She was resting quayside at the Cannes Yachting Festival. Positioned in profile, she appeared familiar, yet I couldn’t peg the builder.
Her sharp exterior lines held my gaze. I needed to know who she was.
The Adler Suprema is a new-to-market 76-footer with carbon fiber, Kevlar and fiberglass construction, hybrid diesel-electric propulsion and a proprietary ship-monitoring setup.
I soon discovered why she looked familiar. The near omnipresent Italian design firm Nuvolari-Lenard penned the Suprema’s plumb bow, crisp sheer line and aggressively raked superstructure, as well as her interior. This firm has drawn an array of well-known production, semicustom and custom craft. Each yacht has its own signature, but, overall, Nuvolari-Lenard creates an upscale ambience that translates into all of its designs.
Complementing the Suprema’s look is a progressive propulsion system: Her main engines are twin 1,150 hp Caterpillar diesels turning carbon-fiber propellers, and two 100 kW ATE e-engines allow the Suprema to run at 8 knots on electric-only power for 60 minutes.
Recharging the batteries takes another 60. She can also run onboard systems all day on batteries alone. The benefit? The sound of only water lapping against the hull when you cast off from your mooring ball at first light. Your neighbors will thank you.
Top speed: 30 knots. Max range: 3,500 nm.
Her advanced features are not limited to propulsion. Hate cold floors? She has electrically heated soles on the main deck and in the heads belowdecks. A proprietary app lets owners remotely monitor and control ship’s systems via iPad too. And, of course, there are the chilled cup holders.
This yacht is a multinational effort. Adler Yacht is based in Switzerland. The Suprema is built in Monfalcone, Italy. Her engineering involved one Austrian and two German firms, plus Nuvolari-Lenard located in Venice.
Perhaps that is why the Adler Suprema addresses so many factors, ranging from her look to the environment. She’s about details. This builder seems to have paid attention to all of them, and then some.
