Christening celebrations of Nilaya in Amsterdam
by Royal Huisman 6 Apr 2023 10:45 PDT
Nilaya © Tom van Oossanen
Last weekend's event at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. Nilaya will be a blissful home on the sea.
The art of yacht building
The Dutch are a nation of seafarers whose culture has been profoundly shaped by the ocean over the past five centuries. They even invented yachting as a pastime and came up with the word jacht to describe a pleasure boat. So it is hardly surprising that the country takes immense pride in institutions such as Het Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum) in Amsterdam, which house extensive collections of maritime art and artefacts illustrating this bond with all things nautical.
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An investment in our DNA
While many aluminum vessels have some composite parts, Nilaya is much more a hybrid. The revolutionary element of the Featherlight™ method for this 46.8m / 154-foot sloop is not a single process or construction material, but a holistic light-weight method for delivering a global cruising yacht that will be completely at home competing in superyacht racing events.
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