The Perini Navi Service and Refit facility in Italy’s Viareggio has recently completed a major refit of the 45-metre sailing yacht Helios. Originally launched by Perini Navi in 2007, superyacht Helios has left the yard to sail to the popular Caribbean yacht charter destinations.

45m Perini Navi super yacht Helios underway

Captain and refit manger of luxury yacht Helios Raymond Wroe-Street had this to say when asked about the experience: “The refit team led by the very capable Elena Piendibene undertook the project with a time line that saw Helios planning to spend the winter in the yard. True to form , our time line changed and it became necessary to speed the completion date up by several months.

Luxury yacht Helios under sail

Elena and her team worked diligently in getting the work done to meet our new deadline. The mast was repainted and all rod rigging changed. With the change we saw several improvements to the mast which allowed us to tune to a much better shape. Although not a huge work list, it was an expensive one. Perini stayed well within the quoted budget and in several cases was able to undertake the work with a significant savings to the yacht.

Helios Yacht from above

This is the second refit undertaken with the Perini team , and I can honestly say that they are one of the best ship yards that I have had the pleasure of dealing with during a refit project.

I would highly recommend Perini as a shipyard to undertake any form of refit or rebuild. They have a comprehensive list of suppliers and vendors that can undertake any type of repair or refit on any type of vessel be it motor or sail”.

Sailing yacht Helios from above

Super yacht Helios joins a long line of vessels which have recently been attended to by the newly restructured and experienced Perini Navi Service and Refit team:

MN Albatros, MY Space – 45 m, MY Lunar,  SY  Heritage – 45 m, SY  Luna – 52 m, SY  Victoria – 47 m, SY Astra, charter yacht Barong C, SY Carlotta – 37 m, SY Desirade, charter yacht Ellen – 40 m, SY Enterprise – 50 m, SY Esense, SY Khaleesi – 37 m, SY Morning Glory – 48 m, SY Nave Italia, SY Ohana, charter yacht Orion, charter yacht P2 – 38 m, SY Parsifal IV – 56 m, SY Principessa Vai Via – 40 m, charter yacht Rosehearty – 56 m, SY Seahawk – 60 m, SY Silvana – 56 m, SY State of Grace – 40 m, charter yacht Tess, SY Ulisse

Some of the Group Infrastructures:

In La Spezia:

•             32,000 m2 of docking and yard area

•             three 70 m hangars for yachts

•             two 50 m piers

•             draught from 4 m to 7 m and up

•             two travel lifts: 260T and 820T

•             one keel pit

•             the possibility of dry-dock for vessels exceeding 820T.

In Viareggio where the Group HQ’s are based:

•             one syncro lift: 700T

•             three 60 m and one 45m hangars

•             one keel pit

•             piers up to 65m