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Viareggio is one of the most important center for construction and refit of luxury yacht. During the last years Viareggio docks have been renewed and expanded to offer over 15.000 mt2 mooring for 40 yachts from 20 to 65mt.

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Of all the seaside resorts in tuscany, viareggio is probably one of the finest, the settlement rising on the shore like a palette splashed with the delicate hues of art deco buildings..

Viareggio is one of Italy’s best seaside resorts with charming historical buildings and elegant cafeterias oozing an Art Nouveau charm. It is known for its shipyards, where some of Italy’s best luxury yachts are built, and for the Carnival that attracts crowds of visitors, who arrive here on their luxury charters in Tuscany .

The town is also a magnet for rock climbers, who ascend the Apuan Alps , enjoying a wonderful view of the environs from the summits. Fans of water sports can choose from a variety of options, including parasailing, windsurfing, and water skiing. Visiting Viareggio on a yacht is an intense experience to make in the beautiful frame of the Etruscan shores in Castiglioncello (a cove and excellent dive site), Vada, and the sands of Viareggio that are fit for children.

The rich offer of cultural and artistic attractions includes the home of the composer Giacomo Puccini, the many monuments peppered across the historic center, like the Cathedral of Saint Andrew and Torre Matilde (Viareggio’s oldest building and its symbol); the famous Passeggiata – the walkway bordering the sea for about two kilometers and boasting Art Nouveau buildings, restaurants, cafés, and ateliers.

A luxury charter cruise in Tuscany is perfect to unwind and appreciate a journey that can also include stop-overs in the island of Elba and Porto Santo Stefano and reach the nearby Portofino , in Liguria, to sip an aperitif in the Piazzetta after some shopping at its luxury boutiques .

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POLAR STAR Yacht – Stunning 63.4m Superyacht

The POLAR STAR yacht is a stunning superyacht that was built in 2005 undergoing a major refit in 2016.

She measures 63.4 meters and was built by world-renowned Lurssen while her exquisite design was the work of Monaco’s Espen Oeino.

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The interior of the POLAR STAR yacht has been designed to comfortably accommodate 12 guests spread across 6 different suites all with ensuite bathrooms (4 of which are doubles and 2 which are twins).

In order to cater to the guests, the POLAR STAR yacht has a dedicated crew of 19 including the captain.

Although POLAR STAR is privately owned and a lot of the interior layout is a mystery it is reported that she has an indoor Gym, a cinema, and a massage room.

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With a length of 63.4 meters, POLAR STAR has a beam of 12.8m while her draft is 3.7 meters giving her an impressive 1,495-ton volume.

Two Caterpillar engines power which results in a maximum speed of 15 knots while her comfortable cruising speed is approximately 12 knots.

To fuel her journey she has 215,200 liters of fuel in addition to 25,600 liters of water.

POLAR STAR is comprised of six different levels giving her optimal space throughout.

Capable of navigating across the world she has a swimming platform as well as a spa and a vast selection of water toys.

POLAR STAR has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure providing stability and most importantly safety while exploring even the most remote destinations around the world.

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Polar Star: How a 63m Lürssen explorer yacht was reborn

There’s usually chaos before the calm of a superyacht launch — or relaunch. The planks, tarpaulins, the entrails of electrical systems, dusty contractors wedged under and behind things; no matter how many times you see the endgame of a superyacht project, it seems inconceivable that they’ll pull it off in time.

Polar Star , moored up at MB92 in Barcelona, was a maelstrom of activity in November. Built in 2005 and bought by her current owner in 2007, she had a thorough refit in 2015 and was back at the Spanish yard for some warranty work and edits to the sauna, before heading to the Caribbean.

It is a testament to those behind this extraordinary project that Polar Star met her deadline. But then this is a team adept at recognising the changes that will make the biggest difference using the lightest touch. The total project time was nine months; the interior team FM Architettura d’Interni , which fabricates most of its products from scratch, had just seven.

“Our approach is cosmetic,” says Francesca Muzio, co-founder of the company. “We don’t modify the structure because, if you start with a very intensive, aggressive approach, it costs money and time.” And she should know, having spent 10 years as design director of CRN .

Luckily they had an Espen Øino -designed, well-maintained Lürssen to work with, so there weren’t many worries on the structural side. The biggest edits to the guts of Polar Star were the electrics, electronics, audiovisual, plumbing and exhausts. Changes to the structure were mostly limited to exterior areas. The contemporary layout was fine as it was.

But the country house-style décor needed a total rethink. The guiding principles from Muzio were “cleaner, purer, softer” and — fittingly for an explorer yacht — the owners requested a design that was more in tune with the ocean environment.

The most literal examples of this are the stairwell carpets, designed and made by FM Architettura d’Interni, and rippled and coloured to resemble the Caribbean Sea, and the hand-stitched leather handrails that blend in with the beach club atmosphere on board Polar Star .

But the colour palette throughout Polar Star is a delicate silver grey, with aquamarine and bronze accents. The yellow tone of the varnished oak panelling has been muted and cooled with a bleach wash, while wallpapers by Venetian company Rubelli have a subtle silvery shimmer.

The deeper aim of the revamp was to streamline Polar Star ’s interior, making it more usable and, as Muzio notes, “increasing the perception of the volume”.

The main saloon is a case in point. Heavy floor-length curtains (which also featured on other levels) used to block out the edges of the window frames, even when drawn. These have been replaced with cream blinds that make the most of what the massive windows have to offer. Even when closed for privacy, the blinds’ semi-translucent composition floods the space with light.

Rugs have also gone, revealing new grey parquet that makes the space lighter and seem wider. A large round of squashy taupe sofas to starboard has been replaced with a more structured white version. Pale blue scatter cushions pick up the tone of a spectacular central mosaic designed by FM Architettura d’Interni and built by DG Mosaic, which draws the eye all the more for the simplification of its surroundings.

In front of the seating area is a glamorous cabinet in shagreen with custom-made marble mosaic handles. It stores audiovisual equipment and above it is a 65-inch cinema screen, while to port a secondary seating area has been replaced with a smart bar.

Forward, a seldom-used superyacht office has become a massage room with backlit furniture and a practical vinyl floor. The area has been transformed from one where you could sit or work, to one in which you can lounge, watch a film, socialise at the bar or have a massage.

The owner’s deck saloon has a more glamorous edge, thanks to etched mirror-front cabinets that gleam in daylight or the glow from the marble fireplace. And thought has gone into a few smaller edits.

To aft, for example, the corners of two cabinets blocked the view from seating areas to the windows. These were scooped out to create recessed plinths — spaces for flower arrangements that free up sightlines and maximise light flow.

In the owner's cabin , forward on the same deck, more wardrobe space was needed. “We put this partition wall [behind the bed], pushed the bed forward 60cm, which is nothing, because there was a lot of space in front,” says Muzio. “And we gained all these wardrobes.”

Not a team to miss a decorative opportunity, that partition is covered in leather cut and moulded with a flower motif. They removed a bath to create two equal-sized shower rooms and made a little office to starboard in the cabin.

The main deck guest cabins now have their own decorative leather headboards and muted wallpapers, and while most marble in the en suites has been retained — “it was pointless taking something out that was good,” says Van Wyk — fittings were updated and the only bathroom was made a shower room so that all four cabin facilities matched.

The crew layout on board Polar Star was already voluminous and functional, so the cabins just needed new door panels and curtains. The superyacht wheelhouse had more of a revamp. “All new screens. All the radars have been redone, new gyros, all new controls,” lists Van Wyk.

At the aft end of the bridge deck is a superyacht gym , which got new flooring and a storage rethink. “Before, things were stowed in different areas, it wasn’t built-in and then you’ve got heavy items rolling around. Now it’s really practical and they use it,” says Van Wyk.

Out on the bridge aft deck, the exterior edits begin, as notable for what was preserved as much as for what was changed from Polar Star’s previous incarnation. Replacing the hexagonal superyacht spa pool with a contemporary square allows space for large sunpads either side.

The only obstacles were the round skylights in the deck where these would sit — so they created sunpads with holes in them. They still function as skylights but the cushion holes can also be used as ice bucket holders. “And we made a round cushion that we could put in if they want to close it up,” says Van Wyk. They also added two types of bar — one for chin-ups and one for drinking.

More significantly, Polar Star ’s aft platform was extended to Øino’s design. “It was only 1.1 metre in depth, now it’s 3.3 metres,” says Van Wyk. Øino adds: “It has lots of benefits at a relatively modest cost. Not just space benefits but speed, noise.”

The new sauna is just inside a door from here — the capacity did not change but the original was replaced by a modern version built by Klafs. Forward, up broad central stairs from the platform, the main deck aft used to be primarily for tender storage . Now there is a neat round of seating, with the tenders shielded behind wooden louvres. “So they have a sauna, then they can take an aperitif here,” says Muzio.

But the superyacht sundeck is the most dramatically transformed exterior space. The design team removed the hatch that used to provide access to the deck from the central internal staircase and made the external side staircase the main point of entry.

“My biggest concern was the new hardtop, because it’s about 60 square metres — it’s huge,” says Van Wyk. “It would have been at least 3.6 tonnes with aluminium. It was just impossible, we could not do it. So we could only use carbon fibre. We probably came in at about 1.1 tonnes.”

That was a weight difference small enough to balance out by losing weight elsewhere, for example all the furniture up top is carbon, too.

But it wasn’t just the hardtop — which opens up “like a car roof” to give light when desired. Essentially the whole sundeck was remade because, as Muzio puts it, the owner never went up there.

Forward, beneath the hardtop, is a long bar, fronted with what Muzio calls “bubble glass”, designed by FM Architettura d’Interni and built by the project’s exterior carpenter Vedder, and lit from beneath.

On the other side of this, the area is split between a broad sunpad space for lounging and a seating area with two long tables that can be converted into dining tables.

In terms of Polar Star ’s exterior look, the dark blue hull has been replaced by a muted light brown. “We couldn’t quite find the right brown,” says Muzio, “the ones in the catalogue were too brown or too yellow or too red.” Then they came across a flowerpot that was just the right shade, and they sent it to Pinmar and Awlgrip, who reproduced the colour exactly.

“It’s now called Polar Star brown,” adds Van Wyk. Øino approves of the resulting effect, which draws out his lines. “It is interesting to what extent colours are important,” he says. “From the outside you can’t really see various changes — two metres more on the stern platform or that gazebo structure — when you’re down on the water. The deckhouse is a darker brown, which gives a depth or contrast between the hull and rest of the boat. And the windows in that darker colour disappear a bit.”

So now the yacht is finished, how does the owner feel about her? He initially asked Muzio to pen the interior so he could sell Polar Star complete with redesign drawings. But he liked the ideas so much that he decided to do the refit himself. And he likes the result so much that he’s keeping Polar Star for private use.

“There is no greater feeling than sitting on the refreshed sundeck at night, watching a film by starlight for example, or retiring to the improved owner’s cabin to relax and enjoy a renewed sense of space, peace and the panoramic views,” he says.

It’s certainly a swift change of plans, but it’s hardly a surprise from a superyacht refit project that was all about maximum impact in minimum time.

First published in the March 2017 edition of Boat International

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Shaped with the idea of extended voyages in both northern and southern hemispheres, Polar Star requires fewer stops in ports than comparable vessels. With her ICE class, she can operate in much colder climates than the usual, popular cruising areas and explore the vast reaches of even the poles. Espen Øino International designed the 63-meter yacht along traditional lines, with engineering to exacting technical standards when delivered in 2005. Her original interior design by Pauline Nunns reflected a rustic, country-house style with the ambience of a traditional motor yacht ambience. Large open areas for entertainment and relaxation feature hand-painted murals and antiques. She underwent an extensive interior refit in 2017 to create a more modern, oceanic environment.

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63.4m  /  208' | lurssen | 2005 / 2021.

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The 63.4m/208' expedition yacht 'Polar Star' (ex. Northern Star) was built by Lurssen in Germany at their Rendsburg shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house FM - Architettura di Interni and she was completed in 2005. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Espen Oeino and she was last refitted in 2021.

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Polar Star has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 20 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

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Her features include sauna, elevator, gym, deck jacuzzi, WiFi and air conditioning.

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Polar Star is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel Caterpillar (3512B DITA SWAC) 1,379hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 15 knots with a range of up to 7,000 nautical miles from her 190,000 litre fuel tanks at 12 knots. An advanced stabilisation system on board promises exceptional comfort levels at anchor or on any voyage. Her water tanks store around 39,300 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register ✠100A1 SSC Yacht mono G6 (P) Ice Class 1D @ LMC-UMS classification society rules, and is MCA LY2 Compliant.

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