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First look: New designs from KM yachts

• Toby Hodges
• November 27, 2023

KM Yachts has been busily launching many new boats, including it's smallest and largest yachts to date in terms of overall volume

Dutch aluminium specialists KM Yachts continues to respond to a high demand in bespoke alloy and explorer-type yacht builds. It has a handful of projects in build alongside the OC 188 , spanning from its smallest and largest (volume) designs to date, and has launched as many more this season.

Its new baby, the Bestevaer 36 , is an intriguing and appealing design making its world debut this autumn, and we’re looking forward to sailing it for European Yacht of the Year trials.

It is designed by and built for the father of the Bestevaer series, Gerard Dijkstra, to explore the more shoal draught waters of his local cruising grounds, and to sail in and dry out on the wetlands thanks to a swing keel and rudder.

Despite retaining many of the Bestevaer range’s practicable features on a smaller scale, one of the most impressive attributes of KM’s latest model is that it also champions the yard’s push towards a circular boatbuilding economy. Aluminium is well known to be a wonder material in sustainability terms, with around 75% of all aluminium produced since 1854 still in use today – and over 60% of the 36 is made from recycled aluminium. It also uses sustainable woods, eco-resins, an antifouling film coating, recycled polyester sails and renewable energy sources including hydro, solar and wind.

The 36 has spawned a larger version in the custom Bestevaer 41, which is currently in build for owners who needed a little more space. That yacht, Josephine 2, will also have the ability to dry out easily.

The bulk of KM’s Bestevaer fleet lies more in the mid-50ft area, where it has a couple of new additions. The Bestevaer 56 launched earlier this summer for owners who were looking for a classically styled yacht with timber clad decks and a white painted hull and carbon mast.

It features a ballasted centreboard, electrically controllable transom flap and hybrid propulsion. Christened Panta Rhei it has a teak-finished interior conceived largely by the owners and is Caribbean bound.

Similarly, a new Bestevaer 54 in build for German owners will sport a ballasted centreboard and a modern look. It will also feature a deckhouse with deck saloon as opposed to pilothouse for enjoying the seated views.

A similar sized model from KM’s Van de Stadt-designed Stadtship range is also in the shed at Makkum, a project based on KM owner Eeuwe Kooi’s own Stadtship 56 Oester. The Dutch owner is looking to dry out with the yacht, hence it features a fully retractable lift keel and rudders which give the yacht a shallow draught of less than 1m.

Meanwhile work continues on the second 77ft Pelagic , a sistership to Vinson of Antarctica , which launched two years ago. Following the success of the Tony Castro design, the project team commissioned a second almost identical model to explore the northern hemisphere while Vinson sails in the south.

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Postcards from Gulag

Photographs from the remnants of the gulag archipelago, watchtower, perm-36, perm krai.

Perm-36 is allegedly the only Gulag camp that has been turned into a museum. While this is not strictly true (there are other former camps that have been partly preserved) and Perm-36 is heavily reconstructed, the museum has conserved an important part of the Soviet camp system, especially from its latter era after the death of Stalin. Perm-36 camp operated from the 1940s until the last days of the Soviet Union, and it was meant mainly for the political prisoners and dissidents. Among the dense forests of Russia near the Ural mountains stands a solitary watchtower of the former camp. Behind it, inside the zona , one finds relics of the barracks, but somehow the tower itself, a symbol as poignant as barbed wire, communicates the utter isolation of Gulag victims.

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• Length Over All 15.97m
• Draught 0.85m
• Displacement 18T light ship approx.

A simple shape and a sharp bow. Beautiful lines. But still, a yacht that is extremely comfortable under all weather conditions. Apart from its singular design, the Bestevaer 53 M/Y offers a phenomenal boating experience and is ideal for exploring coasts, rivers, lakes, and cities in all weather conditions.

Specifications

• Naval Architect Dykstra Naval Architects
• Underwater Body Design Studio Delta
• Category CE-A
• Length Water Line 15.61m
• Height Above DWL 3.40m (3.60m w/ antenna mast)
• Material Aluminium
• Engine 2x Yanmar 110 hp
• Cabins 2x double (sleeps 4)
• Bathrooms 2x incl. toilet and shower
• Diesel 2x 1000L (aluminium)
• Fresh Water 750 L
• Waste Water 310 L
• Range 1450 NM
• Cruise Speed 8 - 12,5 kts standard

Special Features

‘The go-anywhere yacht for Go-anywhere people.’

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With close to a hundred yachts in our portfolio, chances are you can find your next yacht, or at least inspiration for your new build here.

• All types Allures Altena Axonite Bestevaer Classic Bestevaer Custom Bestevaer M/Y Bestevaer Pure Bestevaer Semi-Custom Bestewind Custom 1/1 German Frers Hoek Motoryacht Ovni Stadtship
• All designers Brinksma Marine Dick Koopmans jr. Dykstra Naval Architects German Frers Harry Miesbauer Hoek Design Mortain & Mavrikios Owen Clarke Design Satellite Yacht Design Tony Castro Design Van de Stadt
• All length ranges > 100 30-49 feet 50-59 feet 60-79 feet 80-100 feet
• All materials Aluminium Aluminium/Sealium Composite GRP Steel Wood
• All keeltypes Fixed Lifting keel Variable
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Bestevaer 42

• Designer: Dykstra Naval Architects
• Length: t.b.a.
• Width: 4,13 meters
• Depth: 0,75 - 2,95 meters

2017 Aluminium Buster XXL

• Designer: t.b.a.
• Width: t.b.a.
• Depth: t.b.a.

Bestevaer 63 M/Y

• Length: 20,50 meters
• Width: 5,93 meters
• Depth: 1,16 meters
• Designer: Owen Clarke Design
• Length: 18,34 meters
• Width: 5,40 meters
• Depth: 1,40 - 3,82 meters

Bestevaer 53 ‘Tethys’

• Length: 16,25 meters
• Width: 4,57 meters
• Depth: 1,70 - 3,50 meters

Bestevaer 53 ‘Surminski’

• Width: 4,56 meters

Bestevaer 41 Josephine II

• Length: 13,64 meters

Dykstra 53 Greyhound

Pelagic 77 ‘amundsen’.

• Designer: Tony Castro Design
• Length: 23,52 meters
• Width: 6,31 meters
• Depth: 2,15 - 4,30 meters

Bestevaer 53 Xaos

Bestevaer 53 my still.

• Length: 15,97 meters
• Width: 4,97 meters
• Depth: 1,00 meters

Bestevaer 53 M/Y #3

• Depth: 0,85 meters

Bestevaer 54 ‘MicMac’ (prev. Canada)

• Length: 16,85 meters
• Width: 4,59 meters
• Depth: 1,85 - 3,75 meters

Custom MY River Tender

• Designer: Harry Miesbauer
• Length: 11,54 meters
• Width: 3,64 meters
• Depth: 0,69 meters

Bestevaer 36 ‘BV3’

• Length: 10,95 meters
• Width: 3,80 meters
• Depth: 0,70 - 2,40 meters

Bestevaer 62 Luskentyre

• Length: 19,80 meters
• Width: 5,15 meters
• Depth: 2,10 - 3,80 meters

Ovni 400 A Plus

• Designer: Mortain & Mavrikios
• Length: 12,95 meters
• Width: 4,36 meters
• Depth: 0,98 meters

Bestevaer 56 Panta Rhei

• Length: 17,27 meters
• Width: 4,98 meters
• Depth: 1,90-4,20 meters

Pelagic 77 Vinson of Antarctica

Bestevaer 45 lionne.

• Length: 14,25 meters
• Width: 4,05 meters
• Depth: 1,30-2,95 meters

Hull 51 Alice

• Length: 16,59 meters
• Width: 4,27 meters
• Depth: 2,25 meters

Bestevaer 72 Symbiose

• Length: 22,26 meters
• Width: 5,81 meters
• Depth: 2,30-4,30 meters

Bestevaer 53 M/Y Bryndis

Bestevaer 45 lene, centre of excellence.

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