Why anchor your superyacht of the sugar white St. Tropez beach, or the Icelandic ice floe, if you could crawl there? This is the thinking behind the new amphibious catamaran concept called Pagurus – Latin for crab – by the designers of the Italian studio Lazzarini.
The key to the amphibious abilities of this 82-foot mini-yacht is the design of its twin hull. Hidden in recesses are four 21-foot steel cylinders, each with a spiral flange that resembles the wire of a giant screw. Pull up to a beach and with one push of a button all four cylinders fall out of the hull. The propellers each turn in their own 440 hp diesel engine, which bites into the sand and drags the catamaran ashore.
“It would be the ultimate hunting expedition, with the ability to take you ashore as well as sea,” Pierpaolo Lazzarini said. Robb report.
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Lazzarini’s original idea was a military version of the catamaran. He even produced a version with camo paint and a roof cannon. But when he wanted a big increase in luxury yacht buyers with friends and family on the verge of ‘going off the net’, he felt that a private version with cabins for eight would have a globe-like appeal.
One big attraction of Pagurus’ ability to crawl to the shore – apart from the fact that you can see penguins through your bedroom window – is to explore in your own 4 × 4. In this case a Tesla Cybertruck.
‘We imagined that it could be stored on a platform between the hulls and lower to the ground on the winch. The same platform can be used to hold some electric Tesla Cyberquad ATVs or snowmobiles, ‘he says.
And sowing the Teslas will be easy with the large bank of solar panels incorporated into the decks. Even the rotation of the propeller cylinders when the catamaran is running is designed to charge the batteries.
To take Pagurus to distant destinations, Lazzarini imagines the cat with some 900 hp Caterpillar diesels coupled to star drives, giving a top speed of 25 knots.
In addition to the multi-terrain capabilities, Pagurus is a modern mini-explorer design, with features such as solar panels to provide energy.
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Do you want to sail to that remote bay without disturbing nature? Those underwater helical propellers can turn under silent electric force to push the yacht against a rogue five knots.
Lazzarini says his inspiration comes from a giant crab from which the hunt gets its name. You see it in the high-side skirts and low, low-carbon fiber build-up with its distinctive, slender semicircle of glass. Pagurus’ steel hull will be up to a centimeter thick, with extra reinforcement around the arch for a safe and effective ice pressure.
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The designer realizes that he can get criticism about the environmental impact that Pagarus may have, but regards the propeller drives as a safety feature to catch the catamaran should it get stuck or get stuck in mud. It can also move ashore if the weather gets bad.
The Pagurus concept could become a reality for about $ 30 million. If you like the shape, but not so much the ambitious propeller technology, a lighter Pagurus, built of carbon fiber with water jet power and a top speed of 32 knots, can be built for about $ 8 million.