Can you still remember your first attempt at a yacht design? Does it still exist?

This has always been my passion and I am living my dream, although I arrived at it on the more traditional path of studying Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture.

Is there a specific design that is particularly close to your heart? If so, why?

Definitely covered by an NDA!!

What was the most unusual material you’ve ever used in a yacht?

My wife Emily and I met aboard an Abeking project and I proposed to her ten years later aboard that yacht during MYS – with the very kind assistance of the original A+R team and crew! That project was certainly life changing!

What is the most important advice you would give to new yacht designers?

Increasingly more. However, before producing power aboard using new or exotic ways my general approach is and has been to try using less of it in general employing a clever hull design or operation first.).

If you had the chance to design a yacht for a movie, which movie would it be, and what would the yacht look like?

One could say the energy production and new propulsion technologies of course but I am also more excited by projects needing less energy in the first place – better hull shapes going back to the likes of efficient sailing vessels. The options we have with glass these days are also exciting.