Code names can lend insight into an owner’s personality. For example, several years ago, one owner named his yachts after characters in the movie Finding Nemo. There’s another good example now: the Revolution project, the 154-footer (47-meter) in build at Jongert. She represents a gleeful rebellion against tradition when it comes to megayachts. To some degree, that manifests in the very choice of Jongert. It lay defunct for a few years this decade. To a larger degree, Revolution—or Violetta, her real name—shuns typical styling cues and interior arrangements. Come delivery in summertime, Violetta will even employ technological solutions unheard of for a private yacht of her size.
Even though we now know her name, the code name warrants further explanation. The owner learned of a concept design from Vripack called Flow. The Vripack team conceived Flow around a family enjoying quite the active lifestyle, while being quite unconventional, too. Meant as a global explorer, Flow featured gullwing-like protrusions aft on the upper deck as part of the leisure spaces. Glass-enclosed, they were for better appreciating anchorages and passing scenery. Circular patterns along the hull and superstructure—including the gullwings—were attention-getters, too. The circles were actually see-through, essentially extra windows.
As rebellious as Flow was, though, the owner of Violetta wanted more. Her seven guest staterooms and six crew cabins exceed typical capacities. So does the inclusion of a 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) pool. As does the 26-foot-long (8-meter-long) limo tender. Much of the space to accommodate all of this comes from a more compact engine room. Specifically, it’s 50 percent more compact because of diesel-electric propulsion. The setup is scaled down from much larger craft. It also includes Veth pod drives, which weren’t even available to install at contract signing, according to Vripack.
Being an experienced captain himself, Violetta’s owner was hands-on in systems choice as well as the general arrangement. “When you walk through the interior everything is where you expect it to be, yet she has an unconventional layout,” comments Marnix J. Hoekstra, a Vripack creative director. “When you take a piece of paper in your hand, fold and cut it, and place pieces on top of each other, you get the effect we created.”
We have more on how the owner is turning tradition on its ear. Plus, here’s more of a virtual look at what to expect.
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