Sanlorenzo says its SX sequence of yachts blurs the boundaries between flybridge and explorer-type yachts, with the X representing the “cross” in crossover. The brand new SX100, the vary’s newest mannequin, has exterior strains by Zuccon Worldwide Undertaking like these on the SX112, SX88 and SX76 that got here earlier than her, with reverse-angle windscreens giving a sturdy, explorer-yacht look.
Hull one showcases interiors by Piero Lissoni, who can be Sanlorenzo’s Creative Director, though future SX100 house owners can create or fee their very own bespoke layouts and designs.
Moreover, the crossover doesn’t finish with yacht varieties. A robust accent on ease of outside dwelling and fast entry to the water means the boundaries that divide indoors from out are blended a lot that the one logical strategy to start a tour of the yacht is from an outside house.
Waterside Residing
The primary saloon is normally a yacht’s largest space and the centrepiece that units the tone for an onboard expertise. Not so aboard the SX100, the place the strict deck is a large expanse of free and open house that’s rather more than a swim platform.
When the house shouldn’t be getting used to retailer the 5.65m tender and water toys, it turns into an space with out obstacles between visitors and the ocean. The pieds dans l’eau impact is multiplied exponentially when, on the contact of a button, two spacious aspect terraces open out over the water.
An up/down platform totally aft is for getting out and in of the water and deploying toys, whereas a crane for launching the tender is built-in into one of many arches over the aspect terraces.
Teak benches fold down over the mooring tools, each concealing it and providing a really helpful spot for placing on swimming fins. It’s an actual shot of luxurious way of life for individuals who benefit from the open air, whether or not swimming, crusing or absorbing the solar.
Decreasing the terraces additionally opens the aspect views within the lower-deck lounge, which is accessed by way of a sliding glass door within the centre of a full-width display of home windows which can be slanted at an identical angle to the SX’s iconic windscreens.
Set barely decrease than the aft deck, the lounge has a red-lacquer bar to port together with chairs, espresso tables, a settee to starboard and mirror-lined partitions, so that you see the water irrespective of which method you’re dealing with. And when the terraces are down, the aft deck and seaside lounge grow to be one built-in zone that may be loved from daybreak to nightfall.
Open Interiors
The slender, “floating” exterior staircase as much as the principle deck’s aft cockpit is enclosed in glass, whereas the identical lovely, curved glass used to encase the lower-deck lounge is used within the cockpit’s glass railings.
Fairly than only a gateway to the saloon, the cockpit is extra of a continuation of the strict deck, with the 2 areas connecting each philosophically and ergonomically. The cockpit is giant sufficient for solar loungers and aspect tables because of the absence of an exterior staircase resulting in the flybridge.
Lissoni explains the shortage of a standard characteristic: “It was {that a} yacht and every thing aboard it needed to be made by a yacht designer, however I’m not a nautical designer and I don’t wish to grow to be one. I’m an architect, and once I design a yacht, I method it simply as I might another venture, aiming to create one thing useful, comfy and exquisite. Outsiders like me have modified the foundations in yachting.”
Solely a tour of the SX100’s interiors within the ‘Lissoni model’ reveals simply how true that’s. In his version of the inside, the saloon is a show house for iconic design items organized in a big, open house the place glass, each within the type of home windows and mirrored surfaces, appears to be the principle constructing materials.
Constructed-in items are restricted in quantity and mix into the yacht’s construction whereas pure woods provide a refined backdrop to an space the place nothing glistens or sparkles however every thing shines. Signature Lissoni components embrace a steely, sculptural, spiral staircase to starboard that results in the decrease deck, whereas ahead is a slender picket staircase that results in the flybridge and will be hid behind an ornamental display.
Lissoni’s method to yacht interiors revolves round areas which can be as open and as modern as attainable.
“I’ve by no means understood the ‘Lord Nelson’ method to nautical design. Yachts are ultra-technological items of equipment, so why all of the custom? We’re trendy individuals dwelling at present, so why not design an inside that displays that. For my part, every thing used aboard a yacht must be business as a result of industrial designers are higher attuned than nautical designers to how we dwell at present.”
Ahead Grasp
The SX100 has Lissoni’s most popular format for yachts on this sequence, with the proprietor’s cabin fore on the principle deck in a spot usually used for the helm in conventional 100ft motor yachts. That includes an aft dealing with mattress, the cabin has glorious visibility and textured glass is used for the closet and toilet partitions to maintain issues mild and ethereal.
Different choices for this house on the SX100 embrace a proper eating room. In both format, a port aspect door presents fast entry to the foredeck, which has a big couch, desk and many solar pads that may be unfold out over the mooring gear when the yacht is stationary.
The decrease deck is dwelling to a few en-suite visitor cabins: a double, a twin and a VIP set simply reverse the galley. All cabins have inside partitions set barely off the yacht’s centreline and exterior partitions that observe the curve of its hull form. The underside deck additionally has crew cabins for 5 and a crew mess close to the galley.
Like earlier SX yachts, the SX100 solely has one helm and it’s on a desk fore on the flybridge, that includes 4 Raymarine screens and Volvo Penta IPS joystick instructions. The lined space, which features a eating space and bar, will be left open in good climate or sealed off by electrically operated home windows and sliding doorways.
The aft part of the fly is one other outside space for solar and enjoyable, with a glass balustrade so visitors can benefit from the views from on excessive.
Energy & Efficiency
Whereas Lissoni all the time says he approaches the interiors of the SX sequence as if he have been designing a residential constructing, the SX100 was born to run and has a quick displacement hull. Entry to the engine room underneath the strict deck is from a deck hatch or a small door on the starboard aspect of the seaside membership.
Propulsion comes from 4 Volvo Penta D13-IPS pods with twin counter-rotating propellers designed to enhance efficiency, manoeuvrability and vary whereas lowering gas consumption, noise and vibrations. The propulsion system delivers a prime velocity of 23 knots and a spread of 1,600nm at 10 knots, whereas the engine, transmission and drive have built-in helm-to-prop Digital Vessel Management (EVC).
Lissoni’s method has given the SX100 an uncommon setup and a classy, home-like look that crosses the boundaries between residential structure and nautical design. The continual connection, each visible and bodily, between the yacht and the atmosphere round it crosses the divide between indoors and out.
Add explorer seems mixed with flybridge efficiency and you’ve got the SX100, a crossover yacht that crosses over much more than simply genres of yachts.
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