Welcome to the special “20th Anniversary” section of Top Yacht Design. Here we present to you, day by day, the best stories, yachts, characters we have covered in these 20 years of Top Yacht Design, from 2006 to the present day.
Taken from Top Yacht Design no. 2/2015 pp. 76-83.
NOGA, NO-LIMITS SEAFARING
Exterior and interiors merge to the guests of CDM Nauta 90′ Air.
“Bringing the outside world ‘inside’ though large glazed surfaces and creating architectures in which the interior spaces enter into harmonious dialogue with the exterior areas.” This is Mario Pedol’s description of the philosophy behind the Nauta Air explorer yacht range Nauta Yacht created for the Cantiere delle Marche which the latter launched just 18 months after its foundation in 2010.
“It is the concrete manifestation of a passion experienced only by people with a genuinely deep love of the sea” he continues. The Nauta Yachts architectural arrangement and the Cantiere delle Marche’s constructional skills and philosophy, in fact, created a whole new way of living in contact the sea which has now produced the Nauta Air go’ Noga. Built on the platform of the Air 86′, but with its four extra feet dedicated al fresco living spaces, Noga retains the core values and priorities of proper seafaring: a good range, durability, seaworthiness and low fuel consumption.
A series of factors incorporated into a design that, as Mario Pedol explains “dictated the architectural choices as a function of life immersed in nature”. So the sundeck has 72 square metres of space, stretching just under 13 metres in length with sunning spaces aft and two living areas. The first of the latter is in the centre with the dining nook forward. The deck is completed by a well-equipped galley behind the open-air steering position. There are al fresco areas aplenty forward of the deckhouse on the main deck too with a large sun pad plus a cockpit aft which runs into the saloon via one of the large glass door sets used by Nauta Yachts to create a sense of contact between exterior and interior. The saloon itself has a conversation aft followed by a dining area and then the galley on the port side. Last but not least is the bridge with a sofa for guests wanting to watch the skipper at work.
Like all of Noga’s spaces, the main deck has a very contemporary feel that is the result of the creative partnership between Nauta Yachts and the owner, who is an architect himself. Together they clothed the interiors in a variety of colours, textures and woods which create a wonderful feeling of warmth and welcome. These continue on the lower deck where the full-beam owner’s suite is amidships with two twoberths and a VIP forward as well as the crew quarters aft. The ambience is further heightened by the Canaletto walnut used for the furnishings which flank pieces by Minotti, Knoll and JNL as well as other bespoke Italianmade touches. A whole palette of elements in which pale and dark hues are lifted by clever lighting to create an ongoing dialogue between interior and exterior. The result is a visual airiness that brilliantly mirrors Cantiere delle Marche’s name for the series: Nauta Air.
by Emilio Martinelli
