Let us immediately be clear on one thing: every reference to projects seen over the last year ... is not at all casual! In fact, the "WHY" concept which was duly presented by Luca Bassani on occasion of the last Monaco Yacht Show, was indeed our starting point. It gave us, Superyacht's editorial offi ce together with technical specialists, architects, designers and engineers who regularly work with our magazine, the excuse to look ahead. That rather different, strange project - which doesn't appear to have found any buyers unfortunately - instead supplied us with a starting point. A decidedly strange model in shape, but that we found very stimulating for its contents as many others before it. Contents that seem distant enough from what the large leisure yacht market has offered thus far, but constituting excellent 'food for thought' as to what is to come, as to what tomorrow's ships may look like in respect of the scenarios that today's every day life is pressing upon us. So what is tomorrow's superyacht going to be like? Will owners really be captivated by Bassani's ship/island concept? And what about the technology, the kind that is going to be called upon to limit energetic waste so as to live life on board and make the yacht sail forth, what are realistically going to be the applicable solutions in the coming years, in terms of cost and effi ciency? We are not so presumptuous as to think we can foresee future designs and scenarios, but we do feel qualifi ed to analyse what is the state of the art in terms of technology and technique in the nautical and naval world. Thus, with our experts' help, we have toyed with our idea of a project not at all futuristic but to the contrary workable immediately, whose purpose is going to be to expand upon the ship/island concept put forward by WHY which we appreciated a great deal and consider already in itself highly innovative, not only applicable to 60 metre yachts but also to smaller or even bigger boats. Our "WHY NOT" contribution which you will fi nd partly in this issue and in the next, is an articulate study developed in a well structured collective manner, just as happens with real projects, where each of the fundamental aspects composing it was determined on the basis of what may be used on board a vessel today, ranging from water lines to propulsion units, from energy generating systems to 'liveable' spaces and design.