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A game changer
Agame changer
RJ IS A 40M STEEL AND ALUMINIUM EXPLORER YACHT, FEATURING EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DESIGN BY FRANCESCO PASZKOWSKI AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE BY HYDRO TEC. SHE IS THE FIRST MODEL OF the RJ range (formerly known as MG range) of which the other two yachts, RJ115-28 and RJ115-29, have already been sold and are currently under construction at the Cantiere delle Marche’s facility in Ancona.
ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF CANTIERE DELLE MARCHE.
RJ is the latest addition in a small feet of yachts belonging to the same experienced owner who had precise ideas about how his new yacht should look. This is one of many yachts that the company sold to Northern European owners.
The right choice
“The RJ range of yachts is defnitely a game changer for Cantiere delle Marche. With three sales and fve interior designs commissioned to Francesco Paszkowski, the cooperation with a multi-awarded designer has already proven to be the right choice”, says Vasco Buonpensiere, co-founder and Sales & Marketing Director of Cantiere delle Marche. “It was a great pleasure to work with an owner who was keen on bringing his experience to Cantiere delle Marche”, says Mr Buonpensiere. “By choosing Cantiere delle Marche, he offered a serious statement of trust in our yard’s reliability and construction quality. I’d like to add that it’s inspiring and a reason for pride to see that a growing number of experienced and motivated owners prefers Cantiere delle Marche to build their yachts”, Mr Buonpensiere continues. “Our clients have fantastic ideas for cruising, diving, luxury toys, and serious boating. They plan adventures, go on underwater exploration and marine life observation, and much more. As a shipbuilder, it’s exciting to participate in realising their ideas, while we merge the world of white yachts and real explorer vessels even better with this range.”
Innovative lines and timelessness
RJ is a luxury explorer yacht featuring a great wealth of exterior spaces with a real goanywhere, do-anything expedition pedigree. Her elegantly austere silhouette brings the unmistakable signature of Mr Paszkowski who, alongside her noteworthy geometry, introduced countless well-conceived features in terms of logistics, liveability, and functionality. With this yacht, Paszkowski succeeded in fnding a balance between innovative lines and timelessness.
Close contact with sea
Exterior designer Mr Paszkowski shares, “A very good relationship with the Cantiere delle Marche team has been established from the very frst day. It was an easy start and things just kept getting better and better. It seems like we have worked together since forever. Cantiere delle Marche has always made the most out of >>
SPECS
LOA LWL Beam Draught Displacement Engines
Maximum speed Range at 9 knots Fuel capacity Fresh water capacity Black/grey/ bilge water Guests Crew
39.42m 35.20m 8.00m 2.30m 320t 2x MTU 10v2000M72 900kW @2,250rpm 14.5 knots 5,500nm 58,000l 6,000l
4,240,l
10 + 2 (fve cabins) 7 (four cabins)
The RJ-130 is one of many yachts sold by Cantiere delle Marche to Northern European owners.
For the interior of RJ130, polished bleached and brushed oak was selected for the walls, accompanied by lacquered panels for the ceilings. Together with rosewood for the furniture, Jerusalem stone marble in the bathrooms, and smoky glass for the wardrobe doors, a welcoming and elegant interior was created.
combining the owner’s wishes and the design and technical aspects. The brief was for an explorer with large social spaces both inside and outside, offering close contact with the sea in order to enjoy staying on board during a long cruising period . We worked on several fundamental design features, namely the shape of the superstructure and the overhangs and windows on the main deck. Priority was given to the exterior spaces, with special emphasis on the idea of contact with the sea which we obtained by lowering the gunwales on the main deck and by creating several alfresco areas. One of the outstanding points of the exterior spaces is the sun deck, a wide terrace with living, dining, sunbed areas, and a swimming pool to allow guests to enjoy most of their cruising time on this deck. The central section of the superstructure is rounded, sloping fore and after and is hence almost invisible from the sun deck. Combined with the transparency along the outer perimeter, there is no interruption to the view in all directions and it enhances visual contact with the sea and surrounding environment. The upper deck provides two further large social areas for sunbathing and dining aft and forward.”
Welcoming and elegant interior
Interior Designers Mr Paszkowski and Margherita Casprini share, “The owner had a specifc idea of what his yacht should look like. We had already worked with him, and we were confdent that we could meet his wishes for his new yacht. This means that we have been able to start with the interior design process from a
RJ is a luxury explorer yacht featuring a great wealth of exterior spaces with a real go-anywhere, do-anything expedition pedigree.
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privileged position. Cantiere delle Marche has been strongly dedicated to achieving these goals and the synergy we established with the yard served as a great support for us in creating the new yacht and turning the owner’s wishes into reality. We can really say that it was a case of perfect teamwork between the owner, shipyard, and our studio. The owner’s brief for a welcoming and elegant interior was achieved by placing emphasis on predominantly light and neutral hues, alternately combined with dark shades, designing some unique furniture pieces, matching the same materials in different ways, all while maintaining the same atmosphere everywhere. Polished bleached and brushed oak was selected for the walls, together with rosewood and leather combined with brushed oak slats, while lacquered panels were used for the ceilings. Polished rosewood was also selected for the furniture exterior, while the furniture interior features rosewood with a matt fnishing. Jerusalem Stone is the marble chosen for all the bathrooms, in combination with rosewood and oak to provide the contrasting colour decoration between dark and light hues and to match the overall interior decoration. Careful attention was given to the different types of fnishing of the materials. For example, extra clear glass was selected for the doors in the lobby and the shelves in the living on the main deck, and smoky glass for wardrobe doors and the top of bedside tables. Made-in-Italy manufacturers such as Minotti, Poltrona Frau, and Flexform were selected for sofas, armchairs, chairs, and coffee tables, while all custom-made beds, bedside tables, and furniture has been designed by our studio.”
Main specs
RJ hosts twelve guests in fve suites and seven crew members in four cabins. The yacht features twin heavy duty MTU engines 10V2000M72, delivering 900kW each at 2,250rpm, allowing a top speed of 14.5 knots. At the economic speed of 9 knots, she will have a remarkable range of around 5,500nm with about 10% fuel left upon arrival.
