Wider Yachts lays the keel of its 72-meter Moonflower in Venice
The new 72-metre vessel is 20 metres longer than the previous flagship of the Marche-based shipyard.
The keel-laying ceremony for the superyacht Moonflower celebrated both the start of construction on the Italian shipyard's largest vessel to date and the opening of its new headquarters in Venice, a new hub dedicated to custom superyacht projects.
The new yacht, which is 20 metres longer than the previous flagship named “Stern” by Wider Yachts, is designed by the Milanese studio Nauta Design and also represents the first full-custom new construction project after the recapitalization of the company which took place last year with Marcello Maggi and W-Fin Sarl.
The project will feature Nauta Design's patented beach club design, called "The Island," which features an expandable aft deck with folding bulwark terraces that connect to create a single, open-plan space. The aft deck will include a teak-bottomed saltwater pool that can be raised and lowered flush with the deck. The steel for the new 72-meter vessel was cut at the Marghera shipyard in Venice.
The exterior of the Moonflower 72 project has been previewed by Wider Yachts as “characterised by a clean and uncluttered design”, with a chamfered hull line amidships and extensive use of glass.
"The Moonflower 72 embodies all the hallmarks of modern, timeless design, onboard liveability, and a seamless connection with the marine environment—a key characteristic of all Nauta designs," said Mario Pedol, co-founder and CEO of Nauta Design. "With Wider, we found the perfect blend of technology and team organization to bring this project to fruition."
Marcello Maggi, president of Wider, said: “We have invested heavily in the renovation of the shipyard in anticipation of orders like this, and thanks to the current management team that has been working together for 30 years, Wider is able to build the Moonflower 72 to the highest levels of quality.”
From the power point of view Moonflower 72 will have, as recently anticipated by the shipyard, a hybrid propulsion system comprising two variable-speed generators of 1.860kW each and a bank of sodium-nickel batteries of approximately 1MW.
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