Last summer, the Settons cruised more than 7,000 miles through the Med, and it’s easy to see why they might never want to step ashore. The bright salon is big with an aft dining area to starboard and an L-shape settee forward. A small desk is to port. A durable but elegant synthetic sisal sole is countered by glossy white, planked overheads. Fully stocked bookshelves and vibrant, large-scale art made me want to move right in.
The accommodations reflect the same chic: Sisal sole, white wainscot walls and planked overheads, simple down-lighting and framed photographs (many of them Setton’s) create inviting staterooms. There’s an en suite VIP forward to port and an en suite master (with bathtub) to starboard. Two guest en suite staterooms — one with a double berth and one with two singles — face each other aft.
The pilothouse is simple and seamanlike — no fancy glass bridge here, just an array of individual components mounted overhead, a wide unobstructed line of sight forward and a couple of computer displays fixed to the helm. Two comfortable swivel chairs are stationed here, with more seating against the bulkhead. Fully battened doors lead to the side decks.
What’s extraordinary about Pink Shrimp is that she exists. I am forced (!) to look at very luxurious, expensive yachts for a living, and it seems to me as though there are few folks left who have the means and the passion to create exactly what they want, rather than buying off the shelf and hiring an interior designer for décor. Or maybe I’m wrong and they all happen to want very similar things. Jack Setton has a different vision that’s all his own. (And, well, mine, apparently.) But every yacht that Setton has owned — and some of them have been extraordinary — has been designed, co-designed or heavily influenced by his input.
“I used to have to move out of my forward cabin in a head sea, which was ridiculous,” says Setton. So when he refit Pink Shrimp he made sure all the accommodations were amidships. He also added solar panels on the bridge deck and ZeroSpeed stabilizers in addition to the complete interior refit.
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