Feadship has launched the 44.65-metre Blue Sky in a ceremony that combined Chinese and Dutch maritime cultures. This is the first superyacht to be built by a Western shipyard for a client in mainland China.
The owner sent his personal representative to accept delivery of the ship that includes a helicopter deck and dedicated karaoke and Mah-jong rooms.
Joint Christening
The colourful launch event included a wide range of Chinese influences, including lion dancers. Blue Sky was jointly christened by the owner’s representative (it is traditional for males to perform the ceremony in China) and Jeanette van Mil, wife of Operational Director Peter van Mil (maintaining the European tradition of a lady cracking the champagne bottle).
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Feadship was the first Western yard to deliver to South America in the 1930s, the first European yard to build custom yachts for the United States in the 1950s and in the Middle East a decade later. And now China has been added to this list.
Blue Sky
Blue Sky has a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with an exterior styling developed by Feadship and Sinot Yacht Design. The interior design is from the boards of Bannenberg & Rowell Design and Sinot Yacht Design.
Technical Specifications
- Builder: Feadship
- Type: Twin screw motor yacht, steel hull and aluminium superstructure
- Length overall: 44.65 m
- Beam overall: 9.20 m
- Draft (loaded): 2.70 m
- Fuel capacity: 40,450 litres
- Fresh water capacity: 10,000 litres
Design
- Naval Architect: Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects
- Exterior styling: Feadship / Sinot Yacht Design
- Interior design: Bannenberg & Rowell Design / Sinot Yacht Design
Propulsion
- Main engines: 2x MTU 12V2000M70 – 788 kW / 1055 bhp
- Generators: 2x Caterpillar C9 – 146kW / 1500 rpm
- Stabilizers: VTNaiad Marine zero-speed stabilizers
- Max. speed: 14.5 knots
- Range: Transatlantic
Accommodation
- Owner: Owner’s stateroom with separate bathroom and dressing room
- Guests: Two guests in owner’s lounge; eight guests in four guest staterooms
- Crew: Eight crew in four crew cabins; two in captains cabin. Laundry and storage rooms on lower deck
- Water sports: 7.50 m tender / snorkel and scuba gear
