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PHOTOS: Clint Jenkins When you have 13 years of superyacht ownership experience, you know what does and doesn’t work in enhancing your leisure time. This, in turn, affords your design and build teams the chance to get creative with new solutions. All of this describes the owners of Lonian, who spent the past year keepingContinue Reading
One hundred ninety-seven feet (60 meters) of steel and aluminum came together over the last weekend in September in The Netherlands. One year after her keel laying, Heesen’s Project Falcon saw the joining of her hull and superstructure. Also known as YN 19360, Heesen’s Project Falcon is projected to be the yard’s largest ever megayachtContinue Reading
A year after she premiered, Illusion Plus is still turning heads, particularly as the largest private yacht constructed in Asia. Actively for sale, she’s attracting attention additionally for her extraordinary interior–which is really the star of this Sunday Superyacht Video. Measuring 290 feet (88.5 meters), the six-deck megayacht made her global debut at the 2018Continue Reading
A buyer’s representative called Mark Cavendish, Heesen Yachts’ sales director, with a special request. Actually, two special requests. The first: a 262-footer (80-meter). The second: “She had to be fast—preferably reaching the magic 30 knots,” Cavendish says. Project Cosmos, the largest-length and largest-volume megayacht in Heesen’s history, posed a challenge. How do you keep weightContinue Reading
Dutch citizens of the towns between Aalsmeer and Rotterdam are accustomed to seeing superyachts slowly travel along the canals. However, crowds still gathered yesterday and Sunday as Feadship transported Lonian from its shipyard. This, in eventual preparation for delivery. Known as Project 700 during construction, Lonian is still relatively secretive. Launched in July, the 285’5”Continue Reading
These images are just a glimpse at what awaits aboard the superyacht Illusion Plus, making her way to the Monaco Yacht Show. She just departed Pride Mega Yachts in China on her maiden voyage. She received quite the send-off, in fact, complete with a band and colorful Chinese dragons. Coming in at 290 feet (88.5 meters), theContinue Reading