PHOTOGRAPHY: ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF DYNAMIQ/BARRACUDA
THE CAR/YACHT COLLABORATION
has gone from curiosity to ubiquity in recent
years. While many luxury automotive marques
have partnered with yacht builders, the results
have stayed firmly in the runabout category.
Much like the cars they emulate, these craft have
proven fun to drive but haven’t really been
intended for liveability or long range exploration.
That is until this year when the silver-hued
35 metre Dynamiq GTT 115 Hybrid
designed by Studio FA Porsche charged
ahead of the pack in size and scope.
The all-aluminium GTT 115 takes
the car/yacht mash-up to a new
level. Capable of transatlantic
crossings and accommodating
up to six, the second launch
from Dynamiq is smaller
than its first yacht, 38.6
metre Jetsetter, but it’s
also sexier and bolder.
From the trademark
rhodium silver paint
colour to the Targa-style air
intakes and a transom
designed to echo the Mission E
concept, every metre of the GTT
115 is imbued with Porsche DNA.
The design cues continue inside, from
the striking Pepita houndstooth carpet
which echoes fabric found in the latest
991 R edition, to the copious use of carbon
fibre detailing.
Just don’t call it a “Porsche boat”. Dynamiq’s
founder and CEO Sergei Dobroserdov points
out that, unlike other car/yacht tie-ups of late,
this wasn’t merely a co-branding exercise.
Rather, Dynamiq was drawn to the design ethos
of Studio FA Porsche. “Our intent was to
commission a renowned design studio to
translate our ideas of efficiency, performance
and sporty spirit into a superyacht,” says
Dobroserdov.
Dynamiq has planned the GTT 115 Hybrid
series as a limited edition, building no more than
seven to ensure exclusivity. With its offices in
Monaco, yachts built in Italy and naval
architecture from northern Europe – in the case
of the GTT 115, from Vripack in the Netherlands- Dynamiq’s ethos is to gather expertise from the
best. What attracted Dynamiq to Studio FA
Porsche was its technical acumen. Porsche
cars are regarded as being more than a
pretty face. As smartly designed as they are
good looking, they are a perfect blend of sex
appeal and reliability, of form and function.
Studio FA Porsche, a subsidiary of the
automotive brand founded by Professor
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche in 1972, took
responsibility for the entire project, inside and out.
It based the exterior styling on the existing lines of the
Dynamiq family, but with an automotive makeover.
Compared to Jetsetter, designed by Dobroserdov, the bow
lines are softer, and there are car nods throughout, in the
Porsche-like bow lights, or the hardtop, which was inspired by the Targa’s rollbar.
“But it is all very subtle. We didn’t want it to be too in your face,” says Roland Heiler,
Studio FA Porsche’s managing director. When an automotive designer gets his or her
hands on a yacht, there is always danger. Inspiration is one thing, but trying to create
a car on the water has brought less celebrated results. “It’s a different kind of vehicle, it has
different properties, different functionalities, and we pride ourselves on designing
with functionality in mind,”
adds Heiler.
One such solution that
merged style and substance
was the design of the yacht’s
aft sections, a complete
departure from the wide,
sloping transom on Jetsetter.
Although still flanked by
twin staircases, the GTT 115’s
transom angles more steeply
and narrows towards the
bottom. The lines are
distinctly car-inspired, butOpposite page: the forward and aft
spaces on the Dynamiq GTT 115’s huge
sundeck. The hardtop’s lines were inspired
by the Porsche Targa’s rollbar. Above:
another view of the sundeck bar179