The super green Superyacht concept SOLILOQUY has won a Condé Nast Traveller Award at a presentation ceremony last night in London. The mega yacht SOLILOQUY was submitted for nomination by a panel of experts however it was the general public that gave her the final recognition.

Super green Superyacht Soliloquy

The annual Condé Nast Traveller Innovation and Design Awards, is a competition in which the magazine’s print and website readers vote to select the final winners.

Among the nominees for the prestigious award were 3 yachts including SOLILOQUY, the WHY 58×38 from Wally Hermès Yachts and Perini_Navi’s  PANTHALASSA . The WHY and PANTHALASSA were nominated in the Leisure category but did not win, while SOLILOQUY was the only superyacht to be nominated in the Sustainable category.

The sailing yacht SOLILOQUY has been designed featuring currently available solar energy technology.  Solarsails made by the Australian company Solar Sailor have been incorporated into the yachts design.  Its solarsails have proven to effectively harness solar and wind energy for ferries and other vessels. Solar Sailor’s team and SOLILOQUY’s designer, Alastair Callender, determined that Soliloquy could attain speeds to up to 8 knots powered only by using a combination of solar power, wind, and hybrid marine power technology. This, in turn, would make her emission-free and lower in cost to operate.

In a company press release of May 2009, Soliloquy’s proud designer Alastair Callender commented on his design approach, “In this ever-increasing environmentally conscious time, I wanted to focus my attention on looking at possible solutions to some of the current problems associated with the superyacht industry. Eco-luxury should no longer be viewed as an oxymoron. Soliloquy-the super-green superyacht-is a true metaphor to show that this ideal is viable.”

SOLILOQUYS designer Alastair Callender is “over the moon” and noted “I was truly humbled to be awarded this most prestigious of design awards in the Sustainable category. The whole issue of sustainability very close to my heart – and was a fundamental reason for why I undertook this revolutionary design. This award is the biggest achievement of my career to-date. For my name to be listed alongside some of the world’s most respected international design studios is a real honour.”

Callender continues to focus on securing an investor or group of investors to make the Superyacht SOLILOQUY concept into a reality.

Panthalassa Staircase

The Condé Nast judges nominated PANTHALASSA with interior design by Foster + Partners because they find her to be “the ultimate in sleek and super modern”. The 56m (184ft) ketch puts a significant emphasis on natural light with Skylights enabling light to filter down through the three decks and an oval staircase surrounded by light-reflecting acrylic rods. The storage areas for the cabins were moved toward centreline to enhance the views and allow for more port holes. The designers also set up each stateroom so that the curvature of the superstructure can be better appreciated.

Mega yacht WHY Aft View

The Condé Nast judges also nominated the WHY 58×38, where they commented it has “a shape reminiscent of a wad of £50 notes folded in half.” The wedge-like hull is an adaptation of a Ramform hull design, reportedly first used by the Norwegian navy in 1993. Like Panthalassa, WHY’s design concept also provides an abundance of natural light throughout the interior thanks to an all-glass house and roof panels that can pivot like Venetian blinds.

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