Another superyacht ordered from Brodosplit shipyard
The Croatian shipyard Brodosplit boasts a long tradition in the military and commercial sectors but a rather troubled recent history, to say the least. A string of recent orders should, however, allow it to see some light and guarantee, at least, several years of construction. It was just announced that […]
The Croatian shipyard Brodosplit boasts a long tradition in the military and commercial sectors but a rather troubled recent history, to say the least. A string of recent orders should, however, allow it to see some light and guarantee, at least, several years of work.
It was just announced that two vessels over 100 meters in length will be built in Split. The first is a 110-meter cruise ship for Arctic seas, capable of accommodating up to 152 guests plus a hundred crew members. The second is a 125-meter sailing yacht commissioned by a private individual, capable of accommodating "only" twelve guests, evidently very pampered considering they will be served by a crew of fifty.
According to information provided by the shipyard, this yacht, to be completed in three years, will be the largest ever built by Brodosplit and the third largest sailing yacht in the world after Nobiskrug's "A" (147 meters) and Oceanco's 127-meter "Y721," due for delivery this year. The combined value of the two new orders is over 200 million euros.
Brodosplit is no stranger to the pleasure boating industry, having delivered three megayachts ranging from 47 to 60 meters, all motorized, between 2012 and 2017. It has also previously exhibited at the Monaco Yacht Show, where it presented the 60-meter "Katina" in 2015. Among Brodosplit's most beautiful creations is the 162-meter sailing vessel "Golden Horizon," a five-masted vessel with 36 cross-rigged sails for a total sail area of 6.347 square meters. The largest mast is 63 meters tall and weighs 24 tons, but there's more.
According to the local newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija, Brodosplit has just signed a third contract, for the construction of a series of coastal patrol boats for a foreign client. The contract involves ten 43-meter vessels, to be delivered within five years.
The shipyard is owned by the Zagreb-based Div Group, a conglomerate active in industrial plant construction, including offshore, civil and construction engineering, and renewable energy. With orders and workload secured, Brodosplit's next challenge will be profitability, a factor that has often been lacking throughout its glorious yet often troubled history.
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