France

Chenus Presles & AssociÃ©s

The 32m CMN-built <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/3550" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Necker Belle32.0m (104'12&quot;)">Necker Belle</a> has been sold as part of an in-house deal with Brokers David Johnson and Tom Houtenbrink of Denison Yacht Sales.<img src="/uploads/store/photo/14151/image/large-34ab41985e177366408187e56609a589.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/14151"> Constructed in Cherbourg, France in 2003, Necker Belle, previously named <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/3550" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Necker Belle32.0m (104'12&quot;)">Lady Barbaretta</a>, was once the largest performance sailing catamaran ever built.&nbsp;In 2009, she underwent refit with Azzura Marine which saw an updated interior and a fourth stateroom added. Her naval architecture and exterior were modernized from her original Chenus Presles &amp; Associates-designed lines while in drydock. <img src="/uploads/store/photo/14153/image/large-4b45c05fe95ac1fb037fda70ee310bc2.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/14153">Necker Belle’s new owners will have the option to host 10 guests across a four cabin layout. In addition to the one master, and one double, the yacht’s two twin cabins each feature a Pullman bed.With twin hulls constructed from GRP and thanks to her twin CAT 425 hp engines, Necker Belle&nbsp;cruises around 10 knots and tops out at 14 knots. &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/14149/image/large-44e163723494353cdf84c1c060e03850.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/14149">In 2017, Sir Richard Branson, the previous owner of Necker Belle, offered the yacht's services as a part of a humanitarian relief campaign after Hurricane Irma ravaged the Caribbean. &nbsp;&nbsp;Currently located in the British Virgin Islands, the catamaran’s asking price at the time of sale was $2,500,000.