations
- Staterooms
- 2
- Heads
- 2
- Berths
- 4
- Interior
- Leather & wood, throughout
- A/C
- FRIGOMAR chiller
- Galley
- ISOTHERM refrigeration, electric cooktop
- Entertainment
- Samsung salon TV
Tankage & Ground Tackle
- Fuel
- 520 US gal (dual tank)
- Fresh Water
- 145 US gal
- Windlass
- LOFRANS Project
- Anchor
- DELTA 25 kg, polished stainless
- Rode
- Chain & synthetic line
- Survey
- Yacht Division C&V — Feb 2025
Available for inspection by appointment.
Lila lies in Miami Beach, Florida. Sea trial available upon accepted offer. Survey on file. For a private viewing, full spec sheet, or video walkthrough, contact the listing broker.