SUPERYACHT #513
January 2005
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Lino Pastorelli
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BAGLIETTO OPEN "ASTARTE"
Style, which synthesises the essence of a trademark in a hull, may
be defined as the overall grouping of aesthetic, design and
innovation messages set in harmony by the designers' talent and
skilfully implemented by the yard's know-how. This great blue and
silver blade, which cuts through the waves at 40 knots with the
"merciless" grace of a razor, declares its origins immediately:
Italy, Liguria, in a word Baglietto. For the historic yard, which
incidentally celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, Francesco
Paszkowski has designed a splendid sea coupe in which his personal
stylistic interpretation is coupled with the modern technological
function of the machine. The design also has the merit of being a
natural evolution of the many superyachts which this Tuscan
designer has created for the Varazze yard. The quick-works also
display evolved forms specially designed, by the engineer Alcide
Sculati, to offer maximum efficiency precisely with the jet
configuration adopted which uses KaMeWa pumps coupled with
powerful MTU engines of an overall 5.550 HP.
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TECHNICAL DATA
LOA: 31.92 metres
Beam: 7.00 metres
Draft: 1.15 metres
Light displacement: 83 t
Load displacement: 91 t
Engines: 2 x MTU 12V 4000 M90 (2775 HP each)
Waterjet: 2 x KAMEWA 63 S II
Fuel: 10.000 litres + 5000 extra
Water: 2000 litres
Maximum speed: 40 knots
Cruising speed: 35 knots
Certification: Maltese Cross 100-A.1.1 "Y"
For further information: Baglietto: Viale San Bartolomeo 414; 19138 La Spezia; tel. +39
0187 59831; fax +39 0187 564765; website www.baglietto.com; e-mail: baglietto@baglietto.com
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A Mediterranean open like this - let's define it as such though it
is equipped with a hard top - is considerably evolved in
comparison with its predecessors of twenty or thirty years ago
when it was still permissible for a status symbol to be
uncomfortable. Now the opens are actual yachts and the owner's
requirements of speed, elegance, functionality and absence of
noise and vibrations are combined, by architects and engineers,
with other absolute plusses such as lightness of materials and the
search for new advanced construction technologies, while never
losing sight of the qualitative level. "Astarte", a modern myth
with the name of an ancient one, is aesthetically uncompromising:
the lines flow uninterruptedly from bow to stern. Obviously there
is an anchoring system - indeed there are two - but everything is
suitably concealed, like the tender, invisible in a garage below
decks. The main deck is only formally divided into interior and
exterior: in fact the four glass doors between saloon and cockpit
can be closed to separate what is actually a single large living
space which proceeds from the dining and conversation area to the
sundeck outside. A sensation of continuity indubitably embellished
by a top which is actually a bright cupola in filtering glass
panels that can be opened, giving an undeniable airiness to the
interior, while the air conditioning system - defined as
"tropical" - maintains temperatures even under the most burning
sun. On this type of vessel every layout is customised: the only
things that cannot be touched are the structural bulwarks of the
engine room and the watertight compartment in the bow. So
operating on the remaining volumes Francesco Paszkowski and the
owner's architect, M.me Chopard, created spaces and furnishings in
which a fairly traditional setting is coupled with modern and
simple lines and quite cool, neutral tones. The same sober teak of
the cockpit is used for the sole of the saloon, contrasting with
the dark shades of wenge and the bright fabrics of the sofas. The
light areas of the furnishings below deck are decorated in pickled
oak, with subtle fretwork and with a thin maple fillet around the
perimeters. In the night zone on the lower deck the owner's suite
is located forward, with office and wardrobe in the antechamber.
The cabin runs the entire width of the ship and includes a large
bathroom. The other two cabins, guest and VIP, are done in the
same materials and nuances of colour. Both have twin beds,
ceilings in cream leather, wash-hand basins in Lens stone, light
coloured fitted carpeting and "ethno" panels screening the ports.
In a barycentric position with regard to the cabins is the galley
with dinette for the crew or for informal meals. It is fully
equipped with dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, a ceramic
hotplate, two ovens and made to measure fridges, plus everything
else that may be needed on a cruise. In order to rationalise the
spaces and ensure maximum privacy the design has envisaged access
from here to the captain's and crew's cabins and to the engine
room. Needless to say that the latter is an outstanding example of
functionality where two 2775 HP MTU engines reign, capable of
expressing their power 24 hours a day. The bridge, amidships, has
a somewhat spatial aspect. The Baglietto family of the 20's would
certainly have been proud of it, champions as they were of any
innovation borrowed from aeronautics that might serve to make
their boats lighter and faster! In fact the bridge equipment is in
accordance with GMDSS standards for pleasure craft, absolutely
complete: radar, various GPS interfaced with touch-screen video
systems, control video-cameras, VHF, SSB, autopilot, compass and
all the instruments and controls for waterjet engines. The course
may be changed using either the helm or the hand-levers, but also
by means of a small joystick which, in our opinion, is highly
useful especially during manoeuvres since the vessel responds to
the slightest impulse, practically moving in any direction with an
almost disarming simplicity. Under way this enormous motorboat
sails and changes course in maximum comfort at all working speeds
from the planing minimum (19 - 20 knots) to the maximum of 40
knots, disproving the conviction that jets must sail well only at
high speeds. The yard, taken over a few months ago by the Camuzzi
group, now has another important challenge to face: an even larger
open - a 115 footer - again in aluminium but with surface screw
transmission.
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