Sanlorenzo’s 44Alloy Superyacht Is a Custom 3-Level Penthouse on Water

The Italian shipyard prides itself with the ability to build standard hulls that can then be turned into one-offs with help from esteemed interior designers. Simply put, if you’re loaded, you buy a Sanlorenzo hull and they have someone design its interior exactly as you want it, in accordance to your needs and specifications. This is the second best thing to having a vessel built for you from scratch.

The latest from Sanlorenzo is an alteration of the 40Alloy yacht from the Alloy Range: the 44Alloy adds 15 feet (4.5 meters) to the base model and results in a 146-foot (44.5-meter) fast-displacement-hulled superyacht that would make any seafarer proud to call his or her own. While the resemblance to the predecessor is there, the difference is inside the vessel.

The 44Alloy comes with incredibly generous interior spaces designed by Zuccon International Project that blur the line between the outdoor and the indoor, but what most stands out is the 3-level master suite. Whereas most superyachts will dedicate an entire deck to the master or owner’s suite, this one takes a different approach and expands vertically. Sanlorenzo often says they build homes on water. This is a penthouse on water.

The owner’s suite includes 1,560 square feet (145 square meters) of living space, with both indoor and outdoor spaces. In an interview from earlier this year, Bernardo Zuccon told The Robb Report that the approach in designing this superyacht came from Austrian modernist architect Adolf Loo and his three-dimensional spatial planning method that allotted different levels for different rooms.

“On board the new 44 Alloy, each [environment] is on a specific level, indoor and outdoor; every level has different functions but at the same time is part of the same [environment],” Zuccon explains. As such, “he owner’s cabin was conceived as a loft, and is divided in three levels: lobby, bedroom and living room/office. It offers the owner a new way to experience [his or her] time on board.”

This philosophy in design is apparent elsewhere on the superyacht, too, translated into a mixture of lines, colors and materials that alter the perception of space, amplifying it. After all, Zuccon says, when you design the interior of a yacht, your biggest limitation is the yacht itself.

Sanlorenzo has three hulls of the 44Alloy in the works (and five in total planned, all of them sold), and the interior design of each one is handled by a different designer. Martina Zuccon has created the interiors of the first hull, while Michele Bonan will do the second and Christian Liaigre the third.

On board the first hull, there is accommodation for 10 guests in five staterooms and the master suite, and a crew of nine. Amenities include a large beach club that opens on three sides for “full connection with the sea,” and a jacuzzi on the foredeck. Sanlorenzo says the layout offers “solutions previously unseen on a yacht this size” in terms of comfort.

The shipyard offers two propulsion options: the 44Alloy superyacht can be powered by twin MTU M 12 V 2000 M96L engines that will deliver a top speed of 20 knots, or by twin MTU 16 V 2000 M96L that will take it to a speed of 22 knots.

The first hull was delivered to its owner last month and has been named H1.