http://www.boatinternational.com | April 2018and watch TV or play games with no parental
interference,” says the owner.
There’s still space enough in the bistro-style
dining room to seat six at the large table but
really this boat is designed for outdoor eating.
You might only take to this area if the Med
weather lets you down, or for more private
conversations. The confidential nature of the
room is underlined by a thickly panelled sliding
door, which operates automatically.
The owner and his wife were heavily involved
in the boat’s interior design, which was to be a
defining feature. Dutch studio Sinot Exclusive
Yacht Design worked on the configuration of the
boat, but the owner wanted some extra colour
options and called on Liaigre. “We were already
working with him on the furniture side, and he
decided to ask us to join the team to provide a
very specific finish,” says Rolland. “He had a clear
idea in mind, and it was very close to our style and
our range. We made new samples to provide a
palette that was suitable.”
The result is an interior that is muted and
refined–amixoflight coloured fabrics, natural
leather and wood tones and lots of small
decorative pieces, set off by plenty of flowers.
Panels on the walls and bulkheads are smoked
eucalyptus, with more deeply smoked and
washed oak underfoot, while natural light is used
to full advantage thanks to near floor-to-ceiling
windows on the main deck and high 2.45 metre
ceilings. “We were looking for a calm, warm and
contemporary look,” explains the owner. “The
main focus was not to make the interior too busy,
which would allow us to appreciate the outside
through those giant windows and always be
connected to the sea and its surroundings.”
Don’t imagine that this means “simple”,though. The bathrooms feature Lasa Bianco
marble, with the horizontal grain matched all the
way round, giving a real sense of scale. The boat
has been exhaustively specced with music and
entertainment options, which, along with the
lights in each zone of the boat, can be controlled
using iPads. The spotless technical space is
dominated by twin MTU diesels putting out a
combined 3,600bhp for 20 knots flat out, with
two big 75kW Kohler generators, and a battery of
well-considered back-up systems. The detail
throughout is impressive – and very Feadship.
Letani, it turns out, means “flying” in Czech.
It could refer to the speed with which the boat
was built, or the way the design is flying of the
shelves. But from the comfort of one of the boat’s
many sofas, with her wide-open vistas of sea and
sky, you could be forgiven for thinking that flying
is exactly what you are doing.B“The main focus was not to make the interior too busy... to appreciate the outside”
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