LET THERE BE LIGHT

Alberto Mancini is a man in high demand at the moment, and be it revitalising the Fairline range or penning the latest Mangusta rocket ship, it seems the Italian designer can do no wrong.

The Ilumen concept from Dominator proved a challenge, however. The brief from the owner of hull number one was to create a boat with the space, panache and master suite of a far larger craft on a boat whose hull length dips below that crucial 24m threshold. With a length limit in place the only way to go is up, hence the Ilumen’s towering height and the need for some slick aesthetic trickery to lower the profile. Glass is liberally employed to soften the upright topsides, an obvious benefit being the amount of natural light that