After a highly secretive five-year build, Feadship’s newest fleet member is finally out on the seas.
The 248-foot Alvia, previously named Project Hanami after the Japanese cherry blossom festival, was delivered to her owner at the Royal Van Lent shipyard in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 30. The custom superyacht has only broken cover once since her bare hull arrived at the building shed in 2021. (She left the Kaag Island drydock in August 2023 to have her stylized mast fitted to her top deck.)
Project Hanami was sold by the Burgess brokerage team in 2019, with construction beginning shortly after. The Burgess technical services team managed the project from pre-contract specification to launch, collaborating with the owner’s representatives and some of the industry’s best engineers and designers to bring the vessel to fruition.
“We are delighted to have worked with such an experienced and professional owner’s team to help deliver this very special yacht,” Nathan Durley-Boot, marine engineer and project manager at Burgess, said in a statement.
RWD penned Alvia’s elegant exterior, while De Voogt took care of her naval architecture. Made from a combination of steel and aluminum, the vessel showcases a sleek displacement hull, a classic flared bow, and long, sweeping lines. Exterior highlights include a 21-foot pool on the main deck aft and a versatile sports court on the foredeck. In addition, the bridge deck has interactive lighting to brighten up your sky-high soirees, literally.
With a beam of 43 feet, Alvia has an impressive interior volume of 2,265 GT. Designed by RWD and Susan Young Interiors, the spacious living quarters can be navigated by an elevator because who has time for stairs? The owner’s deck features folding balconies that open to create extra alfresco chill spots as needed. Another standout is the lower deck wellness center, which offers a gym, spa, and scenic sea terrace.
Burgess didn’t provide any details regarding propulsion but says Alvia has a transatlantic range of 5,500 nautical miles. As such, the vessel will be able to easily travel between her cruising grounds of the Mediterranean and Caribbean.
She may have taken half a decade, but Alvia was worth the wait.
