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By Jenna Mehdi 25 Feb 2021
It would be no understatement to describe Blue II, the latest 56m luxury explorer yacht launched by Turquoise Yachts, as ‘against-the-grain’. Blue II was recently shot off the coast of Capri, where she flaunted her unique exterior to talented yacht photographer Guillaume Plisson. We took a closer look with a word from the designer, Andre Hoek, to better understand the philosophy behind her ‘modern-classic’ design.
With an ice-class hull, IMO Tier III-compliant propulsion and an impressive interior volume, Blue II would - on paper at least - seem to treasure form over function. One look at her distinctive blue and white exterior, which conjures up images of classic steam ships from a bygone era, proves this is not the case. As designer Andre Hoek put it best, ‘
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