YACHT PROJECT & CREDITS LIST
Partial listing 

ARTESE/PETERS, 44’ CLASSIC MOTOR YACHT
Exterior and Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Michael Peters
Builder: Pending 

Design in progress

CINNABAR VI, 76’ MOTORYACHT
Launch June 2002
Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Interior Design: Ihor Pona & Jennifer Hamilton
Interior Decoration: Daphne Thrasher
Naval Architect: Stevens
Builder: Grand Harbor Yachts, Inc.

Contemporary Re-Styling of Exterior Including Addition of Enclosed Pilothouse  

FEAR & HOPE, 52’ X 32’ CATAMARAN
Launch June 2001
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: John Shuttleworth
Builder: Pedigree Cats, Inc.

Contemporary Interior, of teak and shaved granite veneers with walnut burl accents, and metallic LP, unique use of skylighting. 

MISTRAL, 63’ SCHOONER
Launched Oct. 1999
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Chuck Paine
Builder: Legendary Yachts

Traditional Interior, mahogany interior with leather and gold plate. 

ILLUSION, 100’ MOTORYACHT
Launched April 1996
Interior Design and Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Ed Monk, Jr.
Builder: McQueen’s Boatworks

Classic/Contemporary Interior, characterized by sculpted curves, mahogany plume on raised panel, ebony inlay, rich fabrics, tapestried walls. 

MICJAY, 65’ SLOOP
Launched July 1994
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Alan Andrews
Builder: Wiggers Boatworks

Contemporary Interior characterized by integration of the extreme dual purposes of highly competitive racing yacht and "artful" family home. The numerous functional handholds are presented as "sculptural" joinerwork while several several works of art adorn the interior. 

GOLDEN OSPREY, 98’ SPORTFISH
Launched Nov. 1992
Interior Design and Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Walter Hahn
Systems Engineer: Doug Sharp
Builder:Knight & Carver Custom Yachts

Contemporary Interior, characterized by sculpted curves in massively louvered koa wood joinery, complex curves in open stairway, and selective use of water buffalo and other hides. 

SIGNE, 100’ KETCH
Launched June 1990
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Art and Fabrics: Mary Wellman
Naval Architect: Bruce King
Builder: Renaissance Yachts

Signe - Design Awards

1991 Showboats International Design Award, Best Yachts
of 1990: "MOST INTRIGUING SAILING YACHT".

1990 International Superyacht Society Design Award, voted one of four "FINEST SAILING YACHTS ABOVE 23 METERS".

Eclectic Interior, uses skylights as an artistic point of departure, including a first, one through which the 80’mizzen mast soars, a 5’ ten-sided skylight over the main salon and very many deadlights to maximize natural light as a functional light source. Further characterized by exceptional joinerwork, including curved louvers.

Signe - Feature Articles

Yachting, June 91
Showboats International, Jan. 91,
Sailing, Jan. 91
Yachting World, March 91.

Signe - Book Reference

In the Spirit of Tradition,Old and New Classic Yachts,
Jill Bobrow and Dana Jinkins. Published byW.W. Norton & Company, NY/London, 1997. Concepts in Publishing, ISBN 0-393-04556-0 

CROUPIER, 76’ SPORTFISH
Launched June 1990
Interior Design and Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Walter Hahn
Builder:Knight & Carver Custom Yachts

Contemporary Interior, of ultra-light construction, using Plascore and veneers of rich koa woods and burls. Solid koa rails and corners, hogged-out for lightness, appear massive and masculine, to characterize "Gentleman’s Club" Interior.

RHODES, 77’ KETCH
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Phillip Rhodes
Builder: Legendary Yachts

Classic Interior, of cherry and black granite with ebony inlays.

MONTEATH, 140’ FEADSHIP REFIT
Launched 5/28/99
Interior Design:Glade Johnson & Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: F. de Voogt
Refit Shipyard: Merrill-Stevens Drydock

Design Award

1999 Showboat International Design Award, "Best Yacht Refit". ShowBoats International Awards cited: "A remarkable onboard entertainment system…utilizing disappearing plasma television screens."

Featured in Showboats International July ’98 and July ’99.

WHITEFIN, 90’ SLOOP
Launched 1983
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect:Bruce King
Builder: Renaissance Yachts

Traditional Interior, characterized by turn-of-the-century elegance in cabinetry, fireplace, staircase, and skylighting. SEE: Sail Magazine, Cover story, April 1984.

Whitefin - Book Reference

The Worlds Most Extraordinary Yachts,
Jill Bobrow and Dana Jinkins. ISBN 0-393-03314-7 

OSPREY, 96’ MOTORSAILER
Launched 1983
Interior Design and Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect:Sparkman and Stephens
Builder: Stephens Marine

Ultra Contemporary Interior, utilizing unique use of mirrors to reflect sun-drenched greenery throughout the yacht, giving illusion of a garden, and a passageway that ingeniously and architecturally expands space.

VICTORIA, 72’ KETCH
Launched 1974
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: L. Francis Herrshoff
Builder: Kettenberg Marine

Traditional Interior, Built from Ticonderoga’s Lines, characterized by turn-of-the-century elegance.

Victoria - Book Reference

Classic Yacht Interiors
Jill Bobrow and Dana Jinkins. Published by Norton, W.W. & Company. 1993. ISBN 039302744

Town & Country - magazine article

PRODUCTION YACHTS
Partial Listing 

CABO 45’ FLYBRIDGE
Interior Design & Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Cabo
Builder: Cat Harbor Boats, Inc. Cabo Sport Fishers

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 31
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: W.I.B. Crelock
Builder: Pacific Seacraft

Production Sailboat, characterized by a sense of spaciousness in its compact interior. 

ISLANDER 36
Production Sailboat 1970-1985
Interior Design and Exterior Styling: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Alan Gurney
Builder: Islander Yachts

Unique, trend-setting interior and exterior features: Foldaway dining table, companionway steps at a 45 degree angle, ergonomically designed cockpit. Extraordinarily successful run of 750 units. 

SAN JUAN 48
Styling FlyBridge and Promotional Art

YANKEE 26 *
Production Sailboat 1976
Interior Design: Joseph Artese
Naval Architect: Sparkman and Stephens
Builder: Yankee Yachts

* Introduced unique interior feature of "Wrap-around Lounge"