Heesen Yachts has revealed the first superyacht in its new 57-metre series, YN 20457 Project Akira, now named Santosha. The yacht boasts an interior volume of 780 GT and features exterior lines penned by Frank Laupman of Omega Architects.
Originally built on speculation, the vessel’s design took a new direction when the owners came on board. Working closely with the yacht’s interior designer, Harrison Eidsgaard, and Heesen‘s interior engineers, the clients tailored the yacht to reflect their taste and lifestyle, transforming Akira into Santosha.
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Aluminium FDHF
First revealed at the 2019 Monaco Yacht Show, Heesen’s 57-metre series has a shapely silhouette with an elongated profile and a scooped-shaped stern. A sweeping arch ties the length of the superstructure together, while the slightly raked angle of the bow gives the yacht a stretched optical length.
The series features a full aluminium hull, an iteration of the ultra-efficient Fast Displacement Hull Form (FDHF) devised by Dutch hydrodynamicists van Oossanen Naval architects. The hull has been engineered by Heesen’s in-house team and crafted by the shipyard’s welders.
Two MTU 16V 4000 M65L (IMO Tier III) engines propel the yacht up to 22 knots and deliver a transatlantic range of 3900 nm at 13 knots. A draught of just 2.3 metres makes it an ideal platform from which to explore the turquoise shallows of the Bahamas.
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Interior quarters
The yacht features a nearly 70-m2 owners’ apartment, which includes a study, a full beam stateroom, and expansive bathroom. The guest quarters – twelve guests in six staterooms – are designed with practicality in mind, drawing on the clients’ extensive experience and deep understanding of life on board.
Picture by Ruben Griffoen/Heesen.
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