SUPERYACHT #7
Winter 2006
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Bloemsma & Van Breemen
FLYING EAGLE
Bloemsma & Van Breemen is a Dutch shipyard whose history began in
1974 when it built its first totally custom hull and when the yard
was called Jachtwerf Bloemsma of Makkum. The company has built a
total of 136 complete hulls in steel and aluminium, as much
customised production for direct customers as for other shipyards.
In 1997 the management deemed it opportune to exploit the yard's
considerable experience and create complete yachts to be marketed
with the company's new name which, in the same year, became
Bloemsma & Van Breemen.
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TECHNICAL DATA
LOA: 48.15 metres
Waterline length: 43.28 metres
Beam: 9.14 metres
Draft: 3.0 metres
Fuel tanks: 84.000 litres
Cruising speed: 14 knots
Maximum speed: 15.7 knots
Range at cruising speed: 3.700 miles
Engines: 2x3512B DI-TA Caterpillar
Classification: MCross100A1/SSC/YachtmonoG6/LMC/UMS
Naval architecture: Vripack Naval Architects
Exterior and interior design: Reymond Langton Design.
For further information contact Bloemsma & van Breemen
Shipyard, Strƒnwei 30, 8754 HA Makkum, Netherlands; tel. +31(0)515-231785;
fax +31(0)515-231844; e-mail: werf@bloemsma-vanbreemen.nl; website: www.bloemsma-vanbreemen.nl.
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This industrial initiative however did not
exclude the building of hulls and other works in steel and
aluminium for third parties. The yard has built six classic style
sailing yachts designed by Hoek Design, including the 80' Mulligan
and the 74' Cpihue. The latter returned to the yard three years
afterwards, following a circumnavigation and over 100.000 miles of
sailing without any significant problems. The special nature of
the materials favoured by the yard - steel and aluminium alloys -
has meant that totally customised yachts could be built in
accordance with even the most extravagant requirements of the
owners who commissioned them. Among these we point out the 82'
Hoek, a sailing yacht belonging to the increasingly varied
category of racer/cruiser, and the 96' Vripack Doggerbank
Offshore, a high performance motoryacht. One of the most
distinctive aspects of Bloemsma & Van Breemen is large investment
in research in order to offer large size yachts always in the
avant-garde, especially with regard to safety and comfort under
way. Moreover, this Dutch yard's experimentation is always aimed
at the achievement of projects that express high performances:
hulls deriving from in-depth technical research that is in
continual evolution. Undoubtedly this is a yard which, rather than
drawing on design results obtained through research mainly in the
commercial vessel sector, is itself capable of offering avant-
garde solutions. In 2000 Bloemsma & Van Breemen acquired new
production areas, thanks to which it can build yachts up to 65
metres. The current premises stand on an area of 20.000 square
metres of which 5.500 are covered. Here we find craftsmen and
equipment that can guarantee particularly accurate working of
every element of the superyacht under construction. The two latest
yachts completed by the yard are very different, bearing witness
to high operational flexibility: the 90' Classic designed by De
Vries Lentsch Design and the modern Flying Eagle which we intend
to discuss in this article. It's a modern 158 foot motoryacht,
built in accordance with the owner's precise instructions. His
requirements stimulated the activity of designers Andrew Langton
and Pascale Reymond. To show the reader just how meticulously the
owner supervised the design, we shall recount an anecdote told by
the head of the yard. He came into contact with the owner of
Flying Eagle in 2002 and, after presentation of the design, heard
himself being asked where he intended to insert the yard's logo.
Of course an owner whose ideas are so clear greatly facilitates
the yard's work, though in this case it was an owner who never
delegated anyone for direct discussion of how each small detail of
his yacht should be, from the technical to the aesthetic. Before
describing the compartmentalisation of the four decks of Flying
Eagle, we shall say that it is a displacement hull in steel with
aluminium superstructure. This solution results in performances
such as a maximum speed of 15.7 knots and a range of no less than
3.700 miles, all in the comfort that a displacement hull of this
size can assure. As mentioned previously, there are four decks.
The lower is the night zone, excepting the amidships and aft
sections which are respectively occupied by an impressive engine
room and a garage for one of the three tenders, an RIB to be
precise. There are four guest cabins, three with low double beds
and private bathroom with tub and shower cabin, and one with twin
beds and private bathroom. Forward on the same deck are the crew's
quarters where the cabins all have private bathrooms. There is
also a mess and services. The main deck features an open area aft,
completely sheltered by the prolongation of the deck above, where
there is a sofa and two tables. Inside the superstructure, the
sofa area communicates with the dining area, the latter with a
round table and, farther forward, a spacious galley and service
rooms. The forward area on this deck is wholly occupied by the
owner's suite where we find an office complete with multimedia
system, sofa and desk from which the cabin is directly accessed.
This section being a wide body type structure, the cabin stretches
the whole width of the hull. The owner's cabin has a central king
size bed and, opposite it, a large plasma screen. On the left
there is a relaxation area with armchairs and a small table. On
the right there is a dressing table and access to the two wardrobe
rooms and the large bathroom with separate toilets, central tub,
shower cabin and double washbasin. Forward on the first upper
deck, the great bridge is equipped with side windows for optimum
visibility. This technical area communicates with the skipper's
cabin on the same level and with an office. Aft of this zone there
is a saloon with sofas, armchairs, coffee tables and a central
bar, as well as a card table and the ever-present multimedia
systems. Proceeding aft we come to the outdoor zone, partially
sheltered by the prolongation of the deck above. There is a large
table for open air meals, plus sofas at the sides and other
relaxation accessories. The second upper deck is an actual "beach"
in a dominant position. There are two sofas facing forward, with
tables, and behind them moveable chaises longues with small tables
and a great deal of space which, farther aft, is partially
occupied by a large semicircular sofa with central table. Then
the area for the tenders which can house two RIB's, handled by
davits. This is indubitably an original design both for the
compartmentalisation and the development of the lines which are
soft and pleasing in spite of a full beam superstructure in the
forward area. This aesthetic result was achieved by employing
lines that link up in a very effective way, and above all by
concentrating the volumes amidships and aft.
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