Amels 220
| LOA | 67,1 m (220 ft) |
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| Manga | 12,28 m |
| Calado | 3,85 m |
| Arqueo bruto | aprox. 1.518 GT |
| Motores | 2 x Caterpillar 3516C |
| Velocidad máxima | unos 17 nudos, crucero unos 12,5 nudos |
| Autonomía | aprox. 5.000 millas náuticas a 12,5 nudos |
| Diseño | exterior de Tim Heywood, interior de Winch Design, 14 invitados en 7 camarotes, primeras entregas desde 2018 |
El extremo grande de la gama
Por encima del 212, de 65 metros, se sitúa el 220, un yate de 67,1 metros que cambia algo de agilidad por presencia y volumen reales. Nació como desarrollo alargado de la plataforma del 212, sumando eslora y espacio interior mientras mantenía debajo la ingeniería contrastada. Con 1.518 GT lleva al armador de lleno a territorio de gran yate. Para el comprador ofrecía esa escala con la certeza semipersonalizada por la que se conoce a la gama. El 220 queda justo por debajo del 242, de 74 metros, entre las mayores Limited Editions clásicas.
El argumento es espacio y grandeza sobre una plataforma conocida. Los metros de más frente al 212 abren espacios sociales mayores y una zona de armador más generosa. Siete camarotes llevan catorce invitados, un escalón por encima de los doce que aloja la mayor parte de la gama. La arquitectura naval se mantuvo fija y probada, así que el comprador ganaba tamaño sin una construcción a medida desde cero. Solo se entregó un número pequeño, lo que mantiene raro cada casco.
Presencia de transatlántico
Tim Heywood dibujó el exterior, y a 67 metros sus líneas cobran verdadera estatura. El casco largo, la superestructura alta y el arrufo sereno dan al barco el porte de un buque pequeño. Cubiertas anchas descienden hacia el agua en la popa y abren espacio para tenders, juguetes y vida al aire libre. El casco de acero y la superestructura de aluminio están construidos para largas travesías oceánicas. Desde el muelle, los metros de más frente al 212 se notan de inmediato.
La escala se aprecia sobre todo en los espacios exteriores. Un sundeck amplio lleva un jacuzzi, una barra y sombra generosa para recibir a la lista completa de invitados. La proa ofrece un refugio tranquilo lejos del flujo principal, con un helipuerto touch-and-go a proa en algunas distribuciones. Un beach club en la popa baja a los invitados al agua para nadar y usar los juguetes. Aquí hay sitio para recibir a una escala que los modelos menores no pueden igualar.
Un 67 metros con interior de transatlántico de Winch, catorce plazas y 5.000 millas de autonomía.
Un interior Winch en la gran tradición
Winch Design dio forma a los interiores, y la referencia fueron los grandes transatlánticos de los años veinte y treinta. El resultado es un conjunto de salas con altura, simetría y un sentido de ocasión que encaja con el tamaño del barco. Una suite del armador a toda manga ocupa la parte de proa de la cubierta principal, acompañada por dos grandes suites VIP en la cubierta puente. Siete camarotes en total llevan catorce invitados, más que ningún otro yate de la gama clásica. Al ser una construcción semipersonalizada, el acabado y los materiales se ajustaron a cada armador.
El volumen da a los diseñadores margen para ser generosos. Salones amplios, un comedor formal y un skylounge dan a los invitados zonas distintas donde reunirse a lo largo del día. La luz entra a raudales por los grandes ventanales de las cubiertas de invitados. Los espacios de wellness y ocio completan la disposición, en línea con la gama. El interior está dimensionado para recibir a grupos grandes durante un charter largo o una temporada entera.
Peso llevado con soltura
Mover 1.518 GT exige potencia de verdad, y dos motores Caterpillar 3516C la aportan. El 220 alcanza unos 17 nudos en punta y navega cómodo a un crucero cercano a 12,5 nudos. La autonomía llega a unas 5.000 millas náuticas, de modo que el yate puede cruzar océanos y llegar a fondeaderos remotos por sus propios medios. Los estabilizadores a velocidad cero mantienen quieto el casco grande al fondeo, algo que importa en un barco de este tamaño. Los armadores hablan de una maniobrabilidad sorprendentemente buena para la eslora.
Los sistemas están hechos para navegar largo y de forma autosuficiente. Tanques de combustible de más de 157.000 litros y de agua cercanos a 36.000 litros sostienen periodos largos lejos de puerto. La construcción y el servicio están dentro de la red de Damen y Amels, una ayuda real en un programa mundial. El alojamiento de tripulación está dimensionado para llevar como es debido un yate de catorce invitados. El 220 está preparado para permanecer en el mar y ser independiente durante semanas seguidas.
El armador al que le encaja
El 220 encaja con el armador que quiere escala y grandeza sin encargar un yate full custom. Catorce plazas y grandes espacios sociales lo convierten en una elección natural para familias numerosas y para armadores que reciben mucho. El interior de Winch y la estética de transatlántico atraen a compradores que quieren un sentido de ocasión a bordo. La plataforma contrastada y alargada reduce el riesgo que acompaña a un barco de este tamaño.
Recompensa a los armadores que reciben y que viajan lejos. El volumen lleva a un grupo grande con confort, y la autonomía abre itinerarios oceánicos reales. En el mercado de charter el tamaño y el pedigrí llaman la atención. Con cascos como el Aurora Borealis y el Neninka entregados desde 2018, un comprador puede estudiar el diseño en metal. Para un armador listo para subir de tamaño, el 220 ofrece vida de gran yate sobre una plataforma de confianza.
Motores y sistemas
| Length | The model is branded '220' (i.e. 220ft/67.1m) and most broker listings (Romeo United Yachts, Northrop and Johnson, YATCO) give 67.1m/220'2". Boat International's on-board feature on the only confirmed hull, Aurora Borealis, states she was built 50cm longer than the standard 220 at 67.6m, and Amels' own fleet page for the renamed yacht (Neninka) also shows 67.6m. One aggregator page (a cached fetch of Amels' own '220' model page) showed an outlying 65.50m/215ft, which does not match any other source and looks like a template error. Wider agreement sits around 67.1m for the model as designed, 67.6m for the one delivered hull. |
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| Engines | Twin Caterpillar 3516C diesels (agreed across Amels' own site, Romeo United Yachts, YachtCharterFleet, Boat International's directory entry, which only says 'two Caterpillar diesel engines' without a figure). Power is reported as 2 x 2,600hp on Romeo United Yachts and YachtCharterFleet (two independent listings agree); a separate aggregator figure of 2 x 2,682hp (2,000kW), described as the 3516C 'C04' variant, also turned up but could not be tied to a named publication - 2,600hp has the wider agreement. |
| Gearboxes | Not disclosed in any source reviewed (yard site, Boat International, brokerage listings). Propulsion is described only as conventional shaft drive. |
| Generators | 2 x 250kW + 1 x 200kW Caterpillar gensets, per Romeo United Yachts' spec sheets for the model. This figure appears identically on two separate Romeo United Yachts listing pages, which may be the same boilerplate rather than two independent confirmations - no other outlet (Boat International, Amels, Northrop and Johnson) publishes generator data, so treat as single-sourced. |
| Stabilisers | A zero-speed / underway-and-at-anchor stabilisation system is standard, confirmed by Amels' own site, Romeo United Yachts and Northrop and Johnson ('zero-speed stabilizers included'). None of these name the manufacturer or fin size. |
| Thrusters | Generic yacht-market summaries state a bow thruster is fitted as standard, but no primary source (Amels, Boat International, brokerage spec sheets) publishes thruster make, count, or power - effectively undisclosed. |
| Watermaker | Not published by any source found - absent from the yard's own spec page, Boat International's directory entry, and all brokerage listings reviewed. |
| Fuel tankage | 157,600 litres - consistent across Amels' own site, Romeo United Yachts (both hull listings) and derived-range figures in Boat International and Yachting Magazine coverage. Strong agreement, no conflicting figure found. |
| Fresh water | 36,400 litres, corroborated by Romeo United Yachts and YachtCharterFleet independently. |
| Speed and range | Most-repeated figures: 17 knots top speed, 12.5 knots cruise, 5,000nm range (Amels' own site, Romeo United Yachts, superyachts.com aggregation). Yachting Magazine/Northrop and Johnson instead give ~13 knots cruise, and Boat International's own directory entry for the renamed Neninka gives 16.5 knots top speed, 15.0 knots cruise, and 5,000nm at 12.8 knots - a genuine outlier from an otherwise authoritative publication. Boat International's separate feature article states cruising at roughly 13 knots on a single engine is most fuel-efficient. Wider agreement across sources favours 17kn top / 12.5kn cruise. |
| Hull and classification | Displacement steel hull, aluminium superstructure, teak decks (Amels' own site, Boat International directory). Boat International's overview of the Amels Limited Editions range states the line is built to Lloyd's Register (100A1 SSC Yacht (P) Mono G6 + LMC UMS) as standard, but this is reported for the range generally, not confirmed hull-by-hull, so treat as the class notation Amels applies across Limited Editions rather than a verified per-hull certificate. |
Lo que cuentan armadores y tripulaciones
Design language and detailing on Aurora Borealis
The fluid lines, particularly aft, flow through the design and I particularly like the long shape of the wing stations, describing his approach to the exterior.
Tim Heywood, Exterior Designer (Tim Heywood Design)Interior design brief
A calm, harmonious, refined and restrained Scandinavian-influenced design is enlivened with touches of glamour, on the interior styling of Aurora Borealis.
Greig Jolly, Associate, Winch DesignCrew-driven detailing during the build
When we measured a sun lounger, it sat very close to the edge of the swim platform, recounting how the crew's practical input shaped the extended stern/beach club layout.
Captain Paul Bickley, Yacht Captain, Aurora BorealisOrigin of the sale/order
I received a call from the owner mid-July 2016, which turned out to be the trigger, on how the order for the 220 (an extension of the 212 Limited Editions) came about.
Antoine Larricq, Sales Broker, Fraser Yachts
Lo bueno y lo que conviene vigilar
Puntos fuertes
- Distinctive, well-received designThe Tim Heywood exterior paired with Andrew Winch's ocean-liner-inspired interior drew a substantial dedicated feature and photo essay from Boat International, unusual depth of editorial coverage for a semi-custom yacht of this size.
- Long range on modest propulsion5,000nm at economical cruise from twin CAT 3516Cs (a figure consistently agreed across every source) suits genuine ocean crossings without a third generator-driven get-home engine or unusually large tankage for the size.
- Fast build cycle via the semi-custom platformBoat International reports Aurora Borealis went from order (mid-July 2016) to delivery in 32 months, faster than a fully custom yacht of similar size, while still allowing owner-driven changes such as the beach club addition and the 50cm stern extension.
- Large social/outdoor space for the sizeAmels' own figures cite roughly 600 square metres of outdoor deck space against ~550 square metres interior, plus a 65 square metre swim platform/beach club - a genuine evolution over the earlier 212 model per Boat International's feature.
A tener en cuenta
- Thin and inconsistent technical disclosureBasic figures disagree across brokers and even Boat International's own pages - length is variously given as 65.5m, 67.1m and 67.6m, and cruise speed as 12.5, 13 or 15 knots depending on the source - while generator, thruster, gearbox and watermaker specs are essentially unpublished anywhere.
- Market presence is effectively a single hullDespite '220' branding implying a broader model line (as with the 242 or 212), only one hull - Aurora Borealis/Neninka - is corroborated by the yard, class press and major titles; a second 'hull 002' appears only on brokerage aggregator pages with specs that duplicate the first hull's listing, and could not be independently verified.
- Fast owner turnover on the only verified hullThe original owner sold Aurora Borealis roughly six months after delivery (Fraser Yachts announced the sale in February 2020); no public reason was given, and a fast resale on a brand-new flagship-scale build is the kind of detail a buyer researching the model would want explained.
- Unremarkable performance for the price bracketA 17-knot top speed and displacement steel/aluminium hull are standard for this size and type but not a differentiator against comparably priced semi-custom rivals; nothing in the sourced material points to an unusual performance or efficiency advantage beyond the stated range.
Información práctica
| New-build price | Aggregator site Yachttrading quotes a standard-spec new-build list price of approximately EUR89 million; this is a brokerage/aggregator estimate, not a price ever published by Amels itself, and no second independent outlet corroborates the exact figure. |
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| Hulls delivered | Only one Amels 220 is robustly documented across the yard, class press and major yachting titles: hull 'Project Waka', delivered as Aurora Borealis in July 2019 (32 months after order, per Boat International and Fraser Yachts), and renamed Neninka after a February 2020 sale. Brokerage aggregator pages (Romeo United Yachts, Northrop and Johnson) list a second, unnamed 'hull 002' dated 2022 with specs identical to the first hull's, but no Boat International, Superyacht Times or Damen/Amels material corroborates a second delivery, and YachtBuyer's own model-year window for the '220' reads 2018-2020 (i.e. consistent with a single hull) - this second hull should be treated as unverified, possibly a duplicated listing of the same yacht under a different template. |
| Resale/charter evidence | Aurora Borealis was sold roughly six months after her own delivery (announced by Fraser Yachts, broker Antoine Larricq, February 2020) and renamed Neninka; a since-cited asking price around EUR79.5 million surfaced in market coverage at that time. SuperYacht Fan and autoevolution have separately reported a later resale in the roughly $80-97 million range and have associated the yacht with Mexican businessman Carlos Hank Rhon, but both pages returned access errors on direct fetch, so these figures/attributions could only be confirmed via search summaries, not the full original articles - flagged as lower-confidence. No charter listing or weekly rate was found; the yacht appears to be privately held rather than offered for charter. |
| Running costs | Not published for this specific model. Only generic industry rules of thumb exist (commonly cited as 5-10 percent of build cost annually for large Amels yachts), which are not specific to the 220 and were not sourced to any figure tied to Aurora Borealis/Neninka. |
| Not published | Watermaker capacity, thruster make/power, gearbox make, exact classification certificate for the individual hull, and any confirmed second-hull delivery details are all genuinely not public in the sources checked. |
Para quién es: El armador listo para entrar en territorio de gran yate que quiere grandeza de transatlántico, catorce plazas y una plataforma Amels alargada y contrastada.