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Heesen Yachts has launched the 50-metre full-aluminium motor yacht
Altea at its shipyard in Oss, the Netherlands last month. As the second project to be built on its efficient Nova Plus design and engineering platform,
Altea is the design work of Omega Architects and Cristiano Gatto. Heesen reports that the yacht will be available for delivery in June.
Coming in at just under 500 GT,
Altea is based on the familiar Fast Displacement Hull that offers increased cruising efficiency and a shallow draft. Following in the footsteps of
Amare II, Altea is defined by a strong profile with a vertical bow and prominent floor-to-ceiling windows set within the hull.
Gemini is also your first on-spec project. How does that change your approach to the interior design?
We come from a bespoke background and most of our yacht projects have been driven by their owners. So the first difference is that we’re working for the shipyard rather than the end user as the idea is to sell the yacht during construction. The second is that the interior has to work as a canvas for a potential buyer to show them how flexible the design can be, and how it can accommodate their own personal tastes. The project should be conceived in such a way that it is relatively easy for clients to add their touch, lifestyle and personality at any stage of the construction to make the semi-custom yacht their own. So this approach was something new for us, but made the whole process great fun – not just for us but I would say for the shipyard as well.
Construction underway on 50m Heesen yacht Project Sapphire
22 January 2021 15:15 New-Build
The 50-metre yacht Project
Sapphire is on track for her June 2022 completion date. Heesen, the builderâs behind the new yacht, say the superstructure and her all-aluminium hull are now joined.
Photo: Dick Holthuis / Heesen The in-house team was supported by Van Oossanen Naval Architects who carried out the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tests. She also features an exterior design by Frank Laupman of Omega Architects who created a shape for the new 5000 Aluminium Class that represents the culmination of a ten-year programme of design development at Heesen.
Photo: Dick Holthuis / Heesen For a functional exterior, Heesenâs in-house team of naval architects created an optimised, low-drag hull design with a reduced transom depth, and propeller tunnels to allow for a shallower shaft angle. The builders say this feature of the new hull should result in effi