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Boat of the Week: Inside Gulf Craft’s Impressive, Wide New 120-Foot Superyacht

The gulf craft majesty 120's extra width means big interior volume across all four decks. we step aboard in cannes., kevin koenig, kevin koenig's most recent stories.

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That could partly be a cultural choice. Gulf Craft builds in Dubai, and is used to clients with large, extended families, many of whom cruise together. Interior volume—as anyone who has ever set sail with the in-laws knows—is at a premium when you have everyone together for days. This boat offers room to roam, with multiple social—and potentially private—areas.

The other feature of the 120 that caught my attention was the passerelle. It’s admittedly a small detail, but an important one. It’s what landlubbers call a gangplank, or the section that connects the boat to the dock. These often tend to be flimsy, sometimes flexing like a diving board. I often wonder why more people don’t fall off when trying to board boats during shows—particularly when the champagne starts to flow.

Not so on this Gulf Craft. The 120’s passerelle was sturdy as I moved up towards the yacht’s cockpit. Typically features like that go unnoticed, but it’s a good indicator of the builder’s focus on seaworthiness.

Gulf Craft really has come a long way in the last decade. Typically seen as a bargain-priced yacht builder, it has hired name-brand European designers for its interiors, and the exteriors are much more contemporary. The name wasn’t that well known outside of the Middle East, but now it has a following in Europe and North America. The boat I toured—hull number two in the series—is headed to US owners.

The Cristiano Gatto-designed interior on the 120 had a rich cookies-and-cream color scheme with stainless inlays throughout the vessel. The woodwork had beautiful, rich grains, with joinery that fit snugly in place. The 120 felt somewhat unadventurous in terms of the color scheme, but its openness and lightness induced a calm, relaxing feel. 

There were also nice, surprising details. A white-and-gray, cored-marble headboard over the island king in the main-deck main suite was unusual, giving the space a beachy, elegant feel. A gently undulating divan to starboard heightened the sense of laidback elegance in that bedroom.

That primary suite could be mistaken for the first of two. On the accommodations level there are four mostly identical guest staterooms amidships. But at the end of a long passageway leading forward—really, it feels almost like a hidden door—lies a forepeak VIP suite that could steal top billing away from main suite. I suppose family dynamics are easier to navigate when there is no one single best sleeping quarters.

The Majesty 120 is also notable for its performance data. This is a semi-displacement yacht with a respectable top end of 22.5 knots, powered by twin 2,500 hp MTU M96Ls. At a slower cruise of 8.5 knots, it can cover 2,700 nautical miles.

“The big propellers on this boat make her very easy to drive,” Capt. Alfredo De Santis told Robb Report . “She is maneuverable, and because of her well-designed hull and those props, she doesn’t need a sternthruster.”

With four personal watercraft and a 17-foot rigid-hulled inflatable onboard, as well as a Pirelli 42 chase boat, the Gulf Craft 120 makes for a great vessel for water activities, with plenty of access to the ocean from the large swim platform. It should make quite the impression when it crosses the Atlantic to go island-hopping with its new US owners.

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Tanzanite has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 22 guests in 11 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 44 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

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Tanzanite is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel-electric (Electric Motors) engines, she reaches a maximum speed of 18 knots. Her low draft of makes her primed for accessing shallow areas and cruising close to the shorelines. She was built to Lloyds Register EP (Environmental Protection) notation classification society rules.

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120m Amels superyacht sold

Amels and damen yachting sign a 120m new build amels superyacht by espen øino….

Imperial  have announced the largest superyacht ever to be built in the Netherlands. At 120m in length, Project SIGNATURE will be the result of a collaboration between Amels and Damen Yachting shipyards, multi-awarded designer Espen Øino and Imperial. The Monaco-based company is proud to act as owner’s representative and build supervisor throughout the build process. 

As long-standing partners, Imperial, Amels and Damen Yachting have delivered eight superyachts together since 2009, and this new addition of a 120-metre superyacht will be the partners' ninth successful collaboration - as well as the largest ever vessel built by the team at Amels and Damen Yachting, and in the Netherlands. 

Despite the global pandemic, all parties involved are reported to have given full dedication and hard work to complete Project SIGNATURE’s agreement in time.

Project SIGNATURE is a superyacht concept breaking into the 100m+ market with a new set of standards. The unique vessel will be created with the experience of Imperial, the designs of Espen Øino International and construction by Amels – Damen Yachting.

With a history of experience and knowledge in the 100m+ superyacht construction and management range, Imperial believes that this project will be revolutionary within the yachting industry. Project SIGNATURE will be a “green”, ecological superyacht, technically prepared for the standard Lloyds Register of Shipping EP (Environment Protection) notation.

Powered by diesel-electric engines and Azipod propulsion, Project SIGNATURE will reportedly provide her future guests with the lowest level of noise and vibration ever experienced on a yacht of this size. She is expected to be a yachting masterpiece on both engineering and outfitting.

"With this dream team at the helm, Project SIGNATURE will be one of the most striking, silent and advanced superyachts ever delivered, and we look forward to commencing..." - Julia Stewart, Imperial - Director

“This day is a special one for Imperial. We confirm our leadership in the 100m+ superyachts new construction range, while proving that our important knowledge helps us to raise the level of our demanding and changing industry,” commented Julia Stewart, Director of Imperial. “Partnering with Amels and Damen Yachting shipyards makes sense for this project because they have a reputation of excellence that nobody can deny and we value their high standards and results to deliver on record time. Collaborating with Espen Øino and his team is also a proof of excellence - their expertise, as well as their experience alongside Imperial, will add real value when it comes to serious matters. With this dream team at the helm, Project SIGNATURE will be one of the most striking, silent and advanced superyachts ever delivered, and we look forward to commencing,” she concluded.

“We are extremely honoured to be selected for this major 120-metre superyacht project. This superyacht adds on to our strong relationships with both Imperial and Espen Øino International,” added Rose Damen, Managing Director of Amels and Damen Yachting.

“We have an excellent team on this project, including designers and engineers at our yard as well as our production department. Of course the amazing pool of talented suppliers and subcontractors at our doorstep. Everyone involved is very excited and looking forward to delivering the very best vessel for the Owner,” she continued. 

“Collaborating with the great teams from Imperial and Amels has strengthened our existing thriving relationships. Our team has worked tirelessly to create a yacht with a unique layout and a timeless external appearance blending edgy design with elegant curves. We very much look forward to seeing this impressive yacht come to life during the build process,” added Espen Øino.

Project SIGNATURE is set for delivery in 2025. Keep an eye out on SuperyachtNews.com for additional information in the coming months.

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Amels superyachts are built on the solid foundation of craftsmanship and Dutch yacht-building excellence. Sophisticated, timeless classics that combine generations of experience and elegance with evolution and innovation. Aimed at raising the bar and setting a new standard in superyacht ownership. 

With both our Amels Limited Editions semi-custom range and our Amels Full Custom opportunities, we enable you to spend your precious time in the best way possible. 

Elegant and conscious modern yachting forms the essence of our Amels portfolio. A sought-after range of new-build superyachts with both semi-custom Limited Editions and Full Custom projects, recognised for their quality, ocean-going performance and unrivalled onboard experience.

With close to 100 Amels superyachts already cruising world wide, our fleet is our greatest achievement. A legacy reflecting decades of the highest build quality with proven naval architecture, technology and experience. Whether in build or delivered, our fleet is our family.

The maritime pedigree and heritage behind Amels stretch back centuries. With Dutch family shipbuilding at the core. Starting in 1918, the Amels family paved the way for what Amels has become today under the ownership and guidance of the Damen family.

This award-winning 60-metre (197ft) Amels Limited Editions design has been turning heads since her introduction in 2019. A next-generation semi-custom Amels that blends heritage with sophisticated technology, taking the superyacht industry’s greatest success story into the future. Just like the global fleet of close to 50 Limited Editions yachts at sea today, this sought-after Amels 60 is fast becoming become the collectors’ item for tomorrow’s generation of yacht owners, popular for both charter and private use.

The Amels 80 is shaping the future of luxury yachting. With evolution in her DNA, she captures the evolution and elegance of modern yachting at its essence. Her sophisticated and sustainable design is guaranteed to stand the test of time. This 80-metre Amels Limited Editions combines exclusive know-how and proven innovation to create an even more enjoyable yachting experience. Introduced in 2022, this next-generation semi-custom Amels has firmly taken her place as a leader in the 80-metre superyacht sector.  

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Discover 25 years of non-stop, first-class refit experience at The Netherlands’ largest superyacht hub. Renowned for timeless new builds as well as masterful and reliable refits, our craftsmen cater for both Amels yachts and all other brands.

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As Y910 prepares to go under the hammer in what will be the largest auction in yachting history , we speak to the team behind the ground-breaking vessel as it lies in Italy awaiting a new owner... 

Selling a yacht at auction might be unconventional but it's not an entirely wild concept. After all, luxury property has been sold in this way for years, and what are yachts if not uber-luxe floating homes. But when you have a 120m ice-classed hull listed at auction with no reserve, it is sure to pique the interest of a few owners.

Lying in Trieste at the Fincantieri shipyard, the yacht, codenamed Yard 910 , is one of the largest conversion projects to date and is soon to be the biggest yacht ever sold at auction . With construction on the hull, superstructure, and most of the crew areas now complete, a new owner will have carte blanche to finish the boat however they wish, be it as a globe-trotting superyacht explorer, research vessel or floating hotel (and there were even talks of turning her into a casino).

Built for the Russian offshore industry in the nineties, she began life as a passenger vessel named Vladimir Chivilikhin and was one of six 90 metre sisterships delivered by Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdynia . While her size and seaworthiness make the vessel an appealing option for a conversion, it was its 1A Ice Class hull that set this particular project apart.

“She was quite ground-breaking at the time in terms of size but also in terms of accommodation because she’s full SOLAS with 36 pax,” explains interior designer, Oliver Stirling. Over 2,000 square metres have been allocated for accommodation alone with an owner's suite that occupies 350 square metres of the sixth deck. “It’s absolutely enormous,” he says. Although the vessel was never really intended for its owner's private use. The conversion was a commercial undertaking from the get-go with the charter market in mind.

Project Yard 910 was the vision of a French shipowner who spied a growing market for luxury experiential cruising. The charter market at the time was dominated by privately-owned vessels bouncing between the Mediterranean and Caribbean with no real business-driven players offering ultra-luxury expedition cruises, which only really existed in the form of smaller, luxury commercial cruise lines.

The idea was to create a new breed of charter by scaling down the cruising model to offer highly exclusive, ultra-bespoke per-cabin charters. Although the concept, the owner tells me, was actually modelled on the small-group private jet tours offered by boutique travel operators such as TCS World Travel or Abercrombie & Kent. These companies had great success in the skies and so the ambition was to see the model set sail on the water.

“[Y910] would have the capacity to charter in “yacht mode”, but part of the operating profile was that it could operate in a hotel mode too. It could even be used by a hotel operator as an extension of its land-based accommodation,” explains Stirling.

The conversion began at the Keppel Singmarine and Damen shipyard in Singapore where the major structural changes were completed. This involved slicing the vessel down the middle and extending the yacht by 13 metres, making room for a large tender garage that runs the entire beam, as well as carving out a distinct canoe stern and a new bow, all while maintaining her ice-class notation.

Naval architect Robert McFarlane , who has been with the project since its inception, worked alongside Cor D. Rover who handled the exterior design. “The design of the boat is purposefully classic. If you do something modern, in 10 years it is already in the past. I wanted something that will be timeless,” the owner says. "The exterior was designed in the spirit of the modern classic cruise liners of the 1960s intentionally re-creating the comfort, luxury, elegance and nostalgia of the heyday of cruise ships. We completely modified the look of the boat. We changed the bow, the stern, and we added a complete brand new aluminium superstructure from the main deck upwards," he adds. 

It was always in the plan to bring the vessel across to Europe for outfitting. Though there were very few shipyards at the time willing, or even able, to take on a project of this scale. Even Lürssen, who today wouldn’t bat an eyelid at a 100m+ vessel, was hesitant. “ ’You don’t think it’s a bit too big?’, they said,” the owner recalls. Italian shipyard Fincantieri, however, with a footing in commercial shipbuilding, seemed a natural fit. Following in the footsteps of 133.9m Serene and 140m Ocean Victory , the project would be the third 100m+ SOLAS-classed vessel to leave the shipyard.

In 2016, McFarlane, Stirling and Fincantieri drafted the outfitting specification for the remaining work – an impressive 300-page document – with two proposals on offer. The first was for the full scope of work while the second involved a 'white wall standard' of finish with furnishing left to the whim of the owner. And with 6,000GT to play with, the possibilities are endless.

The original GA features 1,360 square metres of open deck space with two pools, one jacuzzi and a 170 square metre spa and wellness centre. “She has amazing public spaces with a huge, three-deck-high atrium. There’s a double-height saloon with a gallery that looks down into it - it’s just colossal,” says Stirling. He also points out a cyber lounge that was built into the initial layout, which, he says, was “truly ahead of its time”.

As for her explorer credentials, she has two landing pads, a helicopter lift, garage and refuelling facility, and a range of 10,000 nautical miles. Elsewhere, a central garage has been designed to accommodate four tenders and a submarine together with a moon pool, while a dedicated car garage can house a landing craft to carry SUVs, quad bikes and motorbikes for excursions ashore.

The owner listed the yacht for sale this year with Althaus Luxury Yachting before approaching New York-based auction house Concierge Auctions, which specialises in high-end real estate. “Selling a luxury property in Hawaii is really the same profile,” the owner says. “We are taking a risk, but it’s a good way to get people excited.”

Concierge Auctions then teamed up with online yacht auction platform Boathouse Auctions. The auction market for yachts, according to Jack Mahoney, director of Boathouse Auctions, is “reasonably small on a global basis, but growing". “Having a finite timeline is very helpful. It drives an urgency and it puts a lot of control in the hands of the seller." Joshua Gunsberger, auction sales manager for Y910, agrees. "Giving a sense of urgency is a critical component in making an auction successful." 

A no-reserve auction might seem out of the ordinary for a project of this size, but Y910 is no ordinary explorer. The scale of the conversion and the entrepreneurial vision of its owner make the vessel truly one-of-a-kind. All that remains is to find a new owner to see the project across the finish line.

How does the auction work?

The auction opened in December and will end March 31, 2022 via online marketplace conciergeauctions.com, in partnership with Boathouse Auctions.

Prior to the auction, the prospective bidders can inspect the vessel at any time and registered bidders will have full access to the project’s data room which includes a full condition survey report by Winterbothams and a market study by Bain & Company.

The complete original project team is also available for technical assistance and in an advisory capacity.

Prospective owners are required to fill out terms and conditions, provide proof and funds and place a $100,000 deposit that can be held in escrow. There is a 6% starting bid incentive for those who submit an opening bid ahead of the auction, as well as a 4% co-broke commission.

Bidders and non-bidders will be able to follow the auction across the week in real-time with the Concierge Auctions app.

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