The two megayacht designs shown here were created by Eisgaard Design for the Benetti Design Innovation Project, measuring 229’7” (70 meters) and 295’3” (90 meters). The creative design studio, famously known for its work on Feadship’s Tango and Wally’s Saudade, brings some interesting ideas to these concepts, which Benetti is prepared to build should a client so wish.
If you missed our previous coverage of the Benetti Design Innovation Project, Benetti invited more than a dozen current and new megayacht designers to participate. All were requested to create designs that could become the next generation of Benetti yachts. In addition, all had to be based on Benetti’s proven hull platforms ranging from 164 to 295 feet (50 meters to 90 meters, respectively).
For the smaller of the two megayachts, Eidsgaard Design emphasized immense interior spaces wrapped in a sculpted, modern package. The studio employs “wing-like fashion plates,” as it calls them, rising up each side near the center of the profile. Of course, bulwarks are low aft of these, to allow the owners and guests to make the most of the views. Speaking of views, imagine what they’re like at the uppermost deck. There’s a dining area here concealed in a faux funnel (above).
As you’d expect, the owners and guests (the latter accommodated in one VIP stateroom and six additional staterooms) get the royal treatment with the footprint of their staterooms. All additionally benefit from a spa and gym below decks, with a fold-down hull hatch. But Eidsgaard Design also emphasizes the crew’s ability to do their jobs swiftly and properly, with central dedicated stairs and an elevator connecting all decks.
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The larger megayacht project, bearing five decks, also centralizes service and provides voluminous spaces for the owners and the guests. One such voluminous space: the saloon, rising two levels and occupying nearly 2,153 square feet (200 square meters) on the main deck. It further includes a central staircase that Eidsgaard Design has penned to be as impressive as any other space.
Arguably more impressive, though, is how the saloon is made to feel connected to the main-deck pool (above). Just walk out the sliding glass doors, and you’ve arrived. It’s quite a change of pace to have something like this versus a traditional seating area on that aft deck.
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