Interior Refit

[torchie30]

Can anyone please advise for a 23 meter yacht interior refit
I am looking to have a complete professional interior built for my Steel classic ketch with the aim of being able to charter her once the work is complete so the finish is critical.
I am looking for advice /recommendations of anyone who could complete this sort of work at a reasonable cost. She will be seaworthy so can be taken abroad if necessary so if anyone knows an excellent yard/person please let me have some details.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Hello, - how long is a piece of string? Custom interiors don't come cheap and 23 metres is a lot of boat. There are yards in the UK who will do the job, but it will cost you! Try Babcock or Pendennis for serious big boat work. Foxes on the East coast, or Nicholsons etc etc.

Turkey used to have a reputation for doing good work at a reasonable cost, but others might be more up to date.

You will need a complete design specification and you will need an extensive list of the exact fittings, quality etc etc. Refitting a 23 metre yacht is not for the faint hearted - especially if you want to go up market in the chartering world. A good job is going to be in the £100k's no matter where you go - for a complete refit on 23 metres... possibly several hundred k's for the high end charter world.

 

[RobBrown]

Berthon at Lymington should have the facilities & skills but I doubt they would be cheap either!

 

[SvenH]

This may be an interesting path to study: Here in Holland a lot of old ships are used for chartering. These range from 15 meters/12 persons to 50m+/80 persons, some more than 100 years old.

Because of new regulations ALL of them had/have to be gutted and refitted. That means that a lot of practical experience is floating around. If you can find a way to access that it may be worth your while.

 

[simon barefoot]

Pendennis. Only because a friends yacht is moored on the same pontoon as they use for yachts that are awaiting delivery etc. Up close their work is amazing, but to be fair I havent seen other yards work to make a comparison.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Pendennis are good, but you may prefer Falmouth Yacht Services.

They are the refit division of Rustler Yachts and do excellent work. They did the boat that Griff Rhys Jones has bought, Argyll.

 

[npf1]

Southampton Yacht Services also.

I would have thought a full interior refit with assoicated equipment is likley to be the bulk of the cost in a new yacht, so to get a boat of that size professional fitted out is probably going to cost well into six figures.

I know of a refit of an 18m vessel that cost around £500k over a decade ago, but that did also include all machinery, deck gear etc.

 

[Wansworth]

At 23 metres it might pay to employ a project manager to start before you even actually start,if you see what I mean.