Boat International — January 2018

http://www.boatinternational.com | January 2018

PHOTOGRAPHY: CIG SHIPBUILDING; GETTY IMAGES; BLUE IPROD; RUPERT PEACE

Q&A

IGOR LOBANOV

Had you used the concept of false

decks before?

I thinkitisauniquesolution.

We were originally working on

itasaconceptandweexhibited

itonascalemodelattheMonaco

Yacht Show in 2010, but people

didn’t get it. But then we got the

chance to use it onJubilee.Itisn’t

because her height is excessive,

but the false decks give the

illusion that she is longer and have

apositiveeffectontheyacht’s

proportional aesthetics.

Will you use the technique again?

We already have some interesting

requests to do so and there are

differentwayswecandoit.We

areopeningupthepossibilities,

but other designers can do it as

well. I don’t mind.

And the funnel is your favourite

feature?

Yes,Ithinkitisverycool.We

wanted to create a royal feeling

becausetheclientwasfroma

royalfamily,andthisisaroyal

yachtwithafunnellikeacrown.

new entry

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Jubilee’s most distinctive feature is her three false decks – interspersed between her four actual

external decks – which are designed to give the illusion of a longer yacht. They are areas of

smoked glass and teak decking, and have LED lighting to maintain the impression at night.

Some of the false deck areas are quite sizeable – the aft end of the lower false deck, which

partly overhangs the pool, for instance, is 90m^2 – but they are, nonetheless, inaccessible.

However, Igor Lobanov thinks that Jubilee’s usable deck space is larger than that on any other

yacht built for a Middle Eastern client. Read more about her at boatint.com/jubilee

FOR SALE

Immediately after delivery,

Jubilee was put up for

sale, with Burgess getting

the CA. She is the biggest

superyacht currently

(and officially)

on the market

DUTCH GIANT

Jubilee is the biggest

superyacht ever built in the

Netherlands. The next biggest

are Oceanco’s Black Pearl

(106.8m), followed by three

Feadships – Symphony

(101.5m), Madame Gu (99m)

and Faith (96.55m)

JUBILEE

LOA: 110.1m GT: 4,523 Builder: Oceanco

Naval architects: Oceanco/Azure Exterior designer: Lobanov Design

Interior designer: Sorgiovanni Designs