2020 Boat international design challenge winner

13 April 2020

"When the Royal Yacht Britannia was decommissioned in 1997 as a cost-cutting measure, not everyone was ready to say farewell. Plans for a new royal yacht have been drawn up by British design studios Bannenberg & Rowell and Winch Design, to no avail. The matter was brought back into the imagination at the end of last year, when it was reported that Sir Donald Gosling had left £50 million for the cause in his will. For the 2020 Design Challenge, BOAT International tasked a room of superyachting specialists to design an eco-conscious vessel to host elite gatherings, conduct state visits and represent the UK as a floating embassy."

 

The winning design was a 140-metre superyacht called Project Albion by a team comprising Steve Gresham, Fiona Diamond, Mike Fisher, Mike Brandt, Jarkko Jämsén and James Kandutsch.

 

Read the full story in the May issue of Boat International or click here