The winner of the Custom Yacht category in the Motor Boat of the Year Awards 2007, the Mochi MaxiDolphin 74, is no more.  Mochi Craft has announced a glorious new 74ft replacement, the Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser.

Apart from its hull – which is virtually the same as the old MaxiDolphin 74, except that it has more and larger windows – just about everything else on the new model is different.

The key to the most dramatic advances in the Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser compared with its predecessor, is the superstructure.  It is considerably longer than the previous model, creating a saloon that is 6ft longer – 29ft compared with 23ft – and with a flybridge that is simply enormous, extending all the way to the transom.

The Motor Boat of the Year Award citation for the old MaxiDolphin 74 said she had “a saloon to die for”.  Well, that wasn’t good enough for Mochi.  The 6ft longer saloon of the Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser has enabled the designers to devote the entire aft section to a huge lounging area, rather than it being shared by the lounge and dining areas as it was on the old model.  The dining area on the new boat is now separate, and further forward, opposite the door into the galley.  The galley itself is enclosed, so the crew working there won’t disturb the owner and guests.  One particularly notable feature of this larger main deck layout is that the helm is now on the port side, which will appeal to the purists!

Thanks to some ingenious planning of the ‘below stairs’ space, the crew areas have been kept entirely separate from the rest of the accommodation.  The crew have direct access from the galley down to their crew quarters – where there are cabins for three, a galley and crew mess – and from there through to the engine room, the aft utility room, the boat garage and the fold-down ‘beach deck’ right at the stern.  So the crew can go about their duties without ever disturbing others on board.  Taking pride of place on the lower deck is a huge, full-beam owner’s suite at the centre of the boat.  It boasts an uncommonly large dressing room in the corner on the port side, and also much larger windows than the old MaxiDolphin 74, and with opening ports.  The VIP guest suite is in the bow, plus a further double and a twin cabin both of which have en suite bathrooms.  Above decks, the new Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser is streets ahead of her predecessor.

The foredeck has a vast sunbed, plus a cosy seating area for breakfast that’s well screened from prying eyes on the quay when moored stern-to.  The splendid ‘terrace’ dining area in the aft cockpit features a cleverly-design converting seat-cum-sunbed that provides forward and aft facing settee seats when the backrests are in place, and a very large sunbed with the backrests folded down – one forward and one aft.  ‘Sunbed’ is perhaps not quite the right term since it is in the shade of the long flybridge overhang; a ‘siesta lounger’ would be a more accurate description! With the flybridge stretching all the way to the transom, the space on top has to be seen to be believed.  The flybridge is some 28ft long from windscreen to aft coaming – that’s more than the width of a singles tennis court!  There’s a commanding view from the flybridge helm, which sits on a plinth in the centre.  From here, with just a couple of steps either way, the skipper can easily check over the side when manoeuvring at close quarters.

Aft of the helm is a huge sunbed.  And in front of it, a seating area that will comfortably accommodate 12 people. There is little doubt that a great deal of thought and a wealth of Mediterranean cruising expertise has gone into the design and detailing of the Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser.  The result is perhaps the closest thing yet at this size to the consummate, high-speed, gentleman’s motor yacht.  Those with many years of warm-weather cruising under their keels will surely appreciate everything about this fabulous craft, from its style, performance, maturity and refinement, to it’s superb construction, glorious interior, exceptional user-friendliness and unquestionable quality in every detail.  And what of that famous Mochi ‘wow’ factor?  That is evident in abundance!  The old Mochi MaxiDolphin 74 was famously described as ‘heart-wrenchingly beautiful’.  The new Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser is arguably even more handsome.

The launch of the new Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser is planned for the end of May 2010.

MOCHI DOLPHIN 74 CRUISER – provisional
Length overall – 74 ft 0 in
Max beam – 22 ft 6 in
Engines – 2 x MAN V10 M94
Engine power – 2 x 1550 hp
Drive system – conventional shafts
Max speed* – 31.5 knots
Cruising speed* – 28 knots
Range (cruising speed)* – 305 nm
Bow thruster – 15hp
Stern thrusters – optional
Unladen displacement – 50 ton
Cabins (ex crew) – 4
Heads (ex crew) – 4
Crew – 3
Fuel – 1243 gal
Watermaker – optional
Water – 218 gal
Air conditioning – Std
Generator – 9 kW + 20 kW
Gyroscopic Stabilisers – optional
RCD category – ‘A’
Price on application

Sales Enquiries: Ventura, 17 Queen Street, London W1J 5PH
Tel +44 (0)20 7495 2330 mail@venturaeurope.com www.venturaeurope.com

RCD classifications: With the exception of the Riva Aquariva [RCD category ‘B’] every boat from the Ferretti Group under 24m – which includes Ferretti, Pershing, Riva, Mochi, Itama and Bertram – is certified as RCD category ‘A’.

The RCD design and construction regulations require that boats meet specified standards for Structure, Stability, Buoyancy, Openings [in hull, deck and superstructure] and Flooding when carrying a specified Load.

CATEGORY ‘A’ [OCEAN]: boats are approved for use where conditions may exceed wind force 8, with wave heights over 4m.
CATEGORY ‘B’ [OFFSHORE]: boats are approved for use in conditions up to wind force 8, with wave heights up to 4m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, IMAGES, INTERVIEWS AND SEA TRIALS:
Michael Newton-Woof
VENTURA
Tel 020 7495 2330
mnw@venturaeurope.com
www.venturaeurope.com

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