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“Everywhere the surface is soft and curved and smooth likea skin,” says Benini. “Touch a rounded corner; it is pleasant.”
He calls design a three-step process – “heart to brain to hand.
The heart is dedicated to feeling, to knowing what emotion
you want to project; then the brain – my profession is to
interpret this feeling; then to the hand – how is this thing
executed, how is it drawn?”
Seven is number three in the builder’s 60 meter series behindPerseus^3 and Seahawk, but they are not exact sisterships. With
each build and each customer, the design morphs. This hull
features a well-developed seating area forward of the bridge. By
raising the foredeck three steps to accommodate garages for a
substantial RIB, the rescue boat and water toys, Perini created
a snug protected area aft of the main mast with ample bench
seating and expandable hi-lo tables. Yet another area for
outdoor living, it’s a more private spot for dining when moored
stern-to. An awning deploys from the front of the flybridge to
shade a breakfast or tame the breeze for an al fresco dinner. It
is the first proper outdoor dining area in a Perini bow since the
yard delivered Liberty (now Luna) in 1997. At anchor, the
foredeck becomes yet another hang-out spot with chaises