Innovation of the Year, Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2024

The Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2024, held in January, brought together industry leaders, yacht builders, and enthusiasts to celebrate outstanding achievements in the world of yachting. The Innovation of the Year category celebrated a lineup of standout models, showcasing the best the industry had to offer. With outstanding effort, the title was secured by Sarissa, with several other notable finalists, including entries from Heisley, Canados, Heesen, Royal Hakvoort, Royal Huisman, Tankoa Yachts, and Victory Design. The event was open to everyone, providing an inclusive and celebratory atmosphere to honour the year’s most acclaimed yachts.

Winner

The yacht Sarissa was the winner of the Innovation of the Year in 2024 at the Boat International Design & Innovation Awards.

Royal Huisman

Sarissa

Custom

Exterior Design: Malcolm Mckeon Yacht Design

Naval Architecture: Malcolm Mckeon Yacht Design

Interior Design: Studio Liaigre

AWARDED FOR: On board: Forward-facing, retractable electric propulsion

Finalists

The following yachts were finalists in the Innovation of the Year in 2024 at the Boat International Design & Innovation Awards

                        28.96m Sobe Sunset 2024 Finalist
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Heisley

Sobe Sunset

28.96m Conversion

Efficiency gained by a computerised central data collection and control system

Canados

Oceanic 143

43.45m Oceanic 143

Exterior Design: Canados

Naval Architecture: Arrabito Naval Architects

Interior Design: Michela Reverberi

Double-stepped hull with keel, bulbous bow and tunnel drives

Heesen

Genesis

80.7m Custom

Exterior Design: Winch Design

Naval Architecture: Van Oossanen Naval Architects

Interior Design: Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design

"Backbone" construction of longitudinal stiffeners on a large, fast, aluminium yacht

Royal Hakvoort

Milele

45.2m Custom

Exterior Design: Omega Architects

Naval Architecture: Van Oossanen Naval Architects

Interior Design: Owner , Martin Hanff

Carbon hull vane

Royal Huisman

Nilaya

46.8m Custom

Exterior Design: Nauta Design

Naval Architecture: Reichel-Pugh

Interior Design: Nauta Design

On board: Featherlight holistic weight control construction process

Tankoa Yachts

Jimmy

49.9m S501 Evo (Mk2)

Exterior Design: Francesco Paszkowski Design

Naval Architecture: Tankoa Yachts

Interior Design: Giorgio M. Cassetta

Focal sound system

Victory Design

Bolide 80

24.9m Bolide 80

Exterior Design: Bolide Yachts

Naval Architecture: Bolide Yachts

Interior Design: Bolide Yachts

Multi-stepped hull generates extremely low frictional resistanc