World’s Largest Sailing Megayacht Begins Construction in Turkey

Turkey-based megayacht builder, Dream Ship Victory has signed a contract to build a new 141-meter sailing megayacht, destined to become the world’s largest, with the same team that designed the Maltese Falcon.

A construction schedule is slated to begin in May with a 5-year build plan, making for a estimated launch date in mid-2016. Naval architects Dykstra & Partners and Ken Freivokh Design collaborated with DSV’s Valeriy Stepanenko on the Art Deco-inspired all-wood behemoth. The future megayacht owner responsible for the new-build is currently confidential.

With 4 masts, compared to Maltese Falcon’s three, DSV’s sailing yacht will be a sight to behold. The all-wood design will use up a fair number of trees, but DSV promises excellent green credentials through the use of carefully selected tropical woods, a “totally renewable resource”.

If DSV can pull it off it will propel the yard into a new realm; their other yachts, the 65-meter Mikhail Vorontsov, the 55-meter Princess Maria and Imagination (42 meters), are considerably smaller in scale. But then again so is everything compared to this new project.

Source: Business Review Europe