NEW YACHTS
Heyman PPH40
This distinctive ‘Pocket Pilot House’ design from Swedish naval architect Gabriel Heyman aims to blend excellent performance and handling with comfortable living accommodation arranged around the needs of two people, plus occasional guests. The PPH40 is intended as the smallest yacht he believes will work well in this configuration.
“I originally studied to be an architect and have always liked the feel of a room that’s warm, welcoming and comfortable, yet not enclosed,” says Heyman. “You see this often now in houses, but still rarely in boats.”
Heyman is keen to point out that the boat’s innovative layouts are “not like those of a powerboat, where cockpit,
