The Italian Sea Group, global operator in the luxury yachting industry, announces that the M/Y 75m Admiral Kenshō has won in the “Motor Yachts over 60m”, “Interior design over 40m” e”Iya Bathroom” categories at the International Yacht & Aviation Awards 2023, the prestigious awards presented by Design et Al now in their 13th year, awards which honor architecture, style and design in Yachting, Aviation and Hôtellerie.
The award ceremony was held on Friday, June 9th in the stunning venue of the Belmond Hotel Cipriani in Venice in front of a jury of experts in the industry coming from all over the world.
"This new recognition is for The Italian Sea Group a 'further confirmation of the Group's increasingly high standards of design and quality - said at the withdrawal of the award Giovanni Costantino, Founder & CEO of The Italian Sea Group - Heart, passion, mind, expertise, arms, commitment and sacrifice, are the elements that characterize our wonderful team and allow the achievement of these important results. I congratulate once again our entire management and team of professionals who have collaborated in a tight and synergical way to create this wonderful yacht extremely rich in details."
Motor Yacht of the Year
Best Motor Yacht 1’500GT and Above
Best Interior Design, Motor Yachts 500GT and Above
Delivered in July 2022, Kenshō is the result of a collaboration between the owner, who personally supervised the project, French design studio Jouin Manku, which designed the interior, and Azure Yacht Design, which, together with archineers.berlin, developed the exteriors.
The technical challenges of the project were addressed with functional yet elegant solutions that have redefined the boundaries of space, distribution, and luxury, projecting the owner's personal vision into a new idea of the sailing experience. the exteriors down to the interiors, the narrative is fluid and contemporary: Teak, Marble, Onyx, Silk, Wool, Bronze, and Glass make up a heterogeneous set of materials blended together for a poetic and sophisticated result.
Consistent with The Italian Sea Group's increasingly sustainability-oriented values, Admiral Kenshō has an innovative diesel-electric propulsion system, with permanent magnet electric motors that provide high efficiency and strong power with limited volumes. The propulsion system has five variable-speed generators, all equipped with particle filter systems to optimize consumption at any speed and reduce emissions into the atmosphere.
The design has been developed with a focus on the environment in compliance with the Classification Authority's voluntary "ECO" notation; the hull has also been made by minimizing resistance through the use of azimuth propulsion and retractable stabilization wings.