Feadship is thrilled to announce that it has been honoured with no less than three Neptune trophies at the prominent World Superyacht Awards gala evening, which took place in Amsterdam on May 3, 2014. The majestic 99-metre Feadship mega yacht Madame GU received the award for best ‘Displacement Motor Yacht of 2,000GT and above’, while the outstanding 62-metre Feadship motor yacht Sea Owl won the Neptune for best ‘Displacement Motor Yacht of 1,300GT to 1,999GT’. To cap off an amazing evening for Feadship, Madame GU was honoured with the most coveted prize of all: ‘Superyacht of the Year 2014’.
Neptune Trophy for Feadship mega yacht Madame Gu
The World Superyacht Awards already had a special allure for Feadship and the other leading Dutch yards, as this was the first time that the annual ceremony was held in the Netherlands. The recently renovated National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam (where Sea Owl’s owners held their launch party last year) made a phenomenal backdrop to the ‘Oscars of the superyacht world’, and the three awards were a triumph for Feadship and the pioneering owners with whom it created these entirely custom motoryachts.
Neptune Trophy for Feadship superyacht Sea Owl
Big is beautiful
With an interior and exterior designed by Andrew Winch, superyacht Madame GU is the largest yacht built in the Netherlands to date. Despite her length of 99 metres, she can reach 25 knots thanks to her quadruple 3,600kW MTU engines. Among the many features that earned her the Superyacht of the Year award were a fully enclosed helicopter hangar (first pioneered on the Feadship motor yacht Ecstasea), fibreglass domes for the satcom/navigation gear, and an exceptionally elaborate interior.
Feadship luxury motor yacht Madame GU
“It was a privilege to work with such a groundbreaking owner on Madame GU and to enjoy a delightful cooperation with Andrew Winch,” comments Feadship director Henk de Vries. “The client pushed us to our limits by demanding the most complicated interior ever on the largest Feadship ever. Onboard Madame GU we created things that resemble the Palace of Versailles, except the technology we applied and the finesse and craftsmanship were unavailable at the time that chateau was created.”
Feadship superyacht Madame Gu
Feadship Yacht Madame Gu at night
Extraordinary detail
The equally sophisticated Feadship superyacht Sea Owl was built for experienced owners who are exceptionally private. Her distinctive jade mist green and oyster white exterior contains an interior (also designed by Andrew Winch) with an extraordinarily detailed selection of hand carved pieces, sculptures, petrified wood items and marbles. One of the countless highlights is a sensational stairwell carving of the tree of life: From the depiction of the canopy on the sun deck to the ‘roots’ in the floor of the guest suites in the lower deck aft, the tree takes up the entire wall.
Feadship luxury yacht Sea Owl
“Sea Owl is the most refined boat built by the industry to date,” says Feadship director Dick van Lent. “From the interior to the exterior, from the tenders to the onboard systems, from the wood carvings to the murals, she is a truly extraordinary bespoke achievement. It was a magical adventure to work with the owners of Sea Owl on a family-oriented superyacht that captures the essence of the highly individual Feadship building experience.”
Sea Owl Yacht by Feadship at night
Below is a choice of the oustanding charter yachts built by Feadship.
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