Regardless of what shipyard delivered your yacht or what designer you chose, she represents an extraordinary international collaboration and coordination. Wood from U.S. forests and art from Italian craftspeople adorn one particular Dutch-built yacht, for instance. An American-built yacht we recently visited, meanwhile, has custom French carpeting and mementos from multiple countries, collected over years of cruising. The global nature of the industry is especially on display this time of year, with yachting Christmas greetings from around the world arriving in our office. We thought we’d share some of them with you as well.
From new-build motoryachts to sailing yachts, and from refits of decades-old cruisers to J-Class competitors, Adam Lay Studio handles them all. Although the projects passing through the UK studio are disparate, they all have one thing in common. Every design starts with a hand sketch. So, why shouldn’t the team’s yachting Christmas greetings be any different?
The team at the Dutch shipyard Heesen Yachts strives to turn up the creativity year after year. Although the dark skies in the builder’s current animated greeting might surprise you, the real surprise—a pleasant one—comes at the end.
The sound of a yacht’s horn… the crunch of thick ice against a pristine hull as a yacht tries navigating through it. What on earth could the captain of this animated Oceanco megayacht be thinking? When you see the results, you’ll wonder whether your own captain can do the same.
Countless families around the world welcome the scent of a real tree into their homes this time of year. Perhaps you’re among them, carefully strapping a fresh-cut selection to the roof of your car. Shuttleworth Design, renown for its decades of yacht design, engineering, and naval architecture, has taken the notion up a notch.
What could be better than finding a yacht under the tree? How about a fleet of yachts in the formation of a yacht? The Van Oossanen naval-architecture team is a creative bunch, clearly.