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Better Place

The world’s largest performance sloop in carbon fiber and the first Green Star sailing yacht.

Better Place is the first megayacht of its size built entirely in advanced composites; an element requested by the client who desired high-performance as well as fine comfort.

The blue water sloop is designed to combine Wally’s trademark performance and ease of handling with all the modern comforts and amenities of a luxury megayacht. In order to boost performance she does feature a lifting keel that increases the draft from 4.2 metres to six metres when sailing, PBO rigging, and water tanks that will double as water ballasts. The measured displacement of this mega sailer perfectly matches the theoretical data: only 250 tons, of which 88 of the ballast (fin and bulb keel) and 11.5 of the full rigging (mast, boom, PBO rigging). The Wally 50m resulted also in perfect trim.

Design and styling evolution

Developed on the lines of Tripp Design with the interiors by Wetzels Brown Partners, the overall design, interior and exterior, is astonishing and innovative compared to any other similar yacht. The exterior and interiors are developed following the Wally concept of inside-outside living areas, whereas the interiors open onto the exteriors and vice versa. The 62-sqm owners’ suite is aft with extraordinary visibility and brightness. The natural light floods in from four sides of the vast stateroom: through the portholes on both sides, and the mirrored glass aft and above. The owners’ private area has direct access to the 30-sqm Terrace-on-the-sea, that is another distinctive feature of the Wally inside-outside concept.

On deck and inside

The main deck is open and free of unnecessary interruptions, the saloon, dining room and wheelhouse forming one continuous, 86 sqm open space under the deckhouse. The saloon with panoramic views seats 20 people as lounge opening onto the aft deck with further lounge space. There is an option for the central coffee table to be converted into an additional dining for eight people. The dining area forward seats 10 people in dining layout and can be converted into an additional lounge area with XL sofa seating six comfortably. The forward social cockpit, directly accessible from the interior dining and lounge areas, features table seats and sun beds for up to 20-people. Beyond this, the forward deck features a Jacuzzi, finished in black, which is positioned beneath deck level and is therefore invisible when not in use, an hidden winch “cockpit” for the halyards, two large tender garages, stay-sail locker, sail lockers, and the Wally submarine anchor locker. The 100-sqm sundeck is accessed both by an outside staircase and by an inside open staircase, leading to steering and navigation, lounge, dining, sunbathing and barbeque areas. A particularly innovative service feature is the open food lift connecting galley, interior dining area and sundeck– a ‘suitcase’ suspended in free space, connected by a single vertical track, to lift . The sundeck dining can be converted into a huge sunbed with the addition of an inflatable mattress, providing further comfort without stretching available storage capacity. hull side door is located amidships to starboard: when open, it converts into a swimming and tender boarding platform. Maximising space and minimising storage requirements, a newly designed seating module has been developed for the deck in carbon and mesh with low profile cushions, for easy stowage, by the interior designers Wetzels Brown Partners, who designed all the deck furnishing. The lower deck features the night and service areas accommodating the owners in the aft suite and up to ten guests in four double staterooms, and ten crew in five double cabins. All cabins have en-suites. The crew and service quarter is forward with galley, laundry and crew mess. The two engine rooms are amidships.

The Better Place features defining lounge areas in the forward cockpit, aft deck, fly bridge, and terrace on the sea. On the fly bridge/sun deck can be found a large Jacuzzi tub; two hidden tender garages; lounge/dining area for 16; barbeque; and the navigation and helmstations.

Sailing Performance

It is estimated that in true winds of eight knots the she will achieve 11 knots upwind and 14 knots reaching. In 20 knots of true wind she will increase performance to 14 upwind and 20 reaching. Better Place is propelled by a diesel-electric system used to improve energy management while providing a more efficient layout and reducing consumption, noise and vibration. Power for propulsion and services comes from three diesel generators.

Description of Interior Design of Better Place

Better Place has been designed to be quintessentially a Wally thoroughbred. Wally has an iconic approach to both interior and exterior design – a modern approach to yachting.

The interior design combines carbon look both gloss and satin, satin white lacquered oak, grey leather and colour matched upholstery to create a relaxed feeling. Colour-changing LED lights are used throughout the yacht and can be adjusted in order to change the atmosphere, reflecting the interior design concept to have soft and neutral tones that are coloured by the lights. The cabins are linked by a light installation, running along the spine of the yacht.

Some Wally interior design features on this yacht: - Clean flowing lines; - Open light spaces with available dimensions maximised - Yacht luxury materials – carbon fibre, satin white light oak, grey leather with colour matched upholstery. - The decoration of the yacht is in the texture of the materials and profile of the shapes, there are few added lamps, decorative cushions, vases or picture frames. Like a car this yacht is designed as one product with integral decoration rather than an exterior with an interior design added. - Interior spaces meet exterior spaces with seamless transition. - This is a sailing yacht in the true Wally tradition – relaxed, exclusive feel with design considered to the smallest detail. - The Wally sparkle, that little something extra has always been the attitude towards the use of strong colour. This yacht is metallic Bugatti Blue and inside the small elements of colours have the same strong metallic quality - raspberry, ice green and sky blue. - This is a large yacht so a changing dynamic environment is a challenge to create. Throughout the yacht LED lights can be programmed to change the atmosphere of the yacht and to complement the highlight colours. - Audio-visual technology is a high specification from HED in America (further details available of Crestron system if you need them)

Main Deck - Vertical connections are emphasized by an open staircase from sundeck to cabin deck> the open food lift is a ‘suitcase’ suspended in a free space attached to one vertical track – a yachting first - The saloon/dining/wheelhouse is one flowing open space - Seating and flooring is the same upholstery for both interior and exterior giving the ultimate open connection between saloon and deck - Exploring the Wally principle of keeping decks open and free of clutter, a new seating module has been developed is carbon and mesh with low profile cushions to reduce storage requirements. Cabin Deck - This most noticeable feature is the tunnel corridor treated as a light installation with “invisible” doors to the cabins. In architectural terms this is the spine of the yacht and a guest passes through the walls of the tunnel to enter the adjacent spaces.’ - Cabins – 2 double, 2 twin, owner and 9-10 crew. - Cabins have similar base materials – warm light grey, black gloss and carbon finishes with fresh wall bulkheads. Changing colour provided with LED backlight and ‘skylights in each cabin. The twin cabins are particularly suited to the children with a small element of ice green and raspberry.

Sundeck - On the sundeck the dining area converts with an inflatable mattress into a huge sunbed. The forward deck has a black jacuzzi seamlessly position under the deck and invisible when not in use. - The forward lounge space has direct connection to the interior dining and lounge spaces. - The sundeck has BBQ/ buffet, lounge, dining and sunbathing areas

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BETTER PLACE Yacht – Grandiose $50m Superyacht

The BETTER PLACE yacht is a 50.0m sailing yacht built by Italian shipbuilders Wally in 2012.

At the time of her delivery, she broke the record for being the world’s largest carbon sloop and the first yacht to earn a RINA’s Green Star for her minimal environmental impact.  

She is the first largest yacht built by Wally and she’s also one of the largest yachts in the world. 

BETTER PLACE Yacht Interior

The BETTER PLACE yacht interior was styled by Wally and Dutch design house  Wetzels Brown Partners. 

One of the key elements of this yacht is her interiors open onto the exteriors and vice versa, making easy access for natural light. 

Some of her sophisticated materials are satin, oak, leather, carbon fiber, and upholstery in white and grey colors. 

Her detailed décor includes lamps, cushions, frame pictures, and colors like raspberry, ice green, and sky blue to match the exterior of the vessel. 

What makes her unique is her integral design, where the interior meets the exterior in a smooth transition. She is illuminated with color-changing LED lights. 

Her amenities include an equipped flybridge, spa pool, side bathing platform, terrace on the sea, jacuzzi tub, and barbecue, among so many others. 

BETTER PLACE offers extensive open areas on deck, perfect to host up to 16 people. 

She was built to accommodate up to 10 guests in five cabins, comprising the owner’s suite, two double cabins, and two twin cabins. She can also host up to 9 crew members on board. 

The staterooms can be found on the cabin deck, they all have wall bulkheads and grey, black, and carbon finishes. The twin cabins were specially made for the children. 

BETTER PLACE Yacht Exterior

The BETTER PLACE yacht features exterior design by Wally and naval architecture by Tripp Design Naval Architects. She is one of the ultra-light yachts that displaces only 250 tons.

This modern sailing yacht has both a hull and superstructure built with carbon fiber, as well as a Teak deck. 

The vessel exterior has sporty lines featuring a metallic Bugatti blue painting and materials like carbon and lacquered oak. She also has an imposing 67.5m carbon mast by New Zealand company Hall Spars. 

Her layout comprises a main deck, a cabin deck, and a sundeck. 

BETTER PLACE Yacht Specifications

The BETTER PLACE yacht has a 10.25m beam, a 6.2m draft, and a gross tonnage of 310. She is the only Wally 164 model.

She cruises at 12.5 knots but can reach a maximum speed of 14 knots thanks to her 1x380HP Cummins diesel.

Her diesel-electric system helps reduce consumption, noise, and vibration while providing a more efficient cruising.  

She has a fuel capacity of 18,000 liters and can carry 6,000 liters of fresh water on board. She is in the top 10% by LOA and currently sails under the Cayman Islands flag. 

BETTER PLACE is not listed for sale or available for charter, but her price is around $30 million and a running cost of $3 million per year.  

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The largest carbon fibre built sloop BETTER PLACE is a beautiful Bugatti blue coloured 50-metre vessel and the first RINA Green Star sailing yacht in the world. Constructed at WallyEurope facility, utilising cutting-edge technology, superyacht Better Place was launched in May, 2012 and yachting enthusiast had a chance to admire her at this year’s Monaco Yacht Show . This sophisticated craft features exterior by Tripp Design and spectacular interior by Wetzels Brown Partners .

Wally50m Better Place superyacht photo Gilles Martin-Raget

As described by Wally Founder and President Luca Bassani Antivari, Better Place is an “environmentally friendly and breakthrough Wally 50m with aggressive and sleek lines of a true performance sailing yacht, rather than the motor sailer look typical of this class of yachts.”

“Better Place introduces innovative concepts in the round-the-world mega yacht cruisers“ continues Bassani “such as big volumes associated with ultra light displacement, latest diesel electric propulsion system, staysail simplified system, deckhouse with full height windows, uniquely large open-air living areas, raised bulwark, aft owner’s suite with portholes and hatches on four sides and direct access to the Terrace-on-the-sea. “

Wally50m luxury yacht Better Place - Photo Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

She is also the first sailing yacht ever created to comply with the environmental requirements of the RINA Green Star Design additional class notation, reserved to the ships designed, built and operated in such way as to ensure maximum respect for the environment.

Wally 50m superyacht Better Place - Photo credit Gilles Martin-Raget.jpg

The measured displacement of this mega sailer perfectly matches the theoretical data: only 250 tons, of which 88 of the ballast (fin and bulb keel) and 11.5 of the full rigging (mast, boom, PBO rigging). The Wally 50m resulted also in perfect trim.

“This result reflects WallyEurope’s excellent building quality carried out throughout all the construction, using the latest advanced composite technology” confirms Luca Bassani.

Better Place yacht’s displacement and sail area ratio provides for and excellent performance also in light airs, under 10 knots of wind. Her Wally lifting keel, increasing the draft from 4.6 to 6.5 metres, further improves her performance, that are associated with the proven Wally easy-sailing system to produce a true Fast and Easy mega yacht.

Wally50m luxury yacht Better Place - Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget

Along with the in-furling boom, self-tacking jib, Magic Trim for the main sheet, captive winch for the jib sheet , and push button controls, the Wally easy-sailing features of the Wally 50m include the new staysail system, specifically developed by the R&D for this mega yacht: the furling staysail with no-torsion luff cable is always ready to be easily and quickly hoisted from its 8.6-m long dedicated locker in the forward deck.

Wally50m luxury yacht Better Place - Sundeck forward social area - Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget

The fast and simplified mega yacht uniquely combines performance with all the world cruiser characteristics offering plenty of storage and large living areas exceeding 300 sqm inside and 400 sqm outside.

Wally50m Better Place yacht - dining area in sundeck - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The unique environmental characteristics of Better Place go even further than those required by the RINA Green Star Classification: she is the first sailing yacht equipped with the latest diesel electric propulsion technology, to increase power efficiency and reduce consumption, noise and vibration, as well as the ordinary maintenance of the propulsion system.

Wally50m Better Place - forward cockpit - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The 705kW power is produced by three generators, offering the opportunity to convert some hydraulic services into electrical ones thanks to the very powerful energy source, such as the inner stay furler, and the sheet tensioning devices.

Wally50m superyacht Better Place - Aft deck social area at night Photo Gilles Martin-Raget

Developed on the lines of Tripp Design with the interiors by Wetzels Brown Partners, the overall design, interior and exterior, is astonishing and innovative compared to any other similar yacht.

Wally50m Better Place yacht - Glass deck house starboard side looking forward - Photo Gilles Martin-Raget

The exterior and interiors are developed following the Wally concept of inside-outside living areas, whereas the interiors open onto the exteriors and vice versa. Introduced in yacht design by Wally in 1998 with the sailing cruiser Tiketitan, this concept has been constantly developed by the Monegasque brand pioneering also the glass deckhouses and the deck skylights.

Wally50m Luxury sloop Better Place - main salon looking aft - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The deckhouse encloses the 86-sqm open space with navigation, dining and lounge areas, and is characterised by full height windows giving the open-air feeling, a sort of sheltered cockpit enhancing the inside-outside living.

Wally 50m Better Place - dining area looking aft - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The genuinely Wally raised bulwark, firstly featured by Esense in 2006, offers unique protection and replaces the less safe and aesthetically appealing rail and stanchions, while leaving the hull lines pure.

Wally 50m Better Place sloop - dining area and navigation area - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The 62-sqm owners’ suite is aft with extraordinary visibility and brightness. The natural light floods in from four sides of the vast stateroom: through the portholes on both sides, and the mirrored glass aft and above. The owners’ private area has direct access to the 30-sqm Terrace-on-the-sea, that is another distinctive feature of the Wally inside-outside concept.

Wally50m Better Place yacht main staircase accessing sun deck above and guest night area below - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The main deck is open and free of unnecessary interruptions, the saloon, dining room and wheelhouse forming one continuous, 86 sqm open space under the deckhouse.

Wally50m Better Place - Owner's suite - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The saloon with panoramic views seats 20 people as lounge opening onto the aft deck with further lounge space. There is an option for the central coffee table to be converted into an additional dining for eight people.

50m Wally sailing yacht Better Place - Owner's suite port side with lounge and TV area - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The dining area forward seats 10 people in dining layout and can be converted into an additional lounge area with XL sofa seating six comfortably .

Luxury yacht Wally 50m Better Place - Owner's suite starboard side with queen size bed -PhotoToni Meneguzzo

The forward social cockpit, directly accessible from the interior dining and lounge areas, features table seats and sun beds for up to 20-people. Beyond this, the forward deck features a Spa Pool, finished in black, which is positioned beneath deck level and is therefore invisible when not in use, an hidden winch “cockpit” for the halyards, two large tender garages, stay-sail locker, sail lockers, and the Wally submarine anchor locker.

Wally50m Better Place - Owners' en-suite with shower room to the left and head to the right- Photo Toni Meneguzzo

The 100-sqm sundeck is accessed both by an outside staircase and by an inside open staircase, leading to steering and navigation, lounge, dining, sunbathing and barbeque areas.

Wally50m Better Place luxury yacht - Double guest cabin with glossy black colour theme - Photo Toni Meneguzzo

A particularly innovative service feature is the open food lift connecting galley, interior dining area and sundeck– a ‘suitcase’ suspended in free space, connected by a single vertical track, to lift . The sundeck dining can be converted into a huge sunbed with the addition of an inflatable mattress, providing further comfort without stretching available storage capacity.

Wally50m Better Place - Twin guest cabin with metallic green colour theme - Photo by Toni Meneguzzo

A hull side door is located amidships to starboard: when open, it converts into a swimming and tender boarding platform.

Maximising space and minimising storage requirements, a newly designed seating module has been developed for the deck in carbon and mesh with low profile cushions, for easy stowage, by the interior designers Wetzels Brown Partners, who designed all the deck furnishing.

Wally50m yacht Better Place - Galley - Photo Toni Meneguzzo.

The lower deck features the night and service areas accommodating the owners in the aft suite and up to ten guests in four double staterooms, and ten crew in five double cabins. All cabins have en-suites.

The crew and service quarter is forward with galley, laundry and crew mess.

The two engine rooms are amidships.

Wally50m luxury sailing yacht Better Place - One of the two tender garages in the forward deck - Photo Gilles Martin-Raget

The interior design combines carbon look both gloss and satin, satin white lacquered oak, grey leather and colour matched upholstery to create a relaxed feeling. Colour-changing LED lights are used throughout the yacht and can be adjusted in order to change the atmosphere, reflecting the interior design concept to have soft and neutral tones that are coloured by the lights. The cabins are linked by a light installation, running along the spine of the yacht.

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BETTER PLACE // Wally Yachts

The 50m better place by wally from 2012 is a very modern flybridge sailing yacht in stunning bugatti blue..

BETTER PLACE  is one the largest sloop-rigged sailing yachts in carbon fiber and RINA Green Star certification. The boat offers 300 sqm of inside space and 500 sqm outside area. Furthermore, she has a hybrid propulsion system to reduce fuel consumption, noise, and vibrations.

Wetzels Brown Partners and the Wally in-house team created the exterior design. Wetzels Brown Partners is also responsible for the interior design.

Luca Bassani, Wally’s founder and President and Head of the R&D commented:

“With Better Place, once again Wally opens a new route in yacht design and innovation. We succeeded in delivering an environmentally friendly and breakthrough Wally 50m with aggressive and sleek lines of a true performance sailing yacht, rather than the motor sailer look typical of this class of yachts.”

Interior of Sailing Yacht BETTER PLACE

The Wetzels Brown Partners design sleeps 10 guests and a crew of 10 in light and bright interior.

The owners’ suite has a large size of 62 square meters with a lot of natural light, thanks to windows on the sides. Furthermore, the owner has direct access to the vast 30 square meter Terrace-on-the-sea – a typical Wally feature.

The deckhouse offers 86 square meters of open space with dining and lounge areas, surrounded by full-height windows giving an airy feeling. It is like a protected cockpit or like a pavilion. In the forward area of the deckhouse is the wheelhouse.

The forward social cockpit, directly accessible from the interior dining and lounge areas, features table seats and sun beds for up to 20-people. Beyond this, the forward deck features a Jacuzzi, finished in black, which is positioned beneath deck level and is, therefore, invisible when not in use, a hidden winch “cockpit” for the halyards, two large tender garages, stay-sail locker, sail lockers, and the Wally submarine anchor locker.

Better Place ‘s 100-sqm sundeck is accessed both by an outside staircase and by an inside open staircase, leading to steering and navigation, lounge, dining, sunbathing and barbeque areas, A particularly innovative service feature is the open food lift connecting galley, interior dining area and sundeck– a ‘suitcase’ suspended in free space, connected by a single vertical track, to lift . The sundeck dining can be converted into a huge sunbed with the addition of an inflatable mattress, providing further comfort without stretching available storage capacity.

A hull-side door is located amidships to starboard: when open, it converts into a swimming and tender boarding platform. The picture below is also good to compare the size. Another picture to compare is the one the crew member in the boom.

“Man in the Boom” – a lot of shares on social medias but often without context or what yacht it is. These photos show the size of the yacht.

Maximising space and minimising storage requirements, a newly designed seating module has been developed for the deck in carbon and mesh with low-profile cushions, for easy stowage, by the interior designers Wetzels Brown Partners, who designed all the deck furnishing.

The lower deck of Better Place features the night and service areas accommodating the owners in the aft suite and up to ten guests in four double staterooms, and ten crew in five double cabins. All cabins have en-suites.

The crew and service quarter is forward with galley, laundry and crew mess. The two engine rooms are amidships.

The interior design combines carbon look both gloss and satin, satin white lacquered oak, grey leather, and color matched upholstery to create a relaxed feeling. Colour-changing LED lights are used throughout the yacht and can be adjusted in order to change the atmosphere, reflecting the interior design concept to have soft and neutral tones that are colored by the lights. The cabins are linked by a light installation, running along the spine of the yacht.

There are currently no information if this yacht or sale or a price.

Main Specifications BETTER PLACE

The area around the deckhouse features the raised bulwark, appeared firstly on Wally’s ESENSE in 2006. This feature offers an aesthetically kind of safety without stanchions on the hull. Only the flush deck has stobs for the rail.

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BETTER PLACE yacht NOT for charter*

49.9m  /  163'9 | wally | 2012.

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Special Features:

• Multi-award winning
• RINA (Registro Italiano Navale) C ✠ HULL ● MACH classification
• Sleeps 10 overnight

The multi-award winning 49.9m/163'9" sail yacht 'Better Place' was built by Wally in Italy at their Fano shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Wetzels Brown Partners and she was delivered to her owner in June 2012. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Wally.

Guest Accommodation

Better Place has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 9 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Range & Performance

Better Place is built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure. Better Place comfortably cruises at 14 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 14 knots. Her water tanks store around 6,000 Litres of fresh water. She was built to RINA (Registro Italiano Navale) C ✠ HULL ● MACH classification society rules.

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Better Place Awards & Nominations

• The World Superyacht Awards 2013 Best Sailing Yacht in 40m+ size range Finalist
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Interior Design Award: Sailing Yachts Winner
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Naval Architecture Award: Sailing Yachts Finalist
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Recreational Area for Guest Use Award Finalist
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Environmental Protection Award Finalist
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Holistic Design Award Winner
• International Superyacht Society Awards 2013 Best Sail 40 M+ Winner

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Best Sailing Destinations on the East Coast

The East Coast is rich with excellent boating spots, from the Florida Keys to Bar Harbor, Maine. Many of these sites aren’t on most tourist itineraries, but they’re well worth sailing there. And, even better, every place from this list offers unique opportunities for sailors, sheltered marinas, and anchorages. Nothing compares to the sensation of sailing across the sea while the wind blows around you. For a great day on the water, the correct conditions are just as crucial as the right boat, and visiting unique locations is what all of us want. So get ready to set sail and discover the beautiful US East Coast!

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is situated south of Aquidneck Island. It is connected to the ocean via Narragansett Bay. From the oldest synagogue in North America to Gilded Age palaces, the town possesses a variety of historic buildings. The Cliff Walk, which runs from the west end of Easton Beach along the bluffs and rocks of the coast, goes by the most notable of all. Note that every weekend in the summer, there will be a regatta of some sort. And, spinnakers will dot the horizon wherever you are on the sea. Conanicut Island and Jamestown, across the harbor from Newport, have towering cliffs, waterfront parks, and attractive residences. A round of the island is a popular day trip, culminating in a sunset in Newport and watching the lights on Claiborne Pell Bridge.

Portland, Maine

In every area of Portland, Maine, there are hidden jewels and must-see landmarks. This small city boasts a world-class food scene, genuinely stunning art institutions, and plenty of scenic rocky coast views. Moreover, you can also sail in Yarmouth which has everything for those looking for tranquility. A picturesque Main Street Village, green space along the Royal River, a sheltered harbor in Yarmouth Harbor, and a diverse population of welcoming residents. Also, there’s Peak’s Island which is formally part of the city of Portland from the mainland. But, it has its own personality, possessing a rare combination of distinctiveness and friendly residents.

The nearby Bailey Island is a haven for those who wish to be near the water. Harpswell Neck is a 216-mile stretch of shoreline that runs through the town of Harpswell in Bailey. Bailey Island is one of three big islands connected to the mainland by bridges, along with Sebascodegan (Great Island) and Orr’s Island. From there you can also sail to Eagle Island or Mackerel Cove. Cliff Island in Casco Bay is the smallest year-round island and the final stop “down the bay.” The island, which is shaped like an “H,” contains a large amount of protected land, which ensures that the island’s rustic ambiance is preserved indefinitely.

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is a large body of water and it runs 200 miles from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to the Virginia twin capes at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. Its width ranges from three miles in the north to twenty-five miles in the south. Its lowest point is 200 feet south of Kent Island’s Bloody Point, and some of its best creeks and bays are infamously shallow. Those who enjoy exploring will be able to locate practically any navigational scenario they can imagine. In addition, the weather and corresponding surface conditions on the Chesapeake Bay change dramatically from season to season.

From fishing and national parks to scrumptious seafood like crabs and oysters, the Chesapeake Bay has a lot to offer. This 4,000-square-mile destination offers enough to see and, of course, sail. The Wye River is one of the world’s most beautiful and peaceful areas. One of the best anchorages in the Wye is Dividing Creek, a remote tiny inlet located within Wye Island.

A short way down the Miles River is historic St. Michaels. This town, which is perhaps one of the most gorgeous and popular on the bay, has multiple marinas, a vast anchorage, a frequent launch service, and a superb range of restaurants and taverns. While St. Michaels is famed for its sailing history, Annapolis is the modern-day sailing hub of the bay. Everything you need for sailing, including gear, parts, repairs, and sails, may be found here. Annapolis, previously the US capitol, is one of the bay’s most historically significant and well-preserved coastal cities.

Penobscot Bay, Maine

Penobscot Bay, which stretches 40 miles long and 15 miles wide and is blessed by more than 200 islands, is set against the rocky backdrop of the Camden Hills to the west. Between them, there are large swaths of the open sea and narrow, winding roads. This is where the best cruising in Maine takes place, as well as some of the best cruising anywhere in the world. The Bay’s coastlines have numerous marinas, ranging from the sheltered and inviting Tenants Harbor to the diverse communities along the western shore. There’s the enormous harbor of Rockland, small and quaint Rockport, and beautiful Camden nestled at the base of the Camden Hills.

Penobscot Bay’s islands are just as fascinating as its shoreline. Muscle Ridge is an archipelago located at the western entrance. The Fox Islands are located in the bay’s center. They are separated by a bigger gulf as well as the narrow, winding, and overall lovely Fox Islands Thorofare. Some of the nicest harbors in the bay may be found around the Fox Islands’ tortuous shores—Pulpit Harbor, Perry Creek, Winter Harbor, and many others. Hurricane Sound, with five unique entrances and a slew of islands, is located off Vinalhaven’s southwest flank. Brimstone Island, located south of Vinalhaven, is a volcanic outcropping with twin crescent beaches of polished black stones.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts features some of New England’s most accessible and diverse sailing destinations on the East Coast. Some of them are Marblehead, Buzzard’s Bay, Salem, and Boston Harbor. Cape Cod Bay, between Cape Ann and Provincetown, is one of the sailors’ favorite spots. The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is part of the rhumb line route from Gloucester to Provincetown. The endangered northern right whale uses this area as a crucial habitat, while humpback whales use it as a summer feeding site. You may view dolphins, porpoises, and a variety of seabirds in addition to whales.

Boston, Massachusetts

The Atlantic Ocean was broken by two peninsulas and a smattering of islands, giving a safe harbor for vessels. The original is located near Town Dock, and most of the Great Cove, where the first sailors arrived, has been filled in overtime. Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, and the Custom House Tower are now located there. The communities of Hull and Winthrop today act as a buffer against the ocean’s wrath. The Boston Harbor Islands State and National Park, which includes lighthouses on Long Island, Little Brewster Island, and the Graves, is home to the remaining 34 islands. Long Wharf has been reduced to half its former length due to the flooded tidelands, yet it is still a busy area.

The adjacent waterfront areas became home to large shipbuilding facilities while early Boston bustled downtown. The ancient Fish Pier still processes seafood caught up and down the coast, amidst the new glass skyscrapers that flank the city’s beach. The Institute for Contemporary Art, which is cantilevered above the port, is a waterfront feature. In addition, if you’re in Boston, it’s a short sail to Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Cuttyhunk Islands. All these are certain must-see destinations if you’re sailing in the area!

Block Island, Rhode Island

Block Island, just 11 miles off the coast of Point Judith, is a great sailing destination in southern New England. Some of the features include beautiful beaches, bike routes and walking trails, and excellent restaurants. The main street in Old Harbor is a lovely stroll past stores, restaurants, and historic hotels. Moreover, the beach close to town, with its beachfront bar and restaurant, is a favorite. When you arrive in the Great Salt Pond, you can anchor, or find a mooring, and stay in one of the three marinas. Crescent Beach, which is two miles long, is easily accessible from the harbor after beaching the dinghy.

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is the eastern seaboard’s northernmost port that does not freeze in the winter. In the Sewells Point neighborhood, near where the Monitor and Merrimac had their historic encounter, it also houses the world’s largest naval complex. On the ICW, Norfolk is also home to the “Mile Zero” marker. The pier marks the beginning of downtown Norfolk’s shoreline. There’s also the National Maritime Center, which has a museum, an aquarium, and a battleship named after it.

In addition, there’s the dynamic coastal city of Virginia Beach, located where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. It is home to a thriving local culinary scene, rich history, a variety of arts and entertainment, and family-friendly attractions that keep everyone entertained all year. The distinctive districts, which are located in the Coastal Virginia region, are open and thriving year-round with residents. You shouldn’t miss sailing there, from the vibrant beachside region to isolated Sandbridge, the peaceful Chesapeake Bay to exploring the Back Bay wildlife refuge.

Key West and Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Each season, one of the best destinations to visit is Key West and Fort Lauderdale. If you’re looking for a year-round sailing vacation in the United States, Key West is the place to go. The Florida Keys are an excellent location for getting away from it all. There are many reefs in the area that you can mostly see in the summer. And, the year-round Florida weather is what most sailors are looking for. The months of January through April are perfect for sailing when the wind is high.

Fort Lauderdale has 23 miles of stunning shorelines and friendly people. It hosts the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, making it the world’s boating capital. In Fort Lauderdale, you may participate in any water activity you can think of. And, when the sun sets, dock your boat and enjoy the city’s fantastic nightlife!

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is one of the best destinations to visit since it combines a historic city with inlets, harbors, and marinas. The port city offers excellent shopping and restaurants, as well as sailing schools and city excursions. The “Lowcountry,” as residents refer to the coastline that runs parallel to the harbor, stretches for 90 miles and includes salt marshes, barrier islands, and magnificent beaches. Charleston Light, an iconic black and white tower that still shines from Sullivan’s Island, was the last staffed lighthouse built in the United States.

In 1670, colonists arrived in Charleston Harbor. Since then, tales of merchant traders, pirates, and naval opponents are common there. While the city skyline is now dotted with church steeples and ship-loading cranes, a leisurely ride over this enormous harbor provides a panoramic view that transports you back to the days of cannons and rum barrels. From the Capers Island Heritage Reserve to the Dewees Island and from Folly to Kiawah Island, the coast of South Carolina offers everything for sailors. A long and sandy coastline, favorable weather, and hospitable communities and attractions ashore.

Peter is the editor of Better Sailing. He has sailed for countless hours and has maintained his own boats and sailboats for years. After years of trial and error, he decided to start this website to share the knowledge.

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The Best Cities To Retire With A Sailboat

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Daniel Wade

June 15, 2022

Deciding where to retire with a sailboat is not an easy decision to make.

Chances are this is the first time in a long time you have truly felt that you can pick up your roots, and move to pastures anew.

This is an exciting time. The promise of little to no work and an abundance of free time is something that many people haven’t enjoyed since they were a carefree teenager. For some people, it has been even longer.

So, that begs the question: What are the best states to retire with a sailboat? This article answers that question, as well as giving you all the information you might need when considering where to retire with or on your sailboat. By the end, you will hopefully have a good idea of whether or not retiring on a sailboat is right for you, and if it is which state would be best.

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What do I need to know about retiring with a sailboat?

Retiring with a sailboat can be a lot of fun. But, it is also a lot of responsibility.

Maintaining a boat is not just a matter of pride but safety. If you don’t have the time or money to keep your boat running in tip-top shape you are in for a bad time.

Luckily, when it comes to retirement you will now have an abundance of time. More so, you will likely have a decent amount of money on hand with the combination of your savings and your pension. So, time and money are covered.

Now all that’s left to discuss is sacrifice.

Maintaining a boat requires a lot of sacrifices. It is far easier to just retire to your house. Even if you only planned on retiring to your boat part-time, you need to be sure that its the right choice for you and your family.

These next segments will help you know for certain whether it is indeed for you.

What are the benefits of retiring with a sailboat?

Retiring with a sailboat is amazing. You have the opportunity to spend as much time at sea as you want. Long gone are the days of work commitment.

If you want to go sailing on a Wednesday morning, just go. There is no one but the weather (or perhaps your spouse) to stop you.

You also have far more peace, and quiet, at sea than you do at the land. You only need to sail a couple of hundred feet out to sea and drop anchor to experience the quiet.

Additionally, the cost of living on a sailboat can be a lot less than living in your home. If you choose to live on your sailboat full time and sell your house, the money from selling your house alone will pay for anything and everything you might need.

Maintaining a house is a very time-consuming task; if you chose a boat over a house you would be making your life easier. If you try to do both, you’re just making more work for yourself.

What are the downsides of retiring with a sailboat?

The downsides of retiring with a sailboat are pretty similar to living on a sailboat during your work life.

There is limited space, the weather plays a bigger role in your life, and it can be boring for some people.

If you are retiring to your boat full time you are going to need a decent-sized boat. Space is precious, so you will need things to do around the boat that can entertain you.

If you still worked while living on your boat, you spend 6-10 hours a day away from the boat working. If you don’t have to or want to work you are going to spend much more time on the boat. This can lead to you become very bored.

People who have recently retired tend to spend the first 6-24 months very bored and frustrated. Living on a boat can exaggerate this.

But, on the other hand, you may save a lot of money by retiring to your boat. This could leave you with the finances to spend your day out doing cool things. This is why planning your finances for retirement should include more than just the cost of the marina slip.

Is it cost-effective to retire with a sailboat?

Sure, it can be super cost-effective. If you live on your sailboat full time you are going to save a heck of a lot of money on property tax, home maintenance, power, gas, water, cable, and any other utility bills. All of those can add up to a lot. Not to mention if you are renting, not the owner, of your home.

With a boat, your costs are pretty much marina slip + utilities. Those utilities are less too.

The problems only truly start to arise when you can’t settle on one or the other. A house or a boat. Because then you are having to split your time and your money between two places of residence.

You must consider that, even though you have a pension coming in, you likely don’t have an active income anymore. The money you have now will need to last you for the rest of your life. That’s why many people feel compelled to choose one or the other.

If you have your heart set on both but the finances don’t quite make sense, the best option is to get a smaller boat. Many marinas charge based on the length or size of the boat. Owning a smaller boat, as you might expect, costs less.

How much does it cost to retire to your sailboat?

How much it costs to retire will depend on where you are. Just like how rent and taxes vary from state to state, even from city to city, so does marina costs.

If you are trying to live in New York or Miami Beach your marina slip is going to cost a lot more than, say, Destin Florida.

Budgeting for the maximum amount of money you feel comfortable allocating to marina costs is perhaps the most important thing to consider.

A good rule of thumb is to allow about $1000-$1500 a month for marina costs. This includes the lease, power, water, and perhaps even wifi.

It is possible to get marinas that cost far less, but you, of course, won’t be getting as much. Whether that means fewer amenities or an objectively “worse” location.

You also may want to consider the cost of boat maintenance. Your boat should, in truth, be painted at least every two years. If you feel like doing that yourself, great, if not it is going to cost you a few hundred dollars a year on average.

How do people supplement their income when retiring to their sailboat?

$15k a year for your marina is a lot. If you are working even a decent job this might be well out of your price range. That’s why ensuring your pension + savings can cover your marina slip is so important.

If you find that you don’t quite have enough money available to afford this lifestyle, there are some options. Sell your belongings that you no longer need/want (not that they would fit on your boat anyway). Sell your home, so you live full time on your boat. Or, find some ways to supplement your income. Many people who retire choose to work a part-time job, not for the money, but for the social aspects.

If you feel like working a part-time job is something that you would be interested in, it can certainly help with your dream of retiring to a sailboat. The advantage of not needing to work is you can be very selective with where you do work.

Perhaps you want to work part-time at an animal shelter because you love dogs. The pay is poor, it never would have sustained you before retirement. But now, you have the financial security to work there.

If you don’t see the appeal of working a part-time job, that’s fine too. After all, you just retired. Going back to work might sound like a genuine nightmare.

If you fall into that category this leaves you with only two options. Either learn to make money trading stocks/bonds, which can be high risk/high reward, but exciting, or find a way to commoditize your hobby.

If you like knitting scarves, sell those scarves. If you enjoy making small wood carvings, sell them. There are so many hobbies that can be used as a secondary source of income if you are willing to put the work in.

The choice is up to you. Perhaps you’re even lucky enough to not need any extra money. Perhaps you were a very smart saver/investor and nows the time to relax. All of your hard work is finally paying off.

Is it safe to retire primarily to your sailboat?

The risks of making your sailboat your primary place of residence are the same for whether you have retired or not. If there is a bad storm, and your boat becomes badly damaged, your out of luck. You are going to need to shell out for a hotel until your boat is repaired.

Additionally, if there is a tornado, hurricane, cyclone, etc and you have nowhere to go you are going to need to sail your boat to safer waters if possible.

Or, you are going to have to abandon your boat/home. The problem here is if you own boat chances are you don’t own a car. So, how are you going to get to safety? That might be tricky.

You may not wish to think about this, but living on a sailboat can start to become unsafe as you get older. This is, of course, not a problem right now.

If you are planning for retirement or have only just retired this isn’t an issue at all. It only truly becomes problematic when you reach into your 80’s. Which, unless you retired very late in life, is way away in the future. It is not a present issue, but, it is an issue for later in life.

It is important to think about how difficult it can be to live on your boat as you lose mobility. Its a lot harder to get around on a boat than in a one-story home. Additionally, if you need medical assistance it can be very hard for an ambulance to reach you.

They will struggle to get into the marina, find your slip, and get you to the ambulance. It isn’t fun to think that far ahead. It can put a downer on the whole idea of living aboard your sailboat. But, it is something that needs to be thought about.

The best states to retire with a sailboat

Finding the best state to retire can be a little tricky. If you have never lived in, or even visited, a specific state knowing whether it would be a good fit for you is a very expensive guessing game.

Luckily, since boats give you the freedom to move around, you could, in theory, try all of them on this list even if only for a few weeks.

Of course, you would be doing it to ensure you can make an informed decision but it would also be super exciting. The idea of sailing all around the continental United States (and beyond) sounds to me like a grand adventure.

Here are the best states to retire in with your sailboat. The cities mentioned are home to arguably the best marinas in the states. Some of them made the list for their beauty, some for the convenience, and some for the price.

Which state is truly best is highly subjective. What is best for you might not be best for me. This is why the following list is not in any particular order, which state is best for you is a matter of personal preference.

Destin or Tampa Bay Florida:

Florida has a reputation for being a place people go to retire. Of course, most of them don’t retire to their sailboats. But they could. Florida is home to some of the best marinas in the entire country. The weather is beautiful, the people are friendly, and the food is great. More specifically though, you will probably want to move to either Tampa Bay or Destin. You might be surprised to find that no Miami marinas made it to the list, and the reason is simple. This list is for the best places to retire. Miami is very much a party city. Many people like this, many people don’t. I don’t want to make any assumptions, but if you are looking to retire you probably don’t.

The cost of a marina slip in Florida (Destin / Tampa Bay) ranges from $3 per foot to $10.

Seattle Washington:

Seattle, Washington, is a great location to retire to if you plan to spend your time sailing. This may sound like a silly statement, “I’m retiring to a sailboat, of course, I’m going to be sailing”. But, you aren’t. You aren’t likely going to be sailing every day, or even every week. Unless you are a very enthusiastic sailor, in which case you need to consider. How much time am I going to spend sailing? If the answer is a lot, choose Seattle. The reason being it has access to some of the best sailing in the country. You can freely sail from saltwater to freshwater exploring all the lakes and rivers of the state. A state such as Florida doesn’t offer this kind of opportunity. You cant sail through a Floridian swamp.

The cost of a marina slip in Washington (Seattle) is going to be about $8 per foot.

Corpus Christi Texas:

Corpus Christi, Texas, is an up and coming area. It has only recently begun to transform into a very boat friendly community. It has steadily gentrified and became cleaner, safer, and better equipped. But, the price hasn’t quite caught up to the city yet. You can afford to live in Corpus Christi. It doesn’t matter your budget, there will be somewhere you can afford. Besides the price, Corpus Christi is home to some of the most square miles of open water in any city in the country. Texas as a whole is a great place to live. The economy is doing great, the food is incredible, and the people are down to earth.

The cost of a marina slip in Texas (Corpus Christi) is going to be anywhere from $5 a foot to $15. Maybe more, if you have a huge sailboat.

Hampton Roads Virginia:

If you decide to live in Hampton Roads, Virginia, you will have amazing access to the Chesapeake Bay. This gives you access to beautiful sailing and the countryside but costs a little less than staying right in the Bay. Or, a lot less. You have great access to the Atlantic ocean, if you want to test yourself and sail beyond the waters of America you can do just that. Easily. Additionally, Virginia’s waterways have some surprisingly good scuba diving. If you haven’t tried scuba before, nows the time. It is a very easy pass time. It doesn’t require great fitness or lots of energy. You can just sit on the ocean floor and watch the world go by.

The cost of a marina in Virginia (Hampton Roads) is going to cost as little as $1.50 per foot in some places. The closer to Chesapeake bay you are, the more it will cost. It can be as much as $15 per foot.

Traverse City Michigan:

If you aren’t the most confident sailor, the idea of facing the rough seas sounds awful and you would rather sail around in peace. Then Traverse might be the place for you. Traverse City offers great access to Lake Michigan, which is great for fishing or just lounging around. Traverse City is very much a tourist city, so it offers plenty of exciting things to do and affordable amenities. If you are going to be living on your boat full time, this might be the one for you. When you give up the amenities of a normal home to retire to your boat, you may find yourself frustrated. If you are staying in Traverse those amenities (Laundry, Gym, etc) are all within walking distance of the marinas.

The cost of these marinas can be a little tricky to calculate. Some are given at a monthly rate, in which case you can expect to pay about $250-$300 per month. If you are trying to live full time at one of the touristy marinas, it can cost closer to $600 per month.

Lake of the Ozarks Missouri:

Lake of the Ozarks is one of the most beautiful places to live not just in Missouri or America, but the world. It is a calm, quaint, lake that has slowly become more tourist. This doesn’t mean it is going to be overrun with tourists, it just means that there is lots to do and lots to see. The towns surrounding the lake are very seasonal. The summer months are busy, the winter ones are less so. This can be either good or bad depending on your perspective of it. Missouri is a very relaxed state to live in, the people are real salt of the earth types. Whether you have visited before or not, you will quickly feel right at home.

The cost of living at the Lake of the Ozarks is quite a lot. You are better off buying a marina slip rather than renting. It becomes more cost-effective to buy after just a couple of years. You can expect to pay anywhere from $30k-$40k.

Hopefully, you now have a better idea about whether or not retiring on your sailboat full time (or even part-time) is right for you. If it is right for you, hopefully, this article has helped you decide where. The US offers a huge array of places for you to live. They all come with their pros and cons, which is best for you is purely personal. It is a good idea to think long and hard about which is right for you. If you feel confident enough to sail from state to state to find the best one for you, great. If you don’t, well you better do your research. Committing to a marina long term can be expensive. Especially if you have to buy your way out of your lease. Whatever you choose, best of luck and happy sailing!

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  Two of the most talked-about trends in management education today are generative AI, as embodied by tools such as ChatGPT; and societal impact, particularly as measured by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Now these two trends have been combined in a pilot program based out of the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Working with Cabells Scholarly Analytics , the Haub School has developed ChatSDG , a large language model AI tool that provides a framework and metrics for measuring the impact of research on business and society. It not only is built upon the ethical standards embedded in the SDGs, but also satisfies AACSB’s accreditation requirement to show evidence of societal impact.

“Deans and faculty are constantly under pressure to deliver academic research that embraces rigor and relevance in equal measure,” says David Steingard, associate professor at the Haub School and director of the school’s SDG Dashboard initiatives. “Journal impact factors, citation counts, acceptance rates, editorial board composition, and journal rankings are conventional indicators of academic rigor. However, conceptualizing and measuring the relevance of research outside of academia, in the larger ecosystem of humanity and planet Earth, is much more challenging.”

ChatSDG, Steingard emphasizes, aims to make that challenge more manageable.

Assessing Impact

The new chatbot program builds on a previous joint project between Cabells and Saint Joseph’s. That project, the SDG Impact Journal Rating , evaluates the sustainability impact of the 50 journals the Financial Times uses to compile its FT Research Rank and 50 journals that publish in the general area of sustainability.

Using an algorithm that was trained on hundreds of thousands of articles, the rating measures each journal’s SDG Impact Intensity (SDGII) on a scale of 0 to 5, depending on how well it aligns with the SDGs. The SDGII also identifies the three SDGs that the publication focuses on most.

ChatSDG allows a school to see how many of its faculty’s articles are appearing in journals with high SDGII ratings; which three SDGs are featured most prominently in the school’s research; and how well its research aligns with the United Nations Agenda 2030 , which lays out a plan for achieving the targets of the SDGs.

ChatSDG offers suggestions for how a school can increase the impact of its journal articles and how practitioners can use the research to advance the SDGs.

The chatbot then offers suggestions for how a school can increase the impact of its journal articles: how the research can be applied in public policy and business situations, how the research can be made widely available to practitioners, and how practitioners can use the research to advance the SDGs.

“Most academic research is written for other academics and is not readily accessible by practitioners,” Steingard points out. The report provides suggestions on “how to pinpoint real-world applications where faculty research can be operationalized.” It also identifies which existing stakeholders and champions—including agencies, advocacy groups, and policymakers—might be amenable to utilizing the research. This is important because “knowledge transfer is a much overlooked barrier to practitioner uptake of research,” says Steingard.

“These substantive and actionable recommendations move impact beyond scholar-to-scholar and toward scholar-to-society,” he adds. Armed with this information, schools can determine how their faculty research might be used to transform human, economic, and environmental welfare to solve “the vexing grand challenges of our time.”

How It Works

When a school submits its research to ChatSDG, the tool generates a customized, comprehensive report known as the AACSB Standard 8 Research Impact Report. Every report contains an interactive visualization platform based on the Haub School’s SDG Dashboard , where a school will find its SDG-related metrics and insights about individual research articles.

Because the report provides tangible metrics about the impact of the school’s research, the institution can include the report in the accreditation materials it presents to peer review teams. Therefore, the tool helps schools demonstrate that they are fulfilling AACSB’s accreditation Standard 8, which measures the impact of scholarship, and Standard 9, which considers societal impact.

While the data in each report is aggregated at the total faculty level, administrators can also use the tool’s interactive platform to assess the impact of individual articles—either before or after acceptance.

“We can think of ChatSDG as an additional reviewer who offers useful insights to enhance the rigor and relevance of scholarship,” says Steingard. Before publication, the tool can suggest ways an article can improve its alignment with the SDGs. After publication, ChatSDG can provide concrete suggestions for ways the article might be used by practitioners.

ChatSDG helps schools demonstrate that they are fulfilling the AACSB accreditation standards that consider the impact of scholarship.

Schools also can use ChatSDG’s reports to determine whether faculty are publishing in reputable outlets, because the tool incorporates Cabells’ journal quality designations. Publications listed in Cabells Journalytics Database have been fully vetted and meet the highest quality standards. Cabells categorizes other journals as Predatory (those found to be unethical or unlawful), Rejected (those that fail to meet Cabells’ standards of quality), or Pending Evaluation. The database also includes each journal’s article acceptance rate and its score in CiteScore Tracker , Elsevier’s journal impact factor rating.

“Surprisingly, most of the schools in ChatSDG’s pilot phase submitted at least a few articles to journals with the Predatory or Rejected designation,” says Steingard. “In turn, these low-quality or fraudulent journals were evidenced for Standard 8 documentation.” Schools that receive reports from ChatSDG will have “a verifiable method of guaranteeing that they only submit rigorous and relevant research for accreditation.”

Currently, ChatSDG is being used on a trial basis by a number of schools, but soon it will be more widely available to business schools. In fact, it will make its formal debut at AACSB’s 2024 International Conference and Annual Meeting to be held April 15–17 in Atlanta. While the Haub School of Business will generate reports for each school, Cabells will periodically publish aggregated data and overall insights from anonymized reports as a way of showing global trends.

“AI is unlike any other technology or trend I have seen in my three decades with AACSB. It will revolutionize the entire accreditation landscape,” says Joseph DiAngelo, dean of the Haub School and past chair of AACSB. “Our business schools will become more engaged and relevant ‘forces for good’ as a result of AI.”

An Impartial Judge

There’s already a working prototype powered by ChatSDG for articles. It’s the result of a partnership between the Haub School, Cabells, and the Responsible Research in Business and Management ( RRBM ) network. The RRBM SDG Impact Dashboard–Articles contains assessments of 238 journal articles from various disciplines that were recognized on the RRBM Honor Roll and as winners of discipline-based awards.

To evaluate what qualifies as “responsible research,” RRBM uses seven Principles of Responsible Science . These principles will be incorporated into future versions of the Standard 8 Research Impact Report and referred to as ChatSDG+RR7*.

“The RRBM Honor Roll and award evaluation initiative could be a major advancement toward defining, operationalizing, standardizing, and disseminating the fundamental principles of responsibility and impact of research,” says Steingard.

As part of the judging process, ChatSDG can screen entries at the start of the competition, replace human judges entirely, or function as a quality control measure after selections have been made.

In the future, ChatSDG will have a role in the judging process for the RRBM’s journal article honor roll and awards. Other organizations that sponsor sustainability competitions also could use ChatSDG as part of the judging process. “As long as there are clear standards of excellence and at least some evaluative history from human judges, ChatSDG can be programmed to learn the particulars of other competitions or applications,” Steingard says.

As part of the judging process, ChatSDG can be employed in several ways: It can screen entries at the start of the competition; it can replace human judges entirely; or it can be used after selections have been made as a quality control measure.

Steingard acknowledges that there might be some pushback from detractors who fear the “dark side” of AI and worry that human intelligence will be subordinated to machine intelligence. But in the case of awards judging, he thinks the benefits are clear.

“It seems that humans should be better at evaluating the societal impact of research,” he says. But once trained on RRBM’s Principles of Responsible Science, ChatSDG+RR7 “will likely prove to be more consistent, fair, efficient, and objective than human judges.”

What’s Ahead

While ChatSDG is still in its early stages, Steingard foresees a bright future. “I expect that, as with other key performance indicators, schools will use its reports to celebrate research impact when it exists and encourage more when it’s lacking,” he says.

Steingard believes that ChatSDG has great potential to promote sustainability across business and business curricula. Moreover, he hopes that the tool supports the creation of new AI-based technologies that tap “the power of academic research to better the human condition and sustain the earth.”

Note: SDG Dashboard, SDG Impact Intensity (SDGII), ChatSDG, and ChatSDG+RR7 are trademarks of Saint Joseph’s University.

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Albert Moya has optimized his apartment, part of a 14th-century estate in the hills of Florence, for work and lounging.

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TWO YEARS AGO, the Spanish filmmaker Albert Moya came to Florence to visit an artist friend who’d unwittingly become the caretaker of a large family estate, left empty after a famous Italian writer died, on the outskirts of town. Moya was staying nearby, at the tumbledown hotel Torre di Bellosguardo, when he learned that another unlikely (and quite strange) residence had become available. It was in the area — the southwestern Florentine hills, quiet and almost suburban, where families have long purchased properties with views of the Duomo — so Moya decided to stop by. “Anyone who lives here looks at the market all the time,” he says over espresso one frosty December morning. “There’s nothing [available], really. So when something comes up, it’s kind of pornographic.”

The director, 34, was raised in a village of 800 people outside of Barcelona, but has spent most of his adulthood in New York and Paris, where he creates videos for luxury brands like Loewe and Louis Vuitton. He entered the fashion world accidentally: The Belgian designer Dries Van Noten was the first to hire him, after seeing his 2012 short, “ American Autumn ,” about a group of New York City schoolchildren hosting a Surrealist dinner party. Moya had come to Italy in part to work on the script for his debut feature — “about three brothers and their daddy issues, basically” — based on an idea he discussed with the Athens-based screenwriter Efthimis Filippou, best known for collaborating with the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos on films like “ The Lobster ” (2015).

Moya initially planned to find a more permanent home in Paris after his working holiday. Instead, after visiting the 2,475-square-foot apartment, he decided to stay in Florence so he could write in solitude. When he toured the rental, “it was full of crap but empty of people,” he says, noting that the last occupant, who bought the place in the 1970s and still owns it, was an Italian soccer player who “had this amazing taste and awareness of space and architecture.” Situated on the sunny second floor, it was one of four flats parceled out in the 1950s from a 14th-century Tuscan estate, Villa di Marignolle, that once belonged to the Medicis. The astronomer Galileo Galilei stayed here several times in the 17th century, until the family of artistic patrons eventually sold it off. Perhaps to counterbalance the house’s intact Renaissance-era frescoes, oak window frames and doors and large garden crowded with cypress trees, the owner had decorated most of the rooms with various types of shiny but handsome wood paneling for the floors, the arches that divide them and the railings of two lofted interior balconies. Those levels are reached via their own staircases at either end of the cavernous, 50-by-16-foot living area, from which the sole bedroom and small kitchen and bathroom branch out. “I like empty spaces and complete austerity because I travel for work. When I’m home, I want calm,” Moya says. “But here, the question was, ‘How do we respect the woodwork?’”

“THE RULE,” MOYA decided, “was no furniture, no nothing,” aside from a few simple birch dining chairs by Frama, a Copenhagen-based design firm, that line the entry vestibule. “I just wanted a place that’s really pure.” Much of the main room is given over to a shallow conversation pit that existed when he moved in, although he removed sofas around its perimeter to make way for piles of wool-covered pillows that he hoped would encourage his friends, who often visit from other countries, to lie around and daydream together while staring up at the weathered 23-foot-high post-and-beam ceiling. One of those guests was the 38-year-old architect Guillermo Santomà, a fellow Catalonian with whom Moya planned the overhaul and whom he left alone for a week during its installation. By the time Moya returned, Santomà had covered most of the space — including the lounge area, the dining room (along with its round table and curved benches), the stairs to the mezzanine level, the pair of mezzanines themselves and the bedroom floor — in mocha carpeting that feels especially soft and plush against all the honey-toned wood. In the center of the 20-by-12-foot bedroom, the duo installed a low mattress covered in white alpaca fur, with a raised wooden frame bordering it that’s upholstered in the same brown rug, in lieu of a traditional bed: “The rule here is not to bring any computers or phones,” Moya says, so that he and his visitors might fall asleep by the light of several candles on an altar along the wall.

Everywhere else, though, the place is engineered less for rest than for productivity. On one balcony, there are blush pink grow lights, the remains of a marijuana-cultivation experiment; on the other, there’s a retro weight lifting rig, with a leather punching bag and black iron barbells. Below that, in a corner of the living room between two windows overlooking the well-tended grounds, Moya constructed a large editing station with four movable screens that resembles a Louise Bourgeois spider by way of “The Matrix.” Between the spareness of the interior — they’ve added no art and very few objects — and the monochromatic palette, the dwelling is undeniably cinematic, like a dystopian movie set, even if the director has already decided to shoot his own feature in a brown brick and red-tiled summer house completed in 1973 by the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill on the Costa Brava, not far from where Moya grew up.

Florence, however, has inspired him to finish what he set out to do. “There’s nothing that ties together all the creative people and artists here, so it’s harder to be in touch with one another,” Moya says. “I don’t go out so much.” Mostly he writes into the evening, lazing on a rug as brown as his corduroys, laptop resting on a wooden ledge nearby, as he watches the sun fade behind the hills opposite the beige city. Only then will he be kept company by the floating plexiglass light sculpture that Santomà designed and installed next to the conversation pit, which glows in any hue desired and looks like something out of James Cameron’s “Avatar” series. “At the moment,” Moya says of the lamp, “ that’s my boyfriend.”

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