Bold and Beautiful Beginning with three megayachts from two award-winning shipyards who continue to take the breath away, herewith a guide to the new developments and launches from the major yacht builders – and one special anniversary. By Cornelia Marioglou Abeking & Rasmussen M/Y ELANDESS “Walking through Elandess, no two spaces feel the same: each area has its own character, creating drama and interest at every turn,” explains Harrison Eidsgaard about one of its recent feted projects, the 74.5m M/Y Elandess. Delivered last July, it is a steel and aluminium yacht with axe bow and dark hull, which was styled inside and out by the London-based studio. A plethora of spectacular indoor and outdoor spaces makes this yacht shine bright, from the dining and sitting rooms, where standout works of art sit above collectible furniture pieces, to the enchanting Neptune Lounge. In a space below the waterline, arranged like an ancient theatre, guests enjoy both a submarinelike below-the-water perspective while under way through windows that are three metres high and nearly five metres wide. In January of this year, the ship was the unsurprising winner of four Neptune trophies at the Boat International Awards, another feather in the cap of the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard based near Bremen, Germany. Of the more than 6,500 vessels on the books since the firm’s founding in 1907, surely Elandess is one of the most memorable. abeking.com PHOTOS CXXXXXXXXX 66 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
