Feadship Royal Dutch Shipyards has amazed the yacht industry one more time by introducing its new Future Concept Choice. The main idea of the concept is to be able to transform a yacht to adapt to any surroundings, most importantly providing numerous opportunities for living on and off board. 

The Feadship Future Concepts was first introduced in 2006, with some outstanding concepts, such as X-Stream, F-stream and Breath. This 2016 brand news concept has taken into consideration all previously introduced concepts in the line. “The essence of our thinking on Choice is recognition that the ability to transform a yacht while underway is becoming ever-more important to owners,” explains Ruud Bakker, senior designer at Feadship. “As well as the wealth of choices Feadship clients have before and during the building process, our aim with this new concept is to give even more options once they are on board. The 74.50-metre Choice facilitates autonomous exploration in new and refreshing ways.”

Future Concept Choice

Since exploration has become very of the key concepts in the yacht industry in the past two years, Feadship made sure the new concept would provide innovative features to introduce autonomous exploration. The new 74.5-metre Future Concept Choice has a unique propulsion package. The yacht has its won propulsion package, charged by tenders while docked. The tenders are also detachable and can leave the mothership for a long period of time, while roaming around areas out-of-bounds.

Future Concept Choice

Another amazing feature is a detachable beach house, which also offers water access for swimming and scuba-diving. The Feadship Independent Control System (FICS) informs on the surrounding conditions and informs how a yacht should be responding. Senior designer Ruud Bakker says “FICS supports captains and frees up their time for other things that make the guests’ stay on a Feadship even more pleasant. It has also allowed us to dispense with the conventional wheelhouse: as an autonomous yacht, Choice only requires a bridge lounge with some minor technical buttons for steering. As is often the case with a Feadship Future Concept, one good thing frequently leads to another.”

“We haven’t quite reached the autopilot stage yet, but the way this solution communicates with the environment is optimised to the highest degree,” concludes Bakker.

Future Concept Choice 74m Blueprint

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