Believe it or not, this amazing superyacht started out in life as a rugged, no-nonsense explorer.<\/p>\n
Today, she\u2019s a beautiful 5-star vessel.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Jeff Bezos has a $75m \u2018support yacht\u2019 that accompanies his $500m \u2018mega yacht\u2019 as a floating garage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kestrel, this is the name of the yacht, is a concept designed by McFarlane Ship Design and an Italian design firm called Bassan & Benedetti<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was unveiled at this year\u2019s Monaco Yacht Show and the idea they\u2019re trying to showcase is really simple, in principle at least.<\/p>\n The goal is to convert utilitarian ships that already exist into gorgeous superyachts.<\/p>\n <\/a>Bassan & Benedetti<\/p>\n This is a win-win because not only does it benefit the environment, it also allows would-be owners to save some cash.<\/p>\n With this glorified \u2018restomod\u2019 style conversion, the original exterior, equipment and engineering would remain.<\/p>\n However, everything else would be revamped.<\/p>\n Including the interior, of course.<\/p>\n <\/a>Bassan & Benedetti<\/p>\n The 262-foot vessel this concept is based on now features a helipad, a swimming pool on the aft deck, a lounge on the upper deck.<\/p>\n And there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n It also has a cinema, a wellness area and accommodation for up to 14 guests and 25 crew.<\/p>\n In addition to all of that, Kestrel also has a massive garage for diving gear, Jet-Skis and other toys.<\/p>\n <\/a>Bassan & Benedetti<\/a>Bassan & Benedetti<\/p>\n According to the designers, Kestrel could reach a cruising speed of 16 knots, which means she\u2019s not only majestic but also fast.<\/p>\n And the cost?<\/p>\n Yachts of this caliber generally cost eight or nine figures, sometimes ten<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, this would be less expensive than that.<\/p>\n The firms behind the project haven\u2019t given exact quotes or figures, but the conversion would cost a lot less than building a new ship from scratch.<\/p>\n The post New 262-foot superyacht concept is converted from an expedition vessel to an incredible 5-star experience<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Believe it or not, this amazing superyacht started out in life as a rugged, no-nonsense explorer. Today, she\u2019s a beautiful 5-star vessel. READ MORE: Jeff Bezos has a $75m \u2018support yacht\u2019 that accompanies his $500m \u2018mega yacht\u2019 as a floating garage Kestrel, this is the name of the yacht, is a concept designed by McFarlane …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":43743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}