CRN has unveiled a new series of megayachts far different than its other offerings. Called Dislopen, for “displacement open,” it combines the style of an open yacht with the volume and cruising comfort of a displacement yacht.
Note particularly the latter detail. Plenty of open yachts are fun to cruise on, but they’re not the best performers in choppy waters, and vibration becomes an issue when they’re at high speeds. CRN’s Dislopen is “a hybrid of the types,” according to Gianni Zuccon, head of Studio Zuccon International Project, which designed the series. It incorporates the elements that the design house and CRN’s management believed would define “an entirely new landscape at sea,” he adds. With that, it mixes in the advantages of a displacement yacht. All told, the elements come together in megayachts measuring 46 meters (above), 52 meters, and 62 meters (151, 171, and 203 feet, respectively).
As to that “new landscape,” Luca Boldrini, CRN brand manager, explains that the design and build team completely rethought the general arrangement of megayachts. They downplayed and even eliminated areas that don’t get much use. The same is true of areas that they deemed repetitive. A good example: the skylounge. Since the saloon serves the same purpose and gets far more use, it’s the only common-use relaxation area inside each Dislopen yacht. Furthermore, since the main deck in general is where owners and guests spend the most time, it only serves the purposes of lounging and dining. Gone is the fully forward master stateroom that has become practically de rigueur. Instead, it’s up one deck. And as the image below shows, the windows that line the superstructure create a dramatic effect.
In fact, with the exception of the wheelhouse, that entire deck is devoted to the owner. Not even the aft sunning and seating area is available for guests to use. If this strikes you as being strange, think again. Some owners want extreme privacy—and as Zuccon asserts, they deserve it. “It allows him to live out his entire holiday without meeting anyone,” he says. In addition, Boldrini says that several clients have found the privacy concept quite attractive. (CRN has already shown the designs to some clients and says negotiations are underway for contracts. Also worth noting is that the series spawned from the suggestion of an existing client to try something different.)
So what do guests get to use? Plenty, besides their five staterooms below decks. (Each model has the same number of staterooms.) The 46- and 52-meter models feature sundecks. On all three models, the main deck devotes the aft section to sunbathing and a pool. Just forward, beneath the shade of the deck above but still an open-air space, is a dining area. (A formal dining area is still inside, but remember that the Dislopen series emphasizes the benefits of an open design.) Continuing the theme of maximizing outside space, the yachts have yet another sunning and relaxation area on the bow. It’s fitted with a sunbed and a C-shape settee. The 62-meter adds a raised helipad just forward (see below), and both that model and the 52-meter also stow some toys fully forward, given the extra space allowed.
Speaking of extra space, since the master gets its own deck, each Dislopen’s main deck gets a cinema room. It can alternately be outfitted as a gym. And by relocating the galley to a subdeck, below the lower deck and accompanied by technical spaces, the rest of the rooms on the main deck gain elbowroom, too. Of course, these being CRN megayachts, there’s at least one fold-down terrace on each model. The 52-meter offers an arrangement in which another terrace is featured in a sixth stateroom, for a VIP, forward on the main deck. And the 62-meter includes two terraces off the dining room. Further in keeping with CRN tradition, the transom folds down to form a beach club/spa.
Depending on LOA, nine to 15 crewmembers will be housed aboard. They’ll have access to the subdecks and staterooms for servicing.
From the displacement standpoint, each Dislopen model should achieve moderate speeds. In fact, all three are expected to cruise at 14 knots and top out at 15 knots, with Caterpillar powerplants. In addition, the displacements themselves are comparable to those of similar-size traditional megayachts. The 46-meter will displace 450 tons, the 52-meter’s displacement will be 540, and the 62-meter will come in at 775 tons.
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