| Could you image the achievement of collaboration | | | | lifestyle that is different, serene, contemplative |
| based on French luxury clothing designer Hermes | | | | and respectful of the environment, moving slowly |
| and Monaco and yacht? The Hermes Wally Yacht | | | | on the water, combining the pleasure of sailing and |
| will tell you the answer. | | | | absolute comfort. Wally Hermès Yachts – |
| The yacht features latest high tech amenities, | | | | WHY – is the union of our dreams, the green |
| gorgeous modern design and specious living | | | | path that carries us away in its wake…' |
| dimensions. There are a 25-meter interior | | | | Pierre-alexis Dumas, artistic director of Hermès |
| swimming pool, three decks and a 36-meter | | | | Over the course of your discussions coasting |
| beach along the back. The large solar panels | | | | against the current, how did you come up with |
| covering the roof and sides of the vessel could | | | | the idea of a triangular hull? |
| save at least 200 tons of diesel fuel a year. The | | | | Pierre-alexis Dumas: my inspiration is still the greek |
| design of the hull means that the yacht uses less | | | | caïque, roomy, generous and slow. this eulogy |
| power at cruising speed than another boat of | | | | to slowness is demonstrated in such a magnificent |
| equal size. | | | | way. A pared-down craft with nothing superfluous |
| The concept comes from president and CEO of | | | | about it, we needed a stable hull in order to hold |
| Wally Luca Bassani Antivari, artistic director of | | | | the sea comfortably. The idea of a triangular hull, |
| Hermès, Pierre-alexis Dumas and design director | | | | which doesn’t exist in the world of leisure |
| of Hermès Gabriele Pezzini. It creates a new | | | | boating, came from the utilitarian merchant |
| lifestyle of living on the sea. I am not familiar with | | | | marine. |
| the technology of yacht. But Hermes fashion and | | | | Luca Bassani Antivari: I came across a picture of |
| design element was involved in every step of the | | | | a supertanker while reading a professional |
| process form concept to realization, considering | | | | magazine. a cable-handling vessel, used in the |
| both the outside and inside were just one of the | | | | geo-mining and seismological industry in the north |
| many things. As always just like with all their | | | | sea, invented by a norwegian naval engineer, roar |
| designs they paid special attention to detail, | | | | ramde, and fully patented. There was nothing new |
| developing the overall architecture of the vessel | | | | about this ship. it had been in use for twenty-five |
| evaluating issues of speed and spaciousness. | | | | years. As soon as I saw it, I picked up the phone |
| 'Everybody’s dream is to live on an island, in | | | | and called my consultant naval architect, Mauro |
| complete freedom, without constraint, with the | | | | Sculli. He looked in the RINA, the Italian naval |
| independence that only self-sufficiency can | | | | classification registry: never seen or heard of |
| provide. a piece of land with a beautiful villa partly | | | | before in the world of yachting! It was perfect. |
| fulfils this aspiration because it is static. a yacht | | | | we had our hull. we bought exclusive rights to the |
| offers the freedom to move, but does not have | | | | concept, patented strictly for yachting. |
| the space of a property. WHY has it all: space, | | | | Did this new territory require you to come up |
| stability, movement, independence, peace. WHY | | | | with a new way to design a boat? |
| goes even further. this revolutionary concept of | | | | Pierre-alexis Dumas: WHY addresses the very real |
| the moving island is developed with the latest and | | | | problem of consumption, which is today |
| most advanced sustainable technologies, recycling | | | | exacerbated by the global context. We provide an |
| thermal energy, as well as any organic and | | | | answer in a field where clients are responsible for |
| inorganic waste. the architecture of the whole | | | | setting an example, embracing a new ethic. What |
| project fits perfectly in the environment – | | | | this market needs is a boat designed with the |
| there are no excesses, nothing is superfluous, the | | | | environment in mind. This new way of moving on |
| impact on the sea is minimum. a new and unique | | | | water must give way to a new way of managing |
| way to live on the sea while caring about it, | | | | energy, its sources and uses, how to recycle it, |
| protecting it, and loving it. all this has always been | | | | etc. the same goes for the choice of materials; |
| my dream too, and when I met Pierre-alexis | | | | we have to limit the effect on the environment. |
| Dumas I realized that this dream could come true | | | | Gabriele Pezzini: we didn’t design a boat; we |
| thanks to the common values and ethical | | | | gave shape to an idea. The sea is one of the last |
| principles we share.' | | | | spaces where people can indulge in absolute |
| Luca Bassani Antivari, president and CEO of Wally | | | | freedom. Deciding to live on the sea means |
| 'from the invention of the compass to block | | | | rethinking everything that’s been done before. |
| capitals, from the rudder to the first steps on the | | | | You need to start from scratch! For example, we |
| moon, man discovers and pursues his dreams. | | | | provide a real jogging track inspired by coastal |
| with its feet on the ground and its head in the | | | | paths running around the ship. Above all, we had |
| stars, Hermès, since its creation in 1837, has | | | | to transpose and translate functions into forms, |
| grown, generation after generation, through | | | | and vice versa, by merging the viewpoints of |
| innovative projects, executed with high standards | | | | Hermès and Wally. |
| and an artisan spirit. I have always thrived on the | | | | What are the environmental and ecological |
| dreams of great visionaries like Magellan, Jules | | | | advantages of WHY? |
| Verne, Saint-exupéry and Paul Klee. Like theirs, | | | | Pierre-alexis Dumas: ours requires less power at |
| the path of Hermès is to pursue its dreams… | | | | cruising speed than a boat of equal size. Its |
| excelling itself, learning, pushing ever further the | | | | diesel-electric motorization is the most efficient |
| quest for excellence and the celebration of | | | | motorization out there today, and the surface of |
| beauty in the world. a world we must protect. | | | | the photovoltaic panels, almost 900 square |
| Today, Hermès steps into the marine world with | | | | metres, covers part of what’s needed to |
| Wally. we quickly recognized our common values, | | | | subsist on the boat! We’re also looking into a |
| the values of well-made, singular, functional, | | | | telescopic wind-turbine system and a retractable |
| refined and elegant objects. This encounter was | | | | mast with a computer-operated sail measuring |
| just what we needed to inspire us to brave the | | | | over 200 square metres that will produce at least |
| open seas. Together, with Luca Bassani Antivari, | | | | 30 % of the energy used to propel the boat. |
| we hope to open a new path, to offer a new | | | | |