Design


Pure Yachts is based in a former tanker shipyard in a prime location on the Kieler Forde, the epicentre of German sailing The hull and deck are insulated down


pinhead main on an aluminium mast is standard). As well as the performance option, there’s an off-grid package with solar, hydrogeneration and double battery bank, and a liveaboard package with dishwasher and washing machine. The prototype interior features light oak


veneers on laminate-sandwiched 80kg/m³ foamcores of 12, 22 and 42mmwith


700kg/m³ foammilled in where fittings attach. Foamcan be used because the interior doesn’t need to be structural. ‘It’s strong enough that you could rig and sail it without an interior,’ adds Pure Yachts’ commsman Jan von der Bank. ‘Of course the customer can always choose between a wide range of woods, furniture surfaces and fabrics,’ he says.


to the waterline with one layer of 25mm Armaflex, sandwiched in PVC for protection, which is 10 times more effective than rockwool. All seacocks are above the waterline on welded pipes, all tanks vent into the keel box rather than the topsides and all deck fittings are insulated from the hull and accessible


The old shipyard has been extensively upgraded with state-of-the-art facilities. Note the all-glass walls, 5-axis milling machine and frame for visualising interior design configurations. The red floor grid is a hydraulic ‘dry pool’, used instead of scaffolding


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JVDB/PURE YACHTS


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