Sparta (67m full-custom steel)
| LOA | 67 m |
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| Manga | 11,5 m |
| Arqueo bruto | unos 1.200 GT |
| Velocidad máxima | 16 nudos |
| Autonomía | unas 4.500 nm |
| Motores | dos MTU 12V 4000 M65R, unos 1.800 hp cada uno |
| Casco | acero, superestructura de aluminio |
| Diseño | Winch Design, exterior e interior |
El mayor Heesen de acero hasta hoy
El Sparta es el mayor yate de desplazamiento en acero que Heesen ha construido nunca, entregado en 2024 como proyecto full custom de la línea Pure Custom. Donde los barcos de serie arrancan por cuenta del astillero, el Sparta empezó como una hoja en blanco moldeada por completo en torno a un solo armador. Con 67 metros y unos 1.200 GT es un auténtico buque insignia del oficio del astillero en acero. Llegó a llevarse premios importantes del sector en su año de entrega. Esos reconocimientos vinieron de los World Superyacht Awards y de la International Superyacht Society de 2024.
Un encargo full custom permite al armador perseguir ideas a las que no llega un casco de serie. El armador del Sparta pidió juego y sorpresa, y todo el yate se organiza en torno a esa petición. El resultado se separa de los rápidos barcos de aluminio que hicieron el nombre de Heesen. Muestra que el astillero puede entregar un gran yate de acero con carácter con la misma convicción que una máquina de velocidad. Es la señal más clara hasta ahora de que el brazo Pure Custom de Heesen puede estar a la altura de la reputación del astillero en cascos rápidos.
Acero, volumen y un andar cómodo
El Sparta es un yate de desplazamiento construido más para el confort que para la velocidad, y sus cifras reflejan esa elección. Dos diésel MTU 12V 4000 M65R de unos 1.800 hp cada uno le dan una velocidad máxima de 16 nudos y un crucero relajado de 12 nudos. La construcción en acero suma peso y resistencia, algo que conviene a un yate pensado para cruzar océanos con calma. Es un encargo distinto al de los esprinters de aluminio del astillero. Dos diésel de ese tamaño se eligen por fiabilidad en el mar más que por ritmo puro.
Lo que compra el acero es volumen y autonomía. Una capacidad de combustible de 140.000 litros sostiene unas 4.500 millas náuticas, suficiente para etapas oceánicas largas entre destinos. El casco va hondo y asentado, así que el andar se mantiene sereno cuando cambia el tiempo. Para el armador que mide un yate por cómo se siente con mar de fondo, esa firmeza es todo el argumento. El casco hondo de acero le da la reserva de flotabilidad que piden las travesías largas.
El mayor yate de acero de Heesen, un 67 metros full custom construido en torno al juego y la sorpresa.
Winch Design por fuera
Winch Design dibujó el exterior del Sparta y le dio un perfil musculoso y a la vez elegante que sigue leyéndose como un Heesen. El volumen se usa con generosidad en todas las cubiertas, con una distribución que sitúa al armador en lo alto, en la cubierta del puente. Desde allí, las dos suites del armador se abren a un comedor privado y a un espacio al aire libre. El estilismo tiene presencia sin caer en el exceso. Colocar al armador en lo alto de la cubierta del puente es una marca del encargo full custom.
La vida en cubierta fue central en el encargo. Hay sitio para juguetes y tenders serios junto a amplias zonas sociales, y el exterior fluye hacia el agua por la popa. Las zonas de sombra y las abiertas están equilibradas para que los invitados puedan repartirse por el yate. Cada cubierta se planificó en torno al deseo del armador de actividad y sorpresa. Un amplio espacio en la cubierta de popa acerca a los invitados al agua cuando el yate está parado.
Los elementos como lenguaje de diseño
Winch Design creó también el interior, temático cubierta a cubierta en torno a los elementos ascendentes, desde la tierra abajo hasta el aire arriba. Esa idea da a cada nivel su propia paleta y su propio ambiente sin perder la coherencia del conjunto. El alojamiento cubre dos suites del armador a manga completa más camarotes VIP y de invitados para doce personas. El detalle es rico y juguetón, en línea con el encargo. Dos suites del armador a manga completa son un lujo poco habitual incluso a esta eslora.
El tema elemental es más que un relato de color. Las texturas y las obras de arte cambian a medida que se sube por las cubiertas, así que el recorrido por el yate tiene una narrativa propia. El volumen del casco de 1.200 GT permite a los diseñadores montar estancias grandes y generosas. El interior valió al Sparta reconocimiento del sector por su artesanía en su primer año. Los jurados destacaron ese trabajo cuando recogió sus galardones de 2024.
Full custom, hecho para durar
Mecánicamente el Sparta es un yate de desplazamiento convencional de dos diésel, diseñado para ser fiable en travesías largas y remotas. Los estabilizadores de velocidad cero lo mantienen quieto fondeado, algo que importa en un yate construido en torno al confort. Lleva clasificación de Lloyd's y la profundidad de sistemas que se espera en un barco de este tamaño. La ingeniería sirve al encargo del armador antes que a ningún titular de prestaciones. Las aletas Naiad de velocidad cero son un elemento de confort relevante para el tiempo pasado fondeado.
El Sparta encaja con un armador que quiere un yate único, con carácter genuino y capacidad oceánica. Estuvo dispuesto a invertir el tiempo que exige una construcción full custom para tener exactamente el yate que imaginaba. El acero le da el volumen y el andar asentado que premian las navegaciones largas. Para el comprador que persigue individualidad antes que velocidad, el Sparta es el argumento a favor de ir del todo a medida. Esa disposición a esperar es lo que separa al armador de un custom del comprador de serie.
Motores y sistemas
| Engines | Twin MTU 12V 4000 M65R diesels. Power is reported two ways: 1,800 hp each on some listings versus 2 x 1,492 kW, roughly 2,000 hp, on Heesen's own official fleet page, a unit or rating discrepancy worth flagging rather than resolving. |
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| Top speed | Conflict: 16 knots per Boat International and Heesen's own spec sheet as reflected on several listings, versus just under 18 knots per BoatTest, citing a combined 3 megawatt output. |
| Cruise speed | 12 knots is the figure most sources give; one listing gives a wider 12 to 14.6 knot range. |
| Range | Conflict: 4,500 nautical miles at 12 knots is the majority figure, versus 5,000 nautical miles cited by BoatTest and as an upper bound by another listing. |
| Fuel tankage | 140,000 litres, consistent across every source checked. |
| Fresh water | 25,000 litres, per Heesen's official spec page and a fleet listing. |
| Watermakers | Two units rated at 20,000 litres per day each, per one listing only, not corroborated on other sources checked, so treat as single sourced. |
| Stabilisers | Naiad Dynamics, two fins, type 820, with zero speed capability, per Heesen's official fleet page. |
| Bow thruster and generators | A ZF-Marine 175 kW electric bow thruster and two Zenoro generators at 240 kW each, both per Heesen's official fleet page. |
| Hull and naval architecture | Steel hull, aluminium superstructure, teak deck. Van Oossanen's Fast Displacement Hull Form, developed from the 2018 Project Avanti concept. |
| Tenders | A custom Winch designed Tenderworks limousine tender, reported around 8 metres, styled to echo the mothership's lines, stowed behind forward gullwing garage doors. |
| Pool, beach club and spa | A swimming pool reported at 6.5 by 2.4 metres with a Spartan helmet motif worked into the design, plus a sundeck jacuzzi. A roughly 65 square metre wellness area, described as Japanese inspired, houses an elliptical whirlpool, steam room, sauna, gym and beauty area. A glass elevator and the carved oak staircase connect the earth, water and air deck themes. |
Lo que cuentan armadores y tripulaciones
The staircase design was built to physically connect the earth, water and air theme rather than separate it deck by deck
"The staircase is carved in three different ways to tie all of these elements into one, rather than letting them be seen in isolation. This is something fluid yet connected." He also called Sparta a floating home on the ocean.
Joost Roes, lead interior designer, Winch Design, quoted in BoatTest and on winchdesign.comThe carved oak staircase was hand built from raw timber, not machined panels
"We started literally with trees." "Every panel had to be shaped on the back face first, because the staircase is curved." He also described the coffee table as needing the feel of a large tree trunk, though it is actually built from many pieces of solid wood one to two inches thick.
Alex Hull, Hull Studio, staircase and joinery, quoted in BoatTestThe owner's brief was explicitly for a soft, child friendly, informal interior rather than a classical wellness aesthetic
On the spa and wellness styling: "It's not feng shui. The client liked soft details and safe design suitable for kids." She also noted chair backs embossed with palm leaves, made in Brazil.
Julia Roestenberg, senior designer, Winch Design, quoted in BoatTestThe slender reverse bow hull was chosen for ride comfort, with an explicit engineering trade off
"We designed a slender hull to get more draught and less freeboard." On the reverse bow: "The bow is an aesthetic choice but delivers additional comfort for the passengers," with reduced acceleration in wavy conditions.
Peter van der Zanden, head of design and engineering, Heesen Yachts, quoted in BoatTest and Heesen's own project update pageThe interior design firm describes the owner as having given a clear, decisive brief
"Once again we are delighted to have a very collaborative and decisive client with a clear lifestyle brief." "The arrangement of the vessel seamlessly connects the activity of water side living at the aft terrace with the calm and beautifully coloured interior."
Jim Dixon, Director of Yachts, Winch Design, Heesen Yachts project announcement pageThe naval architect frames the hull form as giving above average speed and range for the engine size fitted
"With engines quite typical for a yacht this size, she will easily reach her contract speed and outrun other yachts of this size and power, both in speed and range."
Perry van Oossanen, naval architect, Van Oossanen Naval Architects, Heesen Yachts project announcement pageSparta is the fifth yacht the project management and brokerage firm Arcon Yachts has built with Heesen
"This is the fifth project we have built with Heesen. The mutual trust that has grown between us is particularly gratifying."
Richard Kaye, Arcon Yachts, project manager and sales broker, quoted in Boat International's delivery article
Lo bueno y lo que conviene vigilar
Puntos fuertes
- The largest steel yacht Heesen has built, on a proven concept67 metres, 1,200 GT, steel hull with aluminium superstructure, developed from the Project Avanti concept Heesen and Winch first showed at the 2018 Monaco Yacht Show, so the underlying naval architecture had years of development behind it before Sparta was cut.
- Award recognised interior and a genuinely differentiated design briefWon Best Interior Motor at the International Superyacht Society Awards, a Special Commendation at the World Superyacht Awards and was a finalist at Boat International's Design and Innovation Awards, for a deck by deck earth, water and air theme that is unusually cohesive rather than a generic layout.
- A purpose built hull form aimed at efficiency and range for the sizeVan Oossanen's Fast Displacement Hull Form plus zero speed Naiad stabilisers, a 140,000 litre fuel capacity and a bespoke Tenderworks limousine tender that echoes the mothership's lines, stored behind gullwing garage doors.
A tener en cuenta
- The original commissioning owner withdrew during the buildBoatTest reports Sparta was already for sale because the build owners had to back out. A yacht designed to one family's very specific playfulness and surprise brief, palm leaf embossed chairs, a solar system inlay headboard, a wave pattern carpet with a woven play island for children, was therefore marketed to a different buyer than the one it was designed for, a real resale consideration for such a personal interior.
- Steel construction is heavier than an equivalent aluminium build at this sizeDisplacement is reported around 1,050 tonnes at half load, a byproduct of the steel hull Heesen highlights as a first for it at this length. Steel buys strength and lower build cost per tonne but adds weight versus an aluminium yacht of similar length, part of why sources disagree on her top speed.
- Delivery and handover timeline is inconsistent across otherwise reputable sourcesOne build list gives 2023 as delivery year, award citations and most press roundups say 2024 and Boat International's dedicated delivery article, published in June 2025, states she has now been delivered to her owners. This is consistent with a build that changed hands, but a buyer or journalist should confirm the actual handover date directly with the yard or Arcon rather than trust any single database.
- Not confirmed available for charterTwo charter listing sites state charter availability is unknown or not currently offered, so there is no charter income data point to weigh against running costs.
- Running costs and current ownership are unpublishedNo source gives annual running cost, crew wage budget or the current confirmed owner's identity for a 67 metre, 1,200 GT yacht with a listed crew of 14 to 16. A buyer needs these figures independently from a broker or management company, not from public listings.
Información práctica
| Asking price | EUR 99,000,000 when first listed for sale around July 2023, while still under construction. A more recent listing shows an asking price around USD 111,822,458. Treat both as potentially stale and confirm the current figure directly with the broker. |
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| Brokerage and sale history | Arcon Yachts handled both new build project management and now the sales brokerage, its fifth Heesen collaboration. BoatTest reports the original commissioning owners withdrew from the build, which is why a full custom yacht reached the open market. |
| Charter availability | Not confirmed for charter. Multiple listing sites explicitly state charter status is unknown or that she is not currently offered for charter, so no charter rate exists to report. |
| Delivery date | Disputed across sources: 2023 on one build list, 2024 in award citations and most press roundups and June 2025 per Boat International's dedicated delivery article, which quotes Heesen and Arcon at the actual handover. Verify independently before publishing a single date. |
| What is not published | Running and annual operating costs, current confirmed owner identity, current sale status, sold, under offer or still available and an official charter rate are not published in any source found. |
Design
| Diseño exterior | Winch Design |
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| Arquitectura naval | Van Oossanen Naval Architects |
Para quién es: Un armador decidido a tener un yate del todo a medida, con carácter marcado y capacidad oceánica real, que valora el volumen y un andar asentado en acero por encima de la velocidad punta y está dispuesto a invertir el tiempo que exige una construcción Pure Custom.