The Explorer 49.5m now ready to be built, was conceived to be true to the three keywords expressed by the Italian commissioner: cruising range, on board comfort and a convivial layout, all this to be kept under 500 GT.
“The owner’s demands were very clear from the very beginning,” says Tommaso Spadolini. “First of all, to have large spaces, with as few differences in level as possible, and to have them covered and protected from the wind, so that the yacht could be enjoyed not just in the summer but mid-season as well. Then, they asked for a lift connecting all the bridges and, finally, for a flying bridge that wasn’t a classic... flying bridge!”
Having to develop an atypical layout to fulfil the owners requests, the designer of world…
