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influence
WONDER YACHT
Both the exterior and the interior of the
O’Ptasia stand as the exemplary design of
contemporary yachts.
your own company, served as if we had stayed at home,
if not better. Contact with places is certainly a more au-
thentic experienced on board, leaving the usual tourist
channels and tourist traps. The service offered on the
boats always guarantees genuine experiences that can
be in deep contact with local realities thanks to expert
captains who know the destinations well and always "TO CREATE
know how to recommend the best. The combination
of a refined travel environment and a dedicated service SOMETHING NEW AND
certainly create the conditions for being able to better en-
joy every peculiarity of the destinations you are visiting. FUTURISTIC, WE HAVE
What is the difference in the design of a yacht that TO BASE OURSELVES
makes it ecological?
A boat to be properly defined as "ecological" or “sus- ON REALITY AND
tainable” must certainly arise from a dedicated project
to reduce its environmental impact: on the contrary, it is MODIFY IT BY MAKING
difficult to do ecology afterwards, after a boat has been
built and launched. It is therefore a path that comes from CONCEPTUAL LEAPS
afar, right from the genesis of the project, which passes
through the study and research of new technologies and NOT NECESSARILY
ways to experience the boat today. Our contribution
must be authentic and not "screamed", evaluating the EXPLAINABLE - BUT -
cost/effect balance carefully and without preconcep- CERTAINLY PLAUSIBLE!"
tions. For example, the DOM project was born with
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the possibility of having a hybrid propulsion system
that reduces consumption and allows you to navigate
in electric mode for about 50 miles at a speed of 7 knots.
But ecology isn't just in the propulsion: choosing less
polluting construction techniques, recycled materials
or materials that can be easily recycled in the future is
one of the first steps. Even the shipyard can do a lot
by generating electricity useful for construction from
renewable sources or, for example, using hydrogen, on
balance offsetting a consumption of carbon dioxide
equal to 10 years of life of a boat in some cases.
Inspired by the design of the award-winning STAR
WARS model, what is your inspiration for your new
project?
Inspiration is something within us but still triggered
by external factors, such as what we see, what we hear.
For this reason, it can certainly be stimulated by people,
places, images. In the case of the Star Wars project, I was
inspired by the ships of the empire, which are very fasci-
nating and which I love, and also by the modern stealth
warships of the army that are very interesting projects.
I had the opportunity to see one in a sea trial in Fort
Lauderdale during a fishing day with my family. Maybe
that could be the source of inspirations. Who knows! 