[Y2022]
[L85 m / 278’10"]
[Concept]
2022
Slice
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Length: 85 m / 278’10"
Length
85 m / 278’10"
Year: 2022
Year
2022
Type: CONCEPT
Type
CONCEPT
This is Slice
The designers at Studio De Voogt asked themselves a simple question: how can we get more light into the interior of a yacht? As yachts grow wider and more voluminous, long dim corridors and enclosed spaces become unavoidable, a fact of life. What if there was a way to slice through the top of the superstructure and let light pour down the centre? Not just above an atrium, but everywhere? The questions became the inspiration. Wood, water, light and glass became the palette. The result is Slice, an 85.00-metre concept that could be delivered in 2026, and could start building tomorrow.
Opening a new era for interiors
Studio De Voogt envisioned Slice as a technically advanced envelope that rethinks the yachting lifestyle. A multi-story atrium staircase is a popular idea, but the best part — the open centre that brings a feeling of spaciousness to the yacht's core — is often compromised by a lift. On Slice, a lift can be convenient but out of the way. Staircases port and starboard conceal the structure, allowing the unique three-level living expanse and its opening terraces amidships to be the destination. The floor area on the main deck atrium is an astonishing 70 square metres, with the ceiling soaring 8.50 metres overhead. The flow from the 110-square-metre pool deck, past the dining area, and through this space to the guest suites forward will be unlike anything ever experienced on a yacht before.
Windows to the world
Rather than constrain exterior lines with bands of windows or a staggering series of portlights, Slice presents a clean, knife-like profile. Her flush window openings are disguised by a special exterior masking film that allows them to vanish into the exterior — except where they are used to make a statement at the starboard entrance and interior centre of vertical circulation. Slice works on all planes: even the Jacuzzi pool on the forward owners' deck features a glass bottom that cascades light to the deck below.
When in doubt, cut it out
Folding terraces at water level are complicated to make and maintain. In the up position they turn a beach club into a cave. Why not open the space permanently, expanding both the views and the lifestyle options? What if instead of repeating the aft seating areas on lower and main deck, the pool deck has a cathedral ceiling and a mezzanine deck — or is it a DJ balcony — that becomes the main deck entrance? Slice poses these questions and answers them with a boldness that challenges the entire yacht design zeitgeist.
Specifications
Specifications
Name
Slice
Year
2022
Length
85m / 278′10″
Beam
14.00m / 45′11″
Draught
4.10m / 13′5″
Fuel capacity
270,000 Litres
Cruising Speed Range
5000 NM
Speed
11 Knots
Design
Naval architect
De Voogt Naval Architects
Exterior design
Studio De Voogt
Interior design
Studio De Voogt
Propulsion
Propulsion
2x azimuthing pods 2,000 kW each; 4x dual-fuel variable-speed generators
Batteries
1.3 MWh battery bank
Everything in its place
Why should the stairways get the best views? Exterior staircases hugging the side of the decks prevent guests from reaching the rail and force crew to dance around them with lines and fenders. The motion is also less on centreline, which is precisely where Slice locates the stairs for decks above main. The opening around them creates a natural atrium effect, bringing light to the decks below and giving guests unobstructed access to the rail from every angle.
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Carve out a new approach
Among the most intensely designed spaces on a yacht are the alfresco living areas at the stern, sheltered from the wind at sea but entirely exposed to passers-by in port. What if Slice could moor bow in, just like a weekend runabout? Her high covered bow, raised to house a garage for tenders, provides plenty of room for a retracting passerelle. A section of the black-painted stem hinges open, and embarking guests disappear into the secure privacy of the main deck corridor, now more than 85 metres from the quayside, the aft living areas are back to being the stuff of dreams.
Parting the seas
Even at its lower deck position, the enormous centreline pool could be sensitive to sloshing. The solution is now so integral to the stern design it is hard to tell what came first, the pool walkway or the stunning entry arch. Both crafted in wood, the design evokes a medieval drawbridge that in its lowered position spans the pool. The underside of the walkway is specifically designed to dampen the movement of water, a technology patented as ContraWave™ and available for all future Feadships.
Flexible by nature
Everything about Slice looks towards a new paradigm for owners who bring a young lifestyle and a determination to reduce their environmental footprint. The propulsion system comprises four dual-fuel variable-speed generators running on either methanol with HVO pilot fuel, or HVO alone, building on the DC electrical power grid Feadship pioneered on Savannah. At full throttle, Slice will reach 16 knots; at 11 knots, the anticipated range is 5,000 NM. Batteries allow for peak shaving across all operational modes and silent cruising in combination with an optional 600 kW fuel cell system.
“Anyone can express a radical new concept on a sheet of paper. The difference with Feadship's concepts is that they are based on sound engineering and proven technology. Construction could literally start tomorrow.”
STUDIO DE VOOGT
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