Owner’s representative Bruno Bouckaert of Innomare, located in The Hague (Holland), reports the completion of superyacht Latitude. The 43.50 metre yacht was built at Acico Yachts (formerly Dutch Yacht Builders) in The Netherlands to a design of Cor D Rover.

The superyacht sports a round-bilge semi-displacement hull designed by Van Oossanen & Associates. This allows for the combination of very economic sailing at displacement speeds between 10 and 15 knots, while her twin MTU 16V2000 M93 engines still have the juice (1790 kW each) to push the boat to 20.7 knots. There is no hump speed - the luxury yacht is equally at ease at all speeds in the range.

A lot of attention has been paid to guest comfort. The noise level recorded in the master cabin at 18 knots is only 55 dB(A). Her Naiad fin stabilizers do an excellent job reducing the roll, both underway and at anchor.

Bruno Bouckaert says, "Although they have been flying under the radar in the yachting media, Dutch Yacht Builders has produced excellent quality for a reasonable price. The yard was recently taken over by one of their clients and is now called Acico Yachts. As M/Y Latitude was their first superyacht built under class and MCA, considerable involvement from our side was needed, but the cooperation went very well, and the yard is rightfully proud of the end result."

After three years of project management covering the entire build period, Innomare was also contracted as technical superintendent by the yacht’s managers. Bruno Bouckaert of Innomare will be at the METS and is available for meetings to discuss M/Y Latitude in more detail.

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Bruno Bouckaert
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