Research Question About Sailing Superyachts for a Novel

Nomidacus

New member
Joined
26 Jan 2023
Messages
2
Visit site
Hello.
I am new to this forum.
I am writing to request help doing research for a murder mystery novel that occurs on a large sailing superyacht.
I am hoping that someone might be willing to look at the EOS sailing yacht, and the new Koru sailing yacht by Bezos, and give me some sense of what the interior might look like.
I understand this is a speculative question.
I do not want to violate anyone's privacy, in terms of NDAs, etc. In particular, I was informed that some yacht owners are very secretive about the interiors of their yachts, perhaps for security reasons, and I would want to respect this.
I have sailed on small boats but never been on a superyacht.
I am not asking for a prediction of stylistic or decorative preferences, but in a broader sense, there are crew quarters presumably in the bottom or lower in vessel. There is a state room, some VIP guest rooms, some standard guest rooms. There is a galley, fridges freezers, etc. A living room or kitchen for crew. Presumably jacuzzis, a small pool, and large common areas. A massage area, a gym, some kind of office, etc. I need to have some sense of layout, ideally using the Bezos boat as blueprint, suppose some billionaire 10 years from now builds a slightly bigger version of Bezos' boat? In terms of connecting hallways, stairways that adjoin. And also determining what doors that open to boat exterior might do or contain.
Can someone who knows yachts, sailing super yachts especially, maybe look at these two yachts, and give me some informed speculation?
Has anyone been on a superyacht? What kinds of luxuries have you observed above and beyond the obvious, that are cool and impressive, and would not occur to a person who has not been there?
I want to write a fight scene that occurs atop a mast, one that is not preposterously unrealistic, and might also ask questions about this.
Finally, could one hide something in one of the radomes on a mast?
Thank you to anyone who can help.
 

LittleSister

Well-known member
Joined
12 Nov 2007
Messages
18,650
Location
Me Norfolk/Suffolk border - Boat Deben & Southwold
Visit site
I want to write a fight scene that occurs atop a mast, one that is not preposterously unrealistic. . .

My experience is at the very far end of the yacht size/glamour spectrum from super yachts, but I would imagine the idea of a serious fight at the top of a mast is off to a shaky start if you are after realism.
 

ridgy

Well-known member
Joined
26 Jan 2003
Messages
1,441
Location
North West
Visit site
My experience is at the very far end of the yacht size/glamour spectrum from super yachts, but I would imagine the idea of a serious fight at the top of a mast is off to a shaky start if you are after realism.
I don't know, I was once on a Farr 65 that blew a halyard sheeve at the masthead. Seemed to be a 2 man job to replace it and some of the language coming down as the hungover skipper and mate baked up there in the Carribean sun had us wondering who might throw the first punch.
 

IanCC

Active member
Joined
14 Oct 2019
Messages
569
Visit site
A friend worked on a superyacht in Israel. The owners lived aboard. My friend in nearly 12 months had no contact with the owners at all, never even saw them.
 

Sandy

Well-known member
Joined
31 Aug 2011
Messages
21,782
Location
On the Celtic Fringe
duckduckgo.com
Finally, could one hide something in one of the radomes on a mast?
Would hiding in a radome be survivable? Given the guidelines that even small radars come with stating that they can cause damage and knowing that you are not allowed anywhere near a big radar when it is on as there is a risk of death by being cooked from the inside you might want to do some research on this.
 
Last edited:

Laser310

Well-known member
Joined
15 Sep 2014
Messages
1,382
Visit site
Superyachts ocasionally have an empty radome...

The reason is that they want the boat to be symmetric, so if the radome is not on the centerline, but is on one side of the boat, there will nearly always be a matching one on the other side, whether it is needed or not.
 

KompetentKrew

Well-known member
Joined
27 May 2018
Messages
2,439
Visit site
Top