Motor Boat & Yachting – August 2019

Batman’s

superyacht

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has

built his very own batboat. Unimpressed with

off-the-shelf designs from production builders,

the fashion guru asked superyacht designer

Tommaso Spadolini to create ‘a boat that

Batman would drive’.

The result is every bit as dramatic as one

of Cavalli’s own catwalk creations. Powered

by triple 1900hp MAN engines linked to

Rolls-Royce KaMeWa waterjets, the 28m

superyacht, named Freedom, is capable of

an impressive 40 knots.

However, it’s the flamboyant styling and

dark colouring as much as the performance

that would appeal to the caped crusader.

A swooping hard top that plunges all the

way back to the transom gives it a side

profile as dramatic as any Batmobile.

Unlike Cavalli’s other boat, a 41m Baglietto,

which is predominantly used for corporate

entertainment, Freedom is for his own personal

use. That meant limiting it to a waterline length

of less than 24m so that he can drive it himself.

The layout is just as unconventional as the

styling with the owner’s suite on the same

raised level as the pilothouse so that it enjoys

the best possible sea views, good natural

ventilation and private access to a small

sundeck lounge. A short staircase also leads

aft from the owner’s suite down to the main

saloon so that Cavalli can use this as another

private lounge when no other guests are on

board. The aft cockpit itself is even lower down,

with sliding glass doors on three sides to

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i can’t pretend that

this would be my first

choice of superyacht

but you’ve got to

hand it to SPADOLINI

for delivering on the

brief. although, i

question whether

batman would opt

for the leopard print

in the master suite...

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