First WiderCat 92 Yacht Premiering in Venice

Yacht buyers in Italy are set to see and step aboard something no one else has. Wider’s first WiderCat 92 yacht, which is further its first-ever catamaran, has reached completion in time for the Venice Boat Show.

Although Wider is still taking the super cat, christened Acali, to the Cannes Yachting Festival in September for global yacht buyers to see, the Venice show holds special significance. In fact, the city is home to the Wider Superyacht Hub. This facility is where the Moonflower 72 project is under construction, and where additional megayachts will take shape.

first WiderCat 92 yacht, Acali — PHOTO: MOOWE

With the first WiderCat 92 yacht, customers can expect to find four staterooms, including the main-deck master suite. It occupies nearly half of the entire deck, too. The guest staterooms—two VIPs and one double—sit in the two hulls.

Due to the beamy nature of the catamaran design, alfresco areas are ample. Speaking of which, owners and guests should really appreciate the beach club. With fold-down bulkheads, it’s an even more voluminous-feeling space. It becomes usable when the tender and toys offload into the water. As for those toys, notably, Wider created an electric stand-up paddleboard, specifically a Sipaboards Neo Silver Drive. This is its first-ever electric SUP as well. The yacht also carries a custom Wider edition of a SeaBob.

Beyond the voluminous look and feel, along with the design details by Luca Dini Design and Wider’s in-house team, though, the most important aspect of the first WiderCat 92 yacht is her propulsion system. Specifically, it’s a serial hybrid propulsion system. Firstly, twin 500-kW electric motors couple with thrusters, while two 349-kW gensets provide electricity for the motors and a lithium-ion-phosphate battery bank. The gensets are set to operate at minimal power consumption. Naturally, a battery-management system monitors electricity needs and balances loads. Also, like future WiderCat 92 deliveries, the first yacht has solar panels, a total of 1,615 square feet (150 square meters) for feeding operations at anchor. The batteries feed unused energy to the battery banks, too, for the yacht’s electric needs overnight.

Yet another technical feature, one which is previously undisclosed, is a 3D monitoring and control system. Wider partnered with a company called Applied, which has the Future Marine software suite. One of the advantages, for instance, is strong visual information for navigation. The software also offers document management and related tasks.

“The WiderCat 92 is a testament to Wider’s pioneering vision,” says Marcello Maggi, head of Wider (below). “Wider approaches the yachting market with ambition and the desire to continuously push the boundaries of technological innovation.”

More WiderCat 92s are in build for customers around the world, including the United States.

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