54ft Racer Cruiser High Performance Yacht by Harry Miesbauer Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Yacht and Marine Vessels Design

Harry Miesbauer acknowledged for yacht and marine vessels design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ 54ft Racer Cruiser High Performance Yacht by Harry Miesbauer, designed for /H/arry Miesbauer Yacht Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Yacht and Marine Vessels Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About 54ft Racer Cruiser High Performance Yacht

Developed for an Italian boat yard, with big emphasis to create a light, safe and fast sailing yacht, easy to handle also by a small crew. On the other hand easy to build in a series production setup. A light weight yacht, built in Full Carbon with different interior layouts, in order to suit the various needs of different clients. The deck layout features a cockpit separated into a sailing, working area and the relaxing area around the cockpit table. Powerful hull shapes were chosen to generate more stability, and therefore allows for a safer and more comfortable sailing also in rough seas.

About Harry Miesbauer

Harry Miesbauer Yacht Design is one of the top five yacht design addresses in Italy, especially regarding high performance sail boat design. His designs have won not only several design awards but also on the race course like the prestigious 2022 edition of the Aegean 600 race in Greece. In his 25year long spanning career he was involved in the designs for the America’s Cup the Volvo Ocean Race, and several other high profile race boats.

Award Record

This recognition makes Harry Miesbauer a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Yacht and Marine Vessels Design Award

The A' Yacht Design Award is an international yacht design competition recognizing good yacht designs by leading yacht designers and manufacturers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to yacht designers, naval engineers, marine vessel producers and yacht manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include sailboats, motor yachts, catamarans, trimarans, superyachts and explorer yachts. Awarded yacht designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/yacht

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/140549
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140549
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140549
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/303044
Further Information from the Laureate: https://hmyd.it/

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: 54ft Racer Cruiser High Performance Yacht
Function: High Performance Yacht
Category: Yacht and Marine Vessels Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Automotive and Luxury
Colors: Dark Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black and Rosy Brown
Images: 5
Client: /H/arry Miesbauer Yacht Design

The Recognition

Laureate: Harry Miesbauer
Country: Austria
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #140549

Credits

Team: Harry Miesbauer / HYMD, Structural Engineering: Pure Engineering / NZ
Image Credits: renderings: /H/arry Miesbauer Yacht Design

Design Details

Unique Properties: The yacht was developed for an Italian boat yard with the emphasis to create a light, safe and fast sailing yacht, which can be handle also by a small crew, yet to be easy to build in a series production setup. It is a Full carbon light weight yacht with different interior layouts to choose from, in order to suit the various needs of different clients. The yacht features powerful hull shapes to generate more stability, and therefore allows for a safer and more comfortable sailing also in rough seas. This is further enhanced by the low weight achieved by using carbon.
Inspiration: Performance is the new Elegance, was the main idea which has been followed on this design. The exterior styling should show the sporty and a performance character of the boat, yet it should be elegant and timeless with well balanced proportions, not following common trends in order not to be outdated in a few years. A design which is elegant and light in both senses. Light in the appearance. Light in terms of weight.
Research: - 10 different hull shapes were studied to optimise the boat for high stability and good seaworthiness - a detailed weight estimate was made, from which areas of weight savings could have been established and further weight reduction was achieved by using carbon throughout the hull, deck and structures. - performance parameters were optimised for the wind conditions of the Mediterranean sea - parameters of similar size boats of the competitors were studied in depth - further studies of the deck layout and deck ergonomics were carried out to optimise the yacht also when used by a small crew
Challenge: Studies were made how weight can be reduced also by the aesthetics trying to show a certain lightness in the appearance of the yacht, and how to avoid a complicated building process, but using this limit as an aesthetical feature.
Realization and Technology: Full Carbon-sandwich construction, carbon mast, composite rigging, CNC milled high strength steel fin
Operation and Interaction: The main focus was to separate the cockpit into a sailing, working area and the relaxing area around the cockpit table. All winches for the sail control are grouped beside or in front of the steering wheel, in order that the helmsman can sail the yacht alone from the steering area once the sails are hoisted. This was done for safety reason, so that guests who are not used to sailing do not interfere during sailing manoeuvres. Dedicated sun bathing areas are on the foredeck and coachroof. The yacht meets also all requirements for the ISO standards, to be operated on the open sea without any limits.
Project Duration and Location: The concept design started in October 2020, preliminary design was done in 2021, and the project is now ready to start with the mould making and the series production.
Specifications: Length over all 16.425 m / Beam max 5.010 m / Displacement ca.12.300 kg @ measurement trim / draft 3.000 m
Keywords: yacht design, sailing yacht, high performance, racer, cruiser