There is a new superyacht brand, and it already boasts no small numbers. Born from the experience of Greenline Yachts, a pioneer in hybrid-powered yachting since 2008, the newcomer is called GX Superyachts and will produce luxury hulls between 24 and 56 meters overall. The brand’s goal is one: to give life to elegant and luxurious boats that offer maximum propulsion efficiency while reducing C02 emissions by 60 percent. And the first hull is already in the pipeline. It is the GX42, available in Coupe and RPH Flybridge variants, a 42-meter aluminum boat ready to lay new groundwork for sustainable luxury boating. Here’s a preview of it.
GX Superyachts: GX42
Hybrid propulsion, aluminum hull, and luxury. A combination that, in itself, does not sound particularly new. Yet, as a whole, the GX42 instead has the full appearance of novelty. Not only, in fact, is it the opening hull of a nascent brand, but it is also meant to represent something innovative in terms of philosophy and approach to the sea. As well as, of course, in the solutions adopted. Giving a good example of this, beyond the pure intention devoted to sustainability in a superyacht range, is the look, that is, a design that looks beyond common stylistic features, marrying elegance and innovative solutions to the purest functionality. An element more than evident already in the GX42 Coupe version, with the top entirely covered by mobile solar panels, to reveal, with the touch of a finger, a huge open-air terrace…
GX42 Coupe and RPH Flybridge
The first striking point when looking at the design of these hulls, technologies aside, is to be found in the team behind the whole thing; a galaxy of names of excellence among which stands out those of Marco Casali, responsible for the minimal and very clean lines of the first model, which we already know will also have some of the big names of the Made in Italy industry composing its interiors and furnishings. Sleek lines and formal elegance aside, however, the great feature of the new GX42 is to be found in its superstructures, perfectly balanced with the lines of the hull in both versions (Coupe and RPH) and particularly interesting in terms of concept.
If, on the one hand, the GX42 RPH Flybridge (image above) offers a layout that is perhaps closer to the standard, despite a very modern and already very distinctive aesthetic, with a wide fly and solar panels covering the entire non-functional surface, on the other hand we have the Coupe version, yes without the fly, but strong with an element that is still unprecedented on a similar range. Here, in fact, the slender and curvilinear profile of the superstructure, entirely covered in solar panels, opens in the middle through a lateral translation of the central surfaces, revealing a huge sun deck developed on the longitudinal axis and complete with jacuzzi and bar area.
Rounding out the exteriors of the new 42-meter GX Superyachts are then several areas, both visible and not, scattered along the hull. First and foremost, there is a large lounge area in the bow, mirrored aft by the corresponding convivial space in the cockpit. It is, however, at the extreme stern that, in this respect, the GX42 offers the best, with a large beach area strong with folding bulwarks and hydraulic platform, the latter, usable as a tender lift. Overall, with the first hull in the GX Superyachts line, it presents itself as a brand actually intent on surprising the market by seeking both novel solutions and the latest generation of green solutions. An endeavor that, necessarily, we will see taking more and more shape in the not particularly distant near future, with the launch of the first GX42 scheduled for 2026 and an entire lineup waiting to be announced in the times to come.
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