Yachts today come in a wide variety of styles with features ranging as far as the imagination can go. If you’re looking for your next super yacht, it might be worth considering one that doesn’t produce carbon emissions, and luckily for you, they’re out there! Our next feature doesn’t compromise any luxuries offered in a modern yacht, but it comes with a fantastic zero-emission propulsion system that will take you where you want to go — significantly minimizing your impact while boating.
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The Domus Trimaran sailing super yacht is 40 meters (130 feet) long and is entirely emission-free, so you can feel good about yourself while you’re boating around on the water having fun!
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The Domus zero-emission watercraft design is meant to be able to heel at two degrees for reduced drag and higher overall speeds, and its combination of engine systems gives it an unlimited range.
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Designed by Van Geest and Rob Doyle, this 40-meter (130-foot) zero-emission sailing yacht is about 750 tons and optimizes systems of solar power, regenerative hydropower and hydrogen fuel cells. The result is a completely quiet engine with carbon-free boating, making for the first-ever fully zero-emission super yacht.
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Part of its charm is that the emission-free super yacht also functions as a huge sailboat, with the windward hull able to leave the water when sailing to help mitigate drag and increase the overall speed.
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The Domus Trimaran yacht also includes louvre openings up above the courtyards with large, spread-out windows on the top deck — offering shaded, uncovered and covered spaces throughout.
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Beyond the great sail and top deck, the Domus Trimaran zero-emission super yacht includes an interior space of 780 square meters (2,559 square feet), as well as several covered exterior areas. The super yacht also has tons of guest areas, the main ones of which are on a single deck without a need for any stairs.
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In Latin, Domus means a single-story house constructed around an atrium, featuring several rooms that open to the central atrium area. This is how the Domus Trimaran is designed, featuring four guest cabins, two larger suites with separate lounges, and several other amenities included within the single-floor laid-out space.
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The design for the zero-emission super yacht includes beautiful leisure amenities such as a theater room, a bar, a gym, a spa and a swimming pool — in addition to the comfortable public lounges spaced out all between them.
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The resulting mini-community created aboard the zero-emission yacht can best be described as a bungalow- or villa-type experience, which Geest and Doyle say was thought-out around the idea of family and tight-knit, secure and protected spaces that are shared amongst those close.
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In a statement, the Domus Trimaran creators write, “Family life in a way is about protection. So why not build around that, create the protected spaces and maximize the functions of the space available in this one-level setup.”
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The zero-emission yacht’s strategic layout and design are meant to let guests enjoy all the outside views they want while relaxing in communal spaces and private spaces alike.
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Other excellent yachts we’ve featured in the past include this UFO-shaped luxury yacht, this speedy Catamaran and the triple-hull super yacht design, though none of them are as low-emission as the Domus Trimaran — a must-have for the wealthy environmentalist who is at least considering their carbon footprint.
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The 130 foot Trimaran Superyacht can heel at an angle of two degrees!
So if you’re considering a yacht in the near future, consider this zero-emission super yacht sailboat from Van Geetz and Rob Doyle.
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It’ll give you enough space for many of your loved ones, the privacy you need to fully relax and the guilt-free sailing you’ll come to appreciate with each new trip on the water.
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Check out the 130 foot wide Superyacht Trimaran by Van Geest Design in action via the video below!
