It is a project that can leave you speechless. Even the recently completed "Panamax" from Baltic Yachts pales in comparison. Because "Dream Symphony", the largest sailing yacht in the world, not only eclipses everything that has gone before with a length of 141 metres.
The construction material is also highly unusual. The four-masted schooner with its extravagant, neo-classical lines is constructed from wood. The demand for biomass is so immense that the Turkish shipyard DSV Yachts has a forest reforested specifically for this purpose. It takes five years to construct the Dykstra and Ken Freivokh designed ship. That's the plan.
The builders around shipyard boss Valeriy Stepanenko have already completed the first construction phase. They first erected a 200 metre long hall, flanked by two further buildings, in each of which boats up to 80 metres long can be built. Then they laid the keel of the "Dream Symphony". As Dykstra said, it was the start of "unquestionably one of the most amazing sailing yacht projects of the decade".
And more!
For Turkey, which is rapidly gaining importance in international boatbuilding, the project acts as a beacon. There have long been other, albeit smaller, flagship projects. Oyster has semi-custom boats of 100 feet and more built here. Designer Rob Humphreys realises his idea of a cruise-oriented J-Class remake with the Tempus Class at Arkin Pruva on the Bosporus. Both are examples of top projects that would have been unthinkable ten years ago. In addition, for example, with Egeyat and Azuree also for the broad market of standard yachts.
Birgit Schnaase , internationally renowned yacht interior designer, praises the expertise and quality of the Turkish boat builders. "A new world-class location is being created there," the Hamburg native told YACHT online.
Jochen Rieker
Herausgeber YACHT
