Cloud 9
| LOA | 74 m |
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| Arqueo bruto | aproximadamente 2.218 GT |
| Manga | 13,5 m |
| Entregado | mayo de 2017 |
| Diseño exterior | Zuccon International Project |
| Diseño interior | Winch Design |
| Motores | dos Caterpillar 3516C |
| Invitados y autonomía | 12 invitados, unas 6.000 nm a 12 kn |
Un casco especulativo con una segunda vida
El Cloud 9 empezó su vida como CRN Project 131, un casco que el astillero arrancó por su cuenta antes de que hubiera ningún cliente. Sus líneas de obra viva bebían del premiado Azteca, mientras que su estilo tomaba pistas del Chopi Chopi, de 80 metros. Un comprador entró en escena a través del broker Burgess en junio de 2014, y el diseño se rehizo en torno a sus deseos. Los cambios fueron lo bastante sustanciales como para que los armadores acabaran llamándolo Cloud 9 Plus en privado.
El barco revisado se entregó en mayo de 2017 con 74 metros y unos 2.218 GT. La reforma tocó escaleras, distribuciones de cubierta y arquitectura naval, y se completó dentro de una ventana de planificación ajustada de tres meses. Que absorbiera cambios tan profundos y siga leyéndose como un diseño coherente habla de la flexibilidad del astillero. El Cloud 9 es la prueba de que un casco especulativo de CRN puede convertirse en un barco profundamente personal.
Líneas de Zuccon con foco humano
El exterior es obra de Zuccon International Project, con Bernardo Zuccon al frente de la aportación del estudio. Habló de reescribir la historia del barco para un nuevo armador, buscando una estampa con madurez y sustancia. El estilo prefiere la atemporalidad a la moda, una cualidad pensada para que el barco siga pareciendo actual durante muchos años. Las superficies limpias de la superestructura y unas proporciones firmes llevan con soltura los 74 metros de eslora, y las cubiertas exteriores se modelaron para la vida al aire libre.
El espacio exterior fue una prioridad de principio a fin. La cubierta de los armadores llega a unos 400 metros cuadrados e incluye una terraza privada junto con una carpa protegida del tiempo para recibir. A proa, lo que empezó como cubierta para helicóptero se convirtió en una zona de ocio, un cambio que dice mucho de cómo pensaba usar el barco el armador. Unos paneles de cristal correderos resguardan las zonas de comedor de la cubierta superior cuando cambia el tiempo.
Un CRN de 74 metros cuyo ascensor de cristal cae como una cascada del solárium al beach club.
Winch Design en tonos de arena y mar
El interior vino de Winch Design, cuyo equipo buscó una sensación cercana y relajada por todo el barco. Los tonos arena ponen la base, levantada por azules y por toques naturales como el coral y el ágata. Se emplearon unos cincuenta materiales de superficie, entre ellos abeto de Douglas cepillado y roble decapado. El vestíbulo de llegada de los invitados lleva un suelo a medida de teca y acebo con un dibujo de olas que trepa hasta el techo, descrito por el estudio como un capullo.
El confort llegó también al detalle técnico. Unas puertas insonorizadas pesadas bajan la suite principal a 48 decibelios a velocidad de crucero y a 45 en fondeo. Unos sofás profundos de metro y medio de fondo anclan tanto el salón como la cubierta de popa. Dos cines sirven al barco, uno encajado en el salón principal y otro al aire libre en la cubierta de los armadores. Una peluquería y una sala de masaje se sitúan junto a un gimnasio generoso.
Un ascensor de cristal como agua que cae
El rasgo característico es un ascensor interior construido en cristal y acero que enlaza seis cubiertas. El estudio lo describió como una cascada que baja del solárium hasta el beach club, y da al interior un hilo vertical potente. En la cubierta principal de popa hay una bañera de hidromasaje de unos 10.000 litros, con un fondo de cristal que deja pasar la luz a la cubierta de abajo. Una puerta abatible en la popa abre el beach club hacia una plataforma amplia a la altura del agua.
La potencia viene de dos motores Caterpillar 3516C que mueven el casco de 74 metros. La velocidad máxima ronda los 16,5 nudos con un crucero de unos 15 nudos, y la autonomía llega a unas 6.000 millas náuticas a 12 nudos. La construcción se apoyó en una insonorización especializada de Cergol Engineering para mantener el interior tranquilo en el mar. Unos 4.500 metros de detalle en acero pulido recorren las zonas de invitados, medida del nivel de acabado que pidió el armador.
A quién le encaja el Cloud 9
El Cloud 9 encaja con el armador que pone el bienestar y el tiempo relajado en familia en lo más alto del encargo. El ascensor, la bañera de hidromasaje y los dos cines apuntan a un barco pensado para estancias largas y cómodas con la lista de invitados completa. Su disponibilidad de charter para doce invitados lo convierte además en un activo en producción para el armador abierto a fletarlo. El interior cercano hace que invitados de cualquier edad se acomoden enseguida.
En el mercado lleva el atractivo de una construcción reciente con una historia de diseño clara y una pareja de estudios respetada. Quien compare barcos de 70 a 75 metros valorará su foco en el bienestar y su cubierta de armadores generosa. El interior de Winch y el exterior de Zuccon le dan un pedigrí que sostiene la reventa. Para el armador que quiere un CRN grande sin esperar a una construcción nueva, es un candidato fuerte.
Motores y sistemas
| Engines | Twin Caterpillar 3516C diesels, rated at 2,680 to 2,682 hp (about 2,000 kW) each at 1,600 rpm. Figure is consistent across Boat International's coverage, Barche Magazine and current SuperYacht Times or YachtBuyer fleet data, with only minor hp rounding differences between sources. |
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| Speed | Maximum speed 16.5 knots is consistent across every source checked. Cruising speed is reported as 15 knots at delivery (Barche Magazine, CRN derived specs) but as 13 knots in current charter listings (YachtCharterFleet, Boat International); reported here as an unresolved conflict, see verdict. |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots per Boat International and Barche Magazine. Barche Magazine additionally cites 4,000 nautical miles at 15 knots. |
| Gross tonnage | 2,218 GT at delivery, the figure used by nearly all sources; some current charter listings round this to 2,200 GT. |
| Beam and draft | Beam 13.50 metres is consistent across all sources. Draft is reported as 3.50 metres at delivery (Barche Magazine) but as 3.9 to 4.0 metres in current charter listings (YachtCharterFleet, Boat International); reported as a conflict, possibly reflecting a different draft measurement basis rather than a physical change. |
| Tankage and water | Fuel capacity 250,000 litres, fresh water 40,000 litres, and a watermaker rated at 32,000 litres per day, per Barche Magazine and corroborating fleet data. |
| Stabilisers | Naiad Dynamics Total Thrust stabilisation system, per current SuperYacht Times and YachtBuyer fleet profiles. |
| Tenders (current, under the name Starburst IV) | An 11.5 metre Sport Crossover chase tender with twin 600 hp Mercury engines, a 9.05 metre TechnoHull T9 custom tender with twin 225 hp engines, and a Novurania Cat 20 tender with a 115 hp Yamaha engine, per YachtCharterFleet's current charter specification. |
| Water toys (current) | Jet skis, a flyboard, Seabobs, wakeboards, water skis, kayaks, paddleboards, an inflatable waterslide and scuba equipment, per YachtCharterFleet's current listing. |
Lo que cuentan armadores y tripulaciones
Captain's account of an emergency mid build redesign
Captain Colin Boyle told Boat International that the owner called him at 10pm and asked him to fly to Rome by 1am, after which the team had three months to replan the boat: staircases removed and rebuilt, the top deck raised, and the naval architecture reworked, because CRN had acquired an already part built hull and needed to rewrite it for a new owner's brief.
Captain Colin Boyle, quoted in Boat InternationalInterior designer's verdict on the finished yacht
Andrew Winch praised Zuccon's exterior work as having a pure style signature and described the finished result as an on water house, built around family use rather than pure display.
Andrew Winch, quoted in Boat InternationalExterior designer on taking over a live project
Bernardo Zuccon said the yacht was already at an advanced stage of construction when his studio came aboard, and that the design had to be developed against the original owner's requirements before being adapted again for the new owner.
Bernardo Zuccon of Zuccon International Project, quoted in Boat International and separately in Barche MagazineDesign team on the level of bespoke detail
Winch Design's project lead pointed to the saloon and aft deck sofas, each 1.5 metres deep and built as lie down pieces, as an example of the custom furniture scale used throughout.
Mark Mampel of Winch Design, quoted in Boat International
Lo bueno y lo que conviene vigilar
Puntos fuertes
- Very high volume for a 74 metre hullAt 2,218 GT the yacht carries over 1,000 square metres of interior and exterior living space across five guest decks plus a technical deck, with a beach club, cinema, gym, spa and helicopter landing area, all confirmed in the original CRN delivery coverage and repeated in current fleet listings.
- A genuine collaboration between two top tier design housesZuccon International Project's exterior and Winch Design's interior are both named and credited consistently across Boat International, Barche Magazine and the builder's own material, and the trade press account of the build, three months of structural rework to fit a new owner's brief without abandoning the project, shows real engineering flexibility on CRN's part.
- Long real world range for a yacht this size6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots is documented by both Boat International and Barche Magazine, enough for genuine ocean crossings without refuelling.
A tener en cuenta
- Cruising speed appears to have dropped since delivery, or was never consistently reportedAt delivery, Barche Magazine and CRN derived spec sheets quoted a 15 knot cruising speed. Current charter market listings for the same hull under its present name (YachtCharterFleet and Boat International) now state a 13 knot cruising speed. This is a genuine, sourced discrepancy, not resolved here, and a buyer or charterer should have it checked against the current sea trial or class survey rather than either published figure.
- Now approaching a decade old, with an unusually unstable ownership historyDelivered in 2017, the hull has been sold and renamed repeatedly, as Cloud 9, then Odyssey or Odyssey II, then Lady Jorgia in 2020, then Andrea in 2023, then Starburst IV in 2024, six identities in roughly seven years. Most of these sales were concluded off market with no price disclosed, which limits independent verification of maintenance and refit history for a prospective buyer, even though charter listings cite a 2026 refit.
- Running costs for a 2,218 GT yacht with a large crew are substantialSuperYacht Guide's valuation profile estimates annual operating expenditure in the order of 11.8 to 12.9 million euros, though this is a single unverified industry estimate rather than an owner disclosed figure, and should be treated as indicative only.
Información práctica
| Current charter rate (conflicting sources) | Now marketed under the name Starburst IV. YachtCharterFleet lists 910,000 euros per week for both summer and winter, plus expenses. Boat International lists 980,000 euros per week for the summer season. The two current listings disagree and are reported here as a conflict rather than resolved. |
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| Earlier charter rate (as Cloud 9, circa 2017 to 2020) | Reported weekly rate through Burgess of around 875,000 US dollars in low season and 896,000 US dollars in high season, per aggregated charter market listings; treat as historic, not current. |
| Brokerage and renaming history since delivery | Delivered 2017 to an owner reported as Australian businessman Bret Blundy, launched as Cloud 9. Sold 2 April 2019 through Burgess, who represented both sides (per Superyachts.com); reported buyer New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart, renamed Odyssey II, asking price around 84 to 84.5 million euros per Boat International and SuperYacht Guide. Sold again in 2020 during the pandemic, renamed Lady Jorgia, reported sale price around 90 million US dollars per autoevolution (single source, unconfirmed). Sold off market on 6 February 2023 through Edmiston (broker Alex Busher, representing both sides), renamed Andrea, price undisclosed. Sold again in 2024 to Marijke Mars of the Mars confectionery family, renamed Starburst IV, price undisclosed. This chain is corroborated across Boat International, SuperYacht Times, Yacht Harbour, autoevolution and SuperYacht Fan. |
| What is not published | None of the four confirmed sale prices since delivery, in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024, has been disclosed by a broker or a primary press source. The circulating 90 million dollar figure for the 2020 sale and the low to mid 80 million euro asking prices around 2019 come from a single outlet each and are not independently confirmed. |
| Crew size | 22 crew is the figure given by the large majority of sources including CRN's own material, Barche Magazine and most current charter listings. One source, autoevolution, states 25; treat 22 as the better supported figure. |
| What a prospective charterer or buyer should check given the yacht is now about 9 years old | Confirm current classification and survey status directly with the flag or class society rather than relying on marketing copy; confirm the scope of the 2026 refit cited in current charter listings; verify actual current cruising speed and engine hours given the 13 versus 15 knot discrepancy noted above; and, given four ownership changes since delivery, ask for a full maintenance and refit paper trail rather than assuming continuity of care. |
Design
| Diseño exterior | Zuccon International Project |
|---|---|
| Interiorismo | Winch Design (Andrew Winch) |
| Arquitectura naval | CRN Engineering |
Para quién es: El armador centrado en el bienestar y en una navegación familiar relajada que quiere un CRN de 74 metros reciente, listo para charter y con pedigrí de Winch y Zuccon.