A year after hinting she was on the drawing boards, Sanlorenzo is finally disclosing details about what it trumpets as an asymmetrical yacht. She’s the Sanlorenzo SL102, whose purposely mismatched side decks take a few glances to discern. More important to the shipyard, the asymmetry serves a space-maximizing purpose.
In combination with car designer Chris Bangle and Zuccon International Project, the builder set out to give customers more usable main-deck areas. The solution is just one side deck, to starboard. The opposite side, meanwhile, is a wide-body design. This permits about a 107-square-foot (10-square-meter) gain for the interior. As for that interior, the wide-body port side features the dining area. Furthermore, a section of the bulwark slides down electrically. This increases appreciation of the seascapes, especially due to floor-to-ceiling windows lining the dining area. To starboard, buyers have the saloon, with a deploying balcony. In combination with the 23’3” (7.1-meter) beam, these features should make the Sanlorenzo SL102 more appealing.
Even with the wide-body design, though, the Sanlorenzo SL102 doesn’t preclude port-side traffic flow. Rather, as the rendering at top shows, a shorter side deck sits alongside the flying bridge. It then leads down six steps inside. Interestingly, the build and design teams strove for this asymmetry to be essentially imperceptible upon first glance. For instance, both the port and starboard sides of the upper deck have matching handrails (though Sanlorenzo says that the port-side one is more for aesthetics versus safety).
In Sanlorenzo tradition, interiors are for owners to tailor to their tastes, with Zuccon International Project. The shipyard offers two different layouts that it characterizes according to European vs. American tastes. In the European version, four equal-size guest staterooms below deck complement the main-deck master. The master also offers an optional balcony. In the American version, all staterooms are below decks. A full-beam master joins a VIP and two twin cabins. A country kitchen, then, occupies the forward main deck.
Drawing 6’6” (2 meters), the Sanlorenzo SL102 debuts at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September. Expect top speeds close to 30 knots with either of two MTU engine packages. Twin 2,216-hp engines should allow a 28-knot max. Twin 2,434-hp MTUs eke out one more knot.
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