The Ice Yachts shipyard is already well established for being the manufacturer of the largest sailing catamarans built in Italy. The yard just launchedthe super-technological IceCat 67 Elssa, a sailing catthat boasts the RINA Green Class and Comfort Class awards that have certified its structural solidity, low energyand environmental impact, high safety standards and minimum levels of noise and vibrations. Now, Ice Yachts raises the bar further and after the success of Elssa, which demonstrated the potential and capabilities of the Cremonese shipyard, the team points to a 72-foot super hi-tech catamaran createdin 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 made by the expert craftmanship of the futuristic Ice Yachts Cremonese shipyard, specifically dedicated to the multihull line. The cat 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…
ICECAT seventytwo represent a great step forward in the multihull design with inspirations from the automotive world. The project was born from the successful collaboration between Ice Yachts and Micheletti+Partners design studio.
The hull has streamlined and slender lines, characterised by an almost minimal clean liness and practical essentiality at the service of maximum performances. The goal is to obtain a catamaran capable of reaching over 30 knots of max speed.
The refined sportiness and ergonomics of each space on board allow you to enclose in a boat such excellent sailing characteristics, the comforts that a multihull of over 70 feet must have. The deck is very clean and essential to allow instruments and controls to be where they are needed, leaving plenty of space for guests and crew.
The cockpit is at the same level of the dinette to create a seamless connection between interiors and exteriors spaces, usable in any condition in maximum safety.
One of the distinctive elements that embodies the values of practicality and liveability on board is the bimini, extremely slender and supported by two very modern arched pillars.
The boat is high on the water with a lot of volume in the hulls and the powerful hulls are designed to minimize the risk of nose-diving.
Speaking of exterior design, the large glazing of the coachroof guarantee an extremely light interior and create a seamless link with the sea.
The internal layout out has two accesses per hull to ensure maximum privacy and flexibility withlife on board. The portside hull consists of a crew area aft with a private entrance, where there is a spacious cabin with head. The crew cabin is directly connected to the very spacious galley in order to create a separate operating area. From the second entrance forward the VIP cabin can be accessed, featuring a very spacious space with double bed and dedicated head.
In the starboard hull, aft, there is the owner’scabin with sleeping area, a very large and bright walk-in closet and a spacious head. Forward, always with separate entrance, there is the second guest cabin with bunk beds and head. The separation of the interior spaces has been designed to give guests a unique experience on board without compromising on comfort and functionality.
Speed under motor over 14 knots
Really fast under sail …here are the famous 30
HOW IS IT BUILT?
The hull and the deck are completely built in sandwich composite materials. We use quadriaxial carbon fibres impregnated with epoxy resin using multistep vacuum infusion technique. The core of the sandwich is Corecell with different specific weights and thickness. We choose 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 to have a perfect control of the final piece, with the higher percentage of impregnated resin. That means having a combination of light weight and best mechanical characteristics.
Local reinforcements are made with biaxial and unidirectional carbon fibres, and are optimized by fem analysis. Even longitudinal and transversal structures and bulkheads are entirely realized with infusion of sandwich materials. With inner core of PVC and external layers of carbon or carbon + e-glass fibres.
The join between the hull and the shrouds is made in composite and steel, same for the forestay chainplate on the bowsprit.
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
FELCI YACHT DESIGN for water lines