Design
Elbows out W
hen she launches this spring, the new Arcona 50 will be the perfect flagship for the Swedish builder.
The company’s quiet confidence stems from their approach to the design and build of a range of high quality, good looking cruisers that deliver far more performance than the modern yet modest looks suggest. Their style of production also sits well with the location of their yard which itself has a long-held reputation for producing some of the world’s strongest and most respected brands. But make no mistake, confident they may be, but the 50 is still a big deal for Arcona Yachts. The 50ft market has become extremely
competitive thanks in part to the ease with which large boats can be handled shorthanded with sophisticated modern hardware and systems. The scaling effect also plays a part in providing more volume to create ever more elaborate and enticing interiors. The same is true with exterior styling where boats of this size have a natural advantage and can adopt and reflect modern trends in performance hull shapes with ease.
But size alone doesn’t necessarily
make these features desirable. Arcona Yachts are as keen as the next
yard to take full advantage of the benefits that modern design and technology may offer, but the company is also completely focussed on ensuring that its new models don’t stray from the characteristics that have built their strong reputation for understated performance cruisers. To this end it is frequently the aspects that don’t stand out at first glance that have helped to create and sustain the cult following among Arcona enthusiasts. And in that sense, the new 50 is expected to be a perfect fit. Her hull shape gives the first clues.
The Swedish Arcona yard invested heavily in design and development and have been fastidious in the execution to ensure that they enter the busy 50-footer market right at the very top
forward as well as a spacious dinghy garage accessed via the opening transom. The option for a fixed carbon bowsprit is
‘We believe that all our boats have to pass two key tests’
another example of a detail that has been carefully thought through. The benefits need little explanation when it comes to the ease of flying asymmetric spinnakers and furling code sails, as well as the convenience when it comes to anchoring. But this is an option that weighs the same as the standard and conventional stainless steel anchor roller unit.
Continuing the theme, the option for
She has a plumb bow, beamy sections aft and chines, but they’re soft chines, well radiused and modest. Their position and proportions are set to match the distribution of buoyancy forwards which in turn ensures that the 50 is well balanced on the helm, especially when heeled. Additional volume both fore and aft has provided a more spacious owner’s cabin
a carbon mast and boom along with a variety of sheeting arrangements for the main and jib may look like features that simply emulate modern performance boat trends, but the thinking behind each of them has been considerable. ‘We’ve stopped talking about the
navigation station and tend to refer to this area as the workstation,’ says designer Niels Jeppesen. ‘The Arcona 50 will be a highly versatile boat, but the common denominator and biggest fundamental factor is weight.’
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