The designers of this beautiful ‘slim lady’ have taken inspiration from the Art-Deco period, creating a very stylish and elegant VIP Tour Boat to cruise the Bosphorus strait in Turkey.
I found more cool photos of this yacht here:
via Baris Yurek designed 65m yacht Istanbul – Superyachts News, Luxury Yachts, Charter & Yachts for Sale..
The Nautique Refit and New Build Department, part of the Nautique Group, an international marine equipment, yacht interior fabricator and yacht management organisation, has recently commenced a major refit of a 54m, 715 gross ton super yacht in Istanbul Turkey on behalf of a European client.
The yacht formerly known as Fils de Grace and Sir Arthur J, was originally constructed in Holland in 1968 as a cable laying ship. In the 90’s she was converted to a yacht. The project is now known as Touya.
This is the second major refit project undertaken by the Nautique Refit and new Build department. Last year the 38m Zeepaard was extensively and successfully refitted in Istanbul by the group according to Don Dennison, the Touya Refit Project Manager and Orhan Celik, the Nautique Refit & New Build Operations Manager.
During the refit, the vessel will be brought up to full charter yacht class, and unrestricted navigation under BV supervision. All modifications will be made so she will be MCA LY2 compliant.
Nautique retained Mulder Design as Naval Architects, while the client has appointed Tim Saunders Yacht Design for the interior design and exterior styling, and Castle Rock Marine as owner’s representative.
At present the Touya has been totally stripped of all furniture, wiring, piping and all machinery. The only items left aboard that will not be changed are the twin rudders and the original steering gear.
The Nautique Refit & New Build Department, expects to re-launch the Touya in early 2012. Nautique is firmly committed to developing expertise in medium and large yacht refits, Nautique is convinced that refits when carried out in the right Turkish shipyards, using the best local skilled labour and combined with experienced management can be very cost competitive.
Nautique
Don Dennison
+90 541 344 6467
www.nautiquegroup.com
via 54 Metre superyacht Touya under refit in Turkey – Refitting – SuperyachtTimes.com.
By Merijn de Waard
The Bilgin Yachts shipyard in Istanbul have had a very busy year so far with the delivery of no less than 4 superyachts. Their first superyacht delivered this year was the first Bilgin 123 LR Noor. She was delivered on 16th April 2010 and in May she was featured on SuperYachtTimes.com as SuperYacht of the Week.
The second delivery from the emerging shipyard was the Bilgin 108 Madness. The 33.53 metre superyacht was delivered to her owners on 25th May 2010. The RINA classed superyacht is powered by twin 1,800hp MTU 12V 2000 M93 diesel engines which enable her to reach a top speed of 22 knots and cruising speed of 18 knots.
In July the company delivered two superyachts; on 26th July the company delivered their largest yacht to date, the 39 metre Bilgin 127 Indiana and two days later on 28th July the second Bilgin 123 Tee-Dje was delivered.
Indiana was designed by the in-house team of Bilgin Yachts in co-operation with German superyacht designer Joachim Kinder. The interior of Indiana was designed by Septemar Yacht Furniture Co.
Tee-Djee, the second Bilgin 123, features an interior by the British design studio H2 Yacht Design. She has been built to RINA Charter class and MCA LY2. Power is provided by twin 2,400hp MTU Blue Line engines which should provide a speed in the region of 20 knots.
Bilgin is currently working on two larger projects; the Bilgin 145 by Joachim Kinder and the Bilgin 132 by H2 Yacht Design.
