Following the first edition of the recently concluded Taiwan International Boat Show, Paragon Motor Yachts is proud to announce that the new custom 100-foot motor yacht Bahamas SkyMaster is currently under construction. Destined for a repeat client, luxury superyacht SkyMaster will undergo her first sea trials in August 2014 and will make her premiere at this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in October.
New 100ft superyacht Bahamas SkyMaster unveiled by Paragon Motor Yachts
The result of a close collaboration between Paragon yacht owners and the West Palm Beach-headquartered company, the new, 100-foot superyacht SkyMaster is so named for its “Bahamas House” – a voluminous superstructure featuring vertical windows that enhance the plentiful interior space while at the same time diminishing heat and A/C load.
Luxury yacht SkyMaster also features Paragon’s new “Bahamas Cockpit” design – a large tiered mezzanine and cockpit area aft of the main salon intended as a grand entertainment platform. The covered upper mezzanine includes a relaxing seating area with plenty of storage while the lower cockpit features all of the amenities wanted at hand while enjoying Bahamian waters including a Viking gas barbecue, wet bar, ice chipper and built-in cooler.
Luxury yacht SkyMaster - Main Salon
Designed specifically to tow a large center console, the SkyMaster yacht features integrated tow line stowage on the interior port and starboard sides of the cockpit. Another unique feature is the dedicated, USCG-compliant and RINA-certified, 300-gallon gasoline tank and pump designated for fueling the center console and/or tender on extended excursions.
Built upon Paragon’s proven hull platform that consistently yields excellent seakeeping, the SkyMaster incorporates the latest in vibration attenuation technology, which is a cornerstone of the Paragon philosophy. From the engine room through the main salon, to the carbon fiber radar arch and the all-carbon flybridge furniture, the SkyMaster superyacht has been carefully designed and engineered to ensure the utmost in silence, stability and performance.
Superyacht SkyMaster - Master Stateroom
Within an interior designed by Marty Lowe, superyacht SkyMaster comfortably accommodates eight guests in three king staterooms, a fourth queen-size stateroom and an additional bunk, and includes accommodations for a captain and three additional crew members, all easily serviced by three full sets of laundry machines.
“We are very proud of the new SkyMaster,” says company founder and president Scott Robinson. “To say we are meticulous in our design process may be an understatement, but this collaboration with owners who are experienced boaters and who are familiar with our process is proving to yield a fantastic result.”
The SkyMaster yacht is currently in build at Paragon’s Kaohsiung, Taiwan-based shipyard, American Pacific Boatworks. As the only American-owned and operated shipyard in Taiwan, American Pacific Boatworks is also the first and only boat builder in the country to utilize carbon fiber in the fabrication of major structures of its build.
ABOUT AMERICAN PACIFIC BOATWORKS
Scott Robinson, the founder of American Pacific Boatworks and its parent company, Paragon Motor Yachts, has a longstanding relationship with and understanding of boatbuilding in Taiwan. Over the last 12 years he cultivated personal, lasting relationships with an elite group of local craftsman and suppliers while assembling a full-time team of experienced American personnel who oversee each build and the day-to-day operations. Today, American Pacific Boatworks is the only wholly American-owned and operated boat builder in Taiwan – the 6th largest yacht building nation in the world.
Based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, American Pacific Boatworks builds to meet or exceed ABYC and ABS standards, and can also accommodate RINA and MCA requirements. As the first and only builder in the country to implement carbon fiber into major structures, the state-of-the-art yard includes a dedicated in-house carbon fiber laminating shop and continues to explore and develop expanded uses for carbon fiber and new materials that will carry the company’s exacting standards into the next generation of Paragon Motor Yachts.
