How the Yacht Albatross Became the Yacht Moonstone, in 4 Minutes: Sunday Superyacht Video

The refit—transformation, actually—of the yacht Albatross into the yacht Moonstone took simply over two full years. Twenty-six months of labor, actually, prolonged her decks and allowed creating all-new facilities, together with a winter backyard on the bridge deck.

Delta Marine delivered Albatross, a 236-footer (72.2-meter), in 2016. She was its second-largest accomplished superyacht on the time. Solely the 240-foot (70.15-meter) Laurel, which noticed handover a decade prior, outranked her. Her size and wholesome quantity of two,066 gross tons impressed a pair sufficient to amass her on the brokerage market in 2022. However, the homeowners additionally noticed the power to get extra out of their new acquisition. With an intensive checklist of wishes prepared, they approached Damen Yachting.

Though Damen Yachting builds its personal superyachts beneath the Amels and Damen Yacht Help manufacturers, it performs refits, too. The shipyard welcomed the problem. Remodeling Albatross into the yacht Moonstone was certainly a problem. Firstly, an extension of the metal hull was on order, 23 toes (7 meters) in whole. Additional structural modifications passed off, reminiscent of redesigning the composite superstructure and upgrading a wide range of technical programs.

Though the four-minute timelapse of the rebuild of the yacht Moonstone doesn’t reveal the inside modifications, you do see the creation of the main-deck pool. You additionally see the creation of the bridge-deck winter backyard. The homeowners wished an all-season place to take pleasure in eating with household and mates.

As for the remainder of the inside modifications, they included including a central wellness space. It not solely features a fitness center, but additionally a sauna, a hammam, and a therapeutic massage suite. With Harrison Eidsgaard, the homeowners moreover reimagined 80 % of the rooms, starting from staterooms to saloons. The atmosphere is fashionable, with quite a few customized touches, to assist the homeowners’ plans for world cruising.

With their first summer season season almost completed, the homeowners proceed to take pleasure in their now-260-footer (79.2-meter). She nonetheless bears a number of nods to her authentic profile, however she actually has undergone a change. It’s all of the extra evident given her amplified quantity of two,149 gross tons.

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Albatross at launch in 2016 (PHOTO: Frans Eykel)