Project:  E16

Modifications of project:  E16MT (marine), E16MT-R (river)

Exterior design:  Zhavoronkov Design Studio

Classification project:  Sea Tech Ltd.

Detailed design:  Sea Tech Ltd.

Interior design:  Kvand (Moscow)

Customer:  Nakhimov Motor Yachts (Moscow)

Yards:  Rubinsk Shipyard, Irkutsk Shipyard, 2014

 

The year 2003 was marked by the beginning of work on the basic E16 project, and at the same time the start of the yacht theme and the beginning of the development of projects for self-assembly.

As part of the work on the basic E16 concept, Sea Tech carried out a complex of research work, calculations, and model tests. Options for a vessel with one and two engines, with a steel hull and aluminum superstructure and all-steel, and different layout options have been worked out. As a result of these studies, three main projects reached the final stage, differing from each other in purpose, design, number of engines, and general location. This:

E16GL - single-engine version that meets GL requirements, developed jointly with Choren Design & Consulting (Poland).

E16MT - twin-engine version for class "R3-RSN" RS. Construction plant Rybinsk shipyard.

E16MT-R - a modification of the E16MT project - a river yacht with a steel hull and an aluminum superstructure.

The peculiarity of the E16 project hull is that its contours (with a relatively small length-to-width ratio) make it possible to make the interior spaces quite spacious, have good stability, and at the same time, this hull has good seaworthiness. This was the reason to accept the E16 project as the base for a number of low-speed steel yachts of similar dimensions - see yachts of the family. In particular, the yacht "Lotus-17" was implemented on the basis of the project hull.

The hull part is distinguished by its simple design, making the assembly process accessible to any shipbuilding workshop. The E16 project is popular for self-building.