The 80-metre Feadship superyacht Project 826, also known as Project Thalassa, has been launched from the yard's facilities in Kaag, the Netherlands.
Exterior design is owed to Malcolm McKeon, who favoured a low, sculpted look for the yacht's profile. Taking design cues from high-performance sailing yachts, the build is characterised by a sharp plumb bow, widening hull, gently curved windows and scooped, slender lines.
Inside, the yacht's interiors by Milanese studio M2Atelier remain private, though they have been described as contemporary, with a "warm and relaxed atmosphere". According to Feadship, the experience on board is centred around "space, light and connection"
The shipyard drew particular attention to Project 826's beach club - its largest ever created, spanning 165 square metres over two levels. The open-plan design features one level with a recessed, low-slung lounge with casual seating and a bar, while the other has teak-covered hatches that fold out to become terraces over the water. The lack of "bulky" hull structure allows for uninterrupted 180-degree views out, with Feadship engineering new, powerful gears for opening and closing the hatches within the doors themselves.
The beach club leads to a watersports area, as well as fitness spaces (including a yoga area to starboard and free weights and cable machine to port) and a massage room, both of which feature fold-out terraces. Other features on board include a main deck pool lounge with a 6.4-metre glass-bottomed pool illuminating the beach club below. Steps descend under its curved glass bottom for effortless beach club access.
Moving up, the main and upper decks are completely walkaround, with spaces including a transforming winter garden with folding glass panels and an open-planned sundeck with a "minimal" hardtop, circular bar and seating area. On the bow, a touch-and-go helipad doubles as a pickleball court with removable netting, while two large tenders are housed in a forward garage below. The bridge, captain’s cabin and ship’s office are farthest forward on the main deck.
"This yacht represents a new design chapter in the Feadship story, and the look is proving popular,” said Feadship director Jan-Bart Verkuyl. "Achieving a profile this clean whilst accommodating the technical complexity of the stern architecture and the scale of the beach club openings demanded a high level of engineering innovation."
He concluded: "McKeon's brief challenged us in the best possible way, and the response from the market suggests we have delivered something the industry has been waiting for."
Project 826 is expected to reach a maximum speed of 16 knots, a cruising speed of 14 knots and a range of 5,500 nautical miles at 12 knots thanks to twin MTU engines. Other key numbers include a 3.8-metre draught, a beam of 13.4 metres and a fuel capacity of 194,000 litres. Brokerage firm Y.CO was responsible for the project management.
According to BOATPro, Feadship currently has 17 yachts on order or under construction, including its 140-metre flagship, which was sighted for the first time last week, and the 101.2-metre Project 1014, which was launched at the start of the month in Makkum.
The launch comes at a busy time for the shipyard, which completed the technical launch of the 83-metre Project Solent, also designed with exteriors by McKeon, earlier today.
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