This year’s Moanaco Boat Show introduced an unusual concept exhibit - Utopia! A collaboration between the UK companies Yacht Island Design and BMT Nigel Gee, the 328 ft (100 m) “diameter” construction gives a volume similar to that of a larger cruise ship. The main accommodation and service area are deployed over 11 decks with the top deck recreational area and swimming pools covered by a retractable canopy. The structure uses a four legged platform arrangement at the base of which is an azimuthing thruster providing slow speed propulsion. [More]