A few weeks after launching a 64-footer, Northern Marine sealed the deal for a new 85-foot expedition yacht bearing far different styling than its usual approach.
Aptly named Blood Baron, the 85 has a red paint job and the styling input of Northern Marine’s in-house team, Adriel Design, and the captain, Aaron Pufal. Together, they blended Northern Marine’s proven hull form with more yacht-like lines for the superstructure, rather than the usual rugged appearance of an expedition yacht. Among the benefits is a good-size skylounge just aft of the wheelhouse, larger than the ones aboard most megayachts in this LOA range. It will include a bar, seating area, TV, and entertainment center. Capt. Pufal credits Northern Marine’s custom approach to construction for the skylounge’s outcome, noting that most builders with similar-size yachts are either production builders or semicustom builders that limit structural changes.
Other highlights of Blood Baron include an on-deck, full-beam master and three guest staterooms below decks. Because the owner wanted minimal crew, there’s just one crew cabin. Up top, the skylounge will lead out to an alfresco dining spot, while the flybridge (the uppermost deck) will have a bar, seating, sun lounges, and toy stowage. (There’s the possibility of the owner toting motorcycles in addition to PWCs.)
Besides the ability to customize the yacht, the owner of Blood Baron selected Northern Marine for its reputation of building global cruisers. Perhaps its most famous delivery to date is Spirit of Zopilote, the first in its line of long-range trawlers, which has visited more ports than you could shake a stick at. The owner of Blood Baron wanted to step up in size to something capable of taking his family to ports on both sides of the ocean.
Blood Baron is set for delivery in 2013.
AARON PUFAL
The name of the project and vessel is “Blood Baron” not “Red Baron”
Diane M. Byrne
Thanks for catching those two “oops,” we have updated the story.