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Boat of the Week: This 269-Foot Superyacht Was Repossessed From a Saudi Prince. Now It Can Be Yours for $70 Million.

Previously owned by prince fahad bin sultan, the elegant "sarafsa" has crisscrossed the mediterranean for 15 years., julia zaltzman, julia zaltzman's most recent stories.

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“ Sarafsa is the only 269-foot superyacht that has a two-story owner’s penthouse apartment,” designer Andrew Winch told Robb Report . “It’s a feature that doesn’t exist on 90 percent of yachts.”

The duplex includes an owner’s suite with a vast dressing room and walk-in wardrobe, a marble en suite with shower and full-sized bath, and a private salon forward with a bar. For new owners looking to maximize the space with minimum refit cost, there is a staff cabin and VIP that Winch suggests converting into a children’s cabin and private study. Open exterior decks forward and aft allow for a steady sea breeze, as the owner—who was last aboard his yacht in the summer of 2021—used to regularly enjoy.

The owner’s previous yacht of the same name was a 179-foot Damen delivered in 1997. That yacht was originally intended to be no larger than 98 feet so that it could be kept in the small bay near his home in Capriana, northern Italy, a perk that its final length prevented. It shared a Venetian-style Winch interior like Sarafsa ’s—burgundy and old gold with a large amount of heavy dark mahogany paneling. The biggest difference between the two is Sarafsa ’s immense 3,179 gross tonnages.

The vast 49-foot beam was defined by the owner’s request for a sun deck swimming pool that could remain filled while underway. To mitigate any roll, the boat was built to be wide and steady—at least 20% percent wider than most other 269-foot yachts.

The sun deck also contains a spa—hammam, sauna, massage room and a television mounted on ceiling tracks to be viewed from all angles. There is also a touch-and-go helipad aft. Two custom-built Winch-designed limousines and open tenders are stored on the main deck concealed behind opening hull doors, though there is a concealed crane on the sundeck to lift and store two additional tenders on the helipad when not in use.

Guests have the option of boarding the yacht from a waterside door starboard and stepping straight into a lift that ascends from the waterline to the sundeck. “It held the record as the longest lift on a 269-foot yacht until we designed Phoenix II ,” says Winch. The service lift goes one level further, descending all the way to the tank deck, and a second starboard hull door specifically for diving.

The informal salon on the bridge deck features a bar that is designed around one of the owner’s favorite hotels in Milan. Guests sit in armchairs rather than bar stools and the bar tender stands at eye level on a lowered floor.

“We mimicked that hotel bar on his first yacht, and he loved it so much we installed two sunken bars aboard Sarafsa ,” says Winch. The bridge deck salon also has a piano, fireplace (though never lit) and a “TV lounge”—one central television surrounded by 16 smaller televisions to “watch all television channels simultaneously.”

The six en suite cabins are dressed in cream, pink and pistachio-hued silks and named after Mediterranean destinations, such as Santorini, Portofino and Monaco. Marble colonnades and ornate flooring sit alongside intricate wooden inlaid surfaces. In contrast, the primary suite—named Sharma—has a bold color palette laced in thick velvet and a theatrical headboard. It’s in keeping with the dramatic deep reds and blues found elsewhere in the yacht, though Winch believes the interior lends itself to a light-filled, contemporary alternative.

“The wood paneling can easily be replaced with cream silk panels or painted white,” he says. “The architecture and joinery provide a perfect foundation without having to rip everything out.”

The lower deck houses accommodation for 23 crew and nine staff cabins with a continuous corridor that links the amidships engine room to the forward and aft areas, including a security office. Other key areas include a hair/beauty salon, a dedicated owner’s galley opposite the formal dining room and an 11-seat cinema.

In recent years the sun deck pool was replaced with a deep therapeutic jacuzzi that enjoys a counterflow current for fitness swimming. It sits under a retractable roof, sheltered from view and shaded from the sun, and mirrors the pool design aboard the 403-foot yacht Golden Odyssey , once owned by Prince Khaled bin Sultan, brother of Prince Fahad Bin Sultan, before it was sold at auction in Malta for an estimated €150 million ($162 million) in October 2022.

With an influx of gigayachts now coming onto the market, and American owners looking to build increasingly larger yachts, interest in refitting yachts like Golden Odyssey and Sarafsa is gaining real traction, says Nelson.

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SARAFSA Yacht – Elite $150M Superyacht

SARASFA cost the 150 million dollars and costs about an average of 10-15 million dollars annually.

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The interior of the SARAFSA yacht was beautifully designed by Andrew Winch Design , a company based in London, famously known for its expert yacht engineering designs.

Andrew Winch’s designs are famous for their involvement in the creation of the Boeing 737 plane. 

Along with this, they also have a hefty number of superyachts in their portfolio; one of these is the Madame Gu superyacht owned by Andrei Skotch which spans a length of 99 meters and was launched back on February 7, 2013.

Another is the Dilbar superyacht, launched back on November 14, 2015, which has an overall length of 156 meters. Dilbar is currently owned by Alisher Usmanov.

Inside the SARAFSA are some incredible amenities for guests to utilize. She has a six-deck structure, a garden-style dining room, a spa, a stunning retractable roof on the sun deck for sunbathing, and even a full-out helipad. She also has access to a personal car.

Welcoming guests and crew is also no problem for the SARASFA. She can comfortably welcome 12 guests by utilizing her spacious six cabins and can also hold 20 crew members at a time, courtesy of her ten crew cabins.

Specifications

The SARAFSA yacht has an overall length of 82 meters and a beam of 15 meters. She has been engineered to have a steel hull, an aluminum superstructure, and a Teak deck.

With her impressive length, she is one of only 58 yachts in the 80–90-meter yacht bracket size.

She weighs a hefty 3,180 tons and is being powered by MTU engines three times 450 kilowatts.

Because of her powerful engines, it allows SARAFSA to travel at cruising speeds of 13 knots and can go up to a maximum speed of 15 knots. 

With a large enough fuel tank, she can easily cover a distance of over 6000 nautical miles.

SARAFSA Yacht is currently not for sale, the total amount of 150 million dollars and runs an annual cost of 10-15 million dollars.

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Seized From a Saudi Prince by a Swiss Bank, 270 Feet Long Sarafsa Superyacht Sold to Billionaire Heir of Sporting Goods Retailer Decathlon With the $65 Million Beauty Boasting a Two-Story Owner’s Suite, Swimming Pool, Helipad, and a Winter Garden

In early 2022, a 270-foot megayacht of a Saudi Prince was caught amid legal action with Credit Suisse for over $78 million in unpaid interest and loans. In a year, Credit Suisse sold Prince Fahad Bin Sultan’s seized $65 million superyacht. The stunning luxury vessel was purchased by billionaire Olivier Leclercq, son of Decathlon founder Michel Leclercq. The sale handled by Burgess Yacht changed the breathtaking Sarafsa to Pure Yacht.

The ship arrived at the port of Genova, Italy, on Jun 28 and is set to undergo a $50 million refit this year. From extending the ship by nearly 23 feet to repainting her massive hull, plenty of work is needed. Before the sense of Sarafsa leaves motor yacht Pure, we would like to explore the abundance of the ship that sailed royalty in detail-

A former royal yacht brings on board an array of luxuries, and Sarafsa was no different. Winch Design’s most exquisite work was launched in 2008 at Devonport Yachts in the UK. She may seem like a vessel that teleports you back in time with OTT finishes and furnishings more suited to royalty than a billionaire, which explains the refit. However, certain features of the boat will presumably remain unchanged, like the two-story owner’s apartment (complete with a dressing room and a valet cabin) and the explosion-proof lazaretto.

The beauty of Sarafsa lay in the fact that she brought to life a bygone era with luxe Mediterranean influences witnessed in the iconic Belmond’s Splendido Hotel in Portofino and Hotel Cipriani in Venice. While amenities like a gym, swimming pool, beauty salon, and helipad will not be changed (perhaps ungraded), the chances of dated marquetry panels, intricate carpets, and old televisions will be gone if the new buyer aims to reside in an avant-garde floating mansion. “The interior is beautifully classic, but it could be changed to suit a contemporary style as well,” stated Winch.

Sarafsa featured a wheelhouse deck flanked by a cinema and an appealing dining area with a winter garden. Another entertainment spot was the piano lounge with an eye-catching sunken bar. Well-appointed guest cabins accommodate 12 guests between the main and wheelhouse decks, serviced by 20 crew. Keeping the original owner’s love of the Mediterranean, the cabins are dubbed the Portofino, Monaco, and Santorini suites, with themes unique to the islands.

With an impressive 3,200GT of volume, the 270-footer could don the avatar of a world-class expedition yacht in the future. She can carry an arsenal of toys, tenders, and submarines. They say change is the only constant, and in $65 million Sarafsa’s aka Pure Yacht’s case, we do hope so is her showstopper of a staircase in the grand atrium. JMS Yachting will manage the refit of the massive six-decker.

59-year-old French billionaire businessman enjoyed a net worth of a whopping $2 billion and was the former chairman of Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers. The hotelier, designer, and owner of Olivarius Hotels is a member of the Mulliez family, owners of the supermarket chain Auchan.

His father, Michel Leclercq, set up Decathlon in 1976 as a small sporting goods store. Today, the brand flaunts $15 billion in sales from more than 1,700 stores in 60 countries, with the Leclercqs owning approximately 40% of the company. It will be interesting to see what the businessman who resides in a large oceanfront mansion in upscale Santa Barbara does with his palatial Pure Yacht. She will indeed be an elegant equivalent to his magnificent hotels.

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Sarafsa is a custom motor yacht launched in 2008 by Devonport Yachts in Appledore, United Kingdom.

Devonport Yachts was acquired by Pendennis Shipyard Ltd in February 2010. More recently Devonport has been rebranded as Pendennis Plus to align itself more effectively with the Pendennis Group of Companies.

Sarafsa measures 82.00 metres in length, with a max draft of 3.70 metres and a beam of 15.00 metres. She has a deck material of teak.

Sarafsa has a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure.

Winch Design is an award-winning design studio, established in 1986 as a specialist exterior and interior yacht designer, by Andrew Winch and his wife Jane.

Sarafsa also features naval architecture by Burness Corlett - Three Quays Limited.

Performance and Capabilities

Sarafsa has a top speed of 16.50 knots and a cruising speed of 13.00 knots. She is powered by a twin screw propulsion system.

She also has a range of 6,000 nautical miles.

Accommodation

Sarafsa accommodates up to 12 guests . She also houses room for up to 20 crew members.

Other Specifications

Sarafsa has a hull NB of 54.

Sarafsa is a Lloyds Register class yacht. She flies the flag of the Cayman Islands.

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82m  /  269' | devonport | 2008.

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• Impressive 6,000nm range
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• Lloyds Register ✠ 100A1 SSC YACHT (P), MONO,G6 ✠ LMC, UMS classification
• Interior design from Winch Design
• Sleeps 14 overnight

The 82m/269' motor yacht 'Pure' (ex. Sarafsa) was built by Devonport at their Appledore shipyard. Her interior is styled by British designer design house Winch Design and she was completed in 2008. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Winch Design.

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Pure has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 14 guests in 7 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 20 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Her features include beauty salon, WiFi and air conditioning.

Range & Performance

Pure is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel MTU (16V 4000 M61) 2,682hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 13 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots with a range of up to 6,000 nautical miles from her 354,830 litre fuel tanks at 13 knots. Pure features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels. Her water tanks store around 122,720 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register ✠ 100A1 SSC YACHT (P), MONO,G6 ✠ LMC, UMS classification society rules, and is MCA Compliant.

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PURE is a 82.0 m Motor Yacht, built in the United Kingdom by Devonport and delivered in 2008.

Her top speed is 15.0 kn and she boasts a maximum range of 6000.0 nm when navigating at cruising speed, with power coming from two MTU diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 staterooms. She has a gross tonnage of 3200.0 GT and a 15.0 m beam.

She was designed by Winch Design , who also designed the interior. Winch Design has designed 24 yachts and designed the interior of 75 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.

The naval architecture was developed by Burness Corlett and Three Quays Marine - she is built with a Teak deck, a Steel hull, and Aluminium superstructure.

PURE is in the top 5% by LOA in the world. She is one of 65 motor yachts in the 80-90m size range, and, compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her volume is 726.66 GT above the average.

PURE is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1361 yachts registered. She is currently located at the Amico & Co refit yard, in Italy, where she has been located for 1 day. For more information regarding PURE's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .

Specifications

• Previous Names: SARAFSA
• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Builder: Devonport
• Naval Architect: Burness Corlett , Three Quays Marine
• Exterior Designer: Winch Design
• Interior Designer: Winch Design

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