Hera Moku Peʻa by Nicola Mondini is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Moku Leʻaleʻa a me Moku Kai Competition Category.

KeleaweMoku Leʻaleʻa· 2020

Hera Moku Peʻa

by Nicola Mondini

Client: Nicola Mondini

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Moku Leʻaleʻa Category

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The Design

About Hera Moku Peʻa

He manaʻo hoʻolālā moku peʻa ʻo Hera, i hoʻoulu ʻia mai nā moku peʻa heihei J-Class i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1930. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻolālā e nā ʻāpana ʻelua e hui pū ana. Kahe ana kekahi ʻāpana papa (deck) ma luna o ke kino moku mai ka ihu a hiki i kahi hoʻokele, kahi e wili ai ka papa a puni ke kino moku a hana i nā hoe hoʻokele hui pū ʻia. He mau ʻili moku i mālama pono ʻia ko ke kino moku, i hoʻoulu ʻia mai ka hoʻolālā kaʻa, me nā laina ʻālohilohi e holo ana ma nā ʻaoʻao. Ma ka wahi e hui ai nā ʻāpana ʻelua, ʻike ʻia nā puka kukui lā a mālama ʻia hoʻi nā kākoʻo no nā huila hoʻokele. He 48 mika ka lōʻihi o Hera, a ua kūkulu ʻia me ke kinoea kapena māmā (lightweight carbon composite).

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Hera Moku Peʻa i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Hera Moku Peʻa he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Hera Moku Peʻa i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The innovative deck is the biggest visual innovation: its volume celebrates wind and speed as it flows over the hull, from the bow to the steer. The narrow tip merges seamlessy into the bow of the yacht and it grows wider towards the steer, where it wraps around the hull creating its unique integrated rudders.
The hull design has very contolled surfacing inspired by automotive design, where meticulously controlled highlights run along its sides.
The intersection of these two volumes seamlessly creates the opening for the day-light and they integrate the support for the steering wheels.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length overall: 48 m
Maximum beam: 8,5 m
Draught: 7 m
Sail area: 920 m2
Tags: Yacht, Sailing, Design, Boat, Race, mast, technology, America's cup,
Production Technology: Using new generation of hull design and lightweight, carbon composite construction, Hera is expected to surf exceeding 25 knots of speed downwind,
The latest carbon construction technology provides for a reduced displacement and an increased rigidity.
Research: This project was inspired by the J-class yachts designed in the 1920s and 30s to compete for the America’s cup. Although this concept does not follow the Nathanael Herreshoff’s Universal Rule of those single masted ships, Hera still wants to represent the same feeling and emotional expression of those vessels. The most advanced technologies, materials and production methods have been taken into consideration for this yacht, to best integrate future and tradition. The general design language is inspired by the automotive world, caractherized by tense and fast lines stretching across the whole length of the hull, to define the speed of the geometry in a minimal and yet sophisticated way.
Hera is a concept sailboat where the top racing performance are married to spacious living space on deck and inside, aiming to offer the racing experience at the highest level of competition and the cruising enjoyment in the maximum comfort.
Inspiration: Hera is a concept sailing yacht inspired by J-Class vessels, the single-masted racing sailboats built in the 1930s to compete in the America’s Cup. This concept is a futuristic interpretation that celebrates these peak racers through innovative materials and innovative shapes.
Project Duration: The project is a personal visual concept privately realized between February and May 2019 in Shanghai and Munich by Nicola Mondini.
Operation Flow: The advanced sail handling system delivers easy control for reduced racing crew.