When it comes to cruising, who doesn’t want to have the time of their lives? When it comes to the owner who’s building the MCP 120 at Brazil-based MCP Yachts, it’s an understatement. “That’s what we want with our whole family, and nothing else,” he says. “But take care, as we have a big family, and they all love being onboard at the same time.”
The keel laying for the all-aluminum MCP 120 takes place in November. Therefore, it will be about two years before the owner can look forward to having a crowded house. No matter, though. He wanted a custom megayacht, so that explains the length of time and choice of MCP. He also wanted to squeeze every square inch of usable space out of the project. This resulted in Vripack, which is building several yachts with the shipyard, to get a bit creative. Bart Bouwhuis, Vripack’s creative director, characterizes the MCP 120 as having “a perfectly sensible yet highly unconventional layout.”
For starters, the master suite isn’t the only stateroom on the main deck. In fact, two guest cabins accompany it. In addition, just two VIPs sit below decks. Putting so many sleeping spaces on the main deck means the upper deck caters to the daily lounging. The MCP 120 has an observation lounge forward here for everyone to use together. The lounge additionally has a balcony—asymmetrical, at that. Also unusual, the MCP 120 has gullwing-like sections aft to each side in the lounge. You can see them in both of the renderings here: slightly protruding, glass-fronted sections. They let the owner and his family enjoy even better views of approaching anchorages.
Neither the shipyard nor the naval architects are disclosing the anticipated performance parameters at this point. Regardless, MCP Yachts is employing a Vripack hull form meant for semi-planing stability in sloppy seas. Manoel Chaves, the shipyard’s president and CEO, explains that it was key for the family to travel far and wide.
On a related note, MCP Yachts and Vripack will build several megayachts together over the next seven years—even though the clients don’t yet exist. In fact, “it is unique that we’ve been contracted for such a long period to design custom projects without knowing which ones it will be,” Bouwhuis says. “It pushes us to deeply analyze what the future holds.”
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