The top 100
riand’s designs do not yet figure in the Top 100, but they may well soon. Having started out in the world of offshore racers, Briand has diversified into superyacht design and brought a sailor’s eye to both his sail and power projects. The Vitruvius motoryacht series, for example, has captured the imagination of the market and been widely emulated. The largest to date is 239-foot (73-meter)
the diesel-electric Perini Navi Group flagship built for American owners Bob and Christine Stiller.
The French designer has a number of projects reportedly in the pipeline, including a 345-foot (105-meter) Vitruvius with Oceanco, a 262-foot (80-meter) Vitruvius to be built at Turquoise Yachts, a 197-foot (60-meter) Vitruvius with Feadship and a 100-foot (30.5-meter) sailing yacht in the WallyCento class. He is also in discussion with Pendennis in the United Kingdom for a 164-foot (50-meter) project that he describes as “a new kind of motoryacht that will be as versatile as a Swiss penknife.”
Briand also recently collaborated on the 230foot (70-meter) ketch launched by Perini Navi for Bill Duker, another American owner. —J.R.
E, Sybaris, Grace
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