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Quaiat S.r.l.

The Italian Quaiat Shipyard, based in Trieste, is specialized in maintenance services, building and refitting of super yachts. The yard will present the restoration project of the historical motor vessel Ambriabella at this year's Monaco Yacht Show. The vessel has sailed the northern Adriatic Sea for decades after her launching in 1962, together with her twin ship Dionea, which was converted into a superyacht a couple of years ago. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/140073/image/large-37bfe5d45118923d15e050c24ee9d634.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/134326">After going out of serivce, Ambriabella went to Greece, where her current owners found her after 9 years of passionate research, some 40 km from Piraeus. A tugboat brought her back home to Trieste. The ambitious project involves a group of Italian entrepreneurs operating in the industry - who deal with mechanical repair works, restoration of historical objects, naval design and consulting - and includes the total conversion of the vessel in a luxury superyacht to bring Ambriabella back to her former glory, with her one-of-a-kind, exceptionally elegant early-1960s outline, but giving her a contemporary twist. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/140074/image/large-0929cac1125e076574d1b61aa21bc001.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/140074">The new Ambriabella will accommodate up to 12 guests, in six large suites, and 9 crew members. The materials, the design and every single detail of the restoration project reflects the best contemporary Made-in-Italy style. On the technical side of this, there three alternative propulsion types: traditional, diesel electric and hybrid. The complex re-fitting and setting up of this 52 meters will be carried out by Quaiat Yard in Trieste, with the support of a team of renowned architects and designers, allowing the complete re-building of the vessel within two years. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/140075/image/large-8a9f9681b136bf8d6b68977b6a797db4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/140075">The fusion of the hull classical lines and the innovative modern interior design makes this project really unique in its kind, arousing great interest among potential owners looking for a beautiful historical ship to restore, having the chance to give her their personal touch and write her new history in the first person.Quaiat +39 040 83 23 222 <a href="mailto:info@quaiat.it?subject=Ambriabella%20refit%20article%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">info@quaiat.it</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.quaiat.it/">www.quaiat.it</a>

Superyacht conversion project Ambriabella underway in Italy 

Ambriabella, the 51.82 m historical coastal motor vessel from 1962, once abandoned and to be sold as scrap metal, is now ready to be transformed into a luxury superyacht. Ambriabella had a long journey before ending up back in Trieste, her birth place. Originally built by the Felszegi Shipyards in Muggia, Trieste province, she fist took to the water on the 11th of January 1962 with her twin ship Dionea. She served as a vacation ship, carrying passengers in the Gulf of Trieste and helping to encourage tourism in the area. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/134326/image/large-8407e177ac828989532815644d368629.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/134326">Despite being a significant ship for the Gulf of Trieste, she was bought in 1976 by the Greek company Idalium, and she took the name Los and later Los Express. In Greece she served as a passenger ferry carrying passengers around the Grecian isles. Twenty years later, Ambriabella changed hands again, this time to Santorini Express Shipping. There, she was named the Ionian Express, but before long she adopted her original name once more. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/134327/image/large-bf4068cf5d85c4adb6b39ac070fdc108.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/134327">At the coming of the new century, however, Ambriabella disappeared from official routes. Luckily though, around this time a group of Italian entrepreneurs who deal with mechanical reparations and the restoration and naval design and consulting decided to find her and restore her to her former glory. This time however, she was to have a contemporary twist, turning her into a luxury superyacht. After searching for her for nine years, Ambriabella was found in the Sava Shipyards, Greece. Rescued just in time as she was about to be sold by the pound as scrap metal. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/134328/image/large-72421b5ae81f650b73fb3c38e9e21e2a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/134328">So, on the 23rd of September 2009, she finally she began her journey home to the Quaiat shipyard in Trieste by being towed for 700 nautical miles by a towboat. Now, the planners and designers are ready to start working on the total rebuild of the vessel, which will be finished in two years time. The complex works of reconversion and completion will be carried out at Quaiat Yard in Trieste, bringing to the whole surrounding area new opportunities of business. The reconstruction planned for this to-be-superyacht will evolves making accommodation available for 12 guests in six large guestrooms. The accommodation will include an owner’s suite with an “al-fresco” area, a luxurious full beam VIP suite, two VIP cabins and two standard guest cabins. Additional features will include two lounges with a bar and a full beam dining room for guests and plenty of outside deck area for relaxation. The company also offers the possibility of installing a hybrid propulsion system. Quaiat +39 040 83 23 222 <a href="mailto:marino.quaiat@quaiat.it?subject=Ambriabella%20refit%20article%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">marino.quaiat@quaiat.it</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.quaiat.it">www.quaiat.it</a> By Rosie McCall

Ambriabella ready for superyacht conversion

On Saturday the 6th of June 2009, at the presence of local Authorities and illustrious guests, a cocktail took place on the superyacht Anedigmi, moored on the quay of the new Quaiat Yard. The event has been organized for different purposes, the delivery of mega-yacht Anedigmi after a complete refit which lasted over 7 months and the official opening of the New Quaiat Yard. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/128199/image/large-0fb1a56f1597327385cb55b4119ae3db.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/128199">Quaiat Yard is Marino Quaiat’s, a Triestine interpreneur, new business which comes alongside with the consolidated and internationally re-known activity of Marine Workshop. Quaiat Yard is located in a 3000m2 area, together with other 5 companies, all dealing in the marine and naval business. Thanks to Trieste’s Port Authority concession of the State land, the yard can accomodate yachts up to 100 meters on the quay just in front . The quay measures 120 meters in length and 8 in depth whilst the surface measures 2000m2. Quaiat Yard has all types of cranes which can lift loads from 25 to 200 tons and has a dry dock at disposal at a distance of 2km from the yard. Quaiat’s new challenge concentrates on refitting and re building of big and medium size yachts, starting with last year’s works carried out on the 92 meter sailing yacht Eos, built at Lurssen. During the ceremony, as a surprise, Quaiat presented to the present guests and journalists the new Ambriabella project, in which are involved 6 interpreneurs: four from Trieste, one from Novara and one from Livorno. The ambitious team wants to rebuild and transform the historical coastal motor vessel Ambriabella into a luxury mega-yacht. The vessel sailed the Triestine seas for decades, and then disappeared. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/128200/image/large-25af8e6d90faefdf888daa343b44d497.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/128200">The planning of this massive refit is in the hands of a well known ship engineering company in Trieste, specialized in historical crafts. The company is the same that Dubai’s government has recently committed the inspection and project to convert the well known English transatlantic Queen Elizabeth 2 in a static luxury attraction. After a long and intense research, Ambriabella was found, abandoned in a beach face near Pireo, in Greece, where she would have probably been demolished in a short time. The team of well known planners and designers is ready to start working on the total rebuild of the vessel, which will be finished in two years. The complex works of reconversion and completion will be carried out at Quaiat Yard in Trieste, bringing to the whole surrounding area new opportunities of business.Quaiat S.r.l. Gaia Benvenuti +39 040 83 23 222 <a href="mailto:gaia.benvenuti@quaiat.it?subject=Quaiat%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">gaia.benvenuti@quaiat.it</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.quaiat.it">www.quaiat.it</a> By Maarten Janssen