German yacht builder Abeking & Rasmussen has launched its 81.8-metre superyacht Dartwo.
Dartwo is the sistership to Kibo, the new Abeking & Rasmussen 81.8m superyacht launched in 2014. With interior and exterior by renowned yacht designer Terence Disdale, Kibo makes a mark for her deliberate lack of sensational design features, even forgoing the spa tub. “A yacht should have more in common with a beach house than a penthouse”, Disdale said in the October 2014.
The steel-and-aluminium superyacht has been kept under a cloak of secrecy. Dartwo also features exterior design by Disdale, but it is unconfirmed whether he has also styled the interior and to such a simplistically elegant degree as her sistership. Like her sister, superyacht Dartwo has a gross tonnage of 2,300GRT and naval architecture by Abeking & Rasmussen.
While the builder has four yachts on the Global Order Book 2015, Dartwo is the only yacht planned to be launched by Abeking & Rasmussen this year. Project 6499, a 72 metre steel and aluminium yacht, is slated for delivery in 2016, as is the smaller project 6500 – a SWATH yacht that is also built in steel and aluminium and clocks in at 25 metres. The future Abeking & Rasmussen flagship, 98 metre hull No 6501, is slated for delivery in 2017.
At the Monaco Yacht Show, March & White debuted a new superyacht design for Abeking & Rasmussen. Designed in collaboration with the German builder, the 60 metre concept was playfully called Top Gun and featured two different bow options.
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