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Luca Bassani? ... He makes beauty his top priority when creating a boat,
and despairs of the number of ugly vessels on the market today. Luca Bassani
has opened our eyes to design. He is particularly proud of the118 WallyPower and
the flush deck sailing yacht_ Esense_. These yachts are radical designs, but
exquisite in attention to detail and execution of design. What Bassani has
achieved is a faint stirring, raising the question that perhaps it is time for
yacht designers to find their way home and rethink what is good design in the
21st century. Let me say that 99.9 per cent of the market is made up of ugly
boats built by people who prefer any other criteria than beauty,’ he says. ‘I
do believe in the dictum that form follows function, but my first priority on
any boat, any size, is beauty. When I see so many ugly boats, easily sold in
the market, I am disappointed. When I see that we have inspired them, I realise
we have done something good and strong,’ says Bassani, ‘because they are pure
in what they like and dislike. In this sense they are like women, who are much
more straightforward than men – they just love what they love. Men, on the
other hand, love what is the popular choice. A sailor for most of his life, Bassani is driven by
his love for the sea. ‘When you really love the sea it doesn’t matter whether
you do it by sailing or motoring; but how you do it is important,’ he says.
Dismayed by the lack of improvement in the boating industry, he designed a boat
for himself and his family and went on to develop a business. It was that simple. Superyacht | Wally Yachts | Luca Bassani | Palmavela | business News on SuperyachtNews.com