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Chantiers de Normandie 

 Coolest yachts on the market under €1 million

A rundown of the coolest superyachts on the market for less than €1,000,000.

The 10 coolest yachts on the market for less than €1M

The classic 25.48-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5195" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Chantiers de Normandie (Company)">Chantiers de Normandie</a> motor yacht <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/shootin-the-breeze/for-sale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">Shootin' The Breeze is for sale</a>. The <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/motor/for-sale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">motor yacht for sale</a> was launched in 1965. She features exterior design from the British team at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/192" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Camper & Nicholsons Shipyard (Company)">Camper &amp; Nicholsons Shipyard</a>, while her interiors come from the boards of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1876" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="C.Raymond Hunt Associates (Company)">C.Raymond Hunt Associates</a>.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248063/image/large-2732e07f69b45e439b3479838c312735.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248063">The classic yacht has a 73 GT of interior volume and has the exterior style of a true gentleman's yacht. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/8134" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Shootin' The Breeze 25.48m (83'7&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1965">Shootin' The Breeze</a> has a comfortable and homely main saloon, with wooden panelling and a large L-shaped sofa. The galley is situated on the main deck amidships.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248053/image/large-c1423cbec85480214882975dec9f9f5d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248053"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248049/image/large-90f35c5eb0d1b24313de3e08adc69901.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248049"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248040/image/large-2613c4b5b7bf2a0a50b76f7052867559.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248040">The <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/for-sale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">yacht for sale</a> can accommodate as many as seven guests between four staterooms, as well as a crew of three between two cabins. The staterooms are homely and comfortable and situated on the lower deck. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248028/image/large-5b64ce42f95e7f9c4c134ef0df90324c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248028"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248027/image/large-03239dbbf9c865d5838edbd49790fcc8.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248027">The yacht has a number of on deck spaces for entertaining guests. The yacht has a spacious upper deck with wrap-around sofas and a coffee table, as well as a dining table situated on the aft deck. The yacht's foredeck is home to a large sunpad. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248045/image/large-a5367824d7b9325870ee34eb39e80ab7.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248045"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248069/image/large-b55f1c833c0f0fe08e817341ff0c6c90.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248069"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248070/image/large-efd3d679955150f6fb5e2f3b4e96e72f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248070"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/8134" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Shootin' The Breeze 25.48m (83'7&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1965">Shootin' The Breeze</a> is powered by twin <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1441" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="MAN (Company)">MAN</a> engines to a top speed of 20 knots and a cruising speed of 17 knots.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/248066/image/large-ed097d7ff83660d540000b88f60a9c23.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/248066">

Shootin' The Breeze motor yacht for sale

The 24m Chantiers de Normandie motor yacht Shootin' The Breeze is for sale. 

Classic 24m Shootin' The Breeze motor yacht for sale

When the 23.91-metre 1935 classic ketch sailing yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> berthed in <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1857" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Porto Montenegro (Company)">Porto Montenegro</a> some 10 years ago, her fate was pretty unknown. The famed trophy winner was falling into disrepair; she was riddled with worms and leaking badly. Even in such a derelict condition, she was pulling heartstrings. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/175118/image/large-8b1573b603a3e12ed6131a284eab06eb.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/175118">While her owner had enjoyed a long relationship with <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a>, the work to keep her afloat was too costly so her restoration ground to a halt. She was put on the market around the same time as Edward Daniell, an avid sailor and Service Contractor at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1857" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Porto Montenegro (Company)">Porto Montenegro</a>, sadly lost his partner last year. The couple was besotted by the elegant French lady, so “the timing was too much of a coincidence,” Daniell said.&nbsp;“Purchasing <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> meant I had an elderly mistress that took my time and money; I think my late wife was instrumental in organising this for me,” Daniell said. “Although she disliked boats and was scared of drowning, she always liked <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a>. The timing of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> coming on the market was her way of making sure that I was well looked after and had something to do.” <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/175121/image/large-0b497cf69dc49f744e27ae24dd710d56.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/175121"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> was built by Mr. F. Rey of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5195" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Chantiers de Normandie (Company)">Chantiers Navals de Normandie</a>, in Fècamp, during the interwar period to a design drawn up by Mr François Camatte. Her owner requested a Bermudian ketch that handled well and that could outpace fellow sailing yachts at regattas. When she first hit the water in June of 1935 she was around a metre and a half shorter than she is today (22.3-metres with a 16.4m LOA).&nbsp;She was constructed primarily out of oak and furnished with Oregon pine for the deck planks. Moulmein teak was laid for the fittings, hatches and gunwale. Her large 235 square-metre Bermudian sail plan was crafted by Eugène Ma riole from La Havre, and fashioned with an additional triangle sail that was to be set up when sailing downwind. She was state-of-the-art and equipped with electric lights and a 50-horsepower Renault diesel engine.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/175119/image/large-fc640035de82cfd2d1fbf91cc43fec34.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/175119">On 29th June 1935, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> embarked on her maiden voyage from Fècamp to Cannes via Gibraltar, with her owner and family onboard. Unlike the dream voyage that was envisioned, the journey was treacherous and very nearly perilous. Dire weather conditions persisted and it took 574 hours of navigation to complete the route, 320 hours of which were under sail and the remaining 253 under motor. Even without the weather abating they arrived safely, if not soundly, after travelling a total of 2,619 nautical miles.&nbsp;Little is known about <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> after this frightful passage; but the fact that she has fallen into the hands of Edward Daniell is proof that she’s been well-loved over the years. She also survived WW2 and Nazi occupation – a war which saw many pleasure vessels commission for the effort.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/175120/image/large-467802a25ae642ada8c1661bf455f23f.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/175120">Daniell is restoring <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> back to her former glory, making great use of the astounding talent who worked at the Arsenal Shipyard before it became <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1857" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Porto Montenegro (Company)">Porto Montenegro</a>. “When she was lifted we discovered that she was riddled with worms – and these weren't your ordinary worms, they were the size of earthworms! They had destroyed parts of the rudder, which was fortunate as they hadn’t made it to the main hull,” Daniell said. Even these destroyed sections of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> have been given a new lease of life and odd sections have been turned into jewellery.The future of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> is the classic regatta circuit, where Daniell will showcase the fruits of his labour and the value of classic restoration; even a yacht in as much disrepair as <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10419" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="L'Odyssée23.91m (78'5&quot;)Chantiers de Normandie 1935">L'Odyssée</a> can be salvaged and loved once again. &nbsp;This article was originally published in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/superyacht-times-issue-42" target="_blank">Issue 42 of SuperYacht Times newspaper.</a>&nbsp;To read more stories like this one and to never again miss another issue of the SuperYacht Times newspaper,&nbsp;<a href="https://shop.superyachttimes.com/report/the-superyacht-times-subscription" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>.

History of the 24m sailing yacht L'Odyssée

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