Gresham Yacht Design announces 87m contract
Gresham Yacht Design has announced an 87m new build contract, to be built by Yachtley Shipyard in Izmut, Turkey. SuperyachtNews.com speaks to Steve Gresham, owner and design director, about the exciting news for the young studio and his faith in the Turkish yard to build a yacht of this size.…
Gresham Yacht Design has announced an 87m new build contract, to be built by Yachtley Shipyard in Izmut, Turkey.
While building an 87m seems quite a big step for motoryacht building there, Steve Gresham, owner and design director of the studio, remains assured that the yard is more than capable of delivering a yacht of this size. "This may be Yachtley’s largest project to date, but the yard has recently built an 80m motoryacht and has done a number of large refits,” he explains. “The decision to go with the Turkish yard was totally the owner’s decision but I have no doubt that they will be good. One of the best put together interiors I have seen was on a Turkish-built yacht two years ago in Monaco.”
The 87m has been designed with the guest accommodation foremost on the owner’s list of requirements; with the saloon being full width amidships on the upper deck, the full beam of the yacht can be exploited and further expanded by the balconies port and starboard for exterior deck space. A 'Viewing Lounge' on the aft bridge deck is cantilevered and overhangs the side of the yacht with full height windows giving an uninterrupted panorama of the sea.
While building an 87m seems quite a big step for motoryacht building there, Steve Gresham, owner and design director of the studio, remains assured that the yard is more than capable of delivering a yacht of this size. "This may be Yachtley’s largest project to date, but the yard has recently built an 80m motoryacht and has done a number of large refits,” he explains. “The decision to go with the Turkish yard was totally the owner’s decision but I have no doubt that they will be good. One of the best put together interiors I have seen was on a Turkish-built yacht two years ago in Monaco.”
The 87m has been designed with the guest accommodation foremost on the owner’s list of requirements; with the saloon being full width amidships on the upper deck, the full beam of the yacht can be exploited and further expanded by the balconies port and starboard for exterior deck space. A 'Viewing Lounge' on the aft bridge deck is cantilevered and overhangs the side of the yacht with full height windows giving an uninterrupted panorama of the sea.
The 87m is to be built by Yachtley Shipyard in Turkey
The yacht has a single flowing line from the bow to aft deck, a design
feature which holds the visual balance of the yacht together, the yacht
has many original ideas incorporated into the design including the
combined Cone shaped Radar/TV Domes which Gresham calls the 'Scantenna
Pods' to the balconies and the MES lifesaving system which is unusual on
a yacht this size and negates the
need for external life rafts.GYD026 rendering
An enclosed mooring room forwards allows the helideck to be on the bow
and enclosed mooring rooms aft allow the main aft deck to be free of
bollards, capstans and mooring lines to give large clear deck spaces for
the guests. Gresham Yacht Design has collaborated with Alpha Marine who
are the Naval Architects and the yacht is to be built by the Yachtley
Shipyard.Profile links
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