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An owner has acquired a 246-footer (75-meter) already in build at Turquoise Yachts. The project, Turquoise NB69, only recently became ready for the interior installations stage. This still leaves plenty of opportunity for the customer to ensure the areas reflect how he and his guests like to live. Previously referred to as Turquoise’s 74-meterContinue Reading
UPDATE, AUGUST 18, 2020: Blue II is on her maiden voyage. She departed the shipyard on July 29, and while polar regions are on her future itinerary, she is currently enjoying the warm Mediterranean waters. Read on for our original article. May 12 was a big day for a big yacht. The aptly namedContinue Reading
The closing days of 2019 saw Turquoise Yachts undertake a significant step. The semi-confidential Turquoise 74M yacht project NB66 moved from the builder’s shipyard in Kocaeli to its other facility in Pendik, Turkey. The megayacht did so within Turquoise’s own 2,500-ton-capacity floating dock. Now that she is in place for interior outfitting, the 239-foot Vallicelli-designedContinue Reading
Speak with professional naval architects or yacht designers, and they may mention the well-known phrase form follows function. Project Nautilus, from the pairing of Luiz De Basto and Turquoise Yachts, embraces this philosophy in a particularly clever way. What appears to be an open design element along the 43-foot-long (13.4-meter-long) foredeck is actually an integratedContinue Reading
Barracuda have a formidable appearance and excel at spying and seizing their prey. The superyacht concept Barracuda will engage in less-predatory behavior, but is still tough and assertive in her stance. Designed around a proven Turquoise Yachts technical platform, she simultaneously should fit in where more gentle-looking craft like to cruise. Turquoise Yachts conceived theContinue Reading
The astronomer Ptolemy chronicled four dozen constellations, with Lyra being one. On a more exclusive basis, Turquoise Yachts developed Lyra for cruising customers craving something different. With a proven hull form, the megayacht takes a fresh approach in her layout, as well as volume. Measuring 210 feet (64 meters), Lyra employs a hull design fromContinue Reading