Simply put, yacht owners pursue fully custom construction because they can’t get what they want in production or semi-custom models. Typically, this means a layout, or a particular look. For the owners of the Baglietto yacht Enterprise, it amounted to this, plus a lot more. In “just” 126 feet (38.3 meters), “Our shared vision was to break the mold,” the husband says.
The owners initially visited Baglietto’s shipyard about three years ago. “We liked what we saw,” the husband explains, including proud customers and imaginative designs. Equally making an impression, he says, was the yard’s management team wishing to create stronger relationships with American clients. Above all, however, the couple felt a sense of trust in the goal. “Not to build a boat that was typical and expected, but to create something innovative… a yacht that will make a statement wherever she goes.”
One of the ways the yacht Enterprise does this is in her styling, from Francesco Paszkowski Design. A tri-deck project—unusual enough for her LOA—she combines sporty lines with sleek ones, and soft lines with strong ones. She’s part explorer design, part sport design, and of course all-pleasure design. Extensively used glass, especially on the main and upper decks, makes her stand apart in looks as well. In fact, the way the glass forward on the main deck meets up with the lengthy blacked-out lower-deck detailing makes it appear far more glass is onboard.
The yacht Enterprise doesn’t just break the mold in looks, though. She does so in her engineering, too. Typically, superyachts in her size range have a volume up to about 350 gross tons, whether they’re custom or semi-custom. More recently, some builders have introduced series superyachts boasting big volumes closer to 400 gross tons. Enterprise is, according to her owners, “the largest 38-meter vessel by volume ever built,” at 440 gross tons.
Even with the sense of space that the volume conveys, interior areas are cozy and intimate, especially the saloon. Baglietto’s interior-design team and WLW Designs joined forces to create an equally serene setting throughout the staterooms, some of which contain Pullmans, and the social areas. Sophistication comes into play as well, of course, notably with the floating stair treads leading from the main deck to the upper saloon.
A “highly innovative” Baglietto custom project, in the words of the shipyard’s CCO, Fabio Ermetto, Enterprise may just inspire other owners to follow suit. She’s now available for charter, so intrigued try-before-you-buy cruisers can see and experience her differences themselves. Additionally, Ermetto sees further Baglietto clients following in these owners’ footsteps. “She has definitely the potential to become the first of a series,” he asserts. As for the owners, they’re confident this latest step in their yachting adventures will charm others. “She will generate excitement wherever she goes. People will ask, ‘What is it?’ They will know it’s unique. They will know it’s a Baglietto.”
Baglietto baglietto.com
Francesco Paszkowski Design paszkowskidesign.it
WLW Designs wlwdesigns.org
More About the Yacht Enterprise
LOA: 125’6” (38.3 meters)
Beam: 28’9” (8.8 meters)
Draft: 7’5” (2.3 meters)
Guests: 10-12 in 5 staterooms
Engines: 2/Caterpillars C32 ACERTs
Range: 3,000 nautical miles at 12 knots
Builder: Baglietto
Stylist: Francesco Paszkowski Design
Naval Architect: Builder
Interior Designer: Baglietto Interior Design and WLW Designs
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