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You can get a glimpse of that spectecular yacht on David's website..Feadsip get her out now!! *excited*

Well spotted Mr. Ron! I am seeing it now as well but is Andrew Winch also the designer of this one? David do you have any information regarding her float-out?

Apparently the F45 with the extended sundeck and chinese client is already floating! I am sorry but that looks terribly... completly throws off the lines of that originally good looking vessel. What do you think about the final result?

Blue Sky - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker

Ughhhhh!!!

Doesn't look right at all.
Feadship should have extended the stern with 3meters that would have made more sense.
Now it looks like the yacht is leaning back.......like it is about to tip backwards

Not something Feadship should be proud of!!
If I sell something i would stand behind my product.
Feadship knows that this plane ugly.
Everyone can see that this is not how the original design was intended.
They ruined it.

Mhm it is still their craftmanship so I am shure they are proud of her even when they personally indentify with other yachts more... However she gave them for many months a job so I would be pretty thankfull for every order in these days...

I think the design itself is already a bit dated.
Looks like a yacht from the nineties.

The fact that feadship already finished the yacht probably means the new owner got it at a good price.........As it was already at it's last phase of the build.

I suppose lenghtening the hull would not have been an option, as the boat's tonnage would then go over 500 GT, involving a whole new set of regulations to become applicable.

Allthough I don't particularly like either of them, I prefer the rendering over the finished result. The design became too top-heavy by copying the shape of the aft bridge deck to the sundeck. Perhaps they needed the higher structure for longitudinal strength?

It will be fine off in China somewhere... might be a joke elsewhere. I suppose he just killed 10 million off the resale while spending a couple more to add it.

Hopefully the final result will be a competition between China's richest in ordering the largest and most complicated yachts. As we have seen the Russian oligarchs doing.

In the eighties the Japanese rich self made men didn't go for megayachts, but I think very wealthy Chinese are more extrovert and flamboyant than their Japanese counterparts from several decades ago.

So far China's rich seem fond of expensive cars (And limited edition versions) and private jets, but less interested in yachting. But if that's going to change, getting a good market share will be vital for many yards.

Hi,

I have heard through a couple of brokers and two Chinese people one of whom is an Investment Banker I know that the elite in China can be extremely challenging to deal with.

Gone are the days of " if it costs the most it must be the best". The HNWI's are becoming a lot more discerning and are also normally surrounded by layer upon later of go betweens and assistants all of which are seeking something for themselves .

There is no doubt that there is an increase in interest in the business from that part if the world . Just how long it takes till they are major players like their Northern Neighbours is anyone's guess.

If the Chinesse keep buying yachts like Blue Sky they´ll never get into yachting.

I think there is not enough "critical mass" in large yachts in that area of the world. How many large yachts (+ 40 m) are there really in the area spanning east of the Emirates to the west coast of the United States?

It's only when you see large yachts and experience them (through friends/relations) that you will understand the appeal of it and go book a charter.

Feadship sent one F45 over last year and it immediately paid dividend.