Following the 2010 delivery of the striking 57.5m/189’ flybridge ketch Twizzle with her towering Panamax rig, Royal Huisman’s construction halls are now focused on various highly distinctive individual newbuild and refit projects:
Spirit of Tradition Ketch: a classic, yet performance-oriented, 49m/161’ ketch from Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects, with interior by Rhoades Young. Showcasing the design talents of Dykstra & Partners working once again with Rhoades Young is the Bugamena project, an elegant 37m/120’ Classic Cutter rigged Sloop cruising yacht. Last, but not least, Royal Huisman is working on a 43m/142' High Performance ‘beach deck’ sloop, Black Papillon, a modern yet ageless design from Germán Frers with Rhoades Young making it a hat-trick for interior design.
In pre-production, the yard's design engineers are fully occupied with two new projects: a 46m high performance ketch with interior by Redman Whitely Dixon (project 392) and 48m classic cutter rigged sloop with interior by Rhoades Young design (project 393). Both projects share designer Andre Hoek’s hand as the chosen Naval Architect.
Recently Royal Huisman completed the huisfit program of the 33m/107’ sportfisherman Karyatis and the 41m/133’ sailing ketch William Tai. In preparation for a successful East to West transit of the famed North West Passage in the late summer of 2011 the motor yacht Arcadia visited Holland to also take advantage of Royal Huisman’s huisfit program (service work, upgrades to systems and minor cosmetic repairs). Currently the 93m/307ft three-masted schooner EOS and the 40m/132ft motor yacht Be Mine are also undergoing the huisfit program. The refit of EOS is being undertaken under cover at the nearby seaport of Harlingen, whilst Be Mine, also undercover is at the yard in Vollenhove. The 42m/143’ Cyclos III (Ron Holland / Andrew Winch, 1990) is back to Vollenhove after some 400,000 miles of ocean voyaging to justify a well earned cosmetic facelift and update on her extensively tested systems.
