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Icon’s Largest Superyacht Is a 276-Foot Stunner With More Wine Storage Than Your Cellar

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One yacht, six decks, 6,000 miles of range and more than 10,000 square feet of indoor space that accommodates 19 guests in seven staterooms. Enough said. Well, it’s too impressive a boat to leave it at that, actually. Best known for its refit and conversion projects, Icon Yachts ’s latest design—the Icon 280 —sees the innovative Dutch yard move into two new segments of the superyacht industry: both a new-construction project and a yacht built on spec. The Icon 280 is a show of strength for the relatively young company. At 276 feet, it is also Icon’s largest project to date.

Sporting an exterior envisioned by rockstar designer Tim Heywood and selling through Burgess for more than $100 million, the Icon 280 offers a customizable interior that has the largest internal space of any 276-foot yacht. The trick is the addition of a full-length engine-room deck, which sits below the waterline and houses, well, the engine room, along with vast storage areas and a crew gym, an unusual but considerate feature. Generous crew quarters are located on the lower deck, adjacent to five spacious guest cabins. A central corridor directly connects the latter to an aft beach club—handy for an early morning dip or a swim before supper—which features a layout that also allows for a spa and theater.

Immense wine storage on the bridge deck  Courtesy of Icon Yachts

In addition to two 33-foot tenders, the main deck houses a range of water toys as well as an infinity pool. The more than 1,350-square-foot master suite overlooks the helipad on the upper deck and provides the option for multiple sea terraces. Five flights up, the bridge deck presents more outside sunbathing space—in addition to inside wine storage—and is topped by an expansive sundeck with a hot tub—the ideal spot to catch sunrises or sunsets.

A hammam off the beach club  Courtesy of Icon Yachts

“The Icon 280 has a 6,000-nautical-mile range, it’s highly fuel efficient, it’s clean in design, seaworthy and high up on the water,” says Jen Wartena, CEO of Icon. “In short, it’s capable of cruising the oceans of the world in style.” That’s to be expected. What’s surprising, however, is the yacht’s rapid delivery time, available in as little as 26 months from the point of signing.

The humongous master suite  Courtesy of Icon Yachts

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Aquarius: Modern classic masterpiece makes for a surprisingly sensible superyacht

• August 27, 2020

Named for the sign of astrological quality, this stunning 186ft world-cruising ketch is the result of serious sailors challenging the best of the best to produce something elegant, fast and seaworthy. Rupert Holmes reports

A demanding brief for Aquarius from experienced sailors has produced a masterpiece from some of the most experienced and talented brains in the superyacht world. Within five months of handover she had already clocked up 11,000 miles.

It’s often tempting to sum up new yachts with a short phrase describing their key characteristics. The brief for Aquarius included that she should be, ‘an elegant, muscular sailing yacht with a classic profile for family enjoyment’. But that barely scratches the surface of the main requirements for this giant ketch.

The owners also wanted a yacht that would combine good seakeeping characteristics with performance, reliability and quality. Essential features included relative simplicity, robustness of systems and a contemporary interpretation of elegant, classic lines, with a clean and uncomplicated appearance.

Aquarius ’s graceful lines and timeless shape belie a rugged world cruiser configured to be self-sufficient for extended periods when voyaging well beyond the popular Med and Caribbean circuits. In addition, the yacht is welcoming for family and friends, while providing sufficient performance to compete in superyacht regattas .

Designed to perform

“The owner loves sailing, so top performance was important,” says Dykstra’s Erik Wassen, who led the design team. “Not to the level of a racing yacht, but having the feeling of sailing well and being responsive like a smaller yacht.” A further stipulation was that the boat should not be experimental. The result is a sensible superyacht interpretation of a performance yacht.

With a whopping 50ft of bow and stern overhangs, there’s far less internal volume than might be expected for a yacht of this length. Also maximum beam is less than one-sixth of the overall length. Even so, any temptation to spoil the lines by raising the black-painted freeboard to provide more space for systems was successfully resisted.

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Considerable work and talent was therefore needed to fit all the requirements into the slender hull. The design team repeatedly honed the arrangements until everything would fit, including adequate space for crew accommodation and servicing of systems.

A fixed 4.8m draught keel fits with the theme of simplicity, while also freeing up the internal space that a lifting or telescopic keel would otherwise occupy. Wassen says: “If it was for optimum performance, you go to seven, eight, nine, ten metres.” The problem is that quickly stops being practical, so his aim was to: “try to get her in the same sort of harbours as the J Class yachts – you can still enter St Barth’s Bucket , for instance.”

Computational Flow Dynamics (CFD) work informed the final hull shape. “In our first hull design we noticed the centre of effort shifted when going from close-hauled to a beam reach to running,” says Wassen. “By optimising the hull shape in the CFD we could minimise that effect, giving much more equal rudder pressure on different points of sail.”

A sense of scale as the seemingly tiny figures prepare the mizzen staysail

The response and feel of a smaller boat was achieved “through having an ample sail plan – the boat has lots of sail – and giving her lots of stability,” he adds.  “We kept her as light as possible, which is always difficult because of the weight of the systems and of the ballast needed to provide stability.”

Aquarius ’s skipper James Turner has been very impressed with the handling so far: “With the correct sail plan Aquarius is a delight on the helm, responsive with weight to the wheel,” he reports. “Contrary to what her length and volume might suggest, she feels lively yet forgiving, almost playful on the wheel.”

A clean and uncluttered deck layout was a key priority, but was rendered more difficult by the lack of bulwarks. The profiles of both deckhouses were kept as low as possible, while individual sails are sheeted to similar points, which concentrates deck gear in discrete locations.

Despite her significant sail area, push-button controls mean Aquarius can be sailed by three

Clustering several different items into a single feature also helped to achieve this goal. For example, the boxes for vents and skylights ahead of the main deckhouse also form the backrests for the cushions when this area is used for sun lounging. In addition they house discrete B&G units that provide headsail and spinnaker trimmers with the key data needed for racing.

Project manager Godfrey Cray was keen to use halyard locks to reduce the number of winches around the mast base – the final arrangement has just two winches here instead of the usual four. Attention to detail extends to the cowl vents that have a protection ring of black composite below the polished stainless steel caps so that there is no chance of lines snagging.

The large mizzen was a feature from the inception of the project and provides a powerful configuration for fast reaching and downwind sailing with the mizzen staysail set. A further advantage of this sail plan is that no compromises were needed to keep air draught below the Panamax limit.

Optimised hull shape and big sail area means Aquarius has the response and feel of a smaller yacht

Doyle Sails New Zealand was involved in the project from an early stage, which gave time to tweak the sail plan and for aerodynamic and finite element analysis work to optimise the deck layout and improve overall load predictions. Aquarius is a fast enough boat for the apparent wind to often be forward of the beam.

A 1,580m2 running asymmetric spinnaker is included in the inventory and is clearly important when racing. However, optimisation of the reaching sails was also a priority to enable Aquarius to realise her enormous potential. In addition to the main and mizzen a 460m2 mizzen staysail and 770m2 Code 0 boost the sail area to an impressive 2,200m2 when reaching.

Rondal performance furling booms are a key means of simplifying sail handling , without compromising performance. They allow control of the foot tension of the sail, while providing a very practical means of reefing and stowing the sails.

“Typically, these systems are getting more and more reliable,” says Wassen. “There are hardly any boats that are not specifying them, except for some that go all the way to more racy slab reefing systems to reduce weight aloft.”

Square-top sails were shunned because of the difficulties of handling the top batten. However, the large roach main and mizzen still require running backstays, which are handled by captive winches. “They take more space and are heavier,” says Wassen, “but the captive winches mean you always have the opportunity to ease the runners under load if you have to make an unexpected tack or gybe.”

The twin wheels are positioned far enough outboard to give good sight lines to the bow and the rig. Key sail controls are also located at each helm station to facilitate easy handling. A drawback to this, though, is that you can’t always see the function you’re adjusting.  “It’s something we don’t often do,” says Wassen, “and making it look inconspicuous and classic is difficult.”

The solution was a more modern style console with a lot of controls that are fully concealed by hinged teak covers when not in use. This enables the boat to be sailed with only three people on deck.

Key challenges

While the brief for Aquarius deliberately avoided pushing hard against the boundaries of engineering and materials technology, there were still many challenges to overcome before the owners’ vision and dream could be realised.

In particular, a huge effort was needed to fit the accommodation and systems into the low-volume hull. This involved an iterative process between four parties – naval architect, interior designer, the engineers at Royal Huisman, and the owners – to ensure systems and adequate crew quarters could be accommodated, while leaving enough space for the owner and guest accommodation to meet the brief.

There is plenty of relaxation space split across Aquarius’s three cockpits

Interior designer Mark Whiteley initially presented two concepts – one for a relatively dark panelled interior, the other with mahogany furniture and trim balanced by white wall spaces. After the two had been mocked up at full scale for a section of the boat, the owners chose the lighter option. Whiteley subsequently described his challenge as creating, “a light and contemporary classic feel, rather than a more sombre and historically referenced one”.

While this early decision informed the big picture, he says the finer details needed careful judgement to give the boat its unique feel. The final coat of white paint on the wall panels, for instance, was brushed by hand to provide additional character and interest. He says: “This added to the relaxed informality and chic, understated quality you might associate with a house in the Hamptons.”

The main cockpit is the primary social hub of the boat, so considerable effort was put into refining it. This extended to the folding arrangements for the tables and to the design of the additional fold-away seats that face the main U-shape seating areas.

Mahogany joinery is balanced by white trim

The owner wanted a single floor level in the deckhouse, without a higher level for the seating areas, while retaining a view through the windows when sitting down. The lower edge of the windows therefore needed to be brought down as far as possible, which in turn provides a lot of natural light. The skylights also help to flood the interior with natural light.

Two versions of the magnificent owner’s suite were mocked up full-size to ensure every aspect was optimised to the maximum extent possible. There’s ample natural light from the large oval fan light around the mizzen mast, plus four port lights.

The bed is positioned to give a view towards the stairs to the private aft deckhouse, which opens onto its own cockpit. Attention to detail extends to secure stowage for water carafes and personal items.

Natural light floods into the owner’s suite from large fanlights around masts

Guest accommodation includes two double suites, plus a further flexible cabin that’s primarily configured as a twin. Two extra berths can be provided here to accommodate a larger number of children, via a Pullman on the inboard side and a recessed bed that drops down from the deckhead on the outboard side. A great deal of effort was expended to ensure there is no evidence of these extra beds when the cabin is in its normal mode.

There’s also a fully equipped gym, plus a lower saloon, with a huge cinema screen and top end concealed sound system. Quarters for up to 10 crew are provided in five cabins forward. This area has its own access from the foredeck, while guest areas can also be reached from the galley.

What does Whitely like most about the accommodation? “The relaxed feel and the balance between the classic and the contemporary, it really works. I also like the owner’s suite a lot: it’s a fantastic living space.”

The owner’s suite includes private aft deckhouse

Aquarius is the latest addition to a very distinguished lineage of modern classics produced in the past decade by a collaboration between Dykstra and Royal Huisman, including Kamixitha , Meteor and Pumula .

It’s a stunningly successful partnership that, with Aquarius , has produced another beautiful new superyacht that combines the ultimate in elegance with superlative comfort, style and performance.

Specification

LOA: 56.18m (184ft 4in) LWL: 41.17m (135ft 1in) Beam: 9.51m (31ft 2in) Draught: 4.80m (15ft 9in) Displacement: 264 tonnes Mainsail: 520m2 (5,597ft2) Mizzen: 440m2 (4,736ft2) Blade: 430m2 (4,628ft2) Air draught: 58.50m (192ft 11in) Spars: Rondal carbon with Rondal/Carbo-Link continuous standing rigging

First published in the July 2019 issue of Supersail World.

Moonen 110 Mustique

34m / 279GT Status: Available now Price € 17,000,000*

The debut of the world’s finest 34m yacht.

Build number YN202 is the first Moonen 110 Mustique (34m/279GT). The Moonen 110 Mustique is an exciting and contemporary long-range steel yacht with a subtle nod to our Moonen heritage. Enquire now about the Mustique YN202 for sale and immediate delivery at €17 million* including full warranty until September 1, 2025

*Based on Moonen Yachts Sale and Purchase Agreement; full warranty until September 1, 2025

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Superior craftsmanship wrapped in timeless beauty.

We select only the finest materials and best performing components, all integrated with unrivalled Dutch engineering and attention to detail. Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, the Moonen 110 Mustique recaptures the impeccable quality and ocean-going capability of past generations of Moonen yachts.

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Designed for the future with a nod to the past.

We created the Moonen 110 Mustique together with designer René van der Velden. The design is a fresh evolution following our Moonen 84 and Moonen 97 deliveries, which are still highly sought-after years after production ceased.

Moonen 110 Mustique YN202

Take a 360-degree interactive tour.

Step on board the first Moonen 110 with a comprehensive 360-degree interactive walk-through on all three decks. Imagine life on board, enjoying every space with all your senses at sea. (View with a fast internet connection for best quality).

High volume means more space to enjoy.

You’ll notice immediately the Mustique’s grand proportions and interior volume typical of a much larger ship. The generous outdoor deck spaces include an impressive top deck of 72m 2 (775ft 2 ).

Travel quietly, comfortably and safely.

The Mustique’s steel hull offers the highest safety at sea as well as a strong and stable feeling in the water. The extremely low noise and vibrations levels result from outstanding engineering and attention to detail.

Head to the marina in your fast 7.5m tender.

When you arrive, enjoy unlimited fun with your family and friends with your big tender, sailboats or other toys. Fill up the spacious Lazarette with your favourite water sports toys and inflatables.

Original interiors by Studio Indigo

For the Mustique YN202, we partnered with London-based interior architects Studio Indigo. The studio’s designers drew on the vintage 1980 layouts of Moonen yachts to create a modern concept with a subtle nod to Moonen’s heritage.

“The layout is open and spacious

with clean fluid lines that guide you around the yacht, highlighted by curved organic forms that envelop and cosset, creating a relaxing and comforting interior.”

— Mike Fisher, co-founder and creative director Studio Indigo

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Owner En-suite

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Wake up to the most spectacular views

The modern forward-facing Owner Stateroom has 180-degree panoramic views. Walk through to the Main Salon where floor-to-ceiling glass captures natural light and ocean vistas.

The top performing yacht designed for a top performing crew

For those with a love of cuisine, the Mustique’s spacious Galley is highly functional and aesthetically pleasing. The Bridge Deck’s enclosed Wheelhouse is a beautifully finished space to survey your surroundings with 360-degree views. The crew area is designed for high functioning professionals for days at sea. Below the crew quarters and in the Lazarette, the yacht has more than enough space for equipment, tender and toy fuel, supplies and waste management.

Highlights. Excellence in every detail.

• Full beam Owner Stateroom with 180-degree panoramic views over the bow
• Exceptionally quiet and still – the Owner Stateroom at anchor with generator running has a noise level of just 39dB(A)
• Sleek profile with surprising volume at 279 Gross Tonnage and a high ceiling point of 2.15m (7ft)
• Displacement hull speed of 13.4 knots with economical operation – as low as 57l/hr (15 US gallons per hour) underway @ 9 knots with generator running
• Long-range transatlantic capability (3900 nautical miles @ 9 knots) with safe and stable steel hull
• 2m (6ft 6in) max draft ideal for cruising shallow waters and accessing anchorages such as the Bahamas
• Choose a large tender up to 7.5m (24ft) with max weight: 1500kg (3307lbs)
• Superior Dutch design fully built in the Netherlands and backed by our unique 2-year warranty

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Comfort, light are key in refit of crew quarters

Karen Lynn Poulos, founder of Karen Lynn Interior Design and lead interior designer on a refit of the 143-foot (43.6m) Heesen M/Y Octopussy , said one of her main goals in designing crew quarters is keeping crew happy and making sure they’re as comfortable as possible.

Currently on Octopussy , work is underway to install personal TVs at the front of each bunk, Poulos said, and the plans include a focus on creating light.

“There’s not a lot of natural light in those forward sections of the boat, or some boats have the crew quarters located in the aft part of the boat, so we just try to keep things light, airy and fresh,” Poulos said.

Although some elements are standard when designing crew cabins, like the captain’s cabin being bigger, Poulos said she always speaks with crew members to hear what they prefer.

“They’re the ones on board, they’re the ones servicing the charter or the guests, and they know what they need,” Poulos said. “They’ll give me a lot of direction, and I take it all and try to incorporate it into making it the best possible space for them.”

Poulos has worked on numerous refits throughout her 20-plus years in the yacht design industry, but she said two yachts in particular stand out as having the best crew quarters.

A stint on M/Y Xilonen , one of the most extensive refits she has ever worked on, resulted in her favorite crew quarters. “Every single aspect of the crew quarters was redone: shower enclosures, flooring, toilets, sinks, window treatments,” Poulos said. “The crew’s quarters were completely reconstructed.”

The second yacht Poulos thinks of when recalling the best crew quarters is M/Y Winning Hand . “We reconfigured it in a better way, took out all of the finishes and redid everything, and it was actually one of the nicest crew’s quarters, as far as modern,” Poulos said. “I did some really cool wallpaper in there and it came out really nice. They were happy there.”

Find out more at karenlynninteriors.com .

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Crew Quarters is a 2017 Nimbus 405 Flybridge currently available for sale in Seattle Washington. This boat has a price of $599,000. and is listed with sales professional Martin Snyder out of our Seattle, WA office and be reached by calling 206-789-8044. Our team at Seattle Yachts is here to help you find the right boat for your needs, budget, and style. We have access to boats off the market that will never be seen online, so contact us today with your interest.

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"Crew quarters" is a great Pacific Northwest cruising yacht, being 43', it is easily handled by a cruising couple and with it's 3 staterooms and two heads, large salon & aft deck and the smartly designed flybridge with cruising settee, lounge and beverage/BBQ center it also makes for a fun family cruiser.

Notable Features include

• Starboard asymmetrical deck layout where the side deck is extra wide and provides generous freedom of movement. It becomes convenient and enjoyable to move about on-board from bow to stern and easy to get on and off the boat along the entire starboard side. A feature of the Nimbus side-walk concept is the large flush fitted sliding door to starboard which provides quick, easy access to and from the lower salon starboard helm station.  
• The flybridge includes a port side helm station with Garmin GPSMAP navigation equipment, beverage/BBQ center with sink, grill & fridge, a sun lounge, large settee with teak table and a twin helm seat.
• Staterooms and heads: There are three staterooms, a forward owners suite with ensuite head & shower, the other two guest cabins that share a guest/day head.
• Lower salon helm station: Features included dual GPSMAP Garmin displays, Garmin autopilot, bow & stern thruster controls, an ultra-leather upholstered double width helm seat, side deck access sliding door and a great feature is the one-piece windshield that offers excellent visibility from the raised helm seat location.  

Partial equipment list and service information includes

• Twin Volvo D300 inboard shaft diesel power with only 251 hours
• New Northern Lights 6kw generator with sound shield
• Bow & stern thrusters
• Garmin navigation equipment
• Annual maintenance - June 2023
• Bottom paint and prop speed - 2023
• 2022 Achilles 270AX tender with a 2022 9.9hp Suzuki outboard
• New bimini top - 2022

The saloon is a bright and open space offering a large u-shaped ultra-leather upholstered convertible settee with wood table, entertainment equipment including a Fusion stereo and a flat panel TV on a hi-lo lift system, teak and holly flooring, large windows with Ocean-air blinds, a smartly appointed galley, abundant storage in the galley, under the settee and the helm area, sunroof with Ocean-air blinds and a lower helm station with helm seat and a door leading the starboard side deck.

• Aft and starboard deck access doors
• U-shaped settee that the forwardmost section converts into a double passenger helm seat.
• Large windows with Ocean-Air blinds
• Sunroof with Ocean-Air blinds
• Teak and holly flooring
• Wood settee table with stainless steel leg supports
• Fusion MS-AV750 stereo system
• Jensen flat panel TV on a hi-low lift system
• Diesel heat
• In-floor storage
• Abundant cabinet and drawer storage
• Well equipped galley
• Lower helm station and helm seat
• Windshield defroster system - connected to the diesel heat system

Accommodations

"Crew Quarters" accommodations includes three staterooms and two heads, smartly designed to offer great space utilization and storage and the decor choices of wood and soft light colored wall panels which create a warm cozy staterooms. 

Owners suite

The owners suite offers a queen island bed, with custom mattress and bedding, headboard reading lights. wood bed pedestal with 2 built-in storage drawers, port and starboard storage lockers, portlights with curtains, carpeted floor, glass fixed skylight with sunshade, opening skylight, and an ensuite head with stall shower. 

• Queen island bed
• Custom bedding by yachtbedding.com
• Headboard reading lights
• 2X storage drawers built into the bed pedestal.
• Custom mattress and bedding
• Large fixed skylight with sunshade
• Opening skylight with screen
• 120VAC GFCI protected outlets
• Portlights with privacy curtains
• Port and starboard storage/hanging lockers
• Carpeted floor
• Ensuite head

Owners suite head

The head offers a vanity with solid surface countertop, undercounter stainless steel sink and cabinet storage. Above the vanity with a wood framed medicine cabinet with mirrored sliding access doors. Other features included a Dometic electric toilet, head vent fan, wood flooring and a stall shower.

• Vanity with cabinet storage
• Round stainless steel sink and single lever chrome finished faucet
• Shelf storage with stainless steel rail
• Medicine cabinet, wood framed with mirrored sliding access doors
• 120VAC GFCI protected outlet
• LED lighting
• Dometic 12VDC electric toilet
• Opening portlight with curtain
• Stall shower 

Port guest stateroom

Port guest stateroom offers a double berth with custom mattress cover and bedding, portlights with curtain, reading light, hanging locker and air-conditioning and heat.

• Double berth
• Custom mattress cover and bedding
• Reading lights
• 2X Portlights with curtains
• Hanging locker
• Air-conditioning/heat

Starboard guest stateroom

Stateroom features include two large single berths with custom bedding, reading light, dual opening portlights with curtains, hanging locker, ultra-suede upholstered settee and carpeted floor. 

• Dual large single side-by-side berths
• Custom bedding
• Reading light
• Small settee with ultra-leather upholstery

The head offers a vanity with solid surface countertop, undercounter stainless steel sink and cabinet storage. Other features included a Dometic electric toilet, teak grate over a fiberglass floor, head vent fan and shower.

The galley is located in the starboard side of the main salon. The galley offers incredible dishware and pots-n-pan storage, solid surface countertop with a stainless steel undercounter sink, two burner cooktop, refrigerator and separate freezer.

• Large starboard side galley
• Double stainless steel sink with single lever chrome faucet
• Ceramic gas cook top
• Sharp R-830BS microwave oven
• Isotherm CR130 refrigerator with stainless steel door
• Freezer Isotherm BI29L under the salon settee
• Extra Isotherm CR36, box-type, 36L refrigerator located under aft salon settee
• Galley ventilation - Dometic 12VDC fan
• Recycle and trash bin cabinet
• Abundant drawer and cabinet storage space
• Pots-n-pan drawer

Electrical power is provided via the125V/30A shore power system, the new Northern Lights 6kw generator and the vessels 12VDC battery system. All power is managed through AC/DC power distribution panels.

• Northern Lights 6kw generator - New 2023
• Generator sound shield
• Shore power 125V/30A - 2X foredeck and 2X aft cockpit
• 2X Shore power cords
• AC & DC power distribution panels and swtiches 
• 1X Generator start battery
• 2X Engine start battery
• House bank battery system
• Isotemp SPA40L Hot water heater - 11 gallons
• Mastervolt 50A batterycharger
• Electric marine toilets - 2X
• LED lighting throughout the N405FB
• Engine room LED lighting

Power for "Crew Quarter" is provide by a pair of D4-300 Volvo inboard diesel engines with just 251 hours. 

• Twin Volvo D4-300I-F 300BHP/2221KW at 3500RPM diesel engines
• Volvo D4-300 port engine serial # A583171- hours 250, 
• Volvo D4-0300 starboard engine serial # A583170 - hours 251
• Transmissions Model: HS63IVE-D
• Volvo fuel/water separator filter system
• Annual engine service - June 2023
• Bottom paint and new prop-speed - 2023
• ESPAR D5 forced air diesel furnace
• Bow thruster Sleipner SE100
• Salon windshield defroster - ESPAR furnace for heat
• Windshield wiper/washer system
• Humphree trim tab system
• Waste holding tank with overboard and deck discharge

Garmin navigational equipment

Saloon helm station

• 2X Garmin GPSMAP 7612 displays
• Garmin VHF 300i AIS radio
• Radar, Chart plotter, Depth sounder, AIS
• Garmin Reactor autopilot system control
• GHC20 display
• Ritchie compass
• SidePower bow & stern thruster controls
• Humphree trim tab control

Flybridge helm

• 1X Garmin GPSMAP 7612 display
• Autopilot remote control
• Humphree trim control
• SidePower bow and stern thruster control

Garmin/navigation equipment connected to both helm station equipment

• GSD24 Depth sounder module
• GMR 18xHG radar antenna
• Shakespeare VHF antenna

The N405FB is easy to get aboard and move about thanks to large swim platform, starboard side transom door, and the asymmetrical deckhouse design that creates a recessed starboard walkway between the aft and foredecks. Access to the flybridge is via port side cockpit ladder.

• Teak decking
• Stainless steel safety railing with mid-rail
• Foredeck house top stainless steel grab rails 
• Lounging area
• 2X Recessed windshield wiper/washers
• Anchor windlass, and bow area storage
• Stainless steel mooring cleats 
• Lewmar windlass
• Ultra stainless steel anchor with chain and rode
• 2X 125V/30A shore power inlets
• Windshield cover

Cockpit & transom

• Transom door
• Large settee that converts into a lounge
• Teak settee table
• Canvas enclosed cockpit
• Excellent storage area
• Fender rack storage
• Stainless steel safety railing
• Large swim platform
• Hurley H30 davit system - 12VDC power
• 2022 Achilles HP270-AX tender
• 2022 Suzuki DF9.9 outboard

The flybridge offers excellent seating and lounging space as well as a beverage/BBC center, teak decking, a bimini top and a well appointed helm station. 

• Forward port side helm station with Garmin navigation equipment
• Double width helm seat
• U-shaped cruising settee with a teak table
• Aft starboard side lounge 
• Beverage and BBQ center: Fiberglass cabinet with Sink with chrome finished faucet, electric BBQ and Isotherm drawer refrigerator.
• Fusion stereo
• Bimini top with 2X forward isinglass curtains - New 2022

The fiberglass yacht mast houses the motor yachts SAT TV antenna, Garmin radar antenna, searchlight, dual trumpet air horn, navigation and anchor lights.

• Garmin xHD radar antenna
• Marinco dual trumpet air horn
• Shapespeare Galaxy 5400-TX VHF antenna
• KVH Trac Vision TV1 SAT TV antenna
• Anchor light
• Forward steaming navigation light

Notable Factory Features

• SidePower SE 100 bow thruster
• SidePower SE100 stern thruster
• Remote Bow and Stern thruster control
• Bow and stern anchor winch
• Humphree Interceptor X-600 trin tab system - Panel, Auto trim, Auto list
• Aft deck table convertible to sunbed
• Ocean-Air Saloon window and sunroom blinds
• Teak on port side deck
• Search light
• Teak Koto floor cabins and foyer areas
• Flybridge and saloon helm stations with captains seats and Garmin navigation
• Volvo Garmin glass cockpit helm monitor system
• Garmin GPSMAP navigation equipment
• ESPAR D5 forced air diesel furnace and windshield defroster sys

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

Listing MLS by Yachtr.com

Martin Snyder

Brand Manager/Broker

Location: Seattle, WA

Office: 206-789-8044

Mobile: 206-423-1302

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How to retain your superyacht crew

Yacht owners, particularly those who use their boats frequently, like to see the same smiling faces each time they come aboard. Crew are a pretty footloose breed, however, tending to jump ship whenever a better offer or a more exotic itinerary beckons. The challenge that captains and owners face is creating a crew program that provides incentives for crewmembers to stay a few years before moving on.

Surprisingly, savvy captains find that spending the boss’s money on higher salaries is not the answer to retaining crew – or at least, it’s not the whole solution. Rupert Connor, president of yacht management firm Luxury Yacht Group in Fort Lauderdale and Antibes, says that captains who listen to their crewmember’s goals and aspirations typically enjoy better retention rates.

The most successful captains, Connor reports, are the ones who, ‘Come in at a review stage and the first thing out of [the captain’s] mouth explains where the crew are on [their] career path and what [that captain] is doing to train them, rather than just saying, “Johnny wants $500 more a month.” If the conversation opens with money, he’s not building a loyal, long-term crew.’

Career Training

Captain Robert Corcoran of the 77m Devonport_ Samar_ firmly believes in on-going professional training for his 23-person crew. Samar’s crew package includes two onshore class courses per year for everyone. Leave to go take the class, which is granted according to the boat’s schedule, is unpaid, but the crew receive a per diem during the course.

‘Fifty per cent of the course fee is reimbursed upon successful completion,’ he says. ‘The other fifty per cent after six months.’

In order to take advantage of this perk, Samar’s crewmembers must sign an agreement saying they will stay with the yacht for at least one year after taking the class.

Crew education aboard Samar doesn’t stop there, however. The yacht also provides on-board training for junior crew.

‘We hold classes in the morning during the off-season. The officers put together a curriculum that includes rules of the road, celestial navigation, things like that,’ Corcoran says. ‘The [officers] really put a lot into it, so there are consequences if [the junior crewmembers] don’t pass.’

On the other hand, crew who pay attention in class can gain real benefits. ‘We had a deckhand who went for his Yachtmaster, and he was the only one of twelve who passed,’ Corcoran reports. ‘Anyone who’s serious about moving up… it gives them a good leg up on their studies later on.”

When it comes to the senior crewmembers, he says, ‘I have no problem teaching the chief officers and the second officers how to run the boat – both the accounting side and taking it on and off the dock. They’ve got to learn sometime, and it’s a great safety feature for both the owner and myself.’

Nurturing the crew’s ambitions to move up in their careers can be a double-edged sword, however. ‘If an opening comes up, we always look to promote from within first,’ Corcoran says.

However, that’s not always possible; sometimes when a crewmember is ready to move up, the next position in rank is filled. As result, after seeing 100 per cent crew retention in 2011, he lost three senior officers this year.

‘The top people get to a place where there is nowhere for them to go,’ he admits. At that level, money can’t match career advancement as an incentive. ‘They all got good jobs, partly due to their longevity on Samar ,’ he reports.

Captains who stay in touch with their crew’s career goals also tend to get more notice when a valued member decides to move on.

‘It’s much easier to replace a stewardess if you know three months in advance of when they are going to leave,’ says Connor. ‘Owners don’t mind transition if it’s planned.’

Work Rotation

For boats that can afford it, rotation programs provide captains with the ability to offer highly competitive vacation packages, as well as compassionate leave, without needing to bring unfamiliar, temporary crew onto the boat.

Samar , for example, operates with roughly 19 full-time crew (plus the owner’s personal staff when he is aboard), but has 23 crewmembers on the payroll.

‘Everybody on the boat except the captain is on rotation,’ Corcoran says.

Samar’s junior deckhands, stewards and stewardesses work five months on and one month off. The chief officers and the chief and second engineers work two months on and two months off.

Beyond that, if any crew want to take extra leave during the off-season at their own expense and the boat is covered, the captain will consider granting that as well.

‘It’s a freer system,’ he says, adding, ‘Crew are paid up all the time on their holiday pay. It’s a very precise formula.’

Another benefit of crew rotation is that the captain doesn’t need to wait until the boat is idle to grant leave.

‘The owner’s not looking to cut back on off-season work. We keep a full crew year-round,’ Corcoran says. ‘It meant hiring an extra deckhand and stew, but they get a month’s holiday after five months of hard work.’

In his experience, crew rotation leads to crew retention.

‘The owner likes having the same people around,’ explains Connor. ‘All these programs cost the same or less than we were paying in [crew] placement fees.’

Living Conditions

On many yachts, particularly smaller vessels, rotation and extra vacation time are simply not an option. However, captains can still boost crew retention by improving their living conditions on board.

Private entertainment systems, such as individual TVs, DVD players or access to the yacht’s movie library and iPod docks mounted in each bunk (complete with headphones, of course), can make a big difference in a crewmember’s enjoyment of his or her time off.

Today, free Wi-Fi is also important to many crew.

‘We’re seeing more and more interviewees ask, “What speed Internet does the boat have?”’ says Connor.

While captains and crew are stuck with the physical dimensions of the yacht’s crew quarters, it helps when you make the best of the space allotted. Assigning a couple to a cabin with a double bed or a large lower bunk they can actually share can be a big incentive to stay with the boat longer, for example.

Food also provides an incentive for crew to stay loyal.

‘We have a really good crew chef, so the food is outstanding, and that helps,’ Corcoran says. ‘We’ve cut out a lot of junk food and buy good quality meats and fish.’ He laughs. ‘They sometimes complain it’s too good.’

Luckily for those weight-conscious crew, Samar’s owner allows the crew access to the yacht’s gym when the guests are not using it.

Although Samar is a dry boat when it comes to the crew, her owner encourages them to get off the boat on evenings when they are off-duty and in port. Corcoran says that more often than not, his crew will hang out as a group ashore.

‘Keeping crew morale high is the key to longevity, and having crew outings like go-karting, paintball, diving, etc., is very important,’ adds Rewi. ‘You want to make the job as enjoyable as possible when can give the long hours requested of them.’

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If only billionaires and millionaires knew what went on behind the scenes on their superyachts.

Business Insider recently polled superyacht crew members to get an inside look at life on board. We asked them what they wished they could tell their guests or owners but won't — and they had a lot to say.

Turns out, superyacht guests and owners have no idea about the amount of work, time, and energy that it takes to run a yacht, according to the crew.

Read more: 8 superyacht crew members share the most extreme requests they've had to deal with on the job

Here's what superyacht crew members won't tell you.

Note: Business Insider was able to verify each crew member's identity, but we refrained from publishing their full names to protect their privacy.

Living in tight quarters can be tough.

Crew cabins barely have room to move — and are made for two.

"It is not necessarily easy living and working in close quarters on a yacht with 10-plus crew members," said Michael, a former yacht captain who worked on yachts ranging from 130 to 170 feet. "Our cabins are a quarter the size of yours, and we typically share them with another crew member."

He added that most people join yachting "for a short time, and it is a great opportunity to travel and save money in your younger years."

There's so much more work involved than you think.

"Everything has a process — just simply moving the boat has a day's worth of work attached to it," a mate on a 92-foot yacht said. "Every time you use the toys for five minutes, it takes hours to set it up, monitor your use, then clean and pack it away."

He added: "Also, there should be room in the schedule to comfortably move the boat between seasons, complete projects and repairs, and let the crew have time off. Just because you aren't on your boat doesn't mean we get to take advantage of whatever exotic place you have us."

And there's never enough time or people to do it.

On yachts, it seems as if there are never enough hours in the day or hands available.

"Upkeep requires more time and people than is normally available," said Mark, the captain of a 114-foot yacht.

They love it when you ask for the world.

Superyacht guests and owners have been known to make an extreme request or two , like taking last-minute helicopter trips or flying in soda to a remote island.

But while guests can be demanding, crew members get the last laugh when they can pull it off.

"We secretly enjoy when the guests make a ridiculous request because we'll actually try and accommodate it, just to prove we can," an electronic technical officer who works on a 223-foot yacht said.

They eat your food.

Every yacht has a chef on board to whip up extravagant meals for the owner or guests — and crew members said they take advantage of it when they can.

"We eat their very expensive cheeseboard leftovers and drink the very expensive Champagne and wine left in the bottles," said Martin, the captain of a 155-foot yacht.

They see right through you.

Some superyacht owners are down-to-earth and great bosses, some of the crew members surveyed said . Others, not so much — and it makes some crew members feel unappreciated.

The crew sees "how cheap and not classy" guests are, said a crew member who has worked as both a mate and a junior engineer on yachts ranging from 100 to 130 feet.

"Yacht crew works their tails off. A little more in salary or tip goes a long way," the crew member said.

They added: "Caring about the crew as people and their basic needs makes crew respect owners more. And sometimes the boat budget is so tight that you can't obtain things for the vessel that would improve the look or performance of it."

While you're having fun and relaxing, crew members are working their tails off.

Many superyacht guests think crew members get a break when they, the guests, go ashore, but that's not the case.

"When they leave the boat to go to a beach and say 'enjoy your rest' ... as soon as they leave, we vacuum the whole boat, pull things apart to clean, polish everything for lunch/dinner, prepare for them returning, fold refreshing towels, fill fridges, make cocktails for their return, load towels baskets, clean their cabins ... Then they return and say, 'Did you have a nice rest?' Oh, yes, thank you very much," said Nic, a chief stewardess.

They're not above using a white lie or two.

A stewardess on a 112-foot sailing yacht said there were a lot of things she'd like to tell guests — like that it's hard to accomplish everything, so a lot of the job is "fake it till you make it."

"Sometimes if you don't have a certain thing, you have to fake it with something else," she said. "For example, a certain brand liquor that you can get away with convincing them that a bottom-shelf thing is the real deal."

She continued: "It's pretty easy to convince people with smoke and mirrors. A lot of times you also have to pretend there aren't problems when in fact there are major problems."

For example, she said, "things break on boats all the time." There have been a few times when an engineering problem prevented the yacht from leaving an anchorage, so the crew lied to the guests and told them there was inclement weather where they wanted to go and that's why they couldn't leave.

"It's all in how you sell the lie," she added.

The long hours take a toll.

Working on a yacht never stops.

"This is now my 38th 17-hour day in a row, and I want to run away," said a chef on a 150-foot motor yacht.

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