The world of Megayachts is a
constant evolutionary platform for designers and has been undergoing
serious revolutions in recent times. However, sometimes a concept that’s
so bold, so very opulent and so far in to the future comes up and it
begs asking the questions – Why not? and more importantly – How soon?
Vasily Klyukin, who happens to be an architect, designer and writer (of
science fiction no doubt) has envisioned a yacht that undoubtedly has
its roots in some sort of comic book; he calls it the Monaco 2050.
MEET THE MONACO 2050
The concept of the Monaco 2050 is thus –
a super slick and completely state-of-the-art sea craft that has
everything from a swimming pool to anything and everything else you
could possibly imagine for a quick trip across the seas to a long haul
ocean adventure. And while that might seem, ‘ho-hum’ interesting to any
yacht buyer, the feature that will have customers whipping their
checkbooks out in a frenzy is the Avenger’s Quinjet styled plane that
sits atop this sporty looking boat. The idea is to make “commuting” an
easy facility wherein one can simply take off and head to shore by air
and return the same way with the craft’s VTOL (Vertical Take-off and
Landing) capabilities. Of course the simplest solution would have been
to have a helipad but this is so much more ostentatious and so very very
cool!
MEET THE MONACO 2050
The primary idea behind this concept is
to keep things sleek and streamlined and managing a helicopter in bad
weather could pose a serious problem on slightly smaller yachts, and
that’s where the Monaco 2050 would prove to be far superior. The black
white and red theme of the air and sea craft fits in perfectly with the
futuristic looks and gives it a very – Tony Stark invented it – type of
design. There would be no need for a runway as the three downward blades
(as depicted in the images) would easily get it off the ground from
anywhere and the 6 jet engines could also make it quite speedy.
MEET THE MONACO 2050
We know that VTOL technology already
exists and is being used in military airplanes so getting it into the
private and commercial sector is only matter of time and red tape
restrictions. Although I may never get to travel by these excessive
means, I’d nonetheless love to see the technology in action.
