Abeking & Rasmussen has launched its latest project, which is also the largest to be built by the German shipyard: the 98-metre MY Aviva. The project took 33 months from contract signing to launch, due to advances in the planning program of the yard, which is a relatively short period for a superyacht of this scale.
This is the fourth vessel in the AVIVA series for the same British owner, and there are clear similarities between the design of the new 98m yacht and the previous 68m version, not least the striking plumb bow and strong but elegant profile.
As with the previous yacht, which was delivered by Abeking & Rasmussen in 2007, the new AVIVA has exterior and interior design courtesy of Reymond Langton Design, alongside Toby Silverton on the exterior. Over the coming months, the outfitting of the yacht will be completed, in time for an expected spring 2017 delivery.