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The galley’s U-shaped, granite-topped prep/serving area is
perfectly laid for traffic to flow to the dining room. A large settee, out of
the flow on the port side, provides seating for less formal service.
The formal dining room seats 10 at a Dubai-sourced,
etched-glass table. Aft, the salon includes a mix of built-in and moveable
furniture. Another 42-inch Panasonic plasma screen is deftly hidden behind a
piece of retractable art. The main deck provides just over seven feet of
headroom.
The majority of the semi-gloss cherry interior was
fabricated in Italy. To deliver the level of luxury he sought, Lewis relied on
Genesis Yachtline, the interior fabrication division of Genesis Yachts, which
has shops in Viareggio and Pisa. A Genesis crew made templates at Broward,
constructed the actual components in Italy, then shipped the numbered pieces to
Broward’s Dania Beach yard for installation. It wasn’t all outsourced. Of the
six-person carpentry fabrication team at Broward, half have been with the
company for more than 20 years. They fabricated the pilothouse and the galley
and crew quarters on-site.
The attention to detail insisted on by Lewis extends to the
electronics, as evidenced by the Simon monitoring system. Concord Marine
Electronics was tasked to spec and install the navigation, management and
entertainment electronics.
On the electronics arch, two Furuno 96-mile radars are mounted
between a pair of KVH domes. One is the Fleet 55 satellite communications
antenna, and the other is a TracVision G6—delivering an HD-compatible signal
from North American, European, Central American and South American
satellites. Crescat-Q structured cable was used throughout 601 for immediate
use and also for the pre-wiring. "That was something the yard agreed to right
off the bat. It allows for expansion," says Ted Banning, Concord’s project
manager. Guest and crew cabins, the galley and crew lounge include 20-inch Sharp
LCD screens.
Information on the bridge is viewed on any of four 19-inch
Nauticomp glass bridge daylight series flat-screen displays. A 16-inch,
sunlight-viewable version of the same screen is at the flybridge helm. The
navigation and radar video feeds are modulated for display only to all screens
within the entertainment system. Each screen has its own DVD player and
satellite TV receiver. The system also includes iPod integration at all
stations.
Important to 601’s success was sound attenuation and vibration
control. Since materials and techniques have improved over the years,
expectations regarding the decibel levels acceptable while under way and at
anchor have also risen. A quiet boat is not at all elusive. Soundown was
enlisted to provide the latest in insulation and isolation engineering aboard
601.
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