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PHOTOS: Guillaume Plisson Six months following delivery, we’re getting better looks at the retro-chic style of Blue II. Despite looking like a classic steam ship, this private yacht has modern amenities and engineering, especially to be more environmentally mindful. Following her maiden voyage last August, this 184-foot (55.99-meter) megayacht has global explorations in sight. InContinue Reading
While Turquoise Yachts has earned a reputation for motoryachts, it has a superyacht sloop in build at present, too. She’s Rainbow II, whose profile and interior call to mind the classic cruisers of the early 20th century. While the project started in The Netherlands, seeing just her hull completed, the Turkish shipyard took over. HerContinue Reading
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