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SILVER WIND
At first glance, there’s no doubt
CONTEMPORARY YET NOT COLD, FAST BUT
ALSO EFFICIENT, SILVER WIND IS FAR MORE
THAN WHAT FIRST MEETS THE EYE.
TEXT BY KATE LARDY
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF BROWN AND MARK SIMS/SUPERYACHT MEDIA
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that Silver Wind, one of the latest launches
from ISA Yachts, is a good-looking yacht. She has
bold and dramatic exterior lines by Andrea Vallicelli with
a sparkling silver paint job that’s carried all the way to the top
of the radar mast. Balancing the vast outdoor spaces is a
serene interior by Nuvolari Lenard that makes beautiful use
of natural colors, warm woods and textural details. The yard
executed all details to perfection.
But this 143-foot yacht’s real beauty lies beyond what
you see. From the propulsion system that allows her to plane
at 32 knots or run silently on 24 gallons of fuel per hour, to
her cutting-edge variable speed generators, custom I-Bridge
integrated with Transas and iPad-controlled entertainment,
Silver Wind offers much more than pleasing aesthetics.
Her owners’ experience shows. They have another ISA,
a 154-foot full-displacement yacht currently traveling
the world, so they commissioned Silver Wind to run locally
in the Mediterranean and do occasional charters. Their
layout choices improve functionality for their lifestyle, while
offering a strict guest-crew separation.
The main deck is the owners and guests’ domain. Instead of
the typical position amidships, the dining table is close to the
aft deck entrance, giving guests privacy along with extra good
views. The circular table offers flexible seating for six, eight or
12, thanks to extensions hidden in the walls when not in use.
To service the dining table, a passageway from the lower-
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deck crew quarters and galley exits behind the salon’s port-side
bar, affording the crew convenient access. And crew are just
an iPad touch away. A crew-call function is part of a system
by Videoworks that integrates all the audio-visual, lifestyle and
entertainment systems on board.
Silver Wind is a showcase of Videoworks’ capabilities. The
entire yacht from the guest point of view is controlled by iPad,
from the Apple TV, Kaleidescape, photo streaming and iTunes
to the lights, curtains and air conditioning. It also encompasses
Airplay, which enables the owner and guests to listen to their
favorite music playlists or watch their personal videos and photos
wirelessly anywhere on the yacht.
All 11 iPad controls, Airplay, Internet and Voice over IP run on
a unique wireless net with guaranteed coverage on all decks.
Furthermore, Videoworks created different hierarchy profiles on
that net for owner, guests and crew. For example, if the owner is
working on board he will be connected to the fast VSAT while the
crew are seamlessly shifted to the slower mobile broadband.
The owner’s suite, forward on the main deck, offers a surprise.
It is bi-level and connects the bedroom via a private staircase to
a lower-deck wellness room. With its side-opening balcony, the
room can be set up for massage, exercise or even as a hair salon.
This leaves just three guest staterooms on the lower deck, but
they lack for nothing. The forward VIP is exceptionally spacious,
its bed surrounded with a stunning display of golden tiles. Two
further very comfortable guest cabins are to port.
One standout feature in all of the staterooms is the mosaic
artistry on display in each shower and on a feature wall
opposite the master’s vanity. This is not production tile work.
Artists from the Italian company Sicis chose and hand-placed
each tile. Vibrant displays of tiles in the showers and marbles
of azul macauba, rosa Portugal or cipollino Greco give each
guest suite its subtle color theme.
As the yacht’s style needed to appeal to different tastes for
charter, designer Valentina Zannier of Nuvolari Lenard created
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a calm and sophisticated milieu using light fabrics and rich
carpets. “I looked for a balance and harmony with high-quality
materials and design details,” she says. Recurring themes, such
as Lalique accents and Hermes silk wall panels in the early 1900s’
straw marquetry style of Jean-Michel Frank, add interest and
texture. Canaletto walnut with touches of high-gloss ebony
feature on the main deck while the lower deck uses rosewood
prominently with upholstered doors of galuchat.
The crew quarters are in a comfortable position amidships.
Between them and the engine room is the tender garage that
snugly fits an 18-foot Castoldi RIB tender, launched through a
portside opening. As two Jet Skis are stowed in aft compartment
sport and starboard, the outdoor decks are free for guest use. The
top deck is particularly resort-like with vast sunpads, a Jacuzzi,
a good-sized bar and a dining table under a hard top, which blends
seamlessly into the superstructure. For easy water access, the
swim platform includes an electric/hydraulic platform by
Pressmair that extends from the transom and lowers into the sea.
Through the garage is access to the engine room, where Silver
Wind’s hidden nature is revealed. The development of her propulsion actually pre-dates the yacht. Siemens and ISA Yachts have
been working together since 2009 to engineer this system that is
unique in the true sense of the word—it’s the first time waterjets
and hybrid propulsion have been combined in a yacht. And that’s
not even considering the variable-speed generators, which are
only just beginning to appear on yachts.
Silver Wind can run in conventional mode with two MTU diesels
driving two Kamewa waterjets through reduction gearboxes.
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The salon is divided into three distinct areas with the TV
viewing area forward (below) and the dining area near the
aft deck (opposite). The custom table reflects the radial
wooden marquetry below it and the chandelier above it.
But also connected to the gearboxes are Siemens electric
motors that can power the waterjets with the main engines off.
Moreover, these electric motors also work as shaft generators
during conventional cruising so the diesel generators can be
switched off. This is because the gearboxes aren't typical; ZF
cooperating with Siemens developed them with a Power Take
In/Take Out (PTI/PTO) function.
When the MTUs are driving the waterjets, Silver Wind can
reach 32 knots and cruises at 26 knots. In electric mode only the
diesel generators are running, offering quiet cruising at eight
knots and fuel consumption of just 24 gallons per hour.
Reduced fuel consumption is not the only advantage. The
flexible system also offers incredible redundancy, which allows
the mains and generators to run fewer hours per year, thus
reducing maintenance.
The next innovation in the engine room is the variable-speed
generators. A standard setup connects generators directly to
the board network, which means they must run at constant
speed. On Silver Wind, the Siemens power-management system
acts as a “middleman” able to translate variable speed into
a frequency usable by the board. “This is the real advantage
and innovation,” says Saverio Mottana, head of Marine and
Shipbuilding at Siemens.
These generators will always run at optimal speed for the
load, which reduces emissions and fuel consumption. Less noise
is another plus. At times when the power demand is lower, such
as at anchor, the generators can operate at reduced speed,
generating less noise, which in turn, increases overall comfort.
Silver Wind’s other heart of operations, the bridge shows
another first—an integration of the custom I-Bridge by
Team Italia with technology by navigation specialist
Transas. The control system creates a dialogue between
the I-Bridge and Transas system allowing them to reach
optimal functionality. Team Italia’s proprietary I-Bridge
concept combines all navigation, engine data and controls,
monitoring and security into one personalized, intuitive
system. It uses a series of processors that operate differently
SCENE SELECTION
For lighting, Videoworks chose Lutron with the Dali
control for more scene flexibility, future-proofing
and robustness without complex cabling. Any owner,
project manager or engineer tasked with setting up
programmed lighting levels knows how long a process
this can be at commissioning time. Videoworks
pioneered an overlay program with 3D design of
the various rooms that simulates various lighting
modes—Welcome, Relax and Night—to let the owner
view expected results in advance to speed up the
programming process. – MARILYN MOWER
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NO.NOISE BUBBLE
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The master suite on the main deck (opposite) connects via a private
staircase to a wellness room (above). This room features a sideopening terrace, putting the owner right at water level.
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Silver Wind’s best trick may be
silence, more specifically an active
noise-cancellation (ANC) device by
Videoworks in all the staterooms.
An evolution of the first system
installed on the CRN Darlings
Danama two years ago, it works
like noise-cancellation headsets do.
Because the owner is sensitive
to noise, there are four microphones in the master cabin—three
on the perimeter of the ceiling above the bed and one on the
headboard. The guest cabins have a simpler one-microphone
button in the headboard. It creates a “no-noise bubble”
with a radius of up to six feet inside the cabins, in which the
environmental noise can be reduced by 8-10dBA. It works in
the 20- to 200-Hz band to deal with typical mechanical noise
and the lower part of HVAC noise. Microphones close to the
bubble acquire the noise in real time and after very fast data
signal processing (DSP), woofer speakers generate a negligible
feedback noise, which cancels the original one.
To counter air-conditioning noise, a further microphone
can be added together with a
feed-forward DSP algorithm. The
entire system is built with a unique
box containing the electronics and
speakers, which makes for a simple,
non-invasive installation in newbuild yachts or refits.
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BETTER THAN REALITY
Augmented reality may not immediately come to mind when
you think about navigating a yacht; after all, you probably
want your watch crew to be firmly planted in “real reality,”
don’t you? But an augmented view, brand-new technology
by Transas featured for the first time on Silver Wind, offers
crew improved awareness of their surroundings.
Video from a camera (a regular one or thermal imaging
for night vision) mounted up top displays in the wheelhouse
with basically the same view the watch crew would see
through the bridge windows. The Transas Augmented
Reality system can access all the relevant information
for the camera’s particular field of vision, including
chart information (shallow water, buoys, etc.), route and
waypoints, radar data (ARPA targets), AIS and forwardlooking sonar data. All of this information is overlaid on the
camera video. “The navigator then has the ‘big picture’ with
minimal efforts, and this means better decisions and less
errors,” says Christopher SchrÖder, business development
manager for Transas Mega Yacht Market.
The forward VIP is exceptionally spacious,
its bed surrounded with a
stunning display of golden tiles.
to ensure a high level of redundancy. Everything works with touch
technology but in case of emergency, the system also
works in standalone mode. The really clever part is all this can
be done without choosing the actual equipment until just a few
months before launch, which means the bridge is not only up
to date but also exceptionally easy to upgrade over the years.
It looks good, too, certainly deserving of the designation
“command central,” with a sumptuous red leather pilot chair
surrounded by touch screens a fingertip away. It encapsulates
what Silver Wind is about. Yes, she's aesthetically pleasing and
functional, but it’s what those touch screens can do that’s the
really interesting part.
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Sumptuous materials define the interior character. Note
the straw marquetry design of the silk wall panels to the
sides of the VIP’s bed (top right), and the galuchat on a
guest stateroom door (top left). Azul macauba marble
gives color to the “blue” stateroom’s en suite (right).
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CREW ON CALL: A passageway from behind the port-side bar
THE BEST-LAID TEAK: The teak decking is laid with silver
EN PLEIN AIR: Silver Wind’s main a" deck is exceptionally large,
LIVING LARGE: The master suite commands about half
DIVE IN: The beach area at the transom includes dive gear close
NOT A GUEST: The captain’s cabin lies just outside the crew
connects the salon to the crew quarters and galley below.
featuring a vast sunpad and plenty of seating.
at hand and a submerging platform for easy water access.
caulking, in line with the yacht’s thematic color.
the main deck as well as a wellness room below deck.
quarters, which also contain the main galley.
Specifications:
Builder: ISA Yachts
Via Mattei, 14,
60125 Ancona, Italy
Tel: +39 071 502191
www.isayachts.com
LOA: 143' (43.6m)
LWL: 119' 6" (36.45m)
BEAM: 27' (8.3m)
DRAFT: 6' 6" (2m)
GROSS TONNAGE: 298 GT
POWER: 2 x MTU 16V 4000 M93L;
SPEED (MAX/CRUISE): 32/26 knots
RANGE: 540 nm @ 26 knots;
PROPULSION: 2 x 80 S3
Kamewa waterjets
270kW; 1 x 135kW; 2 x 125kW
Siemens sha/ generators
2 x 125kW Siemens electric motors;
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2,600 nm @ 8 knots
FUEL CAPACITY: 8,189 U.S. gallons
BOWTHRUSTER: 55kW CMC Marine
STABILIZERS: CMC Marine, zero speed
GENERATORS: Siemens, 1 x
FRESHWATER CAPACITY:
1,321 U.S. gallons
OWNERS AND GUESTS/CREW: 8/8
CONSTRUCTION: GRP
CLASSIFICATION: RINA: C, Hull,
MACH YCH; MCA LY2 compliant
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE: ISA Yachts
INTERIOR DESIGN: Nuvolari Lenard
EXTERIOR STYLING: Andrea Vallicelli