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Alba cruising on a wide English river at golden hour, three-quarter side view from astern, with a church tower, houses and trees on the bank and the sun low on the left. A gloss deep navy-teal hull with a sand-gold line along the sheer and a second gold line low on the hull, a crease rising towards the stern, and two long dark window slots in the hull side. A pale cream superstructure with a dark window band runs aft into a slim hardtop over the aft deck, where a wooden deco wheel stands at the helm and sand leather seating wraps a teak table. A red ensign flies at the stern and ALBA is lettered in gold on the transom above a teak platform. Off brief: the stern is an upright, squared transom carrying the name rather than a rounded sculpted tail, the superstructure starts behind a long flat foredeck and a raked windscreen rather than low with a softly rounded nose, and a radar dome sits on the roof.

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Exterior design

Clearly Notte Blu's sister: the same hull colour, gold line, crease and sculpted tail, scaled up, with a pale saloon that rises aft into a hardtop.

The card

parts 01 of 06

Exterior design

parts 01 of 06idea_067

The notes

rendered

Alba is clearly Notte Blu's sister: same hull colour, gold line, crease and sculpted tail, scaled up, with a visible but flowing superstructure.

  • Near-vertical bow, fairly flat sheer line with a sand-gold metal line
  • Sculpted crease along the hull side, rising towards the stern
  • Two thin, dark hull window slots, one for each bedroom
  • Pale stone superstructure: softly rounded nose, gently curved roof rising aft
  • Long dark window band following the roof line
  • Roof extends aft as a slim hardtop on slim pillars over the aft deck
  • Outside helm on the aft deck, under the hardtop
  • Large swim platform at the tail for river and marina life

See Notte Blu for the sister ship.

The drawings

2 sheets
Side profile, bow on the left, on the waterline. A deep navy-teal hull with a near-vertical bow, a sand-gold line along the sheer and a crease along the hull side. Two thin dark window slots in the hull, one for each bedroom. A pale stone superstructure with a rounded nose and a long dark window band rises aft along a curved roof into a hardtop on slim pillars over the aft deck, with the wooden wheel and sand seating under it. The swim platform at the tail.
01 · Side profile
Front and rear views on the waterline. Front: the vertical stem, the sand-gold sheer line, the crease, and the pale saloon above with its dark front glass. Rear: the hardtop on slim pillars over the back of the saloon, a dark galley door between two seats, the rounded tail with a large platform across it, and two props and rudders below the water.
02 · Front and rear views on the waterline

The plates

3 · lift any one out
Alba cruising on a wide English river at golden hour, three-quarter side view from astern, with a church tower, houses and trees on the bank and the sun low on the left. A gloss deep navy-teal hull with a sand-gold line along the sheer and a second gold line low on the hull, a crease rising towards the stern, and two long dark window slots in the hull side. A pale cream superstructure with a dark window band runs aft into a slim hardtop over the aft deck, where a wooden deco wheel stands at the helm and sand leather seating wraps a teak table. A red ensign flies at the stern and ALBA is lettered in gold on the transom above a teak platform. Off brief: the stern is an upright, squared transom carrying the name rather than a rounded sculpted tail, the superstructure starts behind a long flat foredeck and a raked windscreen rather than low with a softly rounded nose, and a radar dome sits on the roof.
01 · Alba cruising on a wide English river at golden hour
Alba running at speed across a lively blue sea under a bright sky with scattered cloud, white chalk cliffs and a lighthouse in the distance. Spray and a white wake stream off the navy-teal hull with its two sand-gold lines and long dark window slots. Two people sit at the helm under the hardtop, behind the long dark window band, with sand leather seating and a teak table on the aft deck, and a red ensign at the stern. Close to the brief. Off brief: the stern is an upright, squared transom with ALBA in gold rather than a rounded sculpted tail, and the bow sits level rather than slightly raised.
02 · Alba running at speed across a lively blue sea under a bright sky with scattered cloud
Alba and Notte Blu moored side by side in a French harbour at dusk, seen from astern, with café tables, lit awnings, plane trees and a hillside town with a bell tower behind. Both hulls are gloss deep navy with sand-gold lines and blue underwater lights glowing beneath them. Alba, on the left, has a pale hardtop over a cockpit of sand leather seating around a lit table, with a red ensign and ALBA in gold on the stern. Notte Blu, smaller and lower, has a split windscreen, a wooden wheel and a large sand sunpad, with NOTTE BLU on the stern and an Italian flag. A brass bollard and mooring line in the foreground. Off brief: both sterns are upright, squared transoms carrying the names rather than sculpted tails.
03 · Alba and Notte Blu moored side by side in a French harbour at dusk