The 32m luxury motor yacht BLACK PEARL by Diverse Projects and LOMOcean Design with an interior designed by Chris Connell is nearing completion in Whangarei, New Zealand and is expected to be launched on the 20th of December 2010, or soon after.
With the imminent launch of motor yacht ‘Black Pearl’ (Build Project 08) and a recession hit world market for mid-sized motor yachts starting to make a cautious but real recovery, the originators of the Black Pearl project – Diverse Projects and LOMOcean Design (formerly Craig Loomes Design Group) – have been exploring the development potential of this handsome and well received design.
Rendering of DP08 - The 32m luxury motor yacht BLACK PEARL
Launching DP-08 motor yacht BLACK PEARL in Napier
The resulting drawings depict two new motor yachts which very obviously carry the Black Pearl’s genes, but are targeted at meeting new demands and emerging market trends identified by Lars Bjorklund and John Vitali of Diverse Projects.
The first design is a highly capable, 35m world cruiser motor yacht able to support the owner’s party and four guests in three large, comfortable cabins – plus captain and crew. The main saloon is located as a ‘skylounge’ on the uppermost deck, offering not only the best views in the house, but good flow to the outdoor upper deck with its barbecues and outdoor dining.
The 35m BP World Cruiser Motor Yacht
Unusually, the 35m BP class carries a fast 9m sport fisher on the aft deck, which can be readily launched and retrieved down a slip way arrangement that converts to a flat cockpit deck once the sport fisher is in the water. This mother/daughter arrangement creates a very versatile combination, offering a sound alternative to the big traditional American yacht fisher, which require large engines and hard chined planing hull shapes to achieve the sprint speeds normally expected of the vessel type, with attendant poor fuel economy when passage making over long distances at slower speeds.
By contrast, the 35m Black Pearl class mother ship is capable of travelling economically and comfortably over large distances to remote regions – and upon arrival, the sport fisher provides the specialist equipment and capability of a boat set up specifically to target and handle big game fish. For New Zealand and Australian based owners, this configuration offers the opportunity to target fish in places such as the Wanganella Banks and the remote reefs of the Coral Sea normally only visited by passing small sailing yachts.
40m BP World Cruiser Motor Yacht
The larger 40m BP class motor yacht eschews the sport fisher for a more conventional gaggle of smaller tenders and water toys – plus a spa pool on the top deck. The design is targeted at maximizing useable internal volume, whilst staying inside the 500 gross tons cut off that delineates a significant step up to more onerous classification requirements for construction, equipment, fitout, crew qualification – and thus cost.
Despite the apparently minor increase in overall length of just five metres, the 40m motor yacht design is a much larger yacht than the 35m, representing nearly a 50% increase in internal volume and pushing the amenities and interior space available for guests and crew into the next class of motor yacht.
The arrangement for this design places the master cabin where the wheelhouse is on the 32m Black Pearl yacht and her 35m sister. Although unusual – and not without its challenges to integrate amongst the saloon, dining area and galley also occupying the main deck – this arrangement offers superb views for the owner, as well as a very private outdoor deck area. Four very spacious guest cabins occupy the after portions of the below deck’s volume, with eight crew in four cabins, and the crew galley and mess, plus ship’s laundry etc forward. A separate captain’s cabin and office is located on the upper deck, directly aft of the wheelhouse.
Both yachts offer a cruising range in excess of 3000 nautical miles at 12 knots and equipped with active stabilizers, promise a smooth, quiet comfortable ride. Construction options include aluminium (as per the 32m Black Pearl), epoxy foam sandwich composite or steel to full international class.
Diverse Projects
Based in the heart of Auckland City, New Zealand, Diverse Projects specialises in the construction of new yachts for owners worldwide. The company has a reputation for high quality and vessel projects completed on time. Diverse projects’ unique “virtual shipyard” approach provides clients with total start to finish project co-ordination, great control and full transparency. Bringing together the best contracting teams New Zealand can offer ensures low risk and high expertise.
Diverse Projects provides project management for yacht construction, build co-ordination, construction management and construction consultancy, refits, charters and brokerage. They have the resources and expertise to undertake a variety of vessel projects, from top of the line pleasure craft construction to commercial boats and refits.
Company directors John Vitali and Lars Bjorklund have over thirty years yachting experience. Their passionate attention to detail is what makes them experts in this industry. “Understanding the needs of our clients is paramount and we go to great lengths to not only meet those needs but exceed them”.
