As pArt of its commitment to roll out five new models, HArgrAve

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As part of its commitment to roll out
five new models, Hargrave unveils a
performance 114—a yacht that has
proven itself irresistible.
Ever mindful of protecting his clients’ privacy,
Mike Joyce, Hargrave Custom Yachts chairman/CEO,
never introduced me to the man in the yacht’s pilothouse during the new Hargrave 114’s sea trial. The
man stared intently at the waves ahead, never wavering in his focus, even when the Hargrave captain
exited Port Everglades Inlet in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, and turned into the white-capped Atlantic,
taking six-foot seas on the beam in a 17-knot breeze.
The captain ran the yacht back and forth along a
mile-long course, throttling up slowly through the
rpm band until he reached a top end speed for the
twin 1,900-hp Caterpillar C32 ACERTS of over 24
knots at 2,300 rpm. With her Naiad stabilizers on
their normal setting, the yacht powered smoothly
through the swells with a great feeling of buoyancy
and without any of the pounding you might expect
in these conditions.
At the end of the sea trial, the man turned to me
and said, “I think I’ll keep her.”
It turned out he was the yacht’s owner, Dick Rowe,
chairman and founder of Indmar Marine Engines,
America’s largest inboard gasoline engine builder.
Rowe, a highly experienced yacht owner who built
the 93-foot Hargrave Cockpit Raised Pilot House Motor
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Yacht Donna Marie six years ago (she will be offered
for sale in February, following a full refit), was
extremely involved in the 114’s design. Its hullform
was designed by Jack W. Sarin, the noted Pacific Northwest naval architect whose firm has participated in
the design and construction of more than 400 vessels
up to 180 feet. Rowe himself had suggested Hargrave
use Jack Sarin as the project’s naval architect.
“It must be remembered that this company is a
continuation of a series of hull designs from the
board of the renowned Jack Hargrave and to introduce a new naval architect into the equation could
be considered a radical departure from past
successes,” says Sarin. “From my standpoint, I felt
privileged to have been selected to contribute designs
to a builder whose banner carries the name of a
legendary designer whom I had met many years ago
in the early stages of my career.”
In addition to designing an oceangoing hull
capable of speeds in the mid-20-knot range when
powered by the new 1,900-hp Cats, Sarin’s goal for
the project was to create a flexible hullform that
could be used for a new series of Hargrave performance yachts from 100 to 125 feet with a maximum
beam of 25 feet.
“We don’t look for a cube inside the boat, we look
for low drag,” says Rowe, who added that he and
Sarin think alike about hullform. “The [114’s] hull is
shaped like a destroyer, with a sharp entry, then gets
to the total [24-foot] width, then tapers to the
transom. You get rid of the parasitic drag.”
Sarin adds, "This series has a finer entry than
previous Hargrave hulls, with moderate deadrise and
rounded bilges aft of amidships becoming a hard
chine and spray knocker forward. These features,
when properly loaded, result in a hull that is easily
driven and drier when performing in a head sea,
even in the mid 20-knot range. Included in the hull
design are propeller tunnels (‘pockets’), which have
been optimized for shape and entrance and exit
angles through years of comparative tank testing.”
“I don’t know how anyone could not be impressed
with what we saw today,” Rowe said after the sea
trial. “The boat ran effortlessly in sloppy six-foot seas
at twenty knots; I mean it just confirmed everything
I was expecting when we picked Jack Sarin to design
the hull platform…. I said to my captain at one point
that I thought I was back on my Bertram, it was that
responsive.” With this boat, he added, you wouldn’t
need to wait for calm weather to leave the dock,
“you’d just untie the lines and go.”
The new Hargrave 114’s performance is due not
only to Sarin’s hullform, but also to the strict weight
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control regime Hargrave imposed during construction. This composite yacht is fully cored with Divinycell inside and out—hull bottom and sides, decks,
superstructure and bulkheads. The cabinetry was
built utilizing Lite Ply, a light yet strong and durable
marine-grade plywood. In a departure from
Hargrave’s usual construction techniques, the yacht’s
superstructure was laid up in a female mold, rather
than on a male mold, which helped the builder
control the process better.
“We were pleasantly surprised that the resulting
full-load displacement came in roughly within three
percent of the original prediction, which means that
the yard did an excellent job of weight control
throughout the build,” Sarin says.
“To give you a comparison, the one hundred fourteen-foot Hargrave Sea Legend weighed in at one
hundred fifty-two tons on a twenty-three-foot beam
hull, while the new 114 on the twenty-four-footbeam Sarin hull platform came in at one hundred
twenty-seven tons with full fuel and full water,
saving over forty thousand pounds of weight,” says
Mike Joyce, though he pointed out that Sea Legend,
powered by 1,400-hp Cats, was built for range and
comfort rather than speed.
“There’s no secret to speed in this business,” Joyce
sums up. “You need to start with a great hull shape,
then you need to get the weight out, and finally you
need to jack up the horsepower.”
Even with the big, 1,900-hp Cats in the engine
room, however, Rowe was impressed by his new
yacht’s fuel economy during the sea trial. “Burning
seventy gallons per hour [per engine] at 2,200 rpm
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is amazing,” he says. “This boat was running three
knots faster than my ninety-three-foot Hargrave and
burning way less fuel at the same rpm.”
At a 20-knot cruise speed at 2,000 rpm, fuel use
drops to 59.3 GPH a side, according to Hargrave’s
preliminary fuel burn report. And at a conservative
10.3 knots at 1,000 rpm, fuel use is just 15.6 GPH for
both engines combined, giving the new 114 transatlantic range of more than 2,900 nautical miles.
But range, handling and performance were not
all Dick Rowe wanted from his new Donna Marie II.
He also specified a fishing cockpit like the one in his
93-foot Hargrave (only the new yacht’s is six feet
deep). The cockpit lets Rowe and his guests throw
out a line and troll for dinner behind the yacht while
she’s underway. He’s also been known to keep lobsters
in the built-in livewell.
Donna Marie II’s luxurious yet understated interior design is the result of a yearlong collaboration
between Rowe, his daughter and Shelley DiCondina of Yacht Interiors by Shelley in Fort Lauderdale, the creative talent behind most Hargrave
interiors. She described Donna Marie II’s décor
theme as classical transitional.
“[The owners] wanted fresh, stylish furnishings
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Satin-finish cherry cabinetry with traditional elements is offset
by contemporary furnishings and fabrics. The country kitchen,
finished in exquisite stonework, supports the family feel
the owner desired (right).
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without leaving all of the traditional detail they love
and are used to,” DiCondina says. “The result is a yacht
with traditional cabinetry elements and crown
molding in combination with fresh, current furniture
designs and fabric selections.” A neutral background
color scheme lets the contemporary furnishings and
artwork pop. The interior design also is characterized
by rich textures, particularly in the custom floor
coverings, and beautifully installed stonework. The
joinery throughout the yacht is book-matched cherry
with pomele sapele accents. A detail-oriented owner,
Rowe chose satin finish for the wood because it will
be easier to keep clean than high-gloss.
Like most Hargraves, the 114 has a large country
kitchen-style galley with an island food-prep station
and a roomy dinette. “A large number of owners
like to cook for themselves,” DiCondina says. “It also
is fashionable for entertaining—it’s like having your
own celebrity chef on board. They love watching
the chef cook.” Rowe enjoys the informal country
kitchen layout because, he says, “We have a family
atmosphere on board.”
Thanks to masterful space planning, the 114 has
not one but four king berths—one in every stateroom
on board. They are true kings, Joyce points out: “You
can buy king sheets at the store and they will fit.” The
decision to install all kings instead of queens or twins
was made to give each stateroom equal status, he
says. “Today, most of the guests on board are highstatus people, and you just can’t put them in a cabin
with twins anymore.” Having four equivalent staterooms is also good for charter.
There are differences between the staterooms, of
course. The VIP is down in the bow, forward of the
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galley, where it benefits from exceptionally high
headroom (more than seven feet). While this is a
beautiful suite filled with elegant details such as a
backlit art mirror in the bathroom, its location may
lead owners who consider their crew to be part of
the family to assign it to the captain instead of guests.
The lower deck guest accommodations comprise
two mirror-image king suites and a full-beam master,
aft. The master has a his-and-hers bath with a central
oversized shower. There are also two walk-in cedar
closets; hers has an enviable set of shoe racks. The
portholes open, a welcome detail overlooked by many
builders who don’t actually cruise in their creations.
Storage space is maximized throughout all the staterooms, especially in built-in bureaus and drawers
beneath the berths.
The public spaces on the 114 are like those on
other Hargraves—nicely laid out for entertaining on
every scale from intimate to grand. The flybridge
seems especially large for a yacht of this size, encompassing a fully equipped upper helm, bar, grill, dining
area, sunlounger seating (with clever adjustable
backrests) and Jacuzzi.
The workspaces are dedicated to making the crew’s
lives easier. Of particular note is the A/V cabinet—
room, actually—just forward of the salon to port.
Fully air conditioned and vented, it has more than
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The four-stateroom layout allows space for all guest rooms to
incorporate king-size berths, giving each guest equal status. The
master suite (top right) takes advantage of the full 24-foot beam
and includes enviable his and hers en suites and closets.
With this boat, you wouldn’t need to wait
for calm weather to leave the dock, “you’d
just untie the lines and go.” – Owner Dick Rowe
enough space to hold the back end of today’s entertainment systems
and expand in the future. The crew quarters are finished to nearly
the same standard as the guest accommodations. There are three
separate cabins, so depending on how many crew the owner cruises
with, some members may enjoy the luxury of sleeping alone.
The engine room is well laid out, with eight-foot headroom and
good access to the twin Cats and the gensets outboard of them. Donna
Marie II is equipped with lots of upgrade equipment, notably including a built-in Spot Zero water purification system that provides soft
water for washdowns and a Headhunter HMX black water treatment
system. The lazarette is large and, once again, optimized for storage.
“I’m impressed with what we’ve ended up with,” Rowe says. “We
put everything into this boat. The hull is shaped like we wanted it; the
look is very proportional…and it rides great.”
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Flybridge: All the desirable entertainment amenities—bar,
Twin helms: In addition to the raised pilothouse, a full
built for speed: The cabinetry was built from Lite Ply, a
light, yet strong and durable plywood to aid in weight savings.
A/V Room: Plenty of storage space was incorporated to maintain
grill, sunpads, dining area and spa pool—are found up top.
helm was included on the flybridge.
a centralized location for all current and future A/V equipment.
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Fishing friendly: On the owner’s request, a sizeable fishing
cockpit with a built-in livewell was included on this build.
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performance hull: Shaped like a destroyer, the 114’s hull-
form has a sharp entry and a tapered transom, reducing drag.
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Specifications:
Builder: Hargrave Custom Yachts
1887 West State Road 84
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315
Tel: (954) 463-0555
www.hargravecustomyachts.com
Length: 114' (34.7m)
Beam: 24' (7.3m)
Draft: 5' 10" (1.8m)
Weight (full load): 126 tons
Power: 2 x 1,900-hp
Caterpillar C32 ACERT
Range: 2,900 nm @ 10 knots
Speed (max/cruise): 25/20 knots
Fuel capacity: 6,000 U.S. gallons
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Thrusters: 60-hp Naiad HPS
bow and stern thruster
360 with Datum control
Tenders: 17' AB Tender
Construction: Fiberglass
Classification: Det Norske
Generators: 2 x 44kW
Caterpillar C4.4T Marine Pkg
Naval architecture:
Stabilizers: Naiad Model
Freshwater capacity:
Jack W. Sarin Naval
Architects, JB Hargrave
black water treatment:
JB Hargrave
600 U.S. gallons
200 GPD Headhunter HMX
Owners and guests/crew: 8/5
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Veritas and ABYC standards
Exterior Styling:
Interior Design: Yacht
Interiors by Shelley
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