Feadship’s MYS Annual Concept Design Is Build-Ready, And Breathtaking
by Kathleen Turner · ForbesEvery year, Feadship Royal Dutch Shipyards presents a concept design at the Monaco Yacht Show. From September 25-28, 2024, as the shipyard celebrates the 75th diamond anniversary of the brand, Feadship's Studio De Voogt welcomes show guests to view their hospitality stand to learn about "C," a forward-looking design inspired by the cut facets of the world's favorite precious gemstone.
The 75-meter Concept C was so named for carbon, and for its homonym-like relationship to the words Sea and See. Boasting broad expanses of glass, the concept intends to take a cue from diamond gemstones, with a sparkling, dazzling, mesmerizing profile built with top-of-tech style.
Interior Spaces
The center of the yacht, also the center of guest circulation, is described as a light-filled gallery and fluid living space. Subtle transitions between decks engage with mezzanine half-levels, opening the spaces served by a combination of floating stairs and a lift without walls, described as a "flash of brilliance."
A posh beach club with sea-level dining and a partially enclosed lower deck sea lounge offer guests intimate connections to the sea. A pair of hexagonal pools with infinity edges to port and starboard are surrounded by a variety of seating areas. The duplex owner's suite connects to an articulating crow's nest accessed from the private observation deck.
Mechanical And Technological Innovations
According to Feadship, Motor Yacht C is fully researched and readily buildable. C will draw 100 percent of her power needs from fuel cells directly running on methanol with lithium metal batteries. Research has pointed Feadship in the direction of methanol as the best of current technologies, taking an additional step towards decarbonization of yachting activities. Ease of use and higher density were cited as advantages.
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The yacht is expected to deliver a cruise speed of 14 knots with a maximum of 17 knots achieved with the addition of battery power to the DC electrical grid. Two wave-actuated fold-out fins placed on the hull aft of the anchors contribute added power. The fins generate energy through movement that is expected to meet one-third of C's hotel load in one-meter seas.
Borrowing technology from the Breathe concept of the Feadship Savannah, she was the first of her peers to sport hybrid propulsion back in 2015. The updated Breathe system for Feadship's C, engaging hull shape, fully electric propulsion, and inline contra-rotating propellers, predict the yacht to be 30 percent more efficient than the typical 75-meter megayacht with dual shafts, propellers, and rudders. The result equals improved fuel use and less wake.
Lower Deck Operation and Navigation Hub
In an unusual placement, the command center on the lower deck between the crew area and beach club embraces fully digital operation and navigation. The hub boasts top-of-industry situational awareness technology using cameras and data fusion. The unique location puts crew tasks in close proximity to one another, improving communication between engineering and navigation crews. The location also maximizes valuable guest spaces yielding improved owner value with the same gross tonnages.
Previous Monaco Yacht Show Concept Presentations
In 2023, Feadship unveiled its 12th concept yacht, Dunes, from its Studio De Voogt. highlighting passive reduction of energy use, amplified by the use of shading overhangs, along with elimination of teak decks, and a stacked radical propulsion system.
The presentation in 2022 featured Feadship's concept yacht Slice. Designed with a distinctive flow, inside and out, Slice redefined onboard circulation through unique atriums, and a 110 square meter pool deck. The technical area of the yacht was designed to accept low-to-no emission fuels, including biofuel, methanol, ethanol, and hydrogen fuel cell propulsion technologies.
The Monaco Yacht Show Unveiling
Scheduled to debut at the Monaco Yacht Show, Concept C will be well positioned in the hospitality stand of the Feadship brand. Designers Ruud Bakker and Tanno Weeda will accommodate inquiries, explain technologies, and explore designs via the physical model of the yacht and through video animation.