Anodyne Yacht News & Events

Anodyne yacht interior rendering

original

small

medium

large

extra_large

Anodyne yacht court document

Anodyne yacht hull and superstructure

Anodyne yacht exterior rendering

Anodyne

It has been 12 months since we first introduced the complete rebuild project that is currently ongoing at the Derecktor shipyard in South Florida and how Anodyne is being transformed from a scrap-worthy vessel to one of the most meticulously built yachts in her class. The work on the 110-foot motor yacht has progressed in leaps and bounds since then, and her experienced build team have kept the project on track and ready for launch in the summer of 2018. We caught up with her captain, Parker Stockdale, to find out what the latest in the Anodyne story is.

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165303/image/large-4d6d8e040bb316dff4a714c7e3989fa9.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165303">

While the hull of the project has been under cover at the Derecktor shipyard since 2015 – where it has been extended to its current 110 feet and completely transformed from its previous state – the superstructure is being built offsite by Southern Yacht Industries. Stockdale reports that the main deck structure is nearly complete with about 60% of the upper deck structure ready. While this work continues, blasting, painting and insulating of the lower deck compartments are underway to get these areas ready for interior installation at a later stage.

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165304/image/large-1e98a7a485436fe34e1f37b9a0eced4e.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165304">

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165305/image/large-5e8a85ad2360a1ccb46c65f9a78cffb7.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165305">

The next few months will see the completion of the pipework construction (in stainless steel and copper nickel) along with the installation of the full complement of onboard cabling. Local paint specialists Virgin Yacht will be in charge of the paint applications which is expected to start in the next two months. Anodyne will also be fitted with two custom tenders with construction on these to begin imminently. 

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165306/image/large-015af10c2dff87e272f2c0a2e14e843d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165306">

The interior design by Lisa Pirofsky is completed and carpentry work will begin this summer. The exterior design of the project is the work of Overing Yacht Design, who is also behing the naval architecture, structural design, and engineering of the project. Anodyne is built on Overing's 'fast displacement' hull form.

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165307/image/large-7335c1d1d5d7acb69d156244141640a1.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165307">

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165308/image/large-e3448c1cedded9e5c191d586a9d3519d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165308">

On the technical front, every step of the design and construction process is being studied and documented by Captain Stockdale in association with Lloyds Register. Anodyne’s hull and machinery is expected to be awarded a Maltese Cross certification by the classification society. Heinen &amp; Hopman has taken over the management and installation of the HVAC and ventilation systems while Ultra Fog will make sure that Anodyne is equipped with some of the best hi-fog systems.

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165309/image/large-e2aaf136464243dc90a1b14d43094320.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165309">

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165310/image/large-49cad9e5c89931925804c830ad59b0af.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165310">

To streamline the process and make sure everything is running according to plan, the build team has erected a state-of-the-art office onsite at Derecktor and can be seen as proof of the good working relationship between the project and shipyard teams. “Our collaboration with Derecktor remains strong and healthy,” comments Captain Stockdale. “They have been excellent to work with.”

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/165311/image/large-5e460ac970a9a1663a12ef7b2161638b.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/165311">

Build update: motor yacht Anodyne takes shape

<div class="ii gt m1539dd898cbdb5aa adP adO" id=":1bs" style="font-size: 12.8px; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">
	<div class="a3s" id=":1bv" style="overflow: hidden;">
		<div dir="ltr">
			The U.S. shipyard Derecktor is a family-owned business, originally founded by Robert E. (Bob) Derecktor in 1947 and today run by his son, Paul Derecktor.  A self-taught boat builder, his journey into shipbuilding flourished due to a passion for building boats. As a keen sailor himself, he moved to New York in 1947 after completing his service in the Navy during WWII with one aim in mind: to create unique, seaworthy vessels. 
				 

			In just two short years, Bob had accrued and perfected enough skills, recommendations and perhaps most importantly, the finance, to be able to opFdoroen up his own shipyard. Director of Business Development at Derecktor, James Brewer, elaborates on the origins of the yard: “Over the next 30-odd years he built a succession of successful wooden sailing and motor-yachts, and then started building some commercial boats as well. This experience culminated in 2010 with the delivery of Cakewalk which, at 281’ and 2998 gross tons, is the largest private yacht ever built in the U.S. when measured by volume.” 
				 

			 

			<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/159174/image/large-969920fa6bccbc151ae289575c1a0803.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/159174">

			 

			 
				It seems as though Bob was destined to build boats, and Derecktor as a yard went on to prove itself instrumental in the building of aluminum yachts. Brewer continues, “He pioneered the use of aluminum in boat building in the 50s, and has since become a prolific builder of aluminum vessels; both yachts and commercial boats. The focus has always been on unique and technically challenging boats - we’ve never been a cookie-cutter builder.” 
			 

			Derecktor’s influence progressed with the opening of another yard in Fort Lauderdale in 1964, an expansion which significantly contributed to the development of the marine industry in the region. 
				 

			<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/159175/image/large-c46644afbc3de3cf1e951ce66e90dc68.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/159175">

			 
			 

			The shipyard in Florida is where the main bulk of Derecktor’s long list of refit projects are completed, and is a part of the business that developed slowly over time. Instead of making an initial heavy investment in the machinery, personnel and skills required to run a successful refit yard, Bob Derecktor decided to simply add to it year by year. “The Florida yard was developed a little bit differently,” explains Brewer. “This yard was built out of cash flow rather than out of a significant, initial investment. Obviously Bob bought the land and put the buildings up and put the lift system in, but the rest of it was developed over the course of the next 15 years.”
			 

			Success continued at Derecktor, and, the consequence of continued success? The eventual need for that substantial investment in expansion that Derecktor had, to this point, managed to bypass. For Derecktor, this meant the investment in a brand new mobile lift which would enable them to service an increased number of yachts. Brewer says, “With the recession, the smaller boat market pretty much died away and it’s still suffering today. We put in a bigger lift largely because our synchrolift was showing its age and to meet a growing demand."
			 

			“We were either going to have to put a lot of money into old equipment, or invest in a system that would enable us to use the facility to a better advantage. [Now] we can have up to ten large yachts on the land at one time.” Today, the lift is the largest of its kind serving the yacht market in the U.S., proof, perhaps, that the aforementioned slow and steady method really does win the proverbial race. 
			 

			The installation of the lift helped the yard to be able to undertake significant projects such as the refit of the 45 metre Dorothea 3 last year, as well as the extensive refit of Anodyne currently underway in Florida which, currently, barely qualifies as a refit.  Originally constructed by the Brazilian shipyard, Inace, in 2010, she is being rebuilt almost in her entirety. Brewer says, “Anodyne is as close to a new construction project you can get without actually building a hull from scratch. This particular client would like to call it a new construction, essentially. It will pretty much be a ground-up restoration.” 
				 

			 

			<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/159176/image/large-a9fd9ab52763a44264626f50f84bb9a5.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/159176">
			  
			Speaking further of the vast scope of the project which is scheduled to be completed in 2017, we asked whether or not the new Anodyne will bear the Derecktor name. Brewer answers: “We’ve talked about that; it’s a matter of what the regulatory agencies will accept. Certainly we’ve got a lot of involvement in this boat but when you come right down to it, we didn’t lay the keel.” 
			 
			Aside from the quite blatant points of contention in regards to Anodyne’s refit-cum-rebuild, what exactly defines a refit is generally a matter of interpretation. What some may call a refit, others may call a repair, and with many in the industry holding different opinions, there is no clear answer. 
			 

			Derecktor let us know their definition: “What I call a refit and what somebody else calls a refit is subjective. It is very difficult to clarify because what one person determines to be a repair, the other person maybe consider to be betterment. The dividing line is between discretion: do I really need to do this or do I want to do this? And then betterment: am I making the vessel substantially different to what it was before? Am I improving the vessel, am I upgrading the vessel, or am I simply keeping the specification the same and freshening it? Even that is open to interpretation.”

			 
				Though the classification of the work being done at Derecktor blurs the lines, one thing that is crystal clear is the company’s dedication to transparency in all elements of their work - whether that’s refit or new build projects. Derecktor told us that though many refit yards actively take on specific agreements with certain shipyards, they have decided not to. Instead, Derecktor focuses on building good, all-inclusive relationships with builders, which enables them to offer fair, honest work to everyone in the industry. 

			 

			The full interview with Derecktor is featured in the latest issue of The SuperYacht Times newspaper. Subscriptions are available <a href="http://www.superyachtcompany.com/newspaper/the-superyacht-times-subscription" target="_blank">here</a>.
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

Insight: Defining refits with Derecktor

“Build me the finest yacht for her length and tonnage ever created.” These were the words that has lead to the superyacht Anodyne - known before as Boundless - to be rebuilt at the Derecktor shipyard in Florida. We speak with the yacht’s captain and project manager Parker B. Stockdale to find out why her owner decided to set out on such a demanding venture.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158172/image/large-e16a6a652bd4f0b8f55c9746a6cb3bf4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158172">What started out as a non-intensive refit after being purchased by her current owner in March 2014, has now been upgraded to a complete rebuild and extension of Anodyne. Once completed under the Derecktor yacht brand, the once 95-foot yacht (originally constructed at Brazilian shipyard Inace in 2010) will measure 110 feet in length and feature an entirely new exterior design and interior arrangement and decoration.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158173/image/large-6d0fb118526eae413e3f8c4d93f0517a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158173">Parker notes that the decision to embark on such an intensive project was made soon into the original upgrade of the vessel. “As the layers were peeled back we found gross neglect which appeared to date as far back as the build of the project. There were immense structural defects, extraordinarily dangerous electrical arrangements, along with a seemingly endless list of extremely sub-standard ship building practices.” Retaining not more than 50% of the original shell plating as a base for the new yacht, it s not such a stretch to view Anodyne as a complete new build project in its own right.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158174/image/large-cd7ca2de13877367ed436db9dd524f90.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158174">Most parties would see this as more than enough cause to pull the plug on the project and be better off scrapping the yacht. However, the owner saw this as an opportunity to breathe new life into a vessel that would seem, was never meant to leave the harbour. “Instead of walking away from the project, the owner finds his enjoyment and satisfaction in taking something that was so poorly created and giving it a new lease on life,” comments her captain. It would seem then that her new owner and Anodyne were meant to be; a man who enjoys the process of such a rebuild project as much as the pleasures that come with the vessel’s use.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158175/image/large-2cb29e6f1e186ffded0b5e97eced5a32.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158175">Overing Yacht Design has been drafted to handle the project’s exterior design and naval architecture, with Lisa Pirofsky Designs responsible for creating Anodyne’s new interior. “The owner is very involved with the project down to the finest details,” says Stockdale. “He has worked very closely with me and the design team in choosing the finest materials, equipment, systems, and software for the vessel. The vessel is being built well above Lloyds Register standards for Special Service Craft as well as flag state standards.”<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158176/image/large-d0ece1fddec4c2102b585b30371c620f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158176">Some of these “above standard” features will include exceptionally low noise and vibration levels, an internal structure constructed using 316 grade stainless steel, as well as the first aviation grade glass bridge ever built in the U.S, supplied by CG Telemar. “Every detail is being scrutinised and heavily engineered, all the way down to the bilge pump float switches,” confirms Stockdale.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158177/image/large-9460f7d9d16b74f02ea1bb50f62e4374.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158177">And it seems that conducting the rebuild project in Fort Lauderdale had no alternative, with the owner strongly believing in the local skills and craftsmanship available here. “We are big supporters of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, and it means a great deal to the owner to build a vessel as specialised as this here, instead of Europe or elsewhere.”<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/158178/image/large-9a6b9fb728622712a0f6a323992d55f2.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/158178">Once the project is completed in the winter of 2017, her owner intends to work with various non-profit orginisations like the Seakeeper’s Association to assist with ocean research and other environmental initiatives. In addition to this, the yacht will also be available for select chartering if not used by her owner during the planned world travels.By Charl van Rooy

Covered: The rebuild of motor yacht Anodyne in Florida