Monaco Yacht Show spawns the "Windjammer Project"
for Royal Huisman
Royal Huisman is used to projects that make demands upon its ingenuity and resources and so is delighted to accept a truly breathtaking new challenge in the form of the "Windjammer Project". Contracts have only recently been exchanged, so more details will be revealed over time, along with the evolution of the project and its concept design work.
In broad construct, the
Windjammer Project is a 74m / 243’ LOD (86.25m / 283’ LOA) three-masted barque that will reflect all the style and glory of similar-sized and rigged ships owned by Kings and Kaisers more than a century ago. Lifestyle aboard will be redolent of a period when a privileged few made ocean passages cocooned in an environment that evoked fine hotels and the foremost gentlemen’s clubs.
Sheltered deck spaces will provide intimate conversational areas for morning coffee, a read, or a secluded afternoon nap on a Lloyd Loom lounger. Magnificence is a word that is likely to be called upon to define interiors using the finest
veneers, marbles, fabrics, bevelled glass, crystal chandeliers, carpets and furnishings.
As may be expected from such a vessel to be built at Royal Huisman, state of the art technology made be hidden, but it will be far from absent. The
Windjammer Project could, indeed be seen as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The hull will be built from Alustar aluminum, the masts from aluminum to the height of the cross-trees, then carbon fiber.
The yards, also carbon fiber, will feature ingenious in-yard furling for the square sails. This project will also push further the boundaries already pioneered by Royal Huisman in the areas of hybrid electric propulsion, energy generation, conservation and storage. The drive will be toward exploring these technologies in view of a complete diesel electric system.
Further distinguishing features will be an invisible to-the-eye stern lower section that drops down to create a platform for swimming and watercraft management; gangway-platforms that can be operated either side just aft of amidships; and a funnel that will house a comprehensive array of satcoms.
Naval architecture and exterior design are by Dykstra & Partners, whose exceptional experience and expertise in projects of this nature will be at the very heart of this exciting new undertaking. At the time of going to press discussions were underway to select an Interior Designer with a brief to deploy extraordinary capability and resource to create old world charm and bespoke luxury, inspired by the opulent era of early Trans Atlantic ocean liners. The
Windjammer project is scheduled for launch in 2014.
Andrew Winch Design joins the team to build the prestigious
Windjammer Project. Royal Huisman is delighted to announce that negotiations have just been successfully concluded to complete The
Windjammer Project Team with the appointment of Andrew Winch Design as Interior Designers. Andrew Winch Design will work alongside Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects, Yachting Partners International (Project Managers) and Royal Huisman collectively to bring to life this bold and exciting vision.
The Interior Design Brief is “to deploy extraordinary capability and resource to create old world charm and bespoke luxury, inspired by the opulent era of early Trans Atlantic ocean liners”. With their extensive experience across a diverse and challenging range of exceptional projects, there can be little doubt that AWD will respond to this brief with fitting flair and imagination.
For more information:
Royal Huisman Shipyards BV,
Flevoweg 1, 8325 PA,
Vollenhove, Holland.
T: +31 527 24 3131
http://www.royalhuisman.com ***
