Boat International – April 2018

http://www.boatinternational.com | April 2018

The way Pellegrino talks, it’s easy to forget that
the young yard also has a range of bigger boats – its
A Class, running from 26 metres up to 35 metres.
These are slightly more traditional looking yachts,
though with the same distinctive high, stepped
bow as the Sherpa. The yard is also building the
first of its new A100+ models, but much of its

creative energy is focused on a new 47 metre

superyacht project called For.th. “It will be a mix

of the Sherpa and the A85,” says Ansalone. “She

will have big aft decks for entertaining, but also

a steel hull.” Early renderings show upper saloons

and terraces, huge suites and floor-to-ceiling

“winter garden” windows.

It’s a uniquely ambitious project for a yard that

is celebrating only its 10th year in business. But

then Arcadia is a special yard. After all, who

launches a boatbuilding business from nothing

with a radical 26 metre? It is clear that Arcadia is

following a little travelled path, and so far it seems

to be leading to bountiful waters.B

“It’s like being on board a

megayacht but much more agile

and without the same costs”