Humphreys Yacht Design News

UK shipbuilder Wight Shipyard Co has been appointed to develop the fleet of Arksen series vessels including the Arksen 70, Arksen 85 and Arksen 100.Arksen is developing, building and supporting semi-autonomous, hybrid explorer vessels,  designed from the ground up to have the least impact on the environment and take adventurers to the most inaccessible corners of the world’s oceans.The team also comprising fellow south coast businesses Humphreys Yacht Design (exterior) and Design Unlimited (interior).“Ship building on the Isle of Wight goes back hundreds of years. The Isle of Wight builds the finest aluminium vessels in the world and this explorer yacht range fits perfectly alongside our high-speed ferry building operation…

Kha Shing, Taiwan builder of luxury yachts, has begun building the first of its newest model in its Monte Fino range, designated hull 84/6. The ecHo is an 85-ft motor yacht, and its name derives from being ecologically friendly as well as the result of a partnership with Humphreys Yacht Design. The Monte Fino ecHo is a completely new design based on the principals of energy efficiency, minimal emissions and the philosophy that the act of travelling on board should be as much a pleasure as arriving at the destination.