Boat International - July 2018

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Parents might be surprised how much

a yacht inspires reading. “My 14-year-

oldsonread30bookslastyear,”says

Tatiana Kulikovsky, owner of the 26.5

metre catamaranOrion.

On the other side of the tech

spectrum, good Wi-Fi is as important

asagoodlibrary,whetherfor

live-streaming teachers on land or,

morelikely,onlinegaming,which

Alan Bernardi of Yacht Intelligence

says he’s seeing a lot of interest in

lately.Hesuggestsbonded4Gfor

high-speed data throughput when

the yacht is coastal and a good VSAT

package for trips further afield.

Forthosewholosesightof

land only occasionally, e3 has a

new solution. The communications

specialist has just launched the

industry’s first Bandwidth on Demand

VSAT, which has no monthly fee.

Ownerspayonlyforthedatatheyuse.

Low and

high-tech fun

be washed easily. “There are so many that are

kid-proof and look fantastic,” he says. “We use a

lot of Crypton materials for extremely high wear

and almost nothing sticks to the weave.”

The more the merrier

Family boats are inclusive, like the 65 metre

Westport that Marshall is designing for a client

who cruises with 20 to 30 in his party. Most of

them will get a bed, as Marshall has considered

accommodation for numerous couples as well as

their kids. “Having rooms that can convert into

sleeping four kids to a cabin, a bunk room, is

hugely important,” he says.

Hoekstra is working on a 50 metre design for

a Brazilian couple who plan to leave port with

three kids and two grandparents. Placing the

older relatives on the main deck, he’s proposed

four cabins on the lower deck for the parents and

kids with flexible walls that can open to create

one big apartment. “I think when you have a

holiday you want to be together, instead of all

these boxes and hiding people away,” he says. “It

looks nice on a general arrangement plan, but in

real life nobody lives that way.”

Christian Oliver’s clients would likely agree.

The senior designer at Delta Marine is drawing

a 40-ish metre yacht for owners who enjoy

hosting slumber parties for their grandkids in

their suite. He’s looking to incorporate really

discreet Pullman berths into their master suite –

unusual perhaps for the master but certainly an

upgrade from the mattresses stufed in closets on

their current boat.

Space the inal frontier

When Tatiana and Sergio Kulikovsky took their

four kids from the Caribbean to New Zealand,

they chose a 26.5 metre catamaran whose 11.6

metre beam made for a vast cockpit that was the

favourite hang-out on board – it was, as Tatiana

PHOTOGRAPHY:SHUTTERSTOCK;VRIPACK;COURTESYOFMINDERELLA’SOW describes, “delicious to enjoy the wind outside”.

NER

Left: the owner’s

family enjoy the

comforts ofMinderella

during their 15-month

round-the-world trip.

Right:aVripack

design concept with

plexiglass screens that

kids cannot stick their

heads through

MarnixHoekstra,co-creativedirectoratVripack,

hasmanyinnovativeideasforhowtomakeayacht

interior family friendly and, importantly, safe

family / designed for life