Boat International US Edition — February 2018

ThefifthofsixnewyachtssoldbyHeesenin2017,164ftproject
BoreasisadesignbyOmegaArchitectsbasedonaplatformwith
afastdisplacementhull.Alreadyunderconstructionwhenher
owners purchased the project formerly known as YN 18650, the
allaluminumyachthasbeencustomizedtotheirspecifications
withaninteriorbyMarkWhiteleyDesign.Deliveryisexpected
inJuly2019,givingherownersanewyachtinundertwoyears.
heesenyachts.com

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SALT IN HIS VEINS
“Looking back from the perspective
of a life afloat, I still have no firm idea
why I took to the sea. I just fell in love
with it, with its promise of adventure,
and I was fascinated with sailing
ships,” writes yacht designer Ron
Holland in chapter one of his memoir All The Oceans: Designing by the
seat of my pants.
Born in New Zealand to “landlubbers,” Holland attracted the
attention of the national newspaper at 13 for hopping onto an 18ft boat
and sailing to Waiheke Island off Auckland.
He loathed school until a clever teacher put a naval textbook in
his hands. He was just 19 when he designed his first yacht.
Holland, who has shaped the sailing and yachting world for decades

• from the Eygthene 24 to M5, as he puts it – offers an insight into his
  life and fascinating friends. Rupert Murdoch wrote the foreword of the
  384 page self-published book, available from April 2018.
  $45, ronhollanddesign.com

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ON BOARD

FEBRUARY 2018

BOOK

OF THE

MONTH

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KNOTS IS THE TOP

SPEED THAT

JARRETT BAY’S

ALL CARBON

JARUCOHIT DURING

SEA TRIALS

A YACHT SOONER

Project Boreas will

be delivered in less

than two years

NO TIME WASTERS

Nuvolari Lenard embarks on the next

quarter century of its history with

a portfolio full of new designs and

a résumé full of remarkable boats,

including trendsetting Oceanco

Alfa Nero (its aft deck pool and black

masts have been emulated many

times), the record-breaking sailing

yacht Black Pearl, launched last year

also at Oceanco, and multiple

production boats, including a new Adler

(see page 32). The pair created the new

Palmer Johnson style before the

company left the US, helped relaunch

the Marquis brand and is now entwined

with Monte Carlo Yachts, much

closer to their Venetian home.

Carlo Nuvolari and Dan Lenard, both

avid boaters, met at a boat show more

than 25 years ago and hit it off. “We

are very different, I am much more

technical so we overlap in the right

way, we don’t conflict. I hope we will be

friends for a long time,” Nuvolari says.

2018 will see the launch of

Oceanco’s project 718, a 357ft yacht.

The firm is also working with Lürssen,

CRN and Turquoise and employs 15

people. “We are designers. We have

to produce ideas and we have a lot of

good ideas. They will be seen in three

to four years,” Nuvolari says.

nuvolari-lenard.com

FULL STEAM AHEAD

FOR DESIGN DUO

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