Boat International - May 2018

Edited by – Caroline White

This month: the most exciting new yacht concepts, highlights of the World Superyacht Awards judging & the tender with tank tracks

NEWS, EYE OPENER, MARKET INTELLIGENCE, WILD WATER, CONCEPTS & THE EDIT

ON BOARD

Not many yards could so faithfully translate a design

as bold as Project Shark into a fully realised 90m

superyacht, but that’s exactly what Oceanco achieved

when Hull Y717 splashed down in the Netherlands.

Her designer, the Miami-based Luiz de Basto, said:

“The guys at the yard were phenomenal. They were so

careful to respect the design.” The code name stems

from the original concept with its "hammerhead"

bow and a mast inspired by a shark's fin. But it is the

monolithic superstructure glazing, stretching across

three decks, that has de Basto most excited: “This is

the big one that I have been quietly working on and I

hope it’s the boat that makes a diference.” See a video

of Project Shark on the move at boatint.com/shark

Shark attack

The biggest design yet from de Basto leaps from page to world stage at Oceanco launch