A little more than a month from now, Rossinavi’s FR029 will be christened Taransay. This 126’5” (38.55-meter) megayacht will take the breath away from those of you who can’t resist the looks of a bygone era. But, the beauty of the steel-hulled Taransay is more than skin deep.
Taransay, signed in 2013, is every inch a replica of a classic motoryacht, from her canoe stern to her funnel and auxiliary masts. Features like funnels on replicas tend to camouflage modern-day navigation and communication equipment, or serve simply aesthetic purposes. Not aboard Taransay, though. Rossinavi’s in-house naval architecture department, in conjunction with the survey and consultancy firm STB Italia, designed and engineered the funnel to conceal the tender’s crane. The slideshow below shows how the funnel’s aft facing flips up to reveal the crane. The crane then rotates out toward the boat, launching her over the side. The funnel and crane were created and assembled in-house at Rossinavi, too.
Perhaps the biggest challenge of building a classic replica is ensuring contemporary equipment can be properly installed and accessed. That includes everything from the propulsion system to air-conditioning, the latter not in existence a century ago. Consider that Taransay bears a beam of 24’9” (7.6 meters), narrower than modern, similar-length megayachts. Rossinavi isn’t yet revealing how it tapped today’s technological advantages to make it all happen. However, the yard does say that twin 803-hp Caterpillars should allow Taransay to cruise at 12 knots under half load. She should also see a 3,500-nautical-mile range at 9 to 10 knots, in keeping with what contemporary cruisers desire.
Details on the interior, by Studio Tassin Design, have also yet to be released. No doubt, though, that Taransay will be period-accurate from her relaxation spaces to her staterooms. The designers have contributed to classic projects previously.
In the meantime, here’s how Rossinavi moved the hull and superstructure for Taransay around the shipyard and then united them around this time last year:
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