Wider President and CEO Tilli Antonelli announced during a VIP cocktail reception and press briefing on the eve of the 2014 Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show that his shipyard is constructing the new 50-meter superyacht Wider 165′. Representing the Italian builder’s largest superyacht project to date, the superb Wider 165’ yacht was ordered by the yard’s new co-owner. Originally, he planned to build the Wider 150’ yacht, but his desire to house a unique tender onboard required a larger project. The Wider 165’, the video of which can be found here, is expected to hit the water in 2016.
Luxury motor yacht Wider 165 by Wider Yachts
“The owner wanted to store a submersible onboard. We didn’t want to compromise on space, so we decided to build him a bigger boat. That’s why the 165’ came up,” said Wider President & CEO Tilli Antonelli, who founded the shipyard in 2010. “Our goal is to give our clients anything they want or need to create a yacht that is a true expression of their own unique personality, even if it means expanding the capacity of our design, engineering and construction divisions. As we say here at Wider, “Never Enough!”
Using the Wider 150’ superyacht as a starting point, yacht designer Fulvio De Simoni, in collaboration with Tilli Antonelli and the Wider design team, created the 50-meter aluminium superyacht Wider 165′ with the same elegant lines, sense of harmony and connection with the water, while adding significant interior volume and exterior living space. Along with its innovative submersible bay, the new 165’ yacht accommodates a touch-and-go helipad and offers a truly magnificent “Wider Beach” – one of the most spacious transom swim-and-sunbathing decks in its class – complete with indoor swimming pool. The “Beach” also converts to a garage that seamlessly accommodates the highly customizable new Wider 32’ yacht tender, while a floating launching system facilitates entry/exit maneuvers for the crew launching the tender.
Luxury yacht Wider 165 - side view
LOW-CONSUMPTION DIESEL/ELECTRIC PROPULSION
The beating heart of the Wider 165’ superyacht project is its diesel/electric propulsion system, which guarantees hugely reduced fuel consumption and nearly unprecedented range. This system has made it possible to replace the traditional Engine Room with a Power Generator Room and a Technical Room with LiPo battery pack located into the bow; the resulting space in the finest area of the ship therefore can be used to create larger, more comfortable guest cabins. Emerson Industrial Automation, which like Wider is an international leader in bringing technology and engineering together to create innovative solutions for its clients, will supply the electric propulsion system for the Wider 165’.
The overall propulsion system is completely modular: the yacht can cruise using only the battery packs, in ZEM mode (Zero Emission Mode). With up to four diesel generators online, it will be able to operate at a higher range of speeds while maintaining limited specific consumptions.
Superyacht Wider 165
All the onboard energy sources are controlled by the Wider Management System, a next generation, smart, independent and incorporated system that controls the power supplied by the shore connection, gensets and battery packs, distributing it between the Hotel systems, propulsion system and recharging the battery packs, as needed.
In addition, the luxury yacht Wider 165’ is equipped with an AziPod propulsion system that affords significant advantages compared to a conventional shaftline system: Vibrations are reduced (even when reversing), handling is ultra-smooth, and no rudders are needed for maneuvering, therefore draft is minimal.
Luxury yacht Wider 165 by night
Furthermore, the Wider 165 yacht’s aluminium displacement hull offers unquestionable added value in terms of higher speeds and a greater range.
Wider 165 Yacht - aft view
All-ALUMINIUM CONSTRUCTION
The Wider 165 superyacht’s intelligent design focuses on minimizing fuel consumption and emissions while maximizing onboard living space, without underestimating the importance of easy maintenance. For these reasons, the material chosen for the entire construction of the Wider 165’ is aluminum, a noble, durable metal that, being particularly lightweight, makes it possible to increase the performance/consumption ratio of the yacht and achieve a considerable reduction in emissions.
Motor yacht Wider 165 - Saloon
Combined with the fact that aluminum is completely recyclable, this helps to reduce the vessel’s footprint on the environment. Aluminum provides greater freedom during construction as it increases the opportunity for customization, yet considerably shortens production times. This material is not just lightweight, it is also resistant and flexible, versatile, supple, yet sturdy, resulting in an even safer yacht.
Details of the Wider 165 yacht’s interior design and general arrangement are still preliminary; rest assured, however, that the Wider 165’ will stay true to the builder’s mission of enhancing the connection of the owner and guests to the water at all times through the use of large windows, side-opening balconies and spacious exterior dining and entertaining areas.
Wider 165 superyacht - Owners Cabin
“Our new flagship will represent the finest marriage of aesthetics, innovation and cutting-edge technology that the yachting world has seen so far,” Tilli Antonelli said.
Wider, Never Enough!
