Marlow is launching its largest and most sophisticated yacht yet, the 100-foot Voyager named ICE, at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, starting Oct. 30. Designed for operation around the world, the new Marlow will have a top speed of 20 to 22 knots and a range of 4,200 nm at 8 knots.
Two years in the making, the new Marlow is remarkable for its continuous-duty engines, its dedicated mechanical rooms and its special environment systems. Its state-of-the-art composite hull makes extensive use of Kevlar and carbon-fiber construction with Marlow’s proprietary Full Stack Infusion process; the company says ICE will have one of the strongest hulls in the industry, capable of receiving the Unrestricted Navigation designation.
Because of its anticipated worldwide travels, from the Arctic cold of Siberia to the intense heat of the Arabian Gulf, the yacht is built with redundant systems and climate control both for the people on board and for yacht itself. It has John Deere and Kohler generating systems that operate at less than one-fourth of their output capacity for trouble-free maintenance.
No salt enters the piped heating and cooling systems due to Marlow’s proprietary remote heat-exchange system. The engine room, electrical room and machinery spaces are large enough, often with eight feet of headroom, to provide walkaround access for inspection and maintenance.
The engines are Baudouin hand-built, continuous-duty diesels with 1600 hp at a low 1900 rpm for exceptional economy and reliability. You can make major repairs with the engines in place, instead of having to remove them from the yacht, because the design gives access to key components. There are individual heads for each of the engine’s 12 cylinders.
We’ll have many more details about this new Marlow after we see it at the show.
Specs.: LOA: 102’0”; Beam: 22’6”; Draft: NA; Disp.: 97 tons; Fuel: 5,500 gals.; Water: 600 gals.; Power: 2×1600-hp Baudouin diesels.
