Imagine an 80-footer with two owners’ staterooms, one of which is on the main deck. Picture this same megayacht with a tender garage and wide side decks leading to a lounge-like bow area, too. Then picture her doing 30 knots at top speed. These are some of the guiding parameters for the Canados 808 Maximus series, whose first unit gets handed over in July.
Canados wanted the amenities of 100-foot-plus megayachts (about 30 meters+), with a hull length just shy of megayacht definition. Therefore, while the 808 Maximus measures 80’7” (24.6 meters), her hull length is 75’8” (23.1 meters). It tasked Marco Casali – Too Design with a few things. Of paramount importance was a main-deck master. Also important: a choice of four or five staterooms, the latter a lot for this LOA. In addition, the four-stateroom version needed to be flexible. Buyers could have three guest staterooms, with one being a VIP. Or, they could have a second master instead of a VIP.
More conveniences were musts, too. The 808 Maximus needed a tender garage. For the crew’s benefit, meanwhile, the yacht needed wide side decks, and private access to their quarters. Finally, Canados wanted the good turn of speed for which its projects are known.
Designing an 80-footer with a main-deck master plus a main-deck galley challenged Casali. To achieve the owners’ area (top), “We had to stagger the main-deck floor into three slightly different levels,” he explains. The dining area—a circular indoor-outdoor spot aft (below)—and saloon are the first level. The master bedroom is two steps down. Three additional steps down lead to the walk-in wardrobe and the bath.
Canados says the 808 Maximus devotes more floor space to the wardrobe and bath than similar-size yachts do. Furthermore, the staggered deck yields seven feet (2.2 meters) of headroom in the suite. It also allows installing skylights above both the bed and the master sink.
Hull number one of the 808 Maximus has dual master suites. So, the second one is below decks, still spanning the full beam (20’5”, or 6.25 meters). Two guest staterooms join it. A single crew cabin, for two people, comes with this layout, too. It’s situated aft, with access to the engine room. Should future 808 Maximus owners want an extra hand aboard, they can forego the starboard-side tender bay. The RIB or PWC that would stow there instead goes on the swim platform.
Still on the subject of crew, Casali kept their needs in mind with the galley configuration. A pantographic door makes provisioning easier. And, even when the door is open, crew members or guests can walk past it along the side decks. It’s wise, considering guests will surely want to have some meals at the foredeck lounging spot. They can have drinks, meanwhile, on the aft deck, fitted with two facing settees.
The settee configuration replaces the traditional benchseat and table arrangement. The Canados 808 Maximus also replaces them with a central stairway from the swim platform. For stern-to boarding, the passarelle emerges from here, and will be wide enough for wheelchair access.
Each 808 Maximus interior gets tailored to the owner’s wishes. Owners also get a choice of propulsion. Hull number one has twin 1,900-hp MANs, for an expected cruising speed exceeding 25 knots. Twin 1,550-hp MANs are available, too, for cruising closer to 23 knots. Best range should be in the 400-nautical-mile vicinity.
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