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YACHTS Natural light and sea views The main deck provides accommodation for 10 in four guest cabins and a full-beam, forward-facing owner’s suite. The staterooms, open-plan main salon and dining room benefit from natural light and sea views thanks to the full height windows. A stairway on the aft deck provides direct exterior access to the beach club below. As well as the wheelhouse and captain’s cabin, the bridge deck provides space for ample alfresco lounging with dining for a full complement of guests, a fifth guest suite, and a panoramic lounge on the open foredeck. Based on natural materials and neutral tones, the interior design by RWD is tastefully sophisticated but also warm, welcoming and functional. The flow between flexible and airy entertainment areas enhances a kind of loft-living conviviality, while also guaranteeing privacy and intimacy when desired. Samurai’s visual impact is matched by her performance. Powered by twin MTU 16V4000 M73L engines (2,880kW each), her patented Fast Displacement Hull Form (FDHF) by Van Oossanen provides a top speed of 21 knots and a transatlantic range of 4,250nm at economical speed. SAMURAI SPECIFICATIONS HULL TYPE: Fast Displacement Motor Yacht EXTERIOR DESIGNER: Omega Architects INTERIOR DESIGNER: Redman Whiteley Dixon CLASSIFICATION: LR100A1 SSC Yacht Mono G6 MCH, UMS MATERIAL: Steel / Aluminium LENGTH OVERALL: 60.20m Alia Yachts was founded in 2008 by Gökhan Çelik, together BEAM OVERALL: 10.60m with his business partner Ömer Koray, in Antalaya, Turkey. Its DRAFT: 3m purpose-built facilities are equipped for cutting-edge yacht construction in carbon-reinforced composites, steel and RANGE AT ECONOMICAL SPEED: 4,250 nm aluminium up to 60 metres. The shipyard recently completed ENGINES: 2 x MTU 16V 4000M73L @ 3,860 bhp each an expansion of its facilities, adding 16,000 sqm, increasing production capacity and allowing larger yachts to be built entirely under cover. GENERATORS: 3 x CAT C9 @ 200 kW each ACCOMMODATION: 12 guests + 14 crew www.aliayachts.com Issue 40 2019 The Art of Luxury 73