Bilgin 170
| 51.85 m LOA (170 ft), 9.25 m beam, 499 GT | |
| First hull Tamasha launched October 2025, delivered May 2026 | |
| Second hull NB83 launched December 2025 at Antalya | |
| Range 5,000 nm at 10 knots, displacement steel hull | |
| Bridge deck extended 1.5 m over the 163, enlarged swim platform | |
| First light brown hull finish in the yard's history | |
| Sundeck jacuzzi for eight with bar and alfresco dining | |
| Exterior by Unique Yacht Design, interior by Hot Lab |
The 163, stretched where it counts
The 170 is the 163 platform developed forward, the same 9.25 metre beam and sub-500 GT discipline with length drawn out to 51.85 metres. Stretching an existing platform is the lowest risk way to grow a yacht, because the hydrodynamics, structure and systems are already proven at nearly the same scale. The bridge deck grew by a metre and a half, the swim platform was extended at the transom, and the bow gained a relaxation area that opens up once the rescue tender is deployed.
Trade press put the gain at roughly 20 percent more usable interior volume than comparable yachts in the 48 metre bracket. The regulatory envelope stays below 500 GT, so the owner banks the extra yacht without the step change in crewing and compliance that arrives above the line.
A first for the yard in the paint shed
Tamasha launched in a custom light brown, the first hull Bilgin has finished in the shade, beneath the sculpted bow the designers drew to give the series a more athletic face. In an anchorage of white and navy she reads instantly as something specific, which is what a custom colour is for.
The exterior and naval architecture are by Unique Yacht Design with interiors by Hot Lab, the pairing carried over from the 163. Continuity of design team matters at this level. The studios refine the platform hull by hull, the 170 inherits every lesson the 163 sisters taught, and one exterior studio and one interior studio have signed every hull in the family.
Launched in October, delivered in May, cruising the Aegean by summer.
Built for distance
The published range is 5,000 nautical miles at 10 knots on a displacement steel hull with aluminium superstructure, genuine passage making capability that covers transatlantic legs with margin. Under 500 GT, that reach comes with a lean crew and a lighter compliance load.
Tamasha was delivered in early May 2026 and spent her first season in the Aegean, a shakedown in the yard's home waters. The sundeck carries a jacuzzi for eight with a bar and open air dining, and the extended swim platform pulls the guest program right down to the waterline.
Hull two and a platform with momentum
The second 170, build number NB83, was launched in December 2025 at Antalya, confirming that the series moved straight into production cadence. BOAT International reported her with a generous owner's suite on the extended bridge deck and a Hot Lab interior of soft palettes and layered textures described as warm and sophisticated. Counting the 163, 170 and 173 together, trade press connects seven yachts to the yard's 52 metre platform family.
For a prospective owner that momentum has practical value. A busy production line holds its supplier chain, its build crews and its schedule discipline, and a delivered first hull means sea trial data and a reference owner instead of renderings at the negotiating table.
The case for the 170
Against the 163 the 170 buys more deck, notably the enlarged bridge deck and the bow lounge. Against the 173 it is the version an owner can inspect finished and afloat today, and Tamasha's October to May run from launch to delivery shows the yard's outfitting pace is real. That inspection matters more than brochures admit, because paint, joinery tolerances and noise underway can only be judged on a finished boat.
As with all of Bilgin's 50 metre family, the value case rests on volume per gross tonne, a stable design team and a yard now proven from 47 to 80 metres. The 170 is the mid point of the platform, and with Tamasha cruising it is the one with a delivered reference already at sea.
Motorisation et systèmes
| Engines | Twin Caterpillar C32 diesels, 806 hp / 1,081 kW each at 2,150 rpm, 1,612 hp combined, twin screw. |
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| Speed | 16 knots top speed, 12 knots cruise, per Yacht Buyer's spec sheet for Tamasha, the first hull. |
| Range | 5,000nm at a 12-knot cruise. |
| Fuel and water | 55,000 litres of fuel, 11,000 litres of fresh water. |
| Stabilisers | Underway and at-anchor stabilisers both fitted. |
| Construction and tonnage | Displacement steel hull, aluminium superstructure, 499 GT and 495 tonnes displacement - engineered to stay just under the 500 GT threshold that raises crewing and compliance costs, the same approach the yard used on the 163 and has since pushed further on the 173. |
| Design | Exterior and naval architecture by Unique Yacht Design; interior by Hot Lab. |
Ce que rapportent propriétaires et équipages
The owner's own representative called it the yard's best 50-metre-class build yet
Nikolay Kondratiev, the owner's representative on the project, said the build was 'one of the best projects in my life in terms of cooperation with the yard's team', citing the workers' proficiency and the yard's management as delivering 'the best yacht Bilgin has ever built on their fifty-metre platform'. This is the owner's side of the project, not an independent third party, and is labelled as such.
Nikolay Kondratiev, owner's representativeToo recently delivered for independent reports
Tamasha was delivered in the first week of May 2026 and went straight into her first Aegean season; by this page's research date she had not yet completed a full season, so no independent owner, charter-guest or long-term crew account exists yet beyond the delivery-team statement above.
Yotters research desk
Les points forts et les points de vigilance
Points forts
- A proven platform pushed furtherThe 170 develops the yard's own 163 with a bridge deck extended 1.5 metres and a larger swim platform, rather than starting the engineering from zero.
- Kept under the 500 GT line at 52 metres499 GT at this length is a real engineering achievement that keeps crewing and compliance costs down against a boat that tips over the threshold.
- A genuinely new look for the yardTamasha's light brown hull is the first the yard has ever finished in that colour, a visible break from Bilgin's usual white and dark-hull deliveries.
Points de vigilance
- No independent verdict exists yetWith only months of service and one delivery-team quote on the record, there is no owner, charter-guest or surveyor account yet to weigh against the yard's own account.
- A young yard by superyacht-history standards at this sizeThe 170 is only the yard's newest step up from the 163 and 173 platform family, without the decades of large-yacht service history that older Italian and Dutch builders can point to.
Informations pratiques
| First hull | Tamasha (build number NB82), delivered first week of May 2026. |
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| Series progress | Second hull already in the water as of the delivery announcement; the 52-metre Bilgin 170 order book stood at seven yachts as demand continued. |
| Guests and crew | 12 guests, 9 crew. |
| What is not published | Purchase price for any hull in the series; Tamasha's owner is not named in any source checked. |
Pour qui: An owner who wants the yard's freshest 50 metre thinking with a delivered reference hull to inspect before committing.