Boat International US Edition - June 2018

Architect Dante

Benini is a firm

believer that yacht

furniture should

have curved edges.

The aft deck’s oval

seating area mimics

the shape of the

seating inside

first Perini Navi Cup in Porto Cervo, the ability to cruise come

una famiglia was a huge attraction. They struck a deal.

“The owner was very careful about proceeding; he wanted

to make sure he had the right team and the design in hand

before work progressed,” Perini’s managing director, Fabrizio

Sgariglia, tells me over cofee in St Barths. “It is a lovely family

and they know exactly how they want to live aboard the boat.

Once they had chosen Benini, they sat down to refine the

layout. Mrs Doris was very involved working out those details

to make sure her family would be happy.”

There were two major points to the design brief. The first

was a bright interior and the second was enough variety of

spaces in which the multiple generations could gather, relax and

dine. “I was designing for people in their 70s as well as young

teens – a tough audience,” Benini says. “On one thing they were

very clear: they did not want a dark boat. The son suggested pale

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