The 164-foot (50-meter) megayacht code-named Y/N 1016 slipped into the water at McMullen & Wing today. She’s both the longest and largest-displacement megayacht from the New Zealand builder so far.
You may remember that Y/N 1016 started construction as StarFish a few years ago, a follow-up to Big Fish. A fire unfortunately damaged her aluminum superstructure and interior when she was about six months from completion, in 2012. Thankfully surveyors determined the megayacht’s hull remained sound and she could be rebuilt. Her original owner decided to sell her because he still had Big Fish and didn’t anticipate having two yachts simultaneously. Y/N 1016 was acquired by her current owner in 2014.
A yellow bootstripe and white superstructure accentuate the sky-blue paint job. That soft essence strikes an interesting contrast to Y/N 1016’s purpose. She’s an expedition yacht through and through. With Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect for styling and naval architecture, Y/N 1016 is expected to have a 6,000-nautical-mile range. The owner plans extensive cruising throughout the South Pacific this year, with more regions to come. Fishing is among the activities planned, too, from the spacious cockpit.
The Marshall studio has been handling interior design as well, as has McMullen & Wing’s in-house design department. A contemporary ambiance awaits the 12 guests in the owner’s party. Full details are not yet available. However, full-height windows and balconies promise to bring the outside in. The owner gets a private aft deck and garden-like spot outside his stateroom on the bridge deck as well.
McMullen & Wing plans to keep the real name of Y/N 1016 confidential until she’s ready for delivery.
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