Yachting USA – September 2019

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CURRENTS> Concept Yachts

T

he trend in yacht design

is vessels that can explore

farther with more creature

comforts than ever before.

While owners used to be content to bob

off the south of France in summer and play

in the Caribbean come winter, nowadays,

the goal is to get where other yachts can’t

go—in the highest style possible. ¶ Three

recently released concept designs epit-

omize this trend. First is the Dynamiq

Global 330, model No. 1 in what’s planned

as a three-yacht line from 98 to 131 feet.

Billed as explorer yachts, the vessels would

have shallow drafts to get into harbors

that other yachts can’t access. On the 330,

the draft would be less than 6 feet. ¶ Also

tapping into the go-anywhere zeitgeist is

Italian designer Tommaso Spadolini, who

drew a 141-foot exterior for a client who

wants two transom garages for long-range

cruising and exploration. The bays would

hold twin 18-foot tenders, and Spadolini’s

offi ce is looking into whether the hull could

be built to Ice Class standards. ¶ Rosetti

Superyachts has unveiled its concept for

a 170-foot supply vessel yacht, combining

the functionality of a shadow boat with

the features and fi nish of a luxury design.

The more than 1,500-square-foot aft deck

can have a helipad or a swimming pool,

and an 860-square-foot space aft can

be a tender garage or a beach club. ¶ All

of the concepts have one thing in com-

mon: They attempt to satisfy growing

consumer demand for go-anywhere

vessels that look and feel more like

luxury superyachts.As Dynamiq’s CEO

put it in a press release: “Following up on

client requests, we have been looking at the

explorer market for quite a while, and this

year, we decided to come into the game

with something completely diff erent for

our more adventurous owners. Instead

of slow, steel-hulled explorers with the

typical commercial styling, we drew on

our forward-thinking approach to create

a fast and modern series of vessels.”

EXPLORATION MEETS RELAXATION

The Rosetti Superyachts supply vessel yacht concept (above) combines the features of a shadow

boat with those of a luxury yacht. Above this beach club is a helipad.

Concepts: a 141-foot explorer by designer Tommaso Spadolini (top) and a 170-foot supply-vessel yacht by Rosetti Superyachts.

Instead of slow,

steel-hulled explorers

with the typical commer-

c i a l s t y l i n g , w e d r e w o n

our forward-thinking

approach to create a fast

and modern series

of vessels.

—dynamiq ceo, sergei dobroserdov

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