longues deployed from an adjacent stowage area. Four carbon
fiber poles locked into deck fittings can quickly transform this
sundeck to a shaded zone.
The flybridge is pure Perini and, with outdoor dining below,
this deck is kept clear for watching the crew sail the yacht or
entertaining friends. It’s also the place where built-in sunpads
along the aft rail beckon when the yacht is under way.
One of the original driving forces for Fabio Perini’s
revolutionary captive winches was to keep guests safely out
of the way during maneuvers. Hidden drum winches have
been standard issue for decades for halyards and main and
jib sheets, butSevenis the only one of the 60 meters to have
captive winches on every sail, including staysails and the
reacher. “Mr Perini insisted on this to reinforce the theory that
[just] one person could sail this boat,” adds Sgariglia. “No ropes
equals no injuries.”
With a bit of arm twisting, the managing director reveals that
Seven’s captive sheet winches are a bit faster thanSeahawk’s,
despite being the same generation. “But the big diference is the
hydraulic furlers,” Sgariglia adds. “The jib is just 15 to 25 seconds
from fully furled to fully out.” To put that in perspective, that’s
about two-and-a-half times faster than with the gear available
during the first Perini Navi Cup in 2004, and equipment
undreamed of three decades ago when the Perini story began.
The equally impressive thing is that the builder makes it all look
seamless and inevitable. That’s enough to make the seven
grandchildren aboardSeventhink powering a 500 tonne yacht
around a race course has always been a piece of cake.B“On one thing they
were very clear:
they did not want
a dark boat. The
son suggested
pale sycamore for
the joinery”
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Above: flush door
openings and
recessed lighting
create a sense of
traveling to a
destination. Left: the
aft deck cockpit has
a dining area and bar