Imagine a megayacht a few feet longer than Rising Sun but a few shorter than Al Salamah. That’s project Victory, which began construction this week at Fincantieri.
At 140 meters LOA (459 feet), the yacht is thought to represent the largest contract signed since the global financial meltdown began in 2008. Fincantieri revealed the project at the end of last year. There is, of course, always a chance that another shipyard signed an equally large yacht but is minding strict confidentiality requirements.
Fincantieri itself is apparently under a confidentiality clause for the time being, as it is not releasing drawings of what project Victory will look like. Nor is it providing too many details on the general arrangement. So far Fincantieri and Camper & Nicholsons, which represents the owner, have revealed project Victory will have seven decks, six pools, and a floodable garage for the 14-meter (46-foot) tender, which, I imagine, will also likely be a drive-in/drive-out garage, similar to the one aboard Princess Mariana. She’ll adhere to SOLAS regulations and incorporate several eco-minded systems–though again, no specifics have been provided.
The design team behind project Victory includes Espen Oeino for the styling and Alberto Pinto for the interior.
Meanwhile, Fincantieri anticipates launching its first megayacht, Hull No. 6154, this fall. She’ll make an impressive entry into the megayacht market for the yard, given her LOA of 134 meters (about 440 feet). For those of you who track the world’s largest yachts, that’s nearly the same size as Savarona.
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