Cortina makes an impression underway: a white hull, three decks and a broad wake behind her. Below deck, another part of the yacht’s story is easier to overlook. Our original photographs document an Arid Series 9 installation arranged alongside discharge and monitoring equipment in the machinery space.
The yacht behind the installation
Built by Newcastle in 2010, Cortina is a 114-foot custom motor yacht. In its 2013 listing announcement, Worth Avenue Yachts described her tri-deck layout, four guest cabins and custom Hodgdon Yachts interior. Those details give a sense of the spaces and craftsmanship aboard this particular vessel.
The Arid photographs take us into a different part of that setting. They pair the yacht’s exterior with a close view of the installed equipment, offering a look at the machinery behind everyday bilge care.
A closer look at Cortina’s Arid installation
The Series 9 cabinet appears on the left of the installation photograph. Companion equipment occupies the same bulkhead, with controls, hoses and fittings facing into the machinery space. The photograph is useful because it shows the equipment in context: its mounting position, the surrounding pipework and the room available around it.
Our original Cortina feature also identifies a PP-Monitor for fuel and oil leak detection. Residual-water collection and contamination monitoring serve different purposes. Drawing fluid out of a low point does not itself separate oil, establish that discharge is suitable, or repair the source of a leak.
Why residual water deserves its own system
A conventional bilge pump can finish a cycle while leaving a shallow layer of water below its effective pickup level. In separate compartments, that water may gather in more than one low point. Reaching each area with a sponge or wet vacuum becomes a recurring maintenance job.
Arid addresses that remaining water through pickups connected to a central unit. Vacuum draws fluid into a collection chamber; air pressure then moves the collected fluid along the discharge line. The yacht’s conventional bilge pumps remain responsible for higher-volume pumping. See the pickup-to-discharge process for a closer explanation.
Cortina illustrates why the equipment arrangement matters as much as the yacht’s length. A useful installation plan starts with the separate wet areas, then follows the tubing route back to the unit and through the discharge arrangement. Controls and service points need to remain accessible. The photographed layout is one vessel’s solution, rather than a size-based prescription for every 114-foot yacht.
Explore the systems and the next boat story
Planning an installation aboard your own yacht? Browse the current Arid product range or talk with our team about the layout. Current specifications should be checked for your vessel; the equipment in an earlier installation may differ from today’s options.
- Current Series 9 HD product information
- Understand Arid’s companion devices
- Aboard Reef Chief: a Series 9 and Series 4 installation
View the original Cortina feature and photographs.
