Yacht Project Seaview to Say “Sim Senhor” to Big Family With Big Plans

In Portuguese, “Yes sir” is Sim senhor, and it’s the spirit behind the yacht project Seaview, in build at MCP Yachts. Specifically, the owner wants the yacht to greet his large family each day with a can-do attitude.

the MCP Yachts 40-meter yacht Seaview, designed by Vripack

In fact, the owner told the Brazilian shipyard, ‘Sim senhor, that’s what we want with our whole family and nothing less, having the time of our life onboard.” At least 14 family members will relax together, play together, dine together, and much more.

To ensure that it provides a capable cruiser with as much usable deck space as possible for them, MCP Yachts partnered with Vripack. The shipyard and design studio are jointly responsible for previous deliveries like Queen Tati. Recently, they signed a multi-year agreement to collaborate further. The 133-foot (40.7-meter) yacht project Seaview is the first under this new agreement.

Fitting for her code name, the megayacht has expansive sea views from full-height, wide glass panels on the main and upper decks. She further has a wood-lined beach club and similarly designed sauna. However, “creating maximum space value on a 40-meter required a creative approach to space planning,” notes Bart Bouwhuis, Vripack’s co-creative director. With “very energetic” input from the owner and MCP Yachts, he continues, the 380-gross-ton megayacht has an unconventional layout. For instance, just two VIPs sit below decks, and both to starboard. Crew service areas like the galley and laundry occupy the port side. “Both sections have separate access and stairways allowing service to continue unimpeded across all decks and guests to enjoy their privacy without coming into contact with the crew,” Bouwhuis explains. This, in turn, frees the amidships area on the main deck for two double guest staterooms and two twins.

The owner’s suite, meanwhile, occupies much of the upper deck. The upper deck additionally has an alfresco observation lounge fully forward, plus an asymmetrical balcony for more intimate moments. Finally, gullwing lookouts complementing the skylounge let the family members spot approaching shorelines.

All of this comes with accommodations for 10 crew and a new semi-displacement hull design from Vripack. Manoel Chaves, MCP Yachts’ president and CEO, says the hull yields “very high level of comfort even in rough weather.” The all-aluminum yacht Seaview should see a good turn of speed, 21 knots at top end, while still enjoying a 3,500-nautical-mile range at 10 knots. Furthermore, fuel burn should be just 23 gph (88 lph) at 10.8 knots. It all makes for a yacht intent on uniting a big family during long cruises in Brazilian waters.

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