The Radical NEW Marco Polo!

Rene GER · 02-22-2006, 12:40 PM

hmmm.... I don't now whether I like it or not...

but very interesting

wdrzal · 02-22-2006, 02:09 PM

While all the comments are about her "lines" ,I,m sure looking from the inside out the veiws are outstanding. If your a fan of climate controlled conditions this is yacht is for you !

On a world cruise what percentage of time does the weather permit use of the sun decks. Just guessing I bet most owners spend more time under roof or glass in this case.

From a techinical stand point I wonder if the curved glass is single or multiple pane. I"ve never seen multiple pane curved glass is it even made?The heat load of a atrium that size would be tremendious. What about wind loading not even to mention downwash from the aproching chopper. It's the mechanicals of these megayachts that intrest me more than anything.

AMG · 02-22-2006, 02:38 PM

Double-curved glass has been used on Eco by Blohm+Voss. Not without initial problems. On the Marco Polo project, I think you should consider it a design concept to get attention, more than final drawings for construction...

KCook · 02-22-2006, 04:19 PM

The glass will be expensive, but is easily within current technology. Just a matter of writing a big enough check.

Kelly

mariog · 02-22-2006, 05:57 PM

there are very little outside decks to walk on. doesn't it strike anyone? I would like to go outside every once in a while. Heck, just buy a sub.

dbart9 · 02-22-2006, 06:10 PM

I think Captain Nemo had a little chat with Syd Mead or Geiger! Interesting...I like it just for the fact that it's so different, but I am also a huge Pelorus fan and I thought that was different. The interior renderings are beautiful. Nice 3-d modeling and excellent use of materials. Yeah, have fun washing those windows outside...

catmando · 02-23-2006, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by mariog

there are very little outside decks to walk on. doesn't it strike anyone? I would like to go outside every once in a while. Heck, just buy a sub.

I noticed that myself. And if all that rear glass is kept for production it better be REAL dark, especially from the 10:00 to the 4:00 positions.

foundrycourt · 02-23-2006, 09:10 AM

Exterior not really to my taste, but certainly different. Interior though, is very elegant.

Crewagency · 02-23-2006, 12:21 PM

What does the term Lotus-Effect® stand for?

The self-cleaning of super-hydrophobic micro-to nano-structured surfaces was observed to be a property of some plants –among them nasturtiums (Tropaeolum sp.)- in 1975. The discoverer, Wilhelm Barthlott (then at the University of Heidelberg), furthermore, elucidated the phenomenon. Only at the beginning of the 1990s was it possible for W. Barthlott (now at the University of Bonn), and his collaborator Christoph Neinhuis (later Zdenek Cerman and others) to harness this physico-chemical phenomenon technically. W. Barthlott coined the trade-name Lotus-Effect® for the patented self-cleaning super-hydrophobic micro –to nano-structured products and copyrighted it in 1997.

Maybe this is the solution for all he window cleaners here

CTdave · 02-23-2006, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Crewagency

What does the term Lotus-Effect® stand for?

The self-cleaning of super-hydrophobic micro-to nano-structured surfaces was observed to be a property of some plants –among them nasturtiums (Tropaeolum sp.)- in 1975. The discoverer, Wilhelm Barthlott (then at the University of Heidelberg), furthermore, elucidated the phenomenon. Only at the beginning of the 1990s was it possible for W. Barthlott (now at the University of Bonn), and his collaborator Christoph Neinhuis (later Zdenek Cerman and others) to harness this physico-chemical phenomenon technically. W. Barthlott coined the trade-name Lotus-Effect® for the patented self-cleaning super-hydrophobic micro –to nano-structured products and copyrighted it in 1997.

Maybe this is the solution for all he window cleaners here

Yep! Exactly what I was going to say.

christo303 · 02-24-2006, 04:03 AM

The project 236 by Benetti-Fincantieri was revealed for the first time during the last Monaco Yacht Show, september 2005.

Different design.

Problem is that the aft part of the superstructure, that glass dome, makes it look like a bug... The association with a giant cockroach has already surfaced.

foundrycourt · 02-24-2006, 07:03 AM

When I first saw the picture the first thing that came to my mind was that of a snail shell.

GeminiRat · 03-07-2006, 01:08 AM

My first impression when I saw the rendering of the new Marco Polo was that someone had been watching to many episodes of "Star Trek" on television. Because the yacht reminds me of a Shuttle from one of the most recent incarnations of the "Star Trek Series".

I haven't made up my mind yet whether or not I like this new style. Looking back a few years at yachts that were once well ahead of their time they are now the norm. Who's to say what new style will take root and become the next industry norm.

Codger · 04-12-2006, 02:35 AM

Not boring! Hope that it gets built.

dbart9, funny, I thought of H.R.Giger when looking at the first images.

Heather_Rae · 04-12-2006, 09:21 AM

While it certainly is "different," I don't think it is different in a good way. While I'm sure that the view from those aft windows is stunning, that is as far as my praise would go on this one. The outside just looks like a mish-mash of design concepts. The architecht must have just been doing some architectural masturbation...lol. What is wrong with boats looking like boats? I guess I get sort of romantic about yachts. Give me lots of teak and a beautifully shaped hull with plenty of decks to enjoy the sunset and the sound of the spraying water. This looks like a *******ization of something out of Star Wars.