Pastrovich Studio Reveals Family-Focused X-Bryce Concept
Pastrovich Studio, the Monegasque design practice founded by architect and yacht designer Stefano Pastrovich, has unveiled X-Bryce, an explorer yacht concept explicitly developed for family use. The concept is offered in two configurations — a 39-to-43-metre variant and a 47-metre variant — and builds on the studio’s recent experience refitting family-oriented vessels such as Zulu and Lady Jade. That practical background influenced both the spatial priorities and layout decisions for X-Bryce, with a stated emphasis on “authentic water living.”
The studio frames X-Bryce as a response to modern explorer owners who value durability, livability and a direct relationship with the sea rather than stylistic trends. Pastrovich describes the concept as intended to “engage all five senses,” aiming to deliver an immersive, highly personal onboard environment shaped by close collaboration with real owners and by hands-on operational experience.
Two X-Bryce Sizes Offer Flexible Layouts and Amenities
The smaller X-Bryce, in the 39–43 metre range, is designed to balance internal volume, construction cost and operational efficiency for a single-family program. The 39-metre layout accommodates ten people across an owner’s cabin plus four guest cabins, and places emphasis on generous living areas — separate lounges and dining spaces — while incorporating distinctive features such as a bow-window lounge and a spa beach club to extend usable social and relaxation space.
The 47-metre variant expands that brief to serve larger groups or shared ownership arrangements, offering up to 20 guests in 10 double cabins and multiple lounge and dining areas. Both sizes use contemporary interiors with flexible arrangements, including a movable furniture system that allows owners to reconfigure spaces according to different activities, seasons or charter and fractional-use scenarios.
Aluminium Superstructure, Steel Hull and Efficient Drive
Consistent with explorer-yacht practice, X-Bryce is specified with an aluminium superstructure atop a steel hull to balance strength, weight and seakeeping. At the 39-metre baseline length, the concept lists a 9.6-metre beam, a 2.4-metre draft and an interior volume of approximately 460 GT, providing the physical capacity for the generous internal and external spaces the studio describes.
Propulsion options are sized between roughly 800 and 1,000 hp per engine, delivering a stated maximum speed of about 14 knots. The propulsion and hull choices are aimed at efficient long-range passages, with cruise performance optimised for fuel economy and extended autonomy rather than high top speed.
X-Bryce Balances Family Living, Range and Shared Ownership
A central theme of X-Bryce is reconciling family-oriented living with operational practicality: compact enough in the smaller form to control acquisition and running costs, but scalable in the 47-metre form to support fractional ownership or multi-family use. The design process emphasises owner feedback, practical refit experience and adaptable interior systems so the yacht can function as both a private family platform and a more communal vessel when required.
X-Bryce synthesises Pastrovich Studio’s refit experience and owner-led insights into a pair of explorer concepts that prioritise usable volume, flexible interiors and efficient long-range capability. The name itself references Stefano Pastrovich’s affinity for Bryce Canyon, intended to convey a sense of freedom and vastness translated into seagoing form; next steps for the concept would typically include naval architecture development, systems integration and owner engagement to finalise a build specification.
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