Floating life appoints Cantiere Delle Marche for construction new M/Y K42

Floating Life is pleased to announce the appointment of Cantiere Delle Marche for the new construction M/Y K42 – a 42 mt 499 GT explorer expected to be delivered by the end of 2018.

Andrea Pezzini – CEO of Floating Life and project manager for the Series K – comments on the appointment: “The decision to assign the construction of the second project of the Series K to Cantiere Delle  Marche  has  been  the  result  of  a  thorough  selection among  numerous shipyards worldwide. We’ve encountered the complete availability from the shipyard in working on a completely custom design. Similarly, the decision to entrust the design with Studio Sculli was born from a relationship of trust, twenty years of collaboration, and the perfect harmony between the characteristic style of Sculli and the taste stated by the client.

“M/Y K42 – NEW SERIES K UNIT

The second unit, which follows the production philosophy of the Series K – of which Floating Life is the sole proprietor – has been entrusted – for the naval architecture (for K42 in collaboration with Hydrotec)  and  design  –  to Studio  Sculli  in  Sarzana  (La Spezia),  which  successfully designed the  first  yacht of  the  series  (K-40,  40m),  and  with  whom  Floating  Life  has  been cooperating for over twenty years based on mutual trust, shared ideas, tastes, and goals.

M/Y K-42 is a 5-deck, 9.20m wide yacht; she has a huge beach club located on the lower deck,and very spacious outdoor areas among which the main deck that can accommodate a 10m tender. It’s been developed an exclusive“owner deck” on which there is a master bedroom, a large saloon, and a Jacuzzi.

Designed, created, and built following the “explorer” concept, M/Y K-42 will be a custom built with materials and finishing of the highest quality to satisfy the client’s requests. Based on the proven  naval  platform  tested  by  Floating  Life,  each  new  client  of  this  series  will  be  able  to choose  a  completely  personalized  super structure,  layout,  and  interior  design.  Following the production  philosophy  that  Floating  Life  has  been  developing  for  this  series,  the  industrial platform  (hull)  of  Series  K  –  which  includes  K-42  and  K-40  –  has  been  studied with a sophisticated  hydrodynamic  program,  and  tank-tested  with  a  prototype  in  Goteborg  (SSPA),confirming the correct project decisions.