Michael Noah was on vacation in Greece, trying to relax, when he realized the thermometer had hit 114 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat wave was part of the hottest month ever recorded on Earth.

“My children are now 13 and 15, and I want there to be a world for them,” he says. “Something has to give.”

As the project lead for furniture and product design at Winch Design, he’s in a position to help be the kind of change he wants to see. The company has been working with Summit Furniture on an updated line of furniture called Arc in Colour that’s built of sustainable, plantation-grown teak, along with fabrics made from recycled fishing nets and textile waste.

“We want to make a market for this,” he says. “People are a bit more conscious about sustainability.”

The idea is not so much to make furniture that looks like it came from recycled and sustainable materials, but instead to make furniture that looks luxurious while being crafted in a way that’s better for the planet. As of early August, Noah and his team were working with Summit to perfect the materials used to make the lounge chair, with plans to expand the Arc in Colour line into bar chairs, dining chairs and the modular-type sofas seen above. They’re still working on pricing, but Noah says it will not be a custom line. Instead, the idea is to make it accessible for lots of clients—since more and more yacht owners are making verified sustainable materials part of their project briefs.

“Before, it wasn’t in the forefront of their mind, but now it is,” he says. “We have a boat in London we’re delivering fairly soon, and the client is super involved. He wants to make sure everything is checked.”

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Abeking & Rasmussen, Andrew Winch Designs and Y.CO have announced their collaboration on the 291-foot Intensity, a project yacht based on the same hull and engineering as the recently launched 269-foot Kibo.

“The striking trideck superstructure, incorporating elegant curves and glass wrapping, appears iridescent in the reflection of the water and sunlight,” Winch stated in a press release. “Welcoming, spacious decks provide the perfect environment to entertain guests and relax in the warmth of the sun.”

No other information has been made public besides the three renderings shown in the slideshow above, but Intensity is for sale through www.y.co, where serious clients can request additional details.

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Feadship Sea Owl

The world just got its first view of the new 203-foot Sea Owl when Feadship moved the yacht from inside the shipyard to the light of day. The Dutch builder says the onboard security system is possibly the most elaborate ever built into a yacht, and that because the owners desire privacy, precious few details about_ Sea Owl_ are going to be released.

What we can report is that_ Sea Owl_ has a jade mist green steel hull with an oyster white aluminum superstructure, both of which surround what Feadship says is arguably the most personalized interior that it has ever constructed. “We believe she is quite possibly the most customized 62-meter yacht ever built,” owners’ representative Anthony Sands of Edge Yachts stated in a press release.

Alas, neither Edge Yachts nor Feadship are saying much more, but they did announce that the exterior includes “a wealth of varnished wood” while the interior boasts an “extraordinarily detailed selection of hand carved pieces, sculptures, petrified wood items and marbles.” There are two kids’ cabins onboard along with a “thematic decorative scheme” designed to appeal to the younger generation. We’ll all have to let our imaginations fill in the blanks between those bits of information, since Andrew Winch Designs, which handled both exterior and interior styling, is also keeping mum on any further insights.

Basic specs for Sea Owl show that she has a 40-foot beam, a 12-foot, 2-inch draft, a pair of 16V4000 M53R MTU engines, Quantum zero-speed stabilizers, and a pair of 27-foot tenders, one a sport boat and the other a limousine design. (Could they be these beauties from Hodgdon Yachts that we reported on last week? They are the right size and have green paint schemes that look an awful lot like Sea Owl‘s…)

The handful of released specs also suggest that the two children’s cabins might be part of a larger master suite, in addition to three guest cabins and one nanny cabin. There are also accommodations for 18 crew.

Sea Owl is scheduled for delivery to her owner in July following sea trials. Learn more at www.feadship.nl.

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Hodgdon Yachts custom tenders

These eye-catching new tenders are the brainchild of designer Andrew Winch and builder Hodgdon Yachts, which recently launched the duo for delivery to their future mothership that is under construction at a shipyard in Holland.

Each tender is 27 feet long and built using infused epoxy carbon fiber to meet the owner’s requirements for weight. One is built as a limousine tender, while the other is an open design.

The limousine tender has an interior with raised-panel teak joinery, luxury leather seating for eight people, and a full bathroom. It also has an electrically retracting glass moon roof and aft bulkhead, as well as a roof that can lift hydraulically. Systems are integrated for iPad control.

The open tender can seat 12 people, has a retractable hardtop for getting into the mothership’s tender garage, and boasts a retracting bow ramp for easy boarding at the beach.

Learn more at www.hodgdonyachts.com.

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Hodgdon Tender

A few years ago, Hodgdon Yachts branched out beyond building custom power- and sailing yachts, with the introduction of its Custom Tenders Line. The Maine-based shipyard has four new tender orders on its books, with design input coming from two well-known yacht designers.

Two of the tenders are being designed by Michael Peters Yacht Design. While both will measure 34 feet LOA and be carried aboard an Oceanco, they’ll be different in appearance. Specifically, one is a custom limo tender, while the other is a custom open tender. The limo tender features a hardtop and side windows. Inside, 12 guests can sit in air-conditioned comfort. To make boarding easier, the hardtop lifts hydraulically. The open tender, meanwhile, is exactly as she sounds: open to the fresh air. Both are set for delivery later this year.

As for the other two tenders, they’re from the drawing boards of Andrew Winch Designs. While Hodgdon Yachts can’t reveal exactly where the mothership is being built, it does say the yard is in northern Europe. Regardless, both tenders will be delivered early next year. They, too, follow limo tender and open tender styling. The limo tender will be a bit different than the Michael Peters design, with a sliding sunroof/moonroof. It will also have a dayhead. The open tender, meanwhile, will be beachable. This way guests can step straight to shore, and beach and watertoy gear can be offloaded quickly.

Speaking of quickly, each of the Hodgdon Yachts custom tenders will be speedy, capable of cruising in the 30-knot range.

To get a better sense of what the builder’s tenders are like, including how hardware is even custom designed, check out this video.

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