As is typical for the Dutch office, the team, known for their innovative design approaches, also came up with a completely new idea when presenting this design: they realised the concept around a fictitious story and two imaginary brothers, an Australian owner duo, mind you, who are passionate about surfing and are looking for a yacht with which they can travel to the most remote regions of the world together and discover as many unknown surf spots as possible.
Technical details about the concept are nowhere to be found in the description of the concept, which is named after a well-known surf thriller. "We want to use this example to show how we work together with a customer to realise their dreams. The length, layout and styling are of course based exclusively on the customer's wishes; almost anything is possible," explains Vripack designer Pim Dijksman.
"Point Break" was created for a very clear, albeit imaginary, area of use, which resulted in an exceptionally seaworthy concept. "In order to know what the yacht should look like for such a purpose, we started with the planned itinerary," explains the designer. Among other things, the two brothers want to travel via route number seven of the Northwest Passage from California to Maine.
Ice class and a highly efficient drive concept are therefore required. For this area of application, the Vripack designers recommend a diesel-electric drive package that provides propulsion in four different modes. Depending on the desired speed, the captain can utilise battery banks (whisper mode), the main engines, generators or a combination of systems.
Martin Hager
Editor in Chief YACHT
