AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS ON A 68M SUPERYACHT

This paper seeks to analyse the impact of alternative fuels in the design of a modern Superyacht. The fuels, selected as zero net greenhouse gas emissions across their lifecycle, would allow the yacht to comply to the newest IMO targets but would certainly imply some changes and modification to the design. These modifications are analysed under different aspects and in relation to different parameter, in order to have a clear and objective analysis; the effects of the Class rules are also evaluated where possible and applicable. The conclusions presented leave some questions still open as there are no unique solutions that the designer could take but the pros and cons of the different solutions are presented and the constraints that they impose on the new designs clearly identified.