CURVE BALL

The aft platform’s details and engineering are true works of art

When it was first unveiled in March 2019 as the new flagship of the Zeelander fleet, the Z72 looked like a mighty step up in scale. Nearly 30% longer than the previous flagship, it brought more than double the internal volume of the Z55 and took its place as the largest Zeelander ever built. However, in many ways, the new yacht remains a powerful advocate of established Zeelander protocol.

Its external design, for instance, is every bit as complex and sculptural as we have come to expect of Zeelander. In place of hard lines, flat surfaces and routine symmetries, there are swept cambers and corporeal swellings everywhere you look. It certainly adds expense and awkwardness