The Why Yacht

by Team, June 24, 2010

The Why super yacht is a collaboration between Wally Hermès Yachts (WHY) and ridiculously expensive luxury brand Hermès.  When I first came across this on LooksLikeGoodDesign I thought it was a computer generated model.  Well, I did a little digging and boy was I wrong.  Only 150.8 million and the WHY team will build you one.  Complete with a 82 foot swimming pool and a 20 person crew.  The boat has a top speed of 16mph so you’ll have to bring a winch and some rails for the upper deck pool.

DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITY
58 m length (190 feet)
38 m beam (124.6 feet)
2,400 tons displacement
12 guests
20 crew
3,400 m² living areas (36,600 sq. ft)

PERFORMANCE
12 knots cruising speed (13.8 mph)
14 knots maximum speed (16.1 mph)
Constant cruising speed up to Sea Force 4
Long range autonomy 4 Atlantic crossings
Promenade on deck 130 m long x 3 m wide (426.5 ft x 9.8 ft)
Swimming pool with thermo regulated water 25 m long (82 ft)

GREEN ENERGY
900 m² Thermophotovoltaic panels (9,687 sq ft)
2,000 kWh stored energy
Last-generation batteries (LiFePO4)
Renewable energy production 500 kWh/day
Lost thermal energy recovered 1,500 kWh/day
Annual equivalent fuel saving 160,000 liters

WHY DESIGN TEAM
Pierre-Alexis Dumas – Artistic Director, Hermès
Luca Bassani Antivari – President and CEO, Wally
Gabriele Pezzini – Design Director, Hermès
Mauro Sculli with Claudio Cicconetti – Naval Architects
Roar Ramde – Ramform Naval Engineering
Denis Montel – RDAI Interior Architecture