Kiss was built at the Kaag facility and was designed by Dubois like the award-winning COMO launched in 2014 and is linked to her in some ways. After a half of year signing the contract of Como, Ed Dubois came with another client to Feadship.
Henk de Vries commented:
“With yachts like Como and Kiss, we are effectively building a sporty type boat around our average size of over 15 years ago, but now with all the know-how and intelligence, Feadship has developed. This facilitates a clever approach to high-end production, one which remains entirely custom while keeping the costs of a Feadship of this size within the bounds of reason.”
“Ed was highly appreciative of the way that the Feadship yards work with outside designers as well as the in-house naval architects at Feadship De Voogt. Even though Como and Kiss have similar looks they are very different yachts. Most if not all yards would have taken a platform approach based on Como’s hull, offering the client a discount for the reduced amount of engineering. That’s not how Feadship does things.”
“The owner of Kiss required a more conventional speed of 16 knots (Como is 19), so she has a different power plant. And while Como is a sports boat with an open top deck, Kiss has a complete master penthouse on the upper deck. This obviously added both volume and weight to the yacht, hence requiring a revised lines plan. Make no mistake, these are two different Feadships.”
The interior (no photos yet) was designed by also UK-based Redman Whitely Dixon design studio. Feadship describes it as a stark, crisp look.
Henk de Vries about the work with RWD:
“They did a fantastic job on Kiss. It is never easy to take over an interior design project once underway and, on behalf of Feadship, I would like to say how impressed we are again with RWD’s work.”
The owner has an own private deck. A feature what is not often used on yachts in the “smaller” 50m class. Kiss accommodates 8 guests in 4 cabins. There are two crew cabins, Captain’s Cabin and Engineer’s Cabin.
Main Specifications of Motor Yacht KISS
| Length over all: | 46.40 m |
| Beam: | 9.00 m |
| Draft: | 2.28 m |
| Exterior Design: | Dubois |
| Interior Design: | Redman Whitely Dixon |
| Naval Architecture: | Dubois |
| Main Engines: | 2x Caterpillar C32 / 895 kW @ 1800 rpm |
| Guests: | VIP stateroom on the main deck and four guest cabins on the lower deck. All of the guest accommodation is ensuite.double owner’s stateroom, up to four additional guests in lower deck cabins. |
| Crew: | Four crew in two crew cabins; two in captain’s cabin, two in engineer’s cabin. Storage rooms, laundry, galley and crew mess on lower deck, twin staff |
| Fuel Capacity | 51.000 l |
SHARING IS CARING - THANK YOU!
About Publisher
Ahoy, I’m René, the “captain” of this luxury yacht blog, and found my passion for the big ones at the age of 17. I have grown up with sailing since a little child. I have an education in Business Informatics and specialized in digital media solutions (alongside luxury yachts) like Online-Marketing, User Experience Design et cetera. My home port is in Oldenburg, Germany next to Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen. More about yachtemoceans