Sanlorenzo SX120 Raises Collection to New Heights

Some yachts are born from a single thought; others emerge from a gathering of worlds. Sanlorenzo’s new SX120 – the 36.6m flagship of the Italian builder’s crossover line – belongs firmly to the latter class, combining the model of a flybridge yacht with the adventurous spirit of an explorer.

Tommaso Vincenzi, Sanlorenzo’s CEO, explains: “The SX line represents a synthesis between the basic motoryacht with a flybridge and (our) explorer vary.”

Like different yachts within the SX sequence, exteriors are from Zuccon Worldwide Challenge and interiors are by Lissoni & Companions. As the largest SX yacht but, the SX120 boasts a quantity of 270GT, but the mission was about greater than merely going bigger.

“Sanlorenzo’s ambition was to develop a yacht that transcended mere enlargement of earlier designs,” Vincenzi says. “The thought was to create a brand new flagship that might embody and elevate the core values of the road – combining performance and aesthetics, simplicity and class, efficiency and sustainability in a forward-thinking yacht.”

The outside profile itself showcases a mix of types, mixing architectural types and natural softness.

Bernardo Zuccon, chief architect of Zuccon Worldwide Challenge, says: “The outside expresses a managed dynamism – clear, horizontal traces that give the yacht a way of composure. These mix with sculptural surfaces that convey heat and identification drawn from natural structure, the place type is formed as a steady, harmonious quantity.”

For the outside design group, the SX120 mission started with a particular request from the shipyard. “Sanlorenzo requested us to take the SX lineage a step additional, pushing its founding rules – fluidity, openness and a powerful dialogue between indoor and outside areas – to a brand new scale,” Zuccon says.

“Past the pure evolution of the vary, the shipyard expressly requested the introduction of latest options able to enriching the onboard expertise, with explicit consideration to the sundeck.”

Zuccon highlights that the SX120’s sundeck has been fully re-imagined to enhance the useful liveability of the area.

This enhanced versatility is underscored by the debut of the ‘Good Island’, a freely configurable modular seating system designed with Lissoni & Companions and launched for the primary time on an SX yacht.

BEACH CLUB SUPREME

The SX120 preserves the lineage of the SX line, particularly stepping up from the SX112, whereas preserving the DNA of the household with an built-in bow space, seamless connection between decks, and an open stern conceived as a multifunctional terrace on the ocean.

Certainly, one of many yacht’s most putting architectural gestures lies aft, the place the SX120 pushes the SX idea to new extremes with an expansive 70sqm seashore space, which is achieved by increasing the 40sqm platform with opening aspect terraces.

The seashore space additionally incorporates a swimming pool, which may be lined or uncovered by a lift-and-slide sundeck mechanism, guaranteeing aesthetics, usability, privateness and security throughout navigation.

On the SX120, use of area was performed with inside and outside, with the design deliberately shifting volumes ahead, permitting for the expansive aft space whereas sustaining the weird format and open-plan inside that’s basic to the SX line. “I’m notably keen on the strict space,” Zuccon admits. “It’s a spot the place the boundary between yacht and sea nearly dissolves.”

When the platforms are unfurled, home windows are revealed on both aspect, which permit gentle to move into the lower-deck lounge. With the aft doorways open, this welcoming lounge turns into the proper transitional area between the aft deck and as much as 4 visitor cabins set ahead on the decrease deck.

INTERIOR OPTIONS

Inside, Lissoni approached the SX120 as a possibility to deepen the architectural identification of the SX line whereas increasing the format and visitor lodging.

“The overall thought was to have three cabins on the decrease deck with the addition of a transformable cabin, and to put the proprietor’s cabin on the bow of the principle deck,” says Piero Lissoni, founder and design principal at Lissoni & Companions.

This format may be customised to go well with the proprietor’s choice, with the choice for a visitor cabin to be tailored right into a spa space or workplace, or as an extension of the starboard aft cabin’s dressing room.

“The versatile ‘jolly’ cabin can remodel relying on the supposed use, functioning both as a cabin or a lounge,” Lissoni says. “We adopted the format rules of the opposite SX fashions that we’ve already designed, whereas making an attempt to introduce a sculptural staircase that might join all of the decks.”

Reaching that staircase throughout the yacht’s confines was not a simple feat, say the designers, explaining, “one of many major challenges was integrating a staircase of that kind throughout the restricted inside area of a yacht”.

Capped by a glass banister on the principle deck above, the staircase permits much more gentle to pour into the decrease deck and creates a connection between the decrease and higher saloons. Vincenzi explains: “The open-plan design is prime to the SX120, redefining the idea of area, liveability and reference to the ocean.”

Lissoni’s minimal materials palette reinforces a way of continuity of open areas, whereas stainless-steel particulars present a recent contact.

“For the staircase cladding and a few partitions, we used a steel-effect movie – the identical course of used for automotive wrapping,” says Stefano Castelli, Associate at Lissoni & Companions, noting the easy-to-repair materials was additionally chosen for its low upkeep.

“In the meantime, the ceilings and a few partitions function ribbed picket surfaces with a cusp profile, which assist elegantly conceal the technical and air flow elements.”

WORLD FIRST

Even under the floor, the SX120 showcases one thing new, because it’s the primary composite superyacht on the earth to combine the brand new IPS Skilled Platform by Volvo Penta.

This technique options two 1,000hp engines per pod, offering the efficiency of bigger engines with a smaller footprint. Its compactness permits for a considerable discount in engine-room quantity, liberating up helpful area for homeowners, friends and crew.

Effectivity and dealing with are additionally improved by steerable items and optimised counter-rotating propellers, with added sustainability advantages through the Eco Mode operate and a Selective Catalytic Discount (SCR) exhaust-gas remedy service.

When two worlds meet, one thing new can emerge. Within the SX120, that “one thing new” is a yacht that advances the crossover thought to its most mature expression but – the place structure and engineering, type and performance, and basic and explorer converge right into a vessel that feels unmistakably Sanlorenzo whereas charting a brand new course for the builder.

Phrases: Risa Merl; Images: Sanlorenzo

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