Twofold Heesen Win
The 5th edition of The World Superyacht Awards recognising the most outstanding superyachts delivered in 2009 took place on May 22 at London’s Guildhall. Heesen Yachts took home two Neptune awards, for Celestial Hope and Blind Date. Awards were also won by several yachts described in SuperYacht Industry’s latest and next issue (photo courtesy of Mark Sims).
Celestial Hope, Heesen’s 47m yacht won the ‘semi-displacement or planning motor yacht of over 40m length’ – award. In the words of the Jury, the overwhelming majority of whose members were superyacht owners, ‘This category produced a very fine selection of finalists, most of whom were well established series-production designs, whose detailed design and construction quality had been refined over the course of previous builds. The judges rewarded the combination of extremely high quality of construction, an attractive interior design by Intarya and the interesting interior layout of the Heesen-built 47-metre.’ Celestial Hope’s sister ship 4YOU will be featured in SuperYacht Industry by the end of July.
In addition, their 46.7m Blind Date took the prize for best ‘displacement motor yacht below 500 GT’. The Judges’ Report stated: ‘This class contained seven finalists, five aluminium-built yachts and two constructed from composite that were built by leading yards in three continents. The secret ballot revealed the judges’ preference for the Heesen-built Blind Date that blended high quality construction and excellent engineering with uncluttered deck spaces and an attractive, well laid out ‘modern deco’ interior.
Some of the other winners were the Sanlorenzo SD122 – FX, Feadship’s refit of Pegasus, motoryacht Candyscape II (full yacht report in the latest issue of SuperYacht Industry) and J-class sailing yacht Hanuman (full report in the next SuperYacht Industry issue).