![]() ![]() Simonyi wanted everything to be well methodical and organised as well. “The interior styling is Marco Zanini at his minimalist best!” says Bremen. The client wanted the interior to match the style of a house, but with its usage made for life at sea. “The owner said at contract signing that he would come to the yard occasionally, instead, he got so involved in the process that he was at the yard almost once a month The owner wound up becoming quite involved in the project, says Bremen. #SKAT YACHT FULL#With comfort at a forefront of the brief, it was decided that Skat would have a full displacement hull. Speed was secondary to space, quiet and convenience. Skat was intended to be Simonyi’s home away from his land-based home in Seattle, Washington, USA. “The only curves you will see on the yacht are effectively standard industrial material shapes (half pipes etcetera) other than the curve in the bow, of course Øino says, “ a rational and logical man who believed that most boats looked as if they were carved out of soft cheese and thought, ‘Why spend time and tonnes of filler to make it look like something it is not? Steel and aluminium come in flat plates!’” says the designer. Skat’s iconic exterior is by Espen Øino with interiors by Marco Zanini and Flavia Alves De Souza. Lürssen’s press release announcing her launch described Skat’s owner as having a “technically brilliant mathematical mind” which birthed a yacht “dominated by planar surfaces, straight lines, and angular corners Simonyi oversaw the development of Excel and Word at Microsoft, so perhaps it’s no surprise that he would request a yacht with geometrical precision. Skat was built for Charles Simonyi, who put the project out to tender with several yards and selected Lürssen after a careful vetting process, with the contract signed in 1999. “Her radically different design at the time made her, in effect, timeless,” says Lürssen’s sales director Michael Bremen. Nearly 20 years after her launch, the 70.7 metre Skat is still a standout superyacht. Here’s Skat arriving on the morning of August 16.Skat: Inside the story of Lürssen’s 70.7m military-inspired superyacht With angular lines, a militaristic style and totally grey paint job, the iconic yacht Skat blazed a new path when it was launched by Lürssen in 2002. Inside, Huisfit treated the tanks, serviced the engines, overhauled the sewage-treatment system, and attended to hatches and cranes. Outside, Skat gained a new paint job and teak decking. ![]() Lasting seven months, it involved work outside and inside. The second refit visit took place in 2014. ![]() Skat additionally completed a Lloyd’s survey. For example, the team touched up paint, upgraded the two tender garages, reconfigured the upper deck for sunpads, and installed new furniture on the main and bridge decks. In fact, she has just a few months from late 2012 into 2013 to do her first Huisfit visit. But, such a busy schedule means she typically has limited time for regular surveys, overhauls, and other work. The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the United States… you name it, she visits it. Royal Huisman negotiated exclusive use.)Īs for the 15-year-old Skat, the megayacht is essentially always on the move. (Holland Jachtbouw ceased operations earlier this year. It’s the former Holland Jachtbouw yacht-construction site, in Zaandam, just outside of Amsterdam. Skat chose the newest place that Huisfit has exclusive use. Huisfit has an exclusive relationship with the yard. They can also go to Emden Dockyard, in Germany near the Dutch border. For instance, they can head to Royal Huisman’s headquarters in Vollenhove, northeast of Amsterdam. It’s because Huisfit offers customers a choice of location for service work. Skat, measuring 231’10” (70.7 meters), cruised into Amsterdam earlier this week, as you’ll see in the video below. The famous militaristic-looking megayacht is having her third refit with Royal Huisman’s Huisfit division. If good things come in pairs, great things must come in threes. ![]()
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