By the light of the Moonen

Dutch superyacht builder Moonen Yachts enjoyed an early Christmas celebration with the launch and christening of Cocoon, a 37.8-metre Moonen Martinique, and is now ringing in the new year with Cocoon‘s sea trials. The owners had joined the build team and the yacht’s new crew on a crisp Dutch winter morning at the Moonen shipyard in Den Bosch to see their new creation hit the water, and will now be eagerly anticipating her delivery, which is scheduled for early 2023.

The christening of Cocoon was the opportunity for the owners to inspect the yacht just before completion and delivery. With construction progressing precisely according to plan, the result clearly made an impact as the owner remarked, “The yacht is above my expectations!”

Cocoon began life as the fourth hull built on the award-winning Moonen Martinique semi-custom platform, but following her sale in early 2022 the owners specified several major changes, including adding a 1.5-metre extension to the swim platform that has brought her total length to 37.8 metres. In addition to specifying the remarkable anthracite exterior paint scheme, the owners brought in the design team at Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter to create custom Scandinavian interiors.