ShowBoats International — May 2017

The most prolific 50m+ design pairings

(164ft+ yachts launched in the past 10 years)

Design focus: 470ft SAILING YACHT A, designed by Philippe Starck, built by Nobiskrug

The total sail area of 40,300 square

feet is two thirds the size of a football

field, and is 67 per cent larger than

Maltese Falcon’s 25,500 square feet

Codecasa

De Voogt NA

Espen Øino

Nuvolari Lenard

Stefano Natucci

Tim Heywood

Trinity Yachts

Zuccon IP

Alberto Pinto

Bannenberg & Rowell

Della Role

Design

Evan K Marshall

François Zuretti

Laura Sessa

Patrick Knowles

Rémi Tessier

Reymond

Langton

Silvestrin Design

Sinot

Exclusive YD

Studio

Massari

Terry Disdale

Vain Interiors

Winch Design

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2,877' 11''

1,619' 9''

459' 3''

Total LOA

(ft)

1,486' 6''

972' 9''

784' 1''

579'

1,149' 11''

1,125'

702' 1''

735' 2''

576' 1''

531' 5''

520' 4''

505' 2''

480' 11''

460' 7''

446' 6''

429' 1''

427' 9''

She has eight decks,

connected by

multiple elevators

and free-floating

spiral staircases

An underwater viewing

pod molded into the keel

offers a view of the props

The mainmast towers

328ft above the

waterline, higher

than the Statue

of Liberty

An enclosed electric

gimballed crow’s nest

can whoosh a

crewmember 200ft

up the mast

100 m

60 m

The masts can take

90 knots of wind with

full sail up

+67%

The yacht features

the longest piece of

curved glass ever

made: a 1.98 ton, 50ft

bulwark forward

on the bridge deck

1.98 t

50ft

Up to 54 crew will

run a professional

galley large enough to

serve a hotel

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Top design pairings

MAY 2017 WWW.BOATINTERNATIONAL.COM SEE PHILIPPE STARCK’S OTHER DESIGN CLASSIC MOTOR YACHT A ON PAGE 90 MAY 2017

INFOGRAPHICS Valerio Pellegrini

RESEARCH Raphael Montigneaux

When it comes to the bigger superyachts, some exterior

and interior designers are clearly matches made in heaven

here has been a boom over the

past decade in the production

of larger superyachts – and

an increase in the number

of designers working in this area. Some

333 projects 50m (164ft) and above were

launched from 2007 to 2016. In contrast,

only 387 were launched between 1850

(considered the dawn of superyachting)

and 2006. In total, 93 different exterior

designers worked on projects of over 50m in

the past 10 years, compared to 188 designers

and architects for all other yachts built

before 2007. For interiors, 128 studios

worked on 50m-plus boats in the past

10 years, compared to about 220 companies

for all other yachts built before 2007.

And some exterior-interior design

pairings are clearly more popular than

others. We looked at the top 20 design

pairings on 50m-plus yachts, sorted by total

LOA. Our analysis, right, shows that Tim

Heywood and Laura Sessa were the design

dream team from 2007 to 2016 (partly due

to the success of Amels’ Limited Editions).

Most of the current famous design offices

developed in the 1980s. Before that, exterior

and interior designs were mainly done by

naval architects and shipyards. Designers

have been encouraged into the industry by

the work of pioneers like Jon Bannenberg.

He created a balance of classicism and

avant-gardism, and attracted new

generations of designers to the industry.

“It was in the winter of 1985, in the now

long-defunct Nautical Quarterly, that there

was a reference to BB (before Bannenberg)

and AB (after Bannenberg),” says Dickie

Bannenberg, Jon’s son and company leader

of Bannenberg & Rowell Design.

“Life moves on,” Dickie continues, “and

new ideas are all around – it’s how my dad

would have liked it.” Top 20 pairings sorted by total LOA

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