APPLE

OF HIS
EYE
Simple, stylish design meets
clever, intuitive operating system.
Sound familiar? Numarines
founder and CEO took
inspiration from a tech legend
in creating the first 32XP explorer
and, says Juliet Benning,
he has done his hero proud

P h o t o g r a p h y J e f f B r o w n /B r e e d M e d i a
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implicity of use, engaging

S styling and the seamless

integration of systems when
Omer Malaz, the owner of
Numarine, briefed his team to conceive a new
32 metre explorer, these were the guiding
philosophies he set down. Take one guess who
his inspiration was. And, just like an Apple
product that you expect to work out of the box,
the yards first ever explorer took on a 600 mile
passage (with a full complement of guests) just
10 days after delivery.
Malaz hopes that Marla, hull No 1 of the
32XP series, is just the first of a breed of steel-
hulled explorers that will dramatically expand
the Turkish shipyards offering beyond the
planing and semi-displacement composite
performance yachts for which its best known.
Smaller and larger XP models are available,
but its the 32XP, at 32.5 metres, that has
captured a quick market two more have
already been sold.
Large internal volumes and quiet cruising
were the goal and Malazs team obliged with a
yacht of just under 300 gross tonnes with 330
square metres of living space, accommodation
for 12 guests and ample room for the stowage
of matching luggage.
The Apple inspiration continues in a
simple user interface that is key to her
operation. Its enabled her captain, Antonio
Del Mastro, to get the measure of her rapidly.
This boat follows a logic, he says. Its taken
me only two weeks to learn how to run her.
Assured of remote troubleshooting from
the yard should anything go wrong, the yachts
systems are so easy to understand that the
captain has opted to run Marla without an
engineer. Aspects of the engineering are made
obvious, for example the fuel transfer system,
so I am confident in using them myself, says
Del Mastro. The user interface was designed
by British company Energy Solutions and a
month after launch Del Mastro is convinced

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of its merits. Its wonderful, he says. It allows
me to sleep a lot easier at night.
Marlas exterior certainly displays distinct
and engaging styling. When viewed from the
water, she provokes comparisons with a trawler
yacht hardy and stout. Her wheelhouse, with its
inverted raked windscreen, is perched above the
deck like a turret, protected by high bulwarks.
In creating the new XP explorer series we
tried to evolve the design language of previous
Numarine yachts into a more robust, muscular
and angular design, says the Istanbul-based
designer Can Yalman, who was responsible for
her exterior look.
The vertical bow shape was designed to look
contemporary but also to cut through the water
with ease. Yalman was eager to create a shape
that would be beneficial to the internal volumes.
We came up with a solution that was to flare the
bow at an angle after the vertical, creating a
knuckle form that emphasises the strong overall
aesthetic and widens the interior cabin, he says.
This shape also helps with water flow in waves,
making a drier running hull form.
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In creating the
new XP explorers
keeping noise and vibration to an absolute
we tried to evolve
the design language
of Numarine yachts
into a more robust,
muscular design
The hull was designed by Numarines long-
standing collaborator, naval architect Umberto
Tagliavini, and promises a top speed of 14 knots,
a cruising speed of 12 and a 3,000 nautical mile
range at nine knots. Given his background in
semi-displacement fibreglass boats its not
surprising that Marlas captain found her
handling slightly heavy to begin with. Yet she
encountered the patches of rough weather on her
initial Aegean cruise with ease and for the next
yacht in the series the shipyard will remedy any
manoeuvrability issues with stern thrusters.
Designed for passage-making by night,
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minimum was critical, so Marlas cabin
surroundings are disconnected from the ship
structure. Referred to as box-in-box
construction, the company responsible for the
technique is Silent Line. Its founder, Sjaak van
Cappellen, says: Well-known yards can do this
on an 80 metre-plus yacht but this is really
unique for a 32 metre.
Its clearly worked: the owner says he can
sleep well and is unaware when Marla is under
way. To put that into perspective: 22 decibels is
not exceeded in any guest area on the lower deck
at anchor with the generator running. If you add
air conditioning, its still below 35db and when
cruising the level inside doesnt climb beyond
45db only 5db louder than an average library.
Her explorer credentials are underscored by
the size of main support boat she can carry; in
Marlas case, a nine metre Technohull RIB.
Malazs personal experience on the water was an
influence on this decision as he recalls guests
going ashore in six metre tenders getting blasted
by water whipped up from the local meltemi
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Clockwise from above:
the dining area in the
main deck saloon, with
distinctive Mirto chairs
by B&B Italia, and the
industrial-style light
fitting by &Tradition;
the main deck lobby
features a floating glass
staircase and glass wall to
starboard, behind which
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is the gym; Missoni Home
cushions add colour to
the main saloon, which
includes notable pieces
such as Tom Dixons brass
floor light; the owners
bedroom faces the
upper deck aft; the 48m2
main saloon provides
plenty of living space
and fantastic views too
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winds. A large nine metre tender gives an owner so much more Above: the 32.5m has extensive
outdoor spaces, including dining
freedom to explore, he says. And thats exactly what the owner
and lounging areas on the sundeck
and his family were after, as evidenced by their enthusiasm on aft. Below: theres room for a 9m RIB
the shakedown cruise. Their favourite cruising grounds are the on the upper deck and the beach club
has two showers and a changing
Aegean coast of Turkey and the Greek Islands, although her
room, plus a fridge and icemaker
owner says that for 2018 they will be heading to the Adriatic and
further into the Mediterranean.
Simple, modern and stylish, the interior is punctuated with
some design pieces that reveal an eye for current trends.
Designer Esra Kazmirci described the priorities as being
functionality, quality, timelessness and a balance of colour and
light. The owner had requested a relaxing environment
with plenty of natural materials, which are apparent in the
tactile, veined quality of the marble from the owners own
quarry, the occasional woven basket and in the wood. The
brushed oak floorboards have an exaggerated grain that is
noticeable under bare feet.
The main saloon provides 48 square metres of living space.
Comfortable low seating in neutral fawn colours is brought to
life with splashes of colour from Missoni Home cushions.
Further forward the tones darken, with the black wood of the
dining table and Mirto chairs by B&B Italia, a reinvention of the
classic directors chair featuring dark brown leather and black
painted aluminium. In the slated wood panel overhead is the
striking Light Forest fitting by Danish company &Tradition. It
crawls across the ceiling, ending in drips of copper-skinned
lampshades that represent flowers. Elsewhere other pieces,
such as the Hexx table lamp by Diesel with Foscarini and Tom
Dixons Base floor light in brass, reveal Kazmircis appetite for
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Solutions designed the interfaces in future design classics. Brass tones are dotted all over, such as in
the wheelhouse, which have delighted the door handles, and the colour resonates with the bronze
captain Antonio Del Mastro
tinted mirrors.
The master cabin towards the bow might at first be mistaken
for the owners suite. Its a full beam, generously proportioned
space decorated in a dominant palette of greys, laced with thin
seams of copper above the low leather-clad headboard. Here,
and throughout the yacht, pearlescent textured wall coatings in
muted violet have been provided by Clarke & Clarke. Taking the
floating glass staircase down a flight, you come to the main
accommodation area. In perfect symmetry are two twin
cabins and two doubles. On the upper deck is the wheelhouse
and the large, secluded owners cabin. The walkaround bed
enjoys views from glazing on three sides, the headboard
providing easy access controls for lighting, blinds, temperature
and music control.
Marla does not want for sociable outdoor spaces, with her
60 square metre flybridge with sunpads, fully fitted bar,
secondary helm station and dining table for 12. On the main
deck, another large dining table sits in shade but further aft are
more sunpads and to the bow is generous, sun-drenched
seating. The beach club added substantially to the yachts allure
for her owner. Its a fantastic feeling to be on a 32 metre yacht
and be able to get just 20 centimetres higher than sea level. I look
forward to spending plenty of time there, he says.
An extremely sociable individual, he imagines at some point
clearing the tenders from the 55 square metre aft deck to create
a dance floor with music controlled by iPad, naturally. B
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S P E C S

MARLA NUMARINE

Sundeck Upper deck Main d eck Lower deck

Keep fit: the

gym has huge All aboard:
Open air: windows for an eight
12 can outdoor feeling guests are
dine, Top spot: housed on
drink and the VIP the lower
sunbathe gets a deck
up top full beam,
main deck
position

10m

Toy box:
the large Swim time:
5m upper aft take a dip
deck can and then
store Look back: the big shower and
a 9m RIB walkaround owners relax in the
bed faces aft beach club

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LOA 32.5m Speed max/cruise Fuel capacity Owners/guests 12 Navigation Builder/year

LWL 30.69m 14/12 knots 26,000 litres Crew 5 Naval architecture Numarine/2017
Range at 9 knots Freshwater capacity Umberto Tagliavini Gebze, Turkey
Beam 8m Construction Steel
3,000nm 3,500 litres t: +90 262 751 0682
Draught (full load) 2.1m hull; composite Exterior styling
Generators Tenders superstructure Can Yalman e: sales@numarine.com
Gross tonnage <300GT w: numarine.com
2 x Onan 65kW; 1 x 9m Technohull Classification Interior design
Engines 1 x Onan 27kW SV909 RIB; RINA C @ Hull Can Yalman,
2 x 715hp 1 x 5m Williams Mach, Esra Kasmirci,
Caterpillar C18 Dieseljet 505 Y Unrestricted Numarine

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