Best New Production Yacht Design, Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2019

Joint Winners

The following yachts were joint winners of the Best New Production Yacht Design in 2019 at the Boat International Design & Innovation Awards.

Custom Line 120 - Joint Winner of 2019 Best New Production Yacht Design

Custom Line

Custom Line 120

Exterior Design by: Francesco Paszkowski Design

Naval Architecture by: Ferretti Group Engineering Department

Custom Line

Never Blue

Custom Line 120

Exterior Design by: Francesco Paszkowski Design

Naval Architecture by: Advanced Yacht Technology

Presented to the best new series yacht, this category honours innovation, aesthetics, R&D and potential commercial appeal. Ferretti Group tapped Francesco Paszkowski and Margherita Casprini to work with its Strategic Product Committee and engineers for a new flagship – the Custom Line 120 – focused on removing boundaries between interior and exterior. With styling cues from the automotive sector, the profile has a sleek, powerful look from single long window lines and a deeply notched bulwark. Ferretti Group innovated a glass aft bulkhead for the main saloon that either slides open like a regular door or lifts in one piece, storing in the aft deck overhead, totally opening the main deck from stern rail to the owner’s suite door. The vessel hits the performance mark as well, with a 25 knots top-end speed and 1,150nm range at 11 knots. Competitively priced among its peers, orders for sister ships were received in the model’s first season.

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