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| Originally Posted by YachtForums Lars,
In reading this thread, I'm not sure I fully understand the meaning of a "Designer Yacht". My perception would be the same as Arnie's above. If I understand you correctly, you're saying a Designer Yacht should stand the test of time? If this is true, I would like to raise Bannenberg’s work which you cited in an earlier post...
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Trying to answer this in a few words. My initial post in this thread was saying almost the contrary, good Yacht Designs like Hargrave and de Voogt will stand the test of time, while Designer Yachts are on the boundaries between success and failure.
Bannenbergs designs were often considered nightmares to build and the same to maintain. Some are also a little over the top or outdated today, but many are still really attractive and all of them were pushing the envelope when new. This is the nature of a Designer Yacht, new yacht concepts with unexpected lines and details.
If you look at the Oceanfast Parts VI you will find that almost all yachts today have borrowed details she had twenty years ago.
The lack of evolution today is probably partly from what you are saying, shipyards are sticking with the designers they think will sell and the brokers are supporting this thinking, as it makes life easier. The brokers are very influential since both shipyards and buyers need their support, even if it has often more to do with money than knowledge.
But as I also said initially, when you now have built a number of yachts far too big to get into the ports, the next evolution will probably be to build yachts that are more personal, better designed and with even higher quality.
As more and more people are interested in having a yacht, I am sure there will be two main directions. One for more mainstream semicustom yachts with short delivery time and one for smarter one-off yachts, like Wally and who is next...?
/Lars