MORE IS MORE
Back a few months now, before social distancing, I am one of 25 people seeking shade and the tropical-strength air conditioning inside the upper saloon of a new yacht. All these bodies inside the pilothouse-cum-lounge of a new 25.45-metre boat make a good case for what the builder is telling the small crowd in front of him.
“The first criteria we had in the design effort was how do we get more volume in the boat,” says Richard Allender, director of US Operations for Alexander Marine, importer of Taiwanese Ocean Alexander yachts.
The 26R (launched as the 84R a few months ago, before the numbering system was changed from feet to metres) is the second model in a series that Ocean Alexander has labelled Revolution. The first was the 28R, which was launched in 2018 as the 90R, and the next one will be a 35R, currently under construction for an American couple and due out in 2021.
No revolution happens in slow motion and Ocean Alexander is launching new products at a quick pace, working closely with American-born, London-based designer Evan K Marshall. The designer says people are shopping for features
