48 YACHTS & YACHTING
a regal double staircase sweeps around a four-metre infinity pool and down to a swimming platform at the water’ s edge. The hull was tested at the Wolfson Unit in Southampton, where it proved remarkably efficient, allowing Heesen to power her with two compact MTU 16V2000M72 engines of 1,440 kW for a top speed of 18 knots and a transatlantic range of 3,900 nautical miles at 12 knots. Quantum F45 stabilisers keep her serene whether at anchor or under way, while the interior joinery, matched down to the marble handselected by the owners in Verona, was crafted entirely in-house at the Heesen interior facility in Winterswijk.
“ It is an honour to welcome these owners back to Heesen for a second yacht,” said Jeroen van der Meer, CEO of Heesen.“ A returning client is the highest compliment a shipyard can receive. Experienced yacht owners arrive with real ambition and set genuine challenges for the yard and its people, and we welcome that, because it is exactly what moves us forward and sharpens our craft. YN 20857 asked a great deal of our engineers and our craftspeople, almost all of it answered in-house, from the naval architecture through to the furniture built by our own luxury carpentry shop in Winterswijk. I am proud of what the team has delivered for her owners.”
Project Setteesettanta will remain in Oss for the commissioning of the systems, before leaving for the sea trials in the North Sea later this Summer. The delivery is scheduled for the end of December 2026.
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