
This megayacht is a long way from the small boats he honed his skills aboard on the St. Croix National Scenic Waterway and the Great Lakes, but she’s no less reflective of Bill Prince’s passion for all things nautical.
Prince created this 60-meter (197-foot) design to appeal to owners who want the ultra-luxe features of a mega-size megayacht but in a more manageable size, given the never-failing desire to pull into traditional marinas.
One look at the profile, and you can tell she’s not an ordinary design. The “wall of glass” treatment for the side windows, as Prince calls it, particularly stands out. Measuring 1.5 meters high and 15 meters long (five feet by 50 feet) on both sides, the windows span the full-beam (10-meter, or nearly 33-foot) main saloon and dining room. I find them particularly striking due to their geometric shapes, and the seeming wave-like design running their length. And if you take a look at the aerial view below, the design is mimicked in the hardtop over the Jacuzzi (aft) and lounging/bar area (forward) on the sundeck.
Also note that the sheerline/bulwark is finished in a matte aluminum. Prince says this can be achieved by either clear coating the aluminum plating or fairing and painting the surfaces to look like aluminum if another material is employed. While clear coating “would give some remarkable reflections off the water in low sun angles,” he says, it would definitely be higher maintenance for the crew. Regardless, and regardless of the hull color an owner chooses (Prince also has the design in a striking light grey), “This defines the overall proportion of the yacht and is something that, to my knowledge, has not been done on a stylish yacht before.” I agree.
While fold-down platforms to either side near the transom permit tenders to launch and the owners and 10 guests to dive off the yacht, they can also serve as extra relaxation spaces when outfitted with lounge chairs. But the primary focus for relaxation is the main deck’s “resort spaces,” as Prince calls them. They’re indoor-outdoor areas that can be used daytime or night, starting at the long swimming pool and flowing forward to a shaded seating space. Should an owner wish to host a large cocktail party, at the touch of a button the pool can convert to additional deck space, providing a total of more than 65 square meters (700 square feet) to enjoy here.
Full specifications are available from Prince, if you’re interested in the project.
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