A+ (ex Topaz)

A Lurssen flagship of the 2012 fleet

When Topaz was delivered in 2012, she ranked among the largest yachts ever built and one of the most significant launches of her year by any measure. At more than 147 metres and close to 11,600 GT, she showed just how far Lurssen had pushed the giga-yacht format. The yard delivered her with the quiet efficiency that defines its very largest projects. She has since become a familiar and welcome sight in the world's grandest anchorages. Her arrival confirmed the yard's complete command of building at the very top of the market.

The renaming to A+ in 2019 marked a new chapter in her life without altering her stature in any way. She remains one of the defining Lurssen deliveries of the whole 2010s decade. Her eight decks and enormous interior volume place her firmly in the top tier of the global fleet. Few yachts of her generation carry anything close to as much presence on the water. She continues to draw admiring attention wherever in the world she chooses to cruise.

Tim Heywood's confident lines

Tim Heywood, one of the most respected names in yacht exterior design, gave the yacht a bold and instantly recognisable profile. Her superstructure rises through a full eight decks, yet Heywood kept the lines flowing so that the mass never once feels heavy. A dark hull band beneath clean white upperworks gives her a formal and powerful look from any distance. She reads unmistakably as a flagship even when seen from far across a bay. The proportions read as genuinely timeless despite the yacht's very great size.

The exterior makes generous room for extensive open decks, swimming pools and a large beach area at the stern. Heywood balanced that entertaining space with the constant need for a resolved and elegant silhouette. Every deck was carefully shaped to serve both the guests aboard and the yacht's overall proportion. The finished profile has aged over the years into something of a modern classic. Each terrace was placed to enjoy the sun and the sea in equal, easy comfort.

A 147-metre Lurssen by Tim Heywood, reborn under a single new name.

Terence Disdale's relaxed grandeur

Terence Disdale created interiors that soften the yacht's vast scale with a warm and resort-like character throughout. Disdale is celebrated for making enormous spaces feel genuinely liveable, and A+ stands among his very finest examples. Natural textures and a restrained, earthy palette run through all of the guest areas. The overall effect is grand and generous without ever once feeling cold or austere. Guests step aboard into an atmosphere of immediate and genuine ease.

The layout accommodates a large guest complement across a series of exceptionally generous staterooms. A beach club, swimming pools and a cinema sit among the many amenities spread across her decks. Social spaces flow easily into one another and open out onto the exterior decks beyond. Craftsmanship throughout is held at the level that Lurssen reserves only for its flagships. The interior quietly invites guests to spread out, relax and settle in for long stays.

Built for speed and endurance

The yacht is driven by twin diesel engines that give her a service speed close to 23 knots and a top speed above 25. That is a brisk pace for a vessel of her considerable size and volume. The speed lets her cover the ground between distant destinations without long delays at sea. Her range comfortably supports extended cruising across whole oceans. The plant was engineered from the outset for reliable and notably quiet performance.

Systems throughout were built to Lurssen's exacting standards for redundancy and long service life. Stabilisation keeps her steady and comfortable both at anchor and while under way. The yacht can operate self-sufficiently for long periods with a large crew aboard to support her. She was made to roam widely across the world and to stay comfortable while doing so. The engineering was designed to keep her cruising for many years without pause.

For the owner who wants a proven flagship

A+ suits an owner who wants the sheer presence of a giga-yacht paired with interiors built for genuine relaxation. Her scale easily supports large gatherings, while Disdale's warmth keeps day-to-day life aboard relaxed and easy. She is ideal for extended family cruising as well as for entertaining on a grand scale. The yacht carries her considerable size with a lightness that few rivals achieve. She offers the reassurance of a design that has quietly proven itself at sea.

As a proven and widely admired Lurssen, she offers the confidence of a design enjoyed for well over a decade. She rewards an owner who values both stature and comfort in equal measure. A+ remains one of the most desirable large yachts anywhere afloat today. Her reputation reliably precedes her into every port she enters. Few yachts of her age carry their years anywhere near as gracefully.

What her own paperwork does not agree on

A+ is one of the best-known yachts afloat, yet the basic engineering record around her is surprisingly inconsistent. Four separate brokers and databases each name a different engine builder for her main plant, running from Pielstick and MTU to Wartsila and VEM Sachsenwerk, and no single one of them can be checked against a class certificate or a builder release. Her guest capacity is quoted as either 62 or 52 depending on the listing, and her original build cost is put anywhere between roughly 400 and 450 million US dollars.

None of this makes her any less significant. It means a buyer, a charterer's broker or simply a curious reader should treat every number on a page like this one as a broker's best estimate rather than a certified fact, because she has never been opened to an independent sea trial or survey report in public. Her cabin count of 26 and her crew of 79 are the two figures every source agrees on, which is as close to a verified baseline as the public record currently offers.

Для кого: For the owner who wants an eight-deck Lurssen flagship with warm, resort-style interiors built for long stays.