Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇 by Baz Yacht Design

Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇 by Baz Yacht Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 白金獎 in 遊艇設計 Competition Category.

白金遊艇· 2024

Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇

by Baz Yacht Design

Client: BAZ Yacht Design

A' Design Award 白金獎 Winner in 遊艇 Category

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The Design

About Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇

Kai在夏威夷語中意為海洋。她提供私密的船主甲板，配備180度全景主人套房與辦公休憩區，延伸至150平方米的私人甲板空間。該區域還設有露天影院和高爾夫練習設施。她的單色調設計彰顯優雅氣質，搭配潛藏式錨泊系統和隱藏式繫泊平台更顯非凡。主甲板設有四間明亮的貴賓客艙，下層甲板則配備水下觀景休憩廳。船尾擁有125平方米的延伸海灘俱樂部，配備海水泳池，同時兼作13米供應艇的升降平台。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 白金獎

Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇是 A' Design Award 白金獎得主，這是授予真正卓越、優雅和宏偉設計的極具聲望的認可。白金獎得主是創造的奇蹟，是智力創造力極限的見證，展現出其設計師無與倫比的專業精神和天才。這些設計被期待成為定義一個時代的美學、造福社會、並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術界限的最負盛名的作品。Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇展現出超凡脫俗的卓越水準，以其有益而寶貴的特質毫無疑問地讓世界變得更美好。Project Kai 智能混合動力遊艇是一件贏得 A' Design Award 白金獎的作品，它喚起慾望，啟發人心，令人愉悅，並迸發出巨大的喜悅。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Privacy: With an office lounge, open air cinema, sundeck and golf practice, full enclosed owner deck is totally seperated from the crew and the other guests.
Comfort: With foldable bulwarks, the aft deck turns into 125m2 marine paradise beach club within 4.8x2.4m seawater pool.
Tranquility: Underwater observatory lounge with massage room for serene times,
Smart: Descending deck in water can carry 13m tender in long cruises.
Eco: prioritizing environmental sustainability with electric engines and promises silent cruise and docking.
Dimensions & Packaging: Loa: 49.5 m
Bmax: 9.25 m
T: 2.27 m
Gross Tonnage: 499

Class: Rina or Bv, Unrestricted Navigation

Number of Pax: 10
Number of Crew: 9

Hull & Superstructre: Aluminium
Wheelhouse: Grp

Fuel Tanks: 45.000 litres
Water Tanks: 12.000 litres

Engines: Man Smart Hybrid Diesel-Electric 2x900kW
Generators: 2x125kW & 1x350kW
Battery Pack: 673kWh

Stabilizers: Quantum

Cruising Speed: 13.5 knots
Zero Emission Speed: 5.5 knots
Tags: motoryacht, superyacht, project kai, baz yacht design, eco friendly, zero emission, yacht design,
Production Technology: Soft and elegant lines were key for the design. Wanted to make a pure sophisticated exterior which leads us to use similar color and tonnes of hull portholes and fashion plate glass. Therefore plain surface with 2 tones of same color were used. There are even no open hawseholes at bow area in order to keep the unity and harmony.
Design Challenge: Two main challanges in the creative and research period for Project Kai were the weight of the desired battery pack and the high temperature of the battery pack in electric mode.
We have planned to place the battery pack room between the amidship and the engine room, therefore the weight of the battery pack would not effect the main stability. About the possible high temperature, closed circuit water cooling system from seawater will be applied between all bulkeads and battery packs as well as between every individual battery one by one.
Research: The main research for the project was the eco-friendly navigation systems research. Instead of using generator activated electric azipods, we wanted to use the brand new Man Smart Hybrid engines that can allow the navigation in electric, diesel or both.
Inspiration: The very first idea was to make an eco-friendly gentelman's yacht that can dock most of the marinas and ports without restrictions in size. Owner privacy was also key which leads us to make a full enclosed deck with no crew transpassing, even in docking manoeuver. Other idea was to carry the tender on the deck in long journeys instead of towing them on water. Therefore we have decided to go with a 3deck yacht design with a descending aft deck that can lift and carry the tender.
Project Duration: The project started in Hamburg, Germany in November 2023 when we were in the process of establishing our Hamburg Branch Office and have been developed in Antalya and Marmaris, Turkey.
Operation Flow: With the new engine system, the yacht can decide different navigation options such as:
Zero-Emission Mode: No noise and vibration, zero emission
Diesel-Electric Mode: Low noise, vibration and emission
Crossover Mode: Very economical operation, Long range, Low Vibrations, Extended operating time before
service
Boost Mode: Combination of hybrid and zero-emission. %20 more power when compared to conventional system.
Team Members: Designer: Barbaros Atal
Designer: Bilge Zaptçıoğlu Atal