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The idea for the Darwin class came twelve years ago

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before the project for the first Darwin ship 

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was even developed.

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Darwin means long-range navigation

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 in the remotest corners of the Earth.

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It’s evocative of faraway voyages.

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The experience we had, 

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having built commercial vessels for ten years

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meant that the whole staff was focused

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on ships that could sail in any weather, 

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as they say in the field.

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 Ships that could even face storms.

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This type of displacement-hull ships

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can sail at a maximum speed of 13 knots, 

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up to 15 knots for larger ships.

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So, the Darwin class, which ranges from 86 feet

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to 115 feet, had range as its main feature,

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a range of over 5000 nautical miles.

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 This meant that it could sail across the Atlantic Ocean

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in absolute safety

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in fact one of the first ships we made has managed

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about nine Atlantic crossings.

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This was the idea for the Darwin class,

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 that you could reach the Galapagos islands, 

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and ten years later, I can actually confirm

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that one of our ships, the smallest, the 86-footer, 

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has managed to reach the Galapagos

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and now we are working on other ships

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that will be able to make this voyage to the Galapagos.

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A displacement hull-type ship can carry

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over 40.000 liters of diesel in smaller boats

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up to 70.000 in the larger ones

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I’m talking of course about the Darwin class.

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This allows for safe navigation 

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and there’s also a design feature

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that increases safety, that I want to highlight,

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that of the thickness of the hull.

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Nowadays, unfortunately,

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we have ever more flotsam in the sea,

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 and it’s easy to come across 

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a partially submerged container.

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This is in fact one of the main causes of sinkings

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as submerged containers

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do not show up on radars

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and having a hull that in the case of a collision

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can get over the obstacle intact

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that allows to sail on safely, is very reassuring

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for the captain and the crew. 

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With a displacement hull-type ship

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as I like to say, the cruise begins

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as one leaves the dock, this type of boat

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is designed to provide the highest comfort 

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during navigation the lowest noise level.

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Therefore, the shipowner can choose

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to weigh anchor in the night, like cruise ships do.

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Set sail in the evening from one cove, and lay anchor 

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in a completely different place the following morning.

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Another core concept for Explorer yachts, 

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in my opinion,

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is that the shipowner should have time enough 

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to enjoy his vacation. 

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This type of ships has very low fuel consumption

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therefore a small impact on the environment as well

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and for those shipowners

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who have little time on their hands, 

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they allow to have the ship sail to destination,

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then reach it quickly by airplane

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 in the most beautiful spots in the Mediterranean, 

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or the world.

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This is the idea with displacement hull-type ships

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this is somewhat the idea with the Darwin class.

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If I had to compare a Darwin-class ship with a car, 

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I’d say that a Darwin is

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the Land Rover Defender of boats

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a car – or a ship, in this case – 

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that always gets you to where you are going.

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This is the most important concept 

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for an Explorer yacht, and therefore for the Darwins.