Simply Abu Dhabi XXII

1 8 6 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I living spaces – including an open air cinema, a glass-screened winter garden for indoor-outdoor dining, a sea level beach club and a full spa area with gym. Silver Fast brings this dream to thrilling reality. She is the world’s largest and fastest aluminium motor yacht with conventional propulsion in terms of length-to-speed ratio. She is also the fastest long range cruising yacht – 4,500 nautical miles at 18 knots and 6,000 nautical miles at 14 knots with an already proven capability to accomplish long passages at ease, taking into account the full range of sea conditions. Completed in 2015 by SILVERYACHTS and conceived by Espen Øino, Silver Fast is the fourth and most advanced yacht in the acclaimed Silver Series. Øino is a visionary designer and naval architect in the superyacht industry and the right man to have at the helm when creating a ground- breaking yacht of this magnitude. AWorld Superyacht Awards 2016 finalist, Silver Fast was recently showcased at the Palm Beach International Boat Show and is available for purchase through Burgess – the world’s preeminent marine broker. With more than a billion euros worth of superyacht sales per year for the last two consecutive years, Burgess is the global superyacht industry leader specialising in the sale, purchase, new construction, charter, management and insurance of luxury yachts over 30 metres. Commenting on the sheer visual impact of the sleek and dramatic metallic silver giant, Burgess Chief Executive Jonathan Beckett says, “Silver Fast is undoubtedly a statement yacht. She showcases the pinnacle of the award- winning design credentials and performance capabilities of the Silver Series which have proved to be a winning combination. The yacht’s ability to cruise long distances at high speeds with relatively low fuel consumption make her a unique proposition in the market.” Burgess was founded in 1975 by lauded sailor and worldwide single-handed ocean racer Nigel Burgess. From the first office based in London, the company has expanded to 12 locations around the globe, includingMonaco, Moscow, New York and Los Angeles. To celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary last year, Burgess Asia was launched, a full service superyacht operation based in Singapore and Hong Kong. The upper sector of the superyacht market is healthy and thriving, resulting in an astounding level of global success for Burgess, which has been involved in some of the largest and most significant yacht builds and sales transactions in recent years including technical consultation and project management of the world’s