Drawn in 60 minutes: The SDS Design Challenge 2017

Team captain: Andrew Winch

Team members: Sabina Nasser, Jacopo Spadolini, Jim Sluijter

Type of vessel: Transformer yacht for diverse specification and to incorporate the owner’s love of robotics.

Dimensions: 40-100m x 16m, with 40-100m x 40m option

Max speed: Sail 30 knots, motor 20 knots

Look and feel: Space age with comfort and funk. It’s adaptable to its environment. If he wants to go into a smaller port and have more of a quaint experience, he can do that on one vessel and if he wants to take over the sea, he can do that too.

Unique details: Powered by four shuttle drives/retractable pods. Hulls can shorten to get into Portofino.

Team captains: Adriana Monk and Laura Pomponi

Team members: Elvire Blasset, Glyn Hutchinson, Rob Armstrong

Type of vessel: A new category for a new age! Mutating trimaran

Dimensions: 70m x 12m

Max speed: 30 knots

Look and feel: Photo-chromatic skin (like a lizard) to adapt in blue and green tones. Reptilian, sleek and aggressive.

Unique details: Trimaran for high-speed efficient cruising, with collapsing side hulls for docking. Central light well “iguarium” and staircase for Larry and Other Larry.