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Domus Trimaran Solar Electric Yacht | 2022
Domus Trimaran Solar Electric Yacht | 2022


Designers: Pieter Van Geest, Van Geest Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Rob Doyle, Rob Doyle Design, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland
Manufacturer: Van Geest Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


DOMUS: single-story house which was built around a courtyard known as an atrium. Atriums had rooms opening up off of them and they had no roofs.
DOMUS had many rooms including kitchen, bath, dining, and bedrooms.

Faster - Large Trimarans have proven to be faster than equivalent sized catamarans. This is well demonstrated in the offshore / inshore racing world and the 2010 Americas Cup where BMW Oracle (27m Trimaran) beat Alinghi (27m Catamaran).

DOMUS is designed to heel 2 degrees to allow the weather hull to come out of the water, thus reducing drag and increasing performance. This is impossible to achieve in a Superyacht Catamaran.

Catamaran systems have to be doubled for the two hulls, this significantly increase the cost of the vessel, by going the trimaran route the designers have all the systems and engineering in the center hull just like a normal construction method and the Armas are kept simple.

All the rigging forces are taken by the main hull, thus keeping crossbeam structures simpler and generally the overall structure being more straight forward. More Space – Due to the fact that a hull can be raised out of the water, Trimarans generally have much more beam.

This directly equates to more interior volume and deck space. With three hulls in the water at anchor there is better damping effect on the Trimaran than on a catamaran, thus a more solid feeling platform and vastly reduced motions then experienced on monohulls.

As highlighted above DOMUS is designed to a heel angle of 2 degrees, therefore a guest onboard will experience a level of comfort underway, far superior to any Sailing or Motor Monohull which can experience high angles roll leading to motion sickness. The uniquely designed combination of Solar power, Hydro Regeneration & Hydrogen Fuel cells gives DOMUS unlimited range with Zero Emissions.

An optimized system of Solar Power and Battery Storage allows the yacht to motor during daylight hours and then transfer over to the Battery system at night. This also means that DOMUS is fully silent with Zero Emissions while at anchor.

Gone are the days of Generator Noise and Exhaust Smells while sitting in your Idyllic Anchorage. Lately the designers have been looking at yachts differently. Designers have been after the holy grail of space management.

In the monohull sailing yachts the designers have increased interior space by 50% with the Fury designs. Considering the choices regarding technical and performance criteria of multihulls the designers can say that in the DOMUS design the designers have doubled interior space compared to 40m catamarans.

By studying the importance of certain functions and focusing on the main ones the designers allow us to be efficient in the design and overall usage of the yacht. Besides the larger interior and covered exterior spaces, the fact that they main guest areas are all on one deck without steps give DOMUS a unique villa/bungalow like onboard experience.


Domus Trimaran Solar Electric Yacht | 2022
Domus Trimaran Solar Electric Yacht | 2022

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