SUPERYACHT #513
January 2005
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Angelo Colombo
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CANADOS 110 "LADY NATINIA"
Last summer Canados delivered a new superyacht, confirming its aim
to penetrate the international market with determination. The new
yacht is the Canados 110 "Lady Natinia", created for a Maltese
owner who has already owned a Canados.
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TECHNICAL DATA
LOA: 33.90 metres
Beam: 7.50 metres
Draft: 2.10 metres
Displacement: 120.000 kilos
Engines: 2 x 2.000 HP MTU16V2000M91
Transmission: V-Drive
Maximum speed: 29 knots
Cruising speed 25 knots
Range at cruising speed 500 miles
Fuel tanks 12.000 litres
Water tanks: 2.500 litres
Construction material: GRP for hull and superstructure
Keel: planing.
For further information contact Canados Group, Via
dell'Idroscalo 182, 00121 Osita Lido (ROME); tel.
+390656339732/+390656339969; fax +390656037581; website
www.canadosgroup.com; e-mail canadosgroup@canadosgroup.com.
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The meeting between the
Roman yard and the Maltese businessman was a happy one right from
the start since the latter's satisfaction with his first 25 metre
yacht - built entirely on the Ostia (RM) premises - led to the
development of the 110 footer we are talking about. This is a
vessel built to original criteria and with structures and
equipment in line with MCA standards because the owner envisaged
chartering "Lady Natinia", and in fact did so during the summer
after her launching. As is well known, MCA regulations require
complex structural details with view to offering very high safety
standards, and some of these details make everything tougher for
the shipyard. Canados accepted the challenge of creating another
yacht that could offer the owner the same satisfaction that had
brought him to the yard for a second time. The preliminary phase
of a project of this kind tends to concretise the owner's ideas,
which are based on his requirements while under way or, as in this
case, when the vessel is chartered out. In rather special
situations like this, where a 33 metre vessel has to satisfy needs
that are fundamentally very different, ingenuity is expressed in
solutions suited to achieving the objective. Just to give one
clear example of what we're saying, the Canados 110 is an almost
isolated case among yachts of her size in that there is an actual
fully equipped gym aboard where all kinds of athletic activities
may be practised. The gym is there to satisfy the owner's
requirements but is also a very interesting optional for those who
charter "Lady Natinia". Among the other special details we point
out the various systems of land and satellite communication which
permit the owner, who likes working on board, to keep in constant
contact with his own office and with the offices he interacts with
daily. Needless to say that they are latest generation systems,
able to respond to all sorts of communication needs whether these
be vocal, by means of images, by the Internet or by any other
means whatsoever. Before describing the three and a half decks we
should like to underline the words of the all-English crew who,
after the sea tests prior to official handover, expressed their
appreciation to the men of the Canados yard. Who in turn told us
about it with justified pride. This yacht is the first in a series
of which the next 110 footer is already under construction in the
Canados yard. But as we have already said, between two yachts of
this size there are always clear differences inasmuch as the
structure remains the same but the superstructures and interiors
are subject to the variations requested by the owner. The yard is
also building an interesting 95 footer, a completely new design
which we shall be presenting in the future. To get back to "Lady
Natinia": as we said, the vertical development is on three and a
half decks which as a whole have been laid out very rationally,
starting with the main deck whose superstructure is set extremely
forward but does not weigh on the overall aesthetics thanks to its
low and thrusting profile. The result is a modern layout in which
needs of a practical nature are masterfully resolved with
exquisitely stylistic solutions. The naval design was carried out
by Marine Technology Services while the interiors are the work of
London architect Dottie Turner. We know at a glance that it is a
Canados by the presence of stylistic elements that are somewhat
repeated, like a fingerprint, especially with regard to the design
of the flying bridge and roll-bar. The former offers plenty of
outdoor space for relaxation and also houses a tender of a size
suited also to charter requirements. The tender is handled by
means of well dimensioned davits harmoniously set in the aesthetic
context of the whole. On the same deck there is the open air
command bridge, an outdoor peninsula bar, a Jacuzzi partially
sheltered by the roll-bar, a table and some sofas. On board the
Canados 110 lovers of outdoor relaxation will certainly find
everything they're looking for: in fact the superstructure of the
bow area houses a large size sundeck with another of the same size
above it, protected by a low profile safety rail in stainless
steel. As for the interiors, the generous superstructure houses a
really very big saloon, divided into two areas that are well
distinct but created with the sense of continuity: one is the sofa
area and the other for formal meals. The owner's cabin is in the
forward part of the main deck and therefore exploits the whole
width of the structure and enjoys a truly extraordinary view from
the perimeter windows. This cabin is reached from the dining area
by a corridor on the starboard side which also gives access to the
owner's bathroom. Another corridor on the port side gives access
from the dining area to a daytime galley and the companionway down
to the crew's quarters and bathrooms on the lower deck. There are
three cabins for the crew, two doubles and a single for the
skipper. The guest accommodation consists of a spacious VIP cabin
amidships on the lower deck, two cabins with twin beds and a cabin
forward equipped as a gym. Each of these cabins has a private
bathroom and independent access. "Lady Natinia" is the first in a
series of pleasure boats that will be very different one from the
other: the hull will be the same but not the fittings and
furnishings and everything else involved in transforming a shell
into a superyacht.
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