The Hydroceptor delivers the potential for high speeds, and comfortable and
economical cruising in a variety of sea conditions in an elegant, sexy,
sophisticated package. What more would the forward-thinking yachtsman
require? —Evan K. Marshall is director of UK-based Evan K. Marshall/Usonia V. www.evankmarshall.com
Question: What would
you design if you were not constrained by client contracts?
Answer: A CV to
find a job.
In all seriousness, we do have something different on hand, and
it’s certainly not the kind of boat we’re usually approached
about.
 Bill Tripp. (Click image to enlarge)
We prepared a design study for a client intent on, no
kidding, groundbreaking performance and architectural design, which allowed us
to take a walk on the wild side in superyacht thinking. Working with Luca
Bassani and Wally, our first line of thought was to take a development off of
Esense and find a reliable way to turbocharge the performance for a
143-footer (43.6-meter) equally intent on Med racing and cruising. The
owner’s interest was in something really dynamic, both in performance and
design.For racing in the monohull world, dynamic stability is what
allows boats to leave hull speed in their wake and sail faster than the wind
speed in light air. A winged water ballasting system is not only dramatic—the
added speed approaches that of a canting keel system, without the grounding
ramifications, by giving the power to carry large rigs—it also comes without a
reduction of internal volume. (Click images to enlarge)For the exterior, we developed the same sunken deck space as on
Esense, where the entire deck is a cockpit within the bulwarks. This
full-length cockpit works with some very particular modular furniture to define
different deck spaces and uses, from cruising to entertaining to racing, as
needed. We modeled a titanium and glass superstructure that can be
transformed from deck space to interior salon space and back again, creating an
inside/outside living space and leaving belowdecks a single-level interior space
with aft salon, owner’s suite, three guest and three crew cabins. This is not a fantasy boat, though. The intent of building it for a client
someday was a driving force behind developing it. I’m sure many sailors would
agree that it would be great fun to wing along at 18 knots in 18 knots of breeze
on a boat like this. On boats this size, you hardly notice. —Bill Tripp is owner of Connecticut-based Tripp Design Naval Architecture. www.trippdesign.net
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