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press office manager at Heesen. Exterior stylist Omega Architects redesigned the series with
Elena, which was declared best displacement motor yacht below 500GT, 44 meters and above,
at the 2015 World Superyacht Awards.
“The total stature of the exterior has become more like a helmet or egg shape,” says
Frank Laupman, of Omega Architects. “We learned from motor yacht Sky, a one-off custom
50 meter, how to give more body to the exterior and make the vessel look bolder. We also
made more distinctive and bigger windows on the forward main deck. The scale of the total
of [glazing] openings was changed to enhance the bolder look of the vessel.” Other changes
in the redesign included making the mast a triangular shape to create a more balanced
and “gentlemanly” look, as Laupman describes it, and enclosing the rescue tenders on
the foredeck.
Book Ends is the third build since the refresh, and the enhanced glazing was a selling point
for the owners. “I liked how light, bright and open it was,” says Book. “I had looked at a boat
in another Dutch shipyard that was very boxy inside. Even though that boat was bigger, I liked
this one better.”
Book’s favorite color, orange, is seen as an accent around the yacht, from Hermès throw
blankets, pillows and leather details to the crew uniform and the unusual bright orange dock
lines. (His other boat, a Viking sportfish called Book Ends Team Hookers, has its hull custom
painted this same glowing shade.)
The orange footstools in the main salon were actually already on board, part of Bannenberg
& Rowell’s interior design for the spec Ruya project, and maybe a sign that this was the rightThe master suite includes an office (above), while on the same deck the
dining area is served by the adjacent galley – a kosher kitchen planned
and equipped to make the maximum use of the available space154