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Damaged by fire before completion, the superyacht Ulysees was relocated to Brisbane for two years of work involving 200 people from 30 specialist firms, who replaced the entire superstructure and 1,500 square metres of interior.
An exercise in well-studied compromise, the Wally Ace is small enough to skipper yourself yet roomy enough for ten guests and four crew. Maya Khoury finds its frugality, stability and originality utterly winning.
Launched in 1999 as the seventy-metre Boadicea, then lengthened and lavishly refitted, this transformed vessel boasts five decks and a double-height atrium. We survey the breathtaking craft redefining life aboard the world's finest yachts.
Riva claims its breathtaking new Virtus defines a fresh category of motorboat. What it really does is remind us what we have been missing: ever since the early 1990s, whatever happened to the glorious open motorboat?
Young, handsome and well-travelled, Johan Attvik could pass for an international playboy customer of J Craft. In fact, he was exactly that, until he bought the company. Born in Gothenburg, he has always loved boats.
Somewhere between Captain Nemo's Nautilus and a Star Wars escapee, the 42.5-metre Adastra looks science-fictional yet is gloriously real. Built for a Hong Kong businessman, it ranks among the largest trimarans ever launched.
Less boat than floating palace, and a sleekly designed, eco-conscious one at that, the Arcadia 115 M'Ocean may yet persuade Kevin Hackett to abandon dry land along the breathtaking Costiera Amalfitana coastline.
It may seem odd to feature a yacht commissioned back in 2005, but Eclipse was only delivered to Roman Abramovich in December 2010. Originally due a year earlier, its completion was delayed by mishaps and spiralling costs.
Twizzle is a high-performance, high-technology sailing yacht, equally at home racing a regatta or cruising the high seas in luxurious comfort. It is a vessel that ticks every box, named for a famously inventive marionette.
On one side stands the defence: the Bersagliere, a 113-metre Italian Navy frigate crewed by 188 men. Its arsenal is formidable, from a 25-tonne main cannon to two dozen missiles and an array of heavy guns.
Who imagined the comfort of a luxury yacht charter could be paired so smoothly with adventure in the harshest reaches of the Arctic and Antarctic? Bespoke discovers just how robust the explorer Big Fish is.
Founded in 2007, Art of Kinetik launched its Mazokist and Hedonist models at Cannes and Monaco in 2010. Behind the young firm lies more than a decade's expertise in building high-end wooden powerboats.