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Text and photos by Corradino Corbò
From Superyacht 21
Summer 2009
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C.BOAT 27-82 ARIA
A displacing steel yacht designed as a five star hotel but built for
work. Charter or strictly private use? Totally personalised custom
fittings will tip the scales in either direction.
Only a few companies in the boating business may consider themselves
as being quite as marketing oriented as Mauro Corvisieri's C.Boat.
After ten years at the helm of one of the most popular charter
companies, boasting a fleet of over 25 yachts and 7 aeroplanes, the
young manager from Palermo has decided to build a line of large cabin
yachts conceived and designed to satisfy the specific requirements of
his wealthy customers.
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TECHNICAL DATA
Design: Mauro Mortola (Engineer), Mauro Corvisieri (Concept)
LOA: 27.30 m
Beam: 7.50 m
Draught: 1.60 m
Dry Displacement: 128t
Passenger cabins: n. 1 owner suite, n. 2 double staterooms, n. 2 doubles
Crew Cabins: n. 2
Engines: Caterpillar C-8 2x875 hp
Top Speed: 14 Knots
Cruising speed: 10 Knots
Fuel capacity: 16,000 litres
Water capacity: 3,000 litres
Generators: n. 2 Napro Yanmar, 40 KW 380 V
Building Class EC: A
For further information: C.Boat, via Ammiraglio Rizzo, 17;
90142 Palermo (PA), Italy; phone +39-091-6372604; website www.cboat.it; e-mail info@cboat.it.
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They tend to be professional people who have
little to do with the sea and whose main requests only boil down to
two things: to feel perfectly comfortable and protected by a type of
'vehicle' they really don't know much about and to be able to do so in
the comfort and surroundings of the five star hotels they are
accustomed to.
Corvisieri's answer is indeed before us: the C-Boat 27 82 is to be the
first unit out of the new yard that is to set the conceptual design
upon which the whole line is to be developed, represented by four
different models reaching lengths of up to 35 metres. As far as safety
is concerned the 27 82 appears to enhance all those technical
specifications that would belie an accent on "work boat". A quick
glance at the building specs. makes it quite clear that it is not just
a question of 'labels', after all, the 8 millimetre steel thickness
of the hull and the 50 centimetre intervals of the main structure's
ribbing should be proof enough. In as far as the living spaces are
concerned, it really should suffice to take a stroll through the areas
to notice that there are very few, if not none at all, of those
'discomforts' usually attributed to yachting, that, even on some
superyachts, may cause one to wish for the plush feel of home. Hence
the cabins, and not only the owner's master stateroom with its 25
square metres, all resemble 'real' bedrooms for both shape and size.
The passage way serving them, certainly appears as a complete waste of
space to the trained eye. However, if the areas below most radically
distinguish themselves from those of its peers, the main deck is not
altogether lacking points of interest. Here, the same idea of
geometrical design seen on the lower level, is greatly enriched by
streaming light which enhances the minimalist décor and rather
emphasizes the existing chromatic differences of the 'essences' used.
Thanks to this, the black wooden flooring becomes the real protagonist
of the large saloon where we would like to imagine, perhaps because of
the vague hint of eastern landsacapes, simple but outstanding Ikebana
compositions prepared by expert hands. The dining area slightly beyond
amidships, corresponds precisely with the galley: undoubtedly an area
of professional imprinting but elegant enough to merit sight through
twin sliding doors. The bridge, located all the way forward, is made
to look quite spectacular thanks to the sloping window panels which,
aside from providing excellent visibility to the three sides, provide
it with special natural light. It is important to stress that such
original fitting out is no more than an idea, a suggestion, a
possibility: indeed any non structural body is to be considered
modifiable or even entirely re-designable. Even the Fly bridge is open
to alternatives, in our view, it should remain exactly as it is,
especially in the forward area hosting the helm/control station. We
particularly appreciated the fact that despite a spacious dinette
being set forward of the pilot station, vision of the bow is not all
impeded. In our opinion there is great coherence between what we saw
moored up and what we experienced under way. A comfortable and
somewhat lulling displacing progress, in the sort of silence that
ensures that conviviality on board may begin on departure rather than
necessarily on arrival. Hence those 10-11 knots of cruising speed
provided by the rather economical engines (two Caterpillars each of
875 HP), loose any attribute of slowness and gain that of acquired
pleasurable calm. Slow-cruise, a bit like Slow-food, if you will.
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