Being the designer of Royal Huisman’s 192-foot (58.5-meter) motoryacht Phi carries a fair amount of gravitas and rock-star status. Phi, notable as the longest motoryacht in the world under 500 gross tons, is one of this year’s most talked-about yachts. Dutch designer Cor D. Rover created her distinctive exterior styling, as well as that of her shadow boat built by Alia.
“The owner wanted the exterior to be cobralike and aggressive,” Rover says. “I made a million sketches and went way too far in that direction. He reeled me back in, and thank goodness he did.”
Phi’s technically savvy owner commissioned Rover largely based on the designer’s yacht swimming pool design, DEPP, which heats and treats the water when the pool
