boatinternational.com• 062019waste off. And however good your chef is,
after two weeks on board, you become
pretty bored with what they do.”
The other big area of change is around
the transom, where skipper Chris
Averis leads me next. A small 14ft Ribeye
tender lies lengthwise on chocks in the
garage, alongside two Sea-Doo personal
watercraft, Seabobs, inflatable kayaks and
two inflatable Nautibuoy platforms. In
short: lots of toys, but no sight of a boat
capable of getting guests from the boat to
dinner ashore dry and unruffled.
That’s because Gibbs had the transom
of the boat re-engineered to accommodate
the largest tender possible – a 22ft Ribeye
with a 200hp engine – out on the bathing
platform, rather than under cover.
“Garages are always too small even on
130ft to 160ft yachts – plus there’s the
height restriction for deep-V hulls,”
he explains. “I like to get the biggest tender
possibleintothewater–weloweritdown
onafull-beamhydraulicplatform.You
needadecenttendertogetpeopleaboard
inroughseas.”Sunseekeronceagain
hadtobuildanewmoldandbeefupthe
structural membersof thetransom
tosupportit.“Wehadtoredesignthe
bathingplatformsoitwouldtakethefull
beam,”Gibbssays.“Thisrequiredawhole
newmechanism.”ELYSIUMUPPERDECKGymAnewaccessfromthe
atriumhasbeencarvedfrom
whatwasthecaptain’scabin
andthedoorfromthebridge
hasbeenblockedoffStateroomInsteadof
asecondsalon,this
areabecomesaprivate
stateroom,withitsown
aftdeckElysium’splunge
poolonthebow
(above)isacleverly
designedmodule
thatcanbesimply
removed.Right:
relocatingthemaster
cabintotheupperdeck
meantitcouldhaveits
ownprivateterrace120