Lonian
| Longueur hors tout | 87 m |
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| Jauge brute | 2 700 GT |
| Largeur | 13,8 m |
| Livraison | 2018 |
| Constructeur | Feadship (Aalsmeer, De Voogt Naval Architects) |
| Design extérieur | Sinot Yacht Architecture and Design |
| Design intérieur | Richard Hallberg avec Sinot |
| Propulsion | deux moteurs diesel MTU, vitesse de pointe d'environ 16 noeuds |
Un 87 mètres bâti pour explorer
Livrée en 2018 à 87 mètres depuis le site Feadship d'Aalsmeer, Lonian est arrivée comme une grande croiseuse océanique très capable. À 2 700 GT, elle offre le volume d'un vaisseau amiral avec la finition full custom qui définit le chantier. Sa largeur de 13,8 mètres lui donne les ponts larges d'un vrai vaisseau amiral. Elle a été dessinée pour un propriétaire qui voulait un rayon d'action et une autonomie réels en mer. Elle s'inscrit dans la belle série de Feadship stylés par Sinot à la fin des années 2010.
Son intérêt tient à la façon dont elle associe l'élégance à la capacité. Lonian embarque l'équipement d'une vraie indépendance, d'un hélipont substantiel à une lourde grue de pont pour mettre à l'eau de grands tenders et jouets nautiques. Elle montre comment un vaisseau amiral raffiné peut être équipé pour naviguer bien en dehors des routes habituelles. Pour les propriétaires qui ont le goût de la distance, elle a posé un exemple fort. Sa capacité est intégrée sans déranger son allure nette et élégante.
Les lignes Sinot et un pont de travail
L'extérieur est l'oeuvre de Sinot Yacht Architecture and Design, qui donne à Lonian un profil net et assuré portant son volume avec aisance. Les lignes sont longues et mesurées, avec de généreux vitrages qui ouvrent l'intérieur sur la mer. Un grand hélipont est dimensionné pour recevoir un hélicoptère AW169, une machine sérieuse pour un yacht privé. De Voogt Naval Architects a développé les formes de carène. L'hélipont et les systèmes qui l'accompagnent ont été conçus pour un usage véritable et régulier.
L'extérieur est bâti pour la capacité autant que pour le loisir. Une grue de pont capable de lever 3,5 tonnes lui permet de mettre à l'eau de grands tenders et jouets nautiques dans les mouillages reculés. De larges ponts laissent au propriétaire et aux invités la place de s'étaler sur plusieurs niveaux. Un beach club à l'arrière descend les invités au ras de l'eau. De vastes garages à tenders et des rangements pour jouets nautiques soutiennent de longs séjours en zone reculée.
Un Feadship de 87 mètres au profil Sinot, avec hélipont pour AW169 et grue de 3,5 tonnes pour aller loin.
La chaleur de Richard Hallberg à l'intérieur
L'intérieur est attribué à Richard Hallberg Interior Design travaillant avec Sinot, dans un style chaleureux et collecté bâti sur des matériaux naturels et des tons doux. Lonian accueille 14 invités répartis dans sept cabines, soutenue par un équipage d'environ 27 personnes. Les appartements du propriétaire disposent d'une généreuse zone privée à l'écart du flux des invités. L'intérieur paraît détendu et résidentiel, contrepoint calme à la capacité du yacht. Tons neutres doux, bois naturels et pierre posent partout cette ambiance.
Le volume d'une coque de 87 mètres permet à des pièces entières de servir un seul usage. Il y a la place pour une grande salle à manger et une autre informelle, des zones bien-être et des salons calmes tenus à l'écart des ponts les plus animés. La lumière emplit les zones invités par de grandes fenêtres. L'ébénisterie Feadship donne à l'intérieur la profondeur attendue à ce niveau. Le résultat évoque une résidence privée davantage qu'un bateau.
La puissance MTU et un vrai rayon d'action
Lonian est propulsée par deux moteurs diesel MTU qui lui donnent une vitesse de pointe d'environ 16 noeuds et une croisière confortable proche de 14 noeuds. La coque à déplacement est réglée pour de longues traversées océaniques et des séjours en zone reculée. Ses capacités de soutes soutiennent une autonomie prolongée loin des ports. L'architecture navale garde les mouvements posés quand la mer se forme. Sa coque acier et sa superstructure aluminium totalisent une jauge brute de 2 700 GT.
Naviguer hors des routes habituelles exige une ingénierie soignée, et Lonian a été construite dans cet esprit. La redondance des systèmes critiques abaisse le risque des longues traversées loin de tout soutien. Le volume de la coque autorise de généreux locaux techniques et de stockage. La stabilisation à vitesse nulle la tient à plat à l'arrêt, pour le confort au mouillage. La machinerie est organisée pour des navigations fiables sur de longues distances.
Un vaisseau amiral capable pour les horizons lointains
Lonian répond au cahier des charges d'un propriétaire qui veut un vaisseau amiral raffiné mais capable d'explorer pour de bon. L'hélipont et la grue lourde rendent la navigation reculée réaliste tout en gardant le confort intact. Les yachts qui associent capacité et finition haut de gamme conservent un attrait constant sur le marché. C'est une croiseuse sérieuse habillée en Feadship classique. Son mélange de raffinement et de rayon d'action entretient l'intérêt qu'elle suscite.
Pour un propriétaire, elle offre de généreux appartements privés, des espaces de réception chaleureux et l'équipement pour atteindre des lieux que la plupart des yachts évitent. La taille convient aux groupes familiaux et aux longs itinéraires bien à l'écart des sentiers battus. Exploiter un yacht de 87 mètres est une entreprise de long terme qui récompense un propriétaire décidé à beaucoup voyager. Lonian figure parmi les plus capables des vaisseaux amiraux de fin de décennie du chantier. Son pont de travail la distingue de la plupart des yachts de son poli.
Motorisation et systèmes
| Engines | Twin MTU 16V 4000 M73 diesel-electric units, 2,560 kW at 1,970 rpm each per Feadship's own hull record, equivalent to the 3,433 hp per engine figure quoted by YachtCharterFleet and YachtBuyer once converted (not a real conflict). Yachts International describes the propulsion as full hybrid diesel-electric. |
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| Top speed | Stated conflict: 18 knots (SuperYachtTimes-sourced aggregator figures, Yachts International) versus 18.5 knots (YachtCharterFleet, YachtBuyer, Anyships). |
| Cruise speed | Stated conflict: 12 knots is the figure used by most sources including Yachts International's original delivery-era report and the range calculation itself (5,000nm at 12 knots, agreed everywhere); YachtCharterFleet and YachtBuyer instead give 13.5 knots as cruise speed. |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 12 knots. Consistent across Feadship's own page, Cecil Wright, YachtCharterFleet, YachtBuyer and Yachts International. |
| Fuel tankage | Stated conflict: 160,000 litres per most secondary listings (YachtCharterFleet, YachtBuyer, Anyships) versus 167,500 litres per Feadship's own official hull-record page, which should be treated as the more authoritative figure. |
| Fresh water | Stated conflict: 50,000 litres per YachtCharterFleet and Anyships versus 37,600 litres per Feadship's own hull-record page. |
| Generators | Three Caterpillar C18 units at 1500 rpm, per Feadship's own hull record. |
| Stabilisers | At-anchor stabilisers fitted, per YachtCharterFleet. |
| Hull and naval architecture | Steel hull with aluminium superstructure and teak decks, four decks, displacement hull. Naval architecture by Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects. Gross tonnage is a stated conflict: 2,691 to 2,700 GT in delivery-era figures versus 3,000 GT in current YachtCharterFleet and YachtBuyer listings, possibly reflecting the 2024 refit, though no source explains the change. |
| Guest and crew capacity | Stated conflict on guests and cabins: 12 guests in 6 staterooms plus 2 owners at delivery, per Yachts International's 2018 reporting, versus 14 guests in 7 cabins in current YachtCharterFleet and YachtBuyer listings. Crew capacity is consistently reported at 27, with 15 crew cabins plus a captain's cabin per Yachts International. |
| Tenders and toys | 22 hatches, doors and platforms for tender and toy access, a telescopic boom for tender boarding without deploying stairs, VIP stateroom balconies with direct tender access, an AW169-capable helicopter deck with a 3.92-tonne crane and twin helipads (sundeck aft and foredeck), per Yachts International and the original delivery release. |
| Pool, beach club and spa | A glass-bottomed pool that doubles as the beach club ceiling with an integrated cinema screen at one end, a motorised flush transom hatch that opens and closes like a convertible car roof to form the beach club and a foredeck jacuzzi with custom temperature control reported at 10-38C or 50-100F, the same range in different units. Also a spa, beauty salon, indoor-outdoor gym and a glass elevator connecting five decks. |
| Support vessel (Hodor) | A dedicated support/shadow vessel named Hodor accompanies Lonian, reported as 216ft or 217ft, roughly 66m, a minor stated conflict on exact length. Carries tenders, jet skis, ATVs, gym equipment and a helicopter, with crew numbers reported as 20 or 22, another minor stated conflict. Claims of a personal submarine aboard Hodor appear only in lower-quality secondary sources and should be treated as unverified. |
Ce que rapportent propriétaires et équipages
Feadship describes the owners' brief as a fifteen-year conversation about a yacht built to be at anchor, not in marinas
"The owners visited Feadship many times over fifteen years as they pondered how best to give expression to their vision for a yacht that could anchor in secluded spots and be open to the elements in as many ways as possible." This is the yard's own account of the commissioning process (design/build team, promotional but first-hand).
Feadship, official builder statement, feadship.nl fleet page for LonianThe yard frames the hull as intentionally muscular rather than sleek
"The result is a Feadship with the presence and stance of a beefy motor yacht which simultaneously retains an elegant and slender air." Feadship also states the owners chose Sinot specifically for the studio's masculine design language. First-hand-but-promotional, from the builder's own materials.
Feadship, official builder statement, reported via multiple outlets including Boat International and superyacht pressEven outside observers had to improvise procedures around the yacht's sheer size
When Lonian and her support vessel anchored off Santa Barbara in August 2021, the Harbor Patrol fielded resident calls questioning what the vessels were. "We provided them with anchor coordinates at that time," and this was "nothing overly out of the ordinary as we occasionally provide anchor coordinates for vessels too large to moor in the harbor, and they typically shuttle into port using tender boats." An independent, named account of the yacht in real operation, not from the owner or yard.
Mike Wiltshire, Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol harbormaster, quoted in The Santa Barbara Independent
Les points forts et les points de vigilance
Points forts
- A genuinely owner-brief-driven design, not a generic catalogue hullThe 22 hatches, doors and platforms, the flush motorized transom beach club that closes like a convertible roof and the translucent-bottomed pool doubling as the beach club ceiling with an integrated cinema screen are documented consistently across Yachts International's 2018 unveiling report and Boat International's coverage, not just yard marketing copy. It was a finalist in two categories (Outstanding Exterior Motor Yachts 50m+ and Outstanding Lifestyle Feature) at the Boat International Design and Innovation Awards 2020, an independent industry jury result, not a self-reported claim.
- Built and specced for genuine at-anchor, off-grid living rather than marina cruising5,000nm range at 12 knots, a 66m support vessel (Hodor) carrying tenders, water toys and extra crew, twin helipads and an AW169-capable helicopter deck with a 3.92-tonne crane are all confirmed across Feadship's own spec sheet, YachtCharterFleet and Yachts International. This is a real expedition-style package, not just headline numbers.
Points de vigilance
- The current owner's identity has never been confirmed by the yard, a broker or the ownerEvery attribution to Lorenzo Fertitta traces back to SuperyachtFan's own estimate, then repeated as fact by secondary outlets based on dockside sightings of the vessel, never on a broker record, registry filing or on-the-record statement. Feadship's own materials note the owners requested a full year of privacy after delivery and do not name them. Treat the ownership attribution as widely reported but formally unverified.
- The USD 160 million price is a third-party valuation, not a recorded transactionSuperyachtFan's USD 160m purchase-price figure and roughly USD 15m a year running-cost estimate are repeated uncritically across nearly every press piece on the yacht. No outlet cites a broker-confirmed sale price. Lonian shows no public brokerage sale record. A buyer or researcher should treat both figures as unverifiable estimates.
- Aggregator listings disagree with each other and with the yard's own numbers on several hard specsGross tonnage is given as 2,691 to 2,700 GT by SuperYachtTimes-sourced figures but 3,000 GT by YachtCharterFleet and YachtBuyer. Guest and cabin capacity is reported as 12 guests in 6 cabins in 2018-2019 delivery-era coverage versus 14 guests in 7 cabins in current YachtCharterFleet and YachtBuyer listings, which may reflect the 2024 refit but is not explained by any source. Fuel and fresh-water tankage figures on general listing sites (160,000 litres fuel, 50,000 litres water) do not match Feadship's own hull-record page (167,500 litres fuel, 37,600 litres water). A buyer should confirm current numbers directly with the yard or a broker rather than trust any single aggregator.
- The interior is thinly documented in independent mediaYachts International's own 2018 report notes that interior images remained unreleased by the ownership at the time. No independent outlet published a walkthrough or professional photo set of the interior beyond renders and a handful of exterior and deck shots. Buyers cannot currently verify interior condition or finish quality from public sources alone.
Informations pratiques
| Asking / sale price | No confirmed asking or sale price is published anywhere. The USD 160,000,000 figure circulated online is SuperyachtFan's own estimate of the original 2018 purchase price, repeated by secondary press, not a broker-listed or transaction-confirmed number. |
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| Brokerage status | Cecil Wright & Partners carries a Lonian reference page with both charter and sales enquiry calls to action, but no independent source confirms an active current listing. Other trackers (YachtBuyer) explicitly mark the yacht not for sale. Likely a portfolio or reference entry rather than a live listing; confirm directly with the broker before assuming availability. |
| Charter availability | Explicitly stated as not available for private charter by YachtCharterFleet and in Feadship's original 2018 delivery coverage. The yacht is privately operated by its owner. |
| Delivery date | 16 November 2018, per YachtCharterFleet's delivery report; Feadship's own hull record confirms year 2018. No source disputes the year; only YachtCharterFleet supplies the exact date. |
| Refit history | Returned to Feadship's Aalsmeer yard for a five-year warranty check completed with sea trials in June 2024, covering a full repaint, interior repairs and renewals and technical upgrades, per Feadship's own refit page and Boat International coverage. No defects or failures were disclosed; framed as routine warranty work plus owner-requested enhancements. |
| What is not published | The registered or beneficial owner's identity (never confirmed by yard or broker, only inferred from repeated dockside sightings); the actual purchase price and any resale history; verified running or operating costs (the roughly USD 15,000,000 a year figure is an unsourced third-party estimate); and independent interior photography or a professional sea-trial performance review. |
Pour qui: Le propriétaire qui veut un vaisseau amiral raffiné mais équipé pour explorer, d'un grand hélipont à une grue lourde pour les mouillages reculés.