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chaises longues. This long and wide surface is designed to be on one level, with no large steps, no bulky superstructures, no obstacles to move around, and without affecting the generous volumes of the interior below.’


is more often out of the water. On a moderate-displacement clean transom hull shape we don’t want to be dragging a second rudder through the water most of the time, which in fact provides less control, not more. The single rudder does a great job.’


For its part Nauta did what it does best. ‘Our design philosophy is based on clean lines and smooth, uninterrupted flow between interior and exterior,’ says Pedol. ‘The main inspirations that drove Nauta’s work in the A80 design were comfort, elegance and allure combined with functionality and efficiency.’


In keeping with the semi-custom nature of the A80, Nauta worked with the Advanced Yachts design team to offer three interior layouts. ‘The first hull, Apsaras, has the owner’s suite aft,’ he explains. ‘It’s a full-beam cabin with two ensuite bathrooms, a king-sized double island berth and two side sofas or single beds. Two midships twin guest cabins with ensuite bathrooms complete the sleeping quarters. Amidships is the full-beam saloon with a large dining table to port and a huge sofa to starboard – something that has never been seen before on an 80ft performance sailing yacht. The


The raised saloon


contributes to the Advanced 80’s distinct Nauta


signature with the emphasis on combining very light


spaces below with a clean and modern external


profile above deck. The interior


‘skylights’ are a particularly attractive feature that will no doubt soon be


reproduced elsewhere…


galley is just forward and to port of that, with a crew mess to starboard and crew quarters, two ensuite Pullman cabins, are in the bow. We also developed a simple, innovative system to divide the owner’s suite into two smaller cabins. ‘The second layout has the owner’s suite forward, which features a large walk-in closet. There are two versions of this layout. The first is more traditional, with galley, chart table and two Pullman crew cabins aft. The second shows an American-style open space galley amidships, close to the saloon. Two guest cabins and one Pullman crew cabin are aft. Advanced Yachts also offer every owner further options for customisation, in the choice of timbers, the type of furnishings and fabrics, and other details. Every Advanced Yacht is uniquely special.’ Nauta’s designs always aim to minimise the separation between interior and exterior. ‘The saloon is as close as possible to the cockpit to create a seamless connection between outside and inside. The transparent glass companionway features another glass side section to increase further the feeling of flow between inside and out.’ On deck a sprayhood has been recessed into the coachroof to protect crew in the forward cockpit in wet or rough weather. Otherwise the design works to create living spaces that are defined, but not separated. ‘The very large cockpit features three different social spaces for owner and guests: forward is the wide dining area with two sofas and two extendable tables, there’s a relaxing area close to the sail-handling space and a sunbathing area on the stern, facing aft, equipped with removable


The skipper has twin wheels positioned well outboard for optimum visibility forwards and elegant low-profile coamings keep out any water on the sidedecks. The powered mainsheet winch is on a centreline pod just aft of the traveller, recessed into the deck. There are powered primaries on the coamings just forward of the wheels, and two powered halyard winches either side of the mast. This keeps lines in the aft cockpit to the bare minimum and creates a relaxing and family-friendly line-free area in the forward cockpit. She’s driven by a three-spreader fractional rig by Hall Spars with a V-boom for her slab reefing, hydraulically adjusted split backstay and hydraulic vang. The non-overlapping jib has an electric furler recessed below the deck and downwind sails are flown from a sturdy fixed bowsprit that also incorporates the anchor roller. In delivering the build structural engineers Gurit also needed to avoid extremes. They had to specify a boat that would be both lightweight and stiff enough to offer exciting performance, solid and reliable enough to emerge unscathed from oceanic storms, and offer the high-quality finish, comfortable ride and luxury that owners of the A80 expect. For the A80’s hull and deck the choice was foam-cored GRP with additional GRP and unidirectional carbon-fibre reinforcement in areas of the highest load and greatest stress. The vacuum-infusion of epoxy resins was carefully controlled by the yard to ensure full impregnation, while keeping down the weight. ‘Hull and deck are built in CNC-machined female moulds, and the result is a very light hull with a perfect surface finish,’ adds Pedol. ‘This process guarantees optimised stiffness for the best performance, strength and durability.’ Now that the blue water credentials of the Advanced 80 have been conclusively proved (and then some), what are the plans? ‘The second build is almost completed and her launch is planned for summer 2018,’ Pedol concludes. ‘We look forward to seeing a big family of Advanced 80s in the water in the next few years, as this is a fantastic project that we loved designing!’. www.advancedyachts.it


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