The Boat International Media’s ShowBoats Design Awards aims to honour the best-of-the-best design ideas in the super yachting industry. A large number of world-renowned designers and shipbuilders, along with young and inspiring yacht designers participate in the event each year to join in the glamour and celebration. This year the winners of the Boat International Media’s ShowBoats Design Awards brought home the Gold Neptune Trophies, with some of them winning multiple awards in various categories. Here are the designers who have made a great impression on the yachting industry:
1. Best Exterior Design & Styling Award – Motor Yacht above 48m
Superyacht Joy 70m was launched in 2016 and built by Feadship. Her exterior design is by Bannenberg & Rowell and CharterWorld was the first ever to organise a yacht charter holiday on the yacht.
Yacht JOY Aft View – Copyright Feadship
2. Best Exterior Design & Styling Award – Motor Yacht below 48m
Wider 150 motor yacht Genesi 47m was built be Wider Yachts. She boasts an extremely elegant design by Fulvio De Simoni.
GENESI-by-Wider
3. Best Exterior Design & Styling Award – Sailing Yacht
My Song 39.6m is a 130 Custom high-performance sailing yacht built by Baltic Yachts. Her award-winning exterior styling is by Nauta Design.
My Song – Nauta Yacht
4. Best Interior Layout & Design – Motor Yacht above 500GT
Luxury superyacht Cloudbreak 72.3m is a magnificent vessel in the yacht fleet of Abeking & Rasmussen. Thanks to her interior designer Christian Liaigre, Cloudbreak has won the best interior layout and design award.
Cloudbreak. photo by Christopher Scholey
5. Best Interior Layout & Design – Motor Yacht below 500GT
The 39-metre motor yacht Sexy Fish is a beautiful vessel, constructed by the Turkish shipyard, Tansu Yachts. Interior Design: Tansu
Yacht Sexy Fish by Tansu Yachts. Photo credit Ercan Koca
6. Best Interior Layout & Design – Sailing Yacht
Sybaris 70m is a stunning performance-orientated ketch by Perini Navi. Best interior layout and design in sailing yacht category went to her interior designer PH Design.
Sybaris Perini Navi
7. Best Naval Architecture – Displacement Motor Yacht
Galactica Super Nova 70m by Heesen Yachts. Naval architect: Van Oossanen & Heesen Yachts.
Galactica Super Nova. Photo by Guillaume Plisson
8. Best Naval Architecture – Semi-Displacement or Planing Motor Yacht
With the launch in 2016, the first SD35 motor yacht GIPSY is a beautiful 35-metre all-aluminum semi-custom vessel, built by the Genoa-based shipyard, Otam Yachts. Naval architect: Umberto Tagliavini
GIPSY – Otam Yachts
9. Best Naval Architecture – Sailing Yacht
The breath-taking 85-metre sailing yacht AQUIJO (Hull Y711/Hull 3069, Project 85) by Oceanco and Vitters is a massive all-aluminium ketch-rigged vessel, with the launch in 2015. Naval architect: Bill Tripp
AQuiJo yacht Photo by Stuart Pearce
10. Most Innovative Motor Yacht
Genesi 47m by Wider received the highest possible score from RINA for her class leading low levels of noise and vibration. The fantastic group of professionals and designers worked on the construction of Genesis: her Naval architecture is by Fulvio de Simoni / Wider Engineering & Sydac, interior design is by Ideaeitalia and exterior styling is a work of Fulvio de Simoni.
GENESI-aft-view
11. Most Innovative Sailing Yacht
One of her innovative features includes an all-carbon versatile rig that can set a pin head main for cruising or a square-top offering more sail area for racing. My Song 39.6m by Baltic Yachts was designed by Nauta design, who also took care of her interior. Reichel-Pugh Yacht Design was responsible for the yacht’s naval architecture.
My Song by Baltic Yachts
12. Best Lighting Design
Mega yacht SYBARIS – Master Cabin – Photo by PH Design
13. Best Recreational Lifestyle Design Feature – Wellness Centre
14. Tender & Support Vessel Design
Limousine Tender by Cockwells
15. Newcomer of the Year
PH Design received the “Newcomer of the year” award for designing yacht Sybaris by Perini Navi. This is the third trophy awarded to Sybaris at the Boat International Media’s ShowBoats Design Awards 2017.
Luxury yacht SYBARIS – Main Saloon – Photo by PH Design
