YACHT TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN AT SEATEC 2007

Yacht design takes centre stage at Seatec 2007, the international exhibition of ship- and yacht-building technology and subcontracts, due in Marina di Carrara from 1st to 3rd February. As well as Project Island, the exhibition of design firms and designers, Seatec 2007 rewards the world of design with the fourth MYDA – Millennium Yacht Design Award – and the conference about “Technological breakthroughs in materials�?.

Seatec 2007, the fifth international exhibition and ship- and yacht-building technology and subcontracting, due in Marina di Carrara from 1st to 3rd February, proves to be, once again, the perfect venue for a factual confrontation of well-established designers as well as being a stepping stone for those beginners who wish to make the most of their creativity in ship and yacht building.

A date not to be missed for design firms and designers working in the marine world, the event has become, since its very beginning, a landmark for the world of design and the most important world-class exhibition in the Mediterranean area in the field of business-to-business fairs.

As well as Project Island, an area in which design firms and designers can showcase their works and meet shipyards managers, Seatec 2007 devotes the opening day to yacht design with the fourth MYDA – Millennium Yacht Design Award – an international yacht design competition, and a conference on “Technological breakthroughs in materials�?.

Promoted and organised by CarraraFiere and sponsored by AS.PRO.NA.DI (Association of Yacht Designers), the MYDA award is given to two sections: new units and new designs.
In the new units section, the award is won by the best boat built and completed in 2006, both sail and motor boats, up to 10 metres, 10 to 16 metres, 16 to 24 metres and over 24 metres, respectively .

The new designs section includes, instead, two awards: one for professional designers, one for beginners. The winning designs must be substantially completed but not built yet.

The award-giving ceremony will be held on Thursday 1st February, during the “MYDA Day�?, in the presence of the jury, composed of authoritative professionals from the marine, academic, design and industrial world.

The designs that have won the fourth MYDA will be exhibited in the “Abitare il Mare�? area, in Hall D, all devoted to yacht design.

After giving the awards and mentions to the winners, the MYDA Day goes on with the conference on “Technological breakthroughs in materials�? a more and more pressing subject for designers and naval engineers. Authoritative professionals from the marine, architectural, design and industrial world are expected to attend the conference.

During Seatec 2006, the MYDA award for New Units was won by Marco Croci for the boat Truc 12 by Crus Yachts of Milan and by Andrea Vallicelli for Comet 41 Sport by Comar of Rome and for ISA 120 by Isa Yachts of Ancona, Massimo Franchini from Franchini shipyard of Mondavio (PU) for Francii 63L, Studio Farr Yacht Design and Studio Lazzarini & Pickering of Rome for the boat Roma 85, Carlo Galeazzi for Baia One by Baia Yachts of Naples, Mauro Micheli for Ego 68 by Riva. Sessa Marine of Cividate al Piano (BG), Zen Yacht of Gioia Tauro and Rodriquez Yachts won special mentions for C 52, Zen 70 and the 38-metre Rodriquez, respectively.
The New Designs section was won by Valentina Zardi and Marco Santi from Camaiore (LU) in the Beginners category for the design of the catamaran Smarthree, while Marco De Antonio and Christian Hoyos of Ingeyacht Design of Barcelona, Spain, won the Professionals category with the maxi sailing boat Camaleon 100. Special mentions went to Mario Biagi Falci of Fasto, Milan, Franz Moscati of La Mar, Rome, as beginners, and to Filippo Biagi, Francesco Marini and Manfredi Conforzi of Studio Guido Lorenzo Spadolini as professionals.

Official regulations and applications for the award can be consulted online at: www.sea-tec.it/eventi/myda.asp.


November 2006

Seatec 2007, the event, now in its fifth year, that takes place within the modern fairgrounds of CarraraFiere, as well as a rich calendar of events and conferences, also offers 20% more exhibition area. The event is the only fair in Italy all focussed on the world of the suppliers of goods and services for the building of yachts and ships of all sizes. It is a unique opportunity for small-size companies and the great marine industry to meet, an opportunity for the companies’ innovative skills and designers’ creativity to meet, a chance of combining cutting-edge technology with contemporary design.