Camper & Nicholsons to oversee construction of the first Antonini Navi XPD95
Daniela Duck, who has worked with Antonini Navi for many years, will act as Owner's Representative and keep the yard and owner in contact through the build.
The XPD95 began life as an expedition-style design. The owner liked its profile and concept from the start and asked the yard to keep that identity while shaping the yacht around how he wants to use her. Over several months of meetings with the shipyard team, the layout and functions were worked out together with the client.
Hot Lab has designed the interior in a warm, understated style, with eucalyptus as the main wood alongside lacquer, leather, fabrics, metal and natural stone, and a clear line of sight between inside and out.
Measuring around 35 square metres, it holds a five-metre tender underway while leaving room for guests, then becomes a private terrace over the sea once the tender is launched.
Covering about 60 square metres, with 25 inside and a 35-square-metre terrace, it is designed as a private apartment reached from inside the yacht or by a protected staircase on the port side.
Without a sun deck, which was a deliberate choice to keep her profile low and sleek, guests have a 44-square-metre cockpit on the Main Deck and a 33-square-metre foredeck lounge on the Upper Deck.
Around 23 square metres of quarters sit on the Lower Deck amidships, away from the engine room, with two three-berth cabins and a third cabin forward on the Main Deck that can house an extra crew member or serve as storage.