ICE CAT seventytwo
ICE CAT seventytwo
The ICE Yachts shipyard is already well established for being the manufacturer of the largest sailing catamarans built in Italy. The yard just launched the super-technological ICECAT 67 Elssa; which won RINA Green Class and Comfort Class awards. These have certified its structural solidity, low energy and environmental impact, high safety standards, and minimum levels of noise and vibrations. Following the success of Elssa, which demonstrated the potential and capabilities of the Cremonese shipyard, ICE Yachts aims towards a 72-foot super hi-tech catamaran created in collaboration with the design firm of the eclectic Architect Lucio Micheletti.
ICECAT seventytwo, which will also have a 62-foot sister, will be a 100% Made in Italy product. It will be entirely manufactured by the expert craftsmanship of the futuristic ICE Yachts Cremonese shipyard, specifically dedicated to the multihull line. The catamaran will then be launched in the basin of the Cremona port area, from which will descend the great river, Po, to then reach Ravenna for the final fit of the mast.
YACHT FEATURES
Beautiful, Fast, Supersmart and technological
L’IceCat seventytwo rappresenta un deciso passo avanti nel design dei catamarani con spunti dal mondo automotive e nasce dal fortunato incontro tra Ice Yachts e lo studio Micheletti+Partners.
Lo scafo ha linee filanti, molto slanciate, caratterizzate da una pulizia formale quasi minimale e da un’essenzialità pratica al servizio delle massime performances. L’obbiettivo non troppo velato è di ottenere una barca capace di arrivare a oltre 30 nodi di velocità massima!
La ricercata sportività ed ergonomia di ogni angolo permette di racchiudere in una barca dalle caratteristiche di navigazione così eccellenti, i comfort che un multiscafo di oltre 70 piedi deve avere.
La coperta è pulitissima ed essenziale e permette di avere strumentazioni, comandi e manovre lì dove servono, lasciando tanto spazio ad ospiti ed equipaggio.
Il pozzetto, allo stesso livello della dinette, crea una continuità totale tra interno ed esterno,fruibile in qualsiasi condizione e nella massima sicurezza.
Uno degli elementi distintivi che racchiude in sé i valori di praticità e vivibilità a bordo è il bimini, estremamente slanciato e aggettante perché sorretto da due modernissimi montanti ad arco.
L’imbarcazione è alta sull’acqua con tanto volume negli scafi e le carene potenti sono studiate per ridurre al minimo il rischio di ingavonamento.
Parlando di design esterno, le ampie finestrature presenti sulle murate garantiscono una elevatissima luminosità ed un contatto ravvicinato con il mare.
Il layout out interno prevede due accessi per scafo per garantire massima privacy e flessibilità nella vita a bordo. Lo scafo di sinistra consiste in una zona equipaggio a poppa con entrata privata, dove si trova una spaziosa cabina con bagno. La cabina dell’equipaggio è direttamente connessa alla zona cucina, molto ampia e attrezzata al meglio, in modo da cerare una zona operativa separata. Dalla seconda entrata a prua si accede alla cabina ospiti VIP, molto spaziosa con letto matrimoniale e bagno con doccia dedicato.
Nello scafo di dritta, a poppa, si trova la cabina armatoriale con zona letto, una cabina armadio molto ampia e luminosa e una bagno con doccia. A prua invece, sempre con entrata separata, si trova la seconda cabina ospiti con letti a castello e bagno con doccia. La separazione degli spazi interni è stata studiata per dare agli ospiti un esperienza unica a bordo senza compromettere il comfort e la funzionalità.
Velocità a motore oltre 14 nodi di punta
Velocissimo a vela …ecco i famosi trenta
HOW IS IT BUILT?
The hull and the deck are completely built in sandwich composite materials. Quadriaxial carbon fibers impregnated with epoxy resin are employed, applying multistep vacuum infusion techniques. The core of the sandwich is Corecell with different specific weights and thicknesses. ICE Yachts chooses the multistep infusion technique (infusion of the external skin, vacuum bonding of the core, infusion of the internal skin) for the ICECATS because it allows having perfect control of the final piece, with a higher percentage of impregnated resin. This allows having a combination of light weight and best mechanical characteristics. Besides, local reinforcements are made with biaxial and unidirectional carbon fibers and are optimized by fem analysis. Longitudinal and transversal structures and bulkheads are entirely realized with infusion of sandwich materials alongside the core of PVC and external layers of carbon or carbon plus e-glass fibers. The joints between the chainplate on the bowsprit and the shrouds are made in composite and steel.
DIMENSION
LOA 22 m
BOA 9.8 m
MAST AND OTHERS
Full carbon bowsprit
Flush bow net trampoline
Carbon shrouds
Carbon mastwith integrated lighting rod
Carbon boom
APPENDAGES
Low draft
Structural skeg
Electric lifting curved daggerboards (1,2 to 3 meters)
Twin rudders
SAILPLAN
Squaretop mainsail with electric traveller
Selftacking solent and staysail
Code 0 or Gennaker for downwind
DESIGNER:
MICHELETTI+PARTNERS
HOW WAS THE SEVENTYTWO BORN?
When the seventytwo project started, ICE Yachts worked on a brief that was inspired by some previous projects. We wanted to create a new, functional, and fast catamaran.
Naval architecture as a concept should not invent but transform, organize the changes of what is already there and of what precedes. In the multihulls, where the comprehensive volumes of the dinette are compared with the narrower ones of the nearby cabins, the measures of the spaces can never be traced back to a codified abacus. In contrast, they are configured only in the relationship of reciprocity between the individual elements, creating different sets according to the volumes available.
ICE Yachts, as a studio, is extremely convinced that nowadays, it is wise to have the idea of continuously evolving design, which must be shaped around its own demands. Therefore, each project has diverse requirements and characteristics, aiming to find its representation in different contexts. Hence, the “original and creative combinations of the individual elements” are nothing more than a solution born from the necessity of living the boat life in a unique way.
The dinette in the loft offers a welcoming place where to read or have a dialogue, creating a distinct concept of sofas, where drawers and compartments within them can hide glasses and refrigerate bottles. Besides, steering is not reserved to the captain but wants to become a constant relationship with the crew. ICECAT 72 cannot and does not want to be a design concept, but a concept of living.
The cut of the portholes or the glazing on the coachroof are not aesthetic elements but detailed studies of the optical path of the owner inside the boat, sitting at the table, on the sofa, or simply standing.
Our permanent goal is to make the owner part of the design process, embracing the construction progression as a journey where to express his desires, worries, and enigmas.
We love to think of design as part of a broader context, insert it into a more spatial, larger vision, and link it to the owner’s own world. We truly believe that people with different points of view and transversal visions can suggest unexpected combinations and analogies able to conceive a customized product. Our goal is to create a design free of patterns by linking it to a broader vision, bringing it closer to the client’s needs, and adapting it to his present life.
We aim to unhinge the traditional concept that associates the boat with a sea lifestyle. The customers’ preferences have changed, and so have we.
We love to think that the result depends on the quality of the relationships between the partners involved, starting from their passion and willingness to grow together.
As Charles Simic said:
“Inside my empty bottle I was building a lighthouse, while everyone else was making ships.
Lucio Micheletti
