This one began life in 1999 as a 70.5-metre vessel named Boadicea. Sold in 2009, her present owner had her lengthened and completely refitted. Work was completed in 2010 and the result, you’ll agree, is breathtaking.
There are five decks and the main living room takes advantage of this to occupy two floors, creating a spectacular double-height atrium over 5 metres high. The master suite is situated on the upper floor and boasts its own full-width terrace, affording occupants the privacy they’ll need to get rid of pesky tan lines. There’s a VIP suite on the main floor and six other suites on the lower deck.
Other memorable features include a cinema, a spa, a doctor’s office, a medical room, a diving decompression chamber, a small swimming pool and so much open deck space they’ve even included a garden. Surf and turf of a more glamorous kind.
NAME Reborn (from Edmiston)
PRICE 730,000 USD a week
DETAILS 76m motorboat by Amels, built in 1999, refitted in 2010
CAPACITY Sleeps 12 guests and 25 crew
LOCATION Mediterranean (summer)
www.edmiston.com
BATON ROUGE
The interior of this yacht is exquisite. Apparently twenty-nine wood variations were used on board, from Amboyna to Wengé, which sounds like a lot but completely works. The charterer describes the concept as “townhouse elegance meets beach house chic”. We’d describe it as refreshingly unpretentious. This yacht feels like a yacht and a very tasteful one, at that.
The standout feature is a massive 100-square-metre master suite, located on the main deck. Adjoining it are his and her offices plus a majestic bathroom, equipped with a tub that’s been placed right next to a very large window. There are two more VIP cabins on the upper deck, while the remaining cabins on the lower deck are comprise of two doubles plus two others that can be set up as twins or doubles depending on your needs.
NAME Baton Rouge (from Nigel Burgess)
PRICE 580,000 USD (summer) / 500,000 USD a week (winter)
DETAILS 62.5m motorboat by Icon Yachts, built in 2010
CAPACITY Sleeps 12 guests and 16 crew
LOCATION Mediterranean (summer), Caribbean (winter)
www.burgessyachts.com
LADY BRITT
Commissioned by a Scandinavian couple, this 5-deck explorer was comes with quite an endorsement. Henk de Vries, he of Feadship fame, has stated that she’s “the finest yacht” his yard has built to date.
Among its more unique features is a space dubbed the wellness spa. Here you’ll find a massage room, a barber’s shop, a hairdressing salon and a beauty parlour, all of which is managed by the crew who have within their ranks a trained beauty therapist, masseur, reflexologist and hairdresser. But that’s not all. Adjacent to the swimming platform and beach club is a fully equipped sauna with a side opening door-cum-terrace that permits you to plunge straight into the sea.
Other fun aspects include deck areas equipped with a 100-inch pull-down film screen, plug-in DJ turntables, a full bar, an eight-person Jacuzzi and unique areas to sunbathe both forward and aft.
NAME Lady Britt (From Camper & Nicholsons)
PRICE 570,000 USD a week (summer), 445,000 USD (winter)
DETAILS 63m Feadship, built in 2011
CAPACITY Sleeps 12 guests and 16 crew
LOCATION Mediterranean (summer), Caribbean (winter)
www.camperandnicholsons.com
KOGO
Named after a beautiful Japanese lacquered box for storing incense and other valuables, this icebreaker features an interior influenced by Japan. If you think that sounds interesting, you’d be right but that’s not Kogo’s most unique feature.
A diver’s boat, it features a fully equipped dive room stocked with twelve Scubapro diving sets as well as a compressor and three Apollo underwater scooters. Even more surreal is that you can reach the world’s best dive sites without fear of harming the reefs because this yacht doesn’t need to drop anchor. Instead it uses a GPS-based dynamic positioning system, which controls the combined output of the propellers and bow thruster to hold the vessel’s position within a few metres. If that isn’t fanciful enough, the anchorless wizardry is achieved sans carbon footprint because it’s powered by electric Azipod drives.
NAME Kogo (from The Yacht Company / Y.CO)
PRICE 605,000 USD a week
DETAILS 72m motorboat by Alstom, built in 2006
CAPACITY Sleeps 12 guests and 21 crew
LOCATION Mediterranean (summer)
www.ycoyacht.com
