Baltic Yachts scoop 'Superyacht Oscars'
Caroline Blatter 26 May 2022 South Coast of England & London / Finland / United Kingdom / Northern Europe, The Baltic & Northern Latitudes / Boatyards / Shipyards / Haul Out
Baltic 146 Path Baltic 117 Perseverance
Fantastic results at the Boat International World Superyacht Awards 2022 for Baltic Yachts, the world’s leading builder of advanced composite yachts, with 35.8m Perseverance being judged overall Sailing Yacht of the Year and Best Yacht in the 30m to 39.9m category and 44.6m Path topping the Sailing Yachts 40m and above category.
We congratulate the owners, designers and entire team at Baltic Yachts for these remarkable achievements.
The World Superyacht Awards recognise the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the most remarkable luxury yachts from across the world. The globally acclaimed event known for its credibility and prestige, held at the historic Guildhall in London, is distinguished from all other yacht awards thanks to a judging panel comprising of current and former superyacht owners, with a secret ballot final decision on voting.
Out of a total of 58 nominations for 22 categories, with judges making 223 individual visits to nominated yachts, two sailing yachts received these much coveted awards this year!
Erik Wassen (Dykstra Naval Architects), Thys Nikkels (Dykstra Naval Architects)
and Henry Hawkins (Baltic Yachts)
Both yachts were conceived as fast cruisers with the aim of circumnavigating the globe in stages. Their owners invested a great deal of thought and experience into their designs, partnering with renown design teams and Baltic Shipyard to ensure their dream became a bespoke reality!
Photography by Stuart Pearce - YachtShot
Path
Winner Sailing Yachts 40m +
Length: 44.6m
Builder: Baltic Yachts
Naval architect: judel/vrolijk & co
Exterior design: judel/vrolijk & co
Interior design: judel/vrolijk & co
Path is a long-range bluewater cruising yacht conceived by an experienced owner who had circumnavigated on his previous yacht, a 34 metre. The judges considered Path a state-of-the-art cruiser that will fully satisfy the owner’s ambition to make another circumnavigation in the company of his three-generation family.
The owner’s background of competitive racing drew him to ask performance-oriented naval architects judel/vrolijk to undertake the entire design, which would be built by Baltic Yachts, another performance-oriented company.
In the owner’s words, it was not only to be a “home from home, but also a modern mobile office and a safe family environment”.
Photography by Stella Gommans
Perseverance 1
Winner Sailing Yachts 40m + Sailing Yacht of the year
Length: 35.8m
Builder: Baltic Yachts
Naval architect: Dykstra Naval Architects
Exterior design: Dykstra Naval Architects
Interior design: deVosdeVries design
The owner wanted a “traditional-looking yacht with modern sailing characteristics that would perform well in light weather and undertake long passages in comfort”, and the judges felt that he had achieved just that in Perseverance. The advanced carbon-composite construction of her deckhouses is concealed by a 6mm skin of oiled teak to maintain the appearance of a traditional pilot cutter. She has a more single-minded “keep it simple” approach to cruising remote areas design, exceptional sailing performance and can accommodate 18 people, including crew.
The judges were particularly impressed by the ease of control of her sailing systems, and the advanced hybrid diesel-electric propulsion, power and well integrated technology systems. These enable her to sail without running generators given sufficient wind, while in unfavourable conditions and at anchor she need only run them for four and a half hours per day to take her batteries to full charge, permitting eight to nine hours of silent running at anchor.
Baltic Yachts purpose is to build
LIGHTER, STIFFER, FASTER, GREENER YACHTS - TOGETHER
These latest accolades bring the number of international design awards won by Baltic Yachts in 10 years to 31...Yachts like Inukshuk, WinWin, Nikata, My Song, Canova and now Perseverance and Path, to name a few, have accumulated an unrivalled number of top awards for naval architecture, design, innovation and interior expertise
Congratulations and thank you to Baltic Yachts for press release information.
For further information from Baltic Yachts, contact -
Henry Hawkins, Executive Vice President
henry.hawkins@balticyachts.fi
Elisabet Holm, Head of Marketing
elisabet.holm@balticyachts.fi
