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The drawing board has gone the way of the passenger pigeon, the dodo and other famous extinctions. Ideas may still start as sketches on envelopes or even paper on a drawing board’s surface (recently seen at a Dutch firm) but today the design and drawing engineering processes rely heavily on bytes not pencils. Despite this the criteria doesn’t change. Nor do the frequent complaints levelled at those involved in design and design engineering so that they address the maintenance of the yacht and its equipment to the proper extent.

Today’s 60m-plus yachts do simplify the process of designing and constructing an easily maintainable yacht but then again so they should, the challenge surely is to do so in the limited spaces of smaller vessels.
This issue focuses on the design processes (both aesthetic, technical and indeed naval architecture) itself and the concepts and characters involved in them.

- Long ago in the pre Jon Bannenberg days it was said that there were no yacht designers; form followed the functional design of the naval architect, today the disciplines are (mostly) separate and are often also in separate companies – is this a good thing?

- And does it produce more – or less – beautiful yachts?

- Much is now done in cut and paste-able software; is originality and inspiration suffering – or does the removal of drawing drudgery actually free up the time for greater originality and inspiration?

- I get the impression we are entering a period when new, exciting and different designs are more common – is this the case and is it driven by new types of owners with fewer preconceptions, greater budgets and the desire to make a statement and / or braver designers?

- In this context how much of the designer’s role is to balance individuality of style with resale potential?

- Design engineering is a key part of the process of building superyachts on time, on budget and above all profitably - the process now often takes place as a third party service to the yard; is this a benefit?

- ILO will have an effect on the spaces and space allowances for crew on yachts – is this a benefit or an ill conceived “do gooder” idea?

- Safe manning does not generally take into account the number of crew needed, concerning itself with safe deck and engineering operations only, and not on hotel services. What is the best way to ensure that there are enough crew to offer top service as well; is this the designer’s duty or the Owner’s adviser or…whose?

- And are those advising the Owners generally doing enough – early enough - to offer a reality check regarding space required for crew and equipment, in order to enhance the Owner’s superyacht experience?

- In aesthetic considerations is the need for a sound working hotel system forgotten or de-prioritised?

- Pre engineering is today the buzz words of a number of yards – this, as opposed to the 2D Dwg and a highly skilled experienced pipe fitter; however is this working financially and practically?

- Some involved in such have had some difficulty getting their subcontractors to buy into the concept causing some to bring steel fabrication back in house - will this trend disappear as the idea gains credence?

- Are Owners and designers brave enough, and really using modern materials to their fullest potential?

- Where great bravery of style and form is displayed does practicality get forgotten in cases such as impossible wash down-able areas – inaccessible spaces and as aforementioned insufficient crew to do so?

Plus as ever you views and thoughts beyond the suggested topics above on the design of superyachts – post directly onto our online forum or alternatively send your comments to survey@theyachtreport.com.

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