what comes after a 134' yacht

Feadship or Delta Yachts will build whatever he wants.

 

Westport in the US is pretty good but if he wants to step it up, Lurssen is big time. Westport has a 40 meter option that he might like. I just toured one last weekend and it was impressive.

 

I understand but the Westport 40m has a wider salon that most of the others which makes it bigger than many others, plus the one I went on had a very separate crew quarters from the family staterooms. Although, I might be mixing up my yachts as I toured so many. If you want to pm me, I can give you the info of an actual yacht guy who specializes in moving people into the right yachts for them. I think that he only does 112' and up and he's currently overseeing construction of something like five boats for clients.

 

delta makes a fantastic yacht or yacht class passage maker...obviously located in the pacific north west.

trinity is in Louisiana...makes a very fine composite or alloy yacht.

palmer Johnson is a legend and located in thunder bay, WI

as ryan said, lurssen is among the very best and have really taken things to the super, super yacht ranges.

Note: Wesport and Fedship while nice, would have to be considered "off the rack" yach manufacturers compared to the foregoing.

in any event, 134ft and beyond is still well into the thin air!!!

 

does Sabates still own them?

 

The founder of my wife's company built 8 Feadships and 1 Delta. I was on 6 of the Feadships and the Delta. The last one built (I think) was the 168' Feadship. It wasn't the biggest one he built but in my opinion was the most amazing. If I had a spare $50-60 mil laying around I'd order a Feadship.

 

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That didn't sound right....it's Sturgeon Bay WI, with showroom in Monaco and Fort Lauderdale FL

 

From the little that I know having been in FL for a while and run into people in the boating industry, fully custom sounds like what he wants, but by far the most expensive.

Semi-custom like the PJ I think is a better option. Quicker time to delivery, known track record of build quality and servicing, and can still customize the interior and cheaper per-foot. Palmer Johnson now make 150+ ft yachts. The 210 is very nice looking...the 170 is a little too militaristic imo. But still cool exterior-wise with a full length pool on the bow.

 

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yes....sorry for my mistake. I knew better.

 

I've been reading a massive topic over on pistonheads a while back, where there was a lot of people with serious inside knowledge. None where best pleased with what goes on in Italian shipyards; beer bottles lying about, cigarette butts just left on the floor and stuff gets built over it, electrics not always up to standard. Even when the build was managed by people who get the job done properly, as soon as the person in charge turns around it's same old story.

Best in the business are the Dutch and Germans, but it reflects in price. I very much like the Heessen 65m fast hull. One day...

If he is willing to take the risk and go Italian there are several nice yards with very nice designs. Personally I find the ISA Classic range is very good looking.

 

Either Feadship or Amels. I believe Amels is a part of Feadship, FYI.

There are many good yachtbuilders, but I think these are the two best.

At the lengths you're contemplating, this is a custom build. I think you've maxxed out the production and semi-custom hull lengths. Last I recall about 125' was the largest production hull. It's possible there may be longer, now, though. But, if there are, they aren't likely significantly longer. Maybe up into the mid 130's.

Production hulls will save major $, but that may not be the driving concern. Owners usually want their own design, as opposed to working within constraints at those levels. Even buying and re-fitting an existing superyacht might possibly be an option.

CW