Crew can still empty the pool in three minutes, but there are fewer occasions when they will have to and therefore more times the pool can be used.īut all of this is nothing that guests would ordinarily see. The yard identified the solution as two retractable baffles that create a “gate” in the middle that breaks up the volume of water, so it can’t build up momentum. “And this is, of course, difficult from an engineering side because of the movement of the water – if the ship is rolling it is difficult to keep it in the pool.” The yard ordered extensive model testing at the University of Duisburg-Essen with a 1:10 scale model mounted on a pedestal that moved according to seakeeping analysis of the ship – so simulating real conditions. “I don’t think there is another project with a pool arranged this way,” adds Preuss. The spa is the jewel in Flying Fox’s crown. There’s a wet massage room too, where “we do massages with the rain showers on, so you’re laid on a nice warm water bed, in a full shower”. Just inside from the aft deck is a beauty centre, followed by a dry massage room – “We carry a lot of high-tech electrical equipment so we can do body-shaping and electrical facials, and we use high-quality products by Swiss Perfection and Elemis,” says the therapist. The spa-like feeling is carried through this aft part of the main deck too. When closed, as Preuss puts it, “you can walk over it as if it was not there” open, it connects the lower and main decks in spectacular fashion. Stainless-steel handrails are then erected around the gap on the main deck. Directly above the lower deck spa pool, meanwhile, a three-metre by three-metre section of deckhead slides into a forward pocket to create a two-deck atrium. The lines on this superyacht are inspired by the owner's preference for organic shapes.Īside from the tender garage, this spa and sports space is designed to feel cohesive – you can walk via side decks all the way round from the bathing platform to the fold-down terraces either side of the spa. We can do enriched air nitrox just for recreational diving or trimix as well.” In the boat’s hospital there’s also a “proper” decompression chamber. “We can start you up in the main swimming pool on the aft deck, all the way through to technical rebreather diving here – if we have certified clients on board, we can do expeditions down to 100 metres. “We can cater for anyone who has never dived before,” says the dive instructor. There’s every bit of kit imaginable, from advanced nitrox mixing systems to full face masks and underwater scooters, plus a super-quiet compressor. To port, the counterpart balcony sits between a kite surf store and a dive centre that will make enthusiasts swoon. To starboard off the sea lobby lies a loungey relaxation room with a fold-down balcony. “You need three compressors and three circuits – so you cool down three times three independent systems, working in three steps.” “It is not so easy to come down to that temperature normal air-conditioning cannot do this,” says Florian Preuss, project manager at Lürssen. It is popular with professional athletes to aid muscle regeneration and pain relief. It comprises an antechamber at -60 ̊C, followed by a main chamber at -110 ̊C – you stay in for a maximum of three minutes and emerge with a post-sprint endorphin rush. There’s also the first cryosauna ever installed on a yacht. The scale of Flying Fox is awe-inspiring.
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