Mr. Basile (CEO Ferretti Group) received the UIM Environmental Award during the gala dinner held on February 26 in Principality of Monaco. The International Environmental Award 2011 has been conferred to Long Range 23 of Mochi Craft, a Ferretti Group brand producing fiberglass motoryachts ranging from 13 to 23 meters.

Ferretti Group receives UIM Environmental Award 2011 for Mochi Craft Long Range 23

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On the left Mr Raffaele Chiulli, UIM President. center, Salvatore Basile, CEO Ferretti Group. On the right Mr Theodore Oben, Chief Division of Communications & Public Information of United Nations Enviroment Programme.

In acknowledgement of the research and development activities carried out by Ferretti Group’s AYT (Advanced Yacht Technology), the Group’s naval research and design centre, Mochi Craft Long Range 23 is the winner of the second edition of the UIM Environmental Award 2011, awarded by the Union Internationale Motonautique, world governing body for all powerboating activities, based in the Principality of Monaco.

Mochi Craft Long Range 23 Motor Yacht.

With this acknowledgement Long Range 23 Mochi Craft confirms once again to be a first-class example of an environment-friendly motoryacht, focusing on fuel-consumption, emission and noise reduction. The 75 feet Long Range 23 represents a fine combination of innovation and technology and is an excellent example of the innovation research activities that Ferretti Group has pioneered together with Studio Zuccon International Project.

Mochi Craft Long Range 23 features distinctive innovations, such as the exclusive Ferretti Group patent: “Zero Emission Mode” hybrid propulsion system and FER.WEY (Ferretti Wave Efficient Yacht) trans-planing hull. These two technologies combine and enhance each other in a craft that offers revolutionary design concepts. Thanks to these solutions, Long Range 23 is today the only boat that has obtained the RINA “Green Star Clean Energy and Clean Propulsion” certification, the most rigorous certification standard that can be assigned to a pleasure craft.

Mochi Craft Long Range 23 - Ferretti Group.

The award, created by the Union Internationale Motonautique, acknowledges the commitment of companies, organizations, universities, research centres or individuals that have inspired excellence in innovation, development and application of environmental friendly technologies. In particular UIM awarded “the research and development carried out by the AYT – Ferretti Group for the successful production of the long range navigation Mochi Craft motor yacht. Mochi Craft Long Range 23 is a first-class example of environmental friendly motor yacht with focus on reduction of consumption, emissions and noise. Scrupulous fluid dynamics studies were carried out both through internal Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) system and with models tested in the naval towing tank at Potsdam (Germany). These studies resulted into reduction of resistance and friction/attrition to movement mainly due to the hull. Several test demonstrated that the Mochi Craft Long Range 23 consumed, at the same speed (i.e. 12 knots), half than comparable motor yachts. It is also equipped with ”parallel hybrid propulsion”, diesel and electric system that permit to the motor yacht to navigate at low or zero emission and allow the navigation even in severely protected marine areas.”

We are extremely proud to receive this prestigious award for Mochi Craft Long Range 23 – commented Norberto Ferretti, Chairman and Founder of Ferretti Group – a substantial demonstration of Ferretti Group’s commitment to the environment, an issue we are passionately dedicated to, investing in research and development. “

Salvatore Basile, Ferretti Group CEO, commented: the UIM Environmental Award is a further, important achievement for Ferretti Group, that acknowledges and emphasizes our passion for innovation and our significant influence on the international nautical world.”