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CARINTHIA VII Yacht – Epic $180M Superyacht

The 97m yacht has a value of $180 million with an exterior design by Tim Heywood.

Tim Heywood and Ellehorst Kreuter designed the interior.

Lurssen, the prestigious luxury yacht builder, delivered the completed CARINTHIA VII in 2002 from their Bremen-based shipyard in Germany.

CARINTHIA VII yacht interior

The interior of the CARINTHIA VII yacht was designed by  Tim Heywood Design  and Ellehorst Kreuter in 2002. She has accommodation for 14 guests in 8 suites comprising one VIP cabin, and two twin/double cabins.

She is capable of carrying 37 crew members for a luxury guest experience. Not much is known about the interior of the CARINTHIA VII, except for her accommodations and that she has a beach club, amongst other luxury amenities.

She has features like an on-deck jacuzzi for guests to relax. The details of the yacht’s interior are very private.

Still, the interior is shown to be elegant and luxurious, with the exterior deck featuring plenty of spaces for sunbathing and al fresco dining. 

Tim Heywood was the designer behind the exterior of CARINTHIA VII, featuring underwater lights and a magnificent blue steel hull called “Carinthia Blue.”

It also featured a white aluminum superstructure. She was built by luxury yacht builders  Lurssen  in Germany at their Bremen shipyard.

The exterior exudes a powerful presence in the water and was delivered in 2002. She was refitted three years later in 2005.

She has a teak deck. Her exterior shows her cutting through the water with a sleek hull and superstructure.

Specifications

The 97m CARINTHIA VII has a beam of 18.8m and a draft of 4.8m. She is powered by her 4 MTU diesel engines, which gives her a maximum speed of 26 knots.

At her cruising speed of 22 knots, she has a range of 5000 nautical miles.

She has a volume of 3643 gross tons. The $180 million superyacht has an annual running cost of $10 – $15 million. She was the 12th largest superyacht in the world.

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10 cool facts about 97m Lürssen superyacht Carinthia VII

When Tim Heywood's preliminary sketches of 114.5-metre Pelorus  were shown to a prospective Lürssen client, the client was taken with the yacht's bold profile and distinctive lines. In 2002, those sketches sprang to life as 97.2 metre Carinthia VII . BOAT rediscovers 10 of the coolest facts about one of his most legendary creations ahead of her debut at this year's Monaco Yacht Show. 

1. She was built for a serial yacht owner

Carinthia VII follows is the last in a long line of yachts named Carinthia, commissioned for department store magnate Helmut Horten and his wife Heidi. The first four yachts in the series were smaller, but the fifth was a 67.85 metre, also built by Lürssen , which was tragically lost at sea during her maiden voyage from Greece. The sixth Carinthia VI had better fortunes — the 70.7 metre was delivered in 1973 and used by Horten until his death, following which she was sold and renamed The One . Carinthia VII is the only yacht in the Carinthia line to be commissioned by Heidi alone.

2. The hull colour inspired the name "Carinthia Blue"

The unique blue hull colour was later marketed as "Carinthia Blue" by manufacturers Awlgrip. The paint colour was a key component of Hewyood's exterior vision, helping to create a powerful silhouette that has the appearance of being unbroken by the black windows.

3. Her interiors are by Ellerhorst and Kreuter

The yacht's interior styling has been seldom seen until now. Austrian studio Ellerhorst and Kreuter helmed the design, and has used a mix of different palettes and themes across her spaces. For example, the dining area is tropical and almost flamboyant, whereas the main saloon is pared-back, with coffee-and-cream tones offset by mint green. The design team had a volume of 3,643 gross tonnes spread over six decks, plus a beam of 16.6 metres to work with. Accommodation is for 14 guests in eight cabins.

4. She marked the fourth-largest yacht sale of 2022

Carinthia VII was sold in September 2022, with the sale announced just days before she was due to make her appearance at the Monaco Yacht Show. Antoine Larricq and Stuart Larsen at Fraser represented the seller, with Ralph de Joode from RYacht Monaco introducing the buyer. She was listed for sale in April and had a last known asking price of €95,000,000. Now under new ownership the yacht has been spotted at Blohm + Voss for refit works.

5. She was the largest yacht designed by Tim Heywood at the time of her delivery

Tim Heywood 's initial designs for Carinthia VII were unique; the yacht had a soaring forebody and a sheerline that sweeps downwards towards the stern. However, those characteristics were initially designed for Pelorus. It was only because Carinthia VII was several metres shorter that she was built first, with Pelorus hitting the water the next year with a few key changes. 

6. She has an enormous onboard spa

The yacht's spa zone has been conceived as a fully-equipped wellness area on the water, with an unfolding sea terrace that allows direct access from the water from the gym area. As well as a spacious sauna, the yacht also has a steam-style shower room and a mosaic-clad plunge pool.

7. Her windows are bulletproof

One of the security features of this yacht is her bulletproof windows. As well as being practical, the windows also let in plenty of light and contribute to an airy feeling throughout the yacht.

8. Her helipad can accommodate a 5-tonne helicopter

The yacht has a number of high-calibre amenities including a touch-and-go helipad on the bow. Other highlights include a sundeck Jacuzzi and numerous dedicated spaces to lounge across her decks.

9. She was Lürssen's second-largest yacht at the time of her delivery

German yacht giant Lürssen now has 25 yachts over 100 metres in its fleet, but at the time of Carinthia VII 's delivery, she was its second-largest build, surpassed only by 139.3m Al Salamah , built in 1999.

10. She is the 66th largest yacht in the world in terms of length

In terms of LOA, Carinthia VII ranks somewhere around 66th place (depending on whether you factor in superyacht vessels). At the time of her delivery, she was around the 20th largest.

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The most eye-catching changes are a 36-foot glass-paneled swimming pool on the main deck aft and a 968-square-foot air-conditioned gym on the bridge deck. That space used six tons of folding glass doors to create a winter garden. It’s complemented by a large cinema screen.

Perhaps the most significant change, though, is the yacht’s conversion from private to commercial use to allow Carinthia VII to enter the charter market. “The deal was made for the boat to come to our facility on a handshake, and then we only had a couple of days to prepare between the handshake and Carinthia VII sailing up to Hamburg,” Thomas Krischkowski, head of refit and repair at Lürssen, told Robb Report .

The list of technical upgrades completed by Lürssen includes a new waterpower treatment, a full sprinkler system, 18.6 miles of cable for a new AV/IT system, new exhaust filters and fully overhauled engines and zero speed stabilizers. The yacht also had to meet new SOLAS stability requirements to be a charter vessel.

In 2002, when the Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten commissioned Project Faberge, as Carinthia VII was originally known, expectations ran high. The yacht paid homage to the fleet of Carinthia s owned and built by her late husband Helmut Horten, three of which were designed by Jon Bannenberg.

As one of only a handful of women to commission one of the largest yachts in the world, Horten called upon one of Bannenberg’s protégés, a young Tim Heywood, to pen the design.

Horten had become an overnight sensation in the art world six years before commissioning the superyacht, after she spent $22 million in a single Sotheby’s auction. Renowned for her keen eye, she ensured Carinthia VII reflected a similar level of artisanal craftsmanship.

The original curved laminated teak planking, forward of the owner’s deck and bridge deck, is described by Fraser broker Antoine X. Larricq, who managed the sale, as “haute-couture detailing.”

Other original features include the thick exterior teak decks and cross-hatched parquet floors, which remain in fantastic condition, largely because Horten only used the yacht for her annual summer cruise.

The new owner, also a keen art collector, had two strict requests for the refit: to seamlessly marry the old with the new, and for the shipyard to complete the work within 300 days, so he could enjoy the winter cruising season. He enlisted Italian studio Bizzozero Cassina Architects to oversee the design.

The studio only had two yacht projects before this. But it had completed residential projects for the owner that brought a similar look to Carinthia VII’s 8,800-square-foot interior, including redoing all eight guest cabins.

The walls are covered in fabrics by Venetian artisans, and the central staircase is decorated with handmade, laser-cut tiles in an ombré-patterned blue that transitions from deep-ocean blue on the lower deck to pale-sky blue on the bridge deck. On each floor, the artwork in the lobby matches the color of the staircase, and classic gold elements have been replaced with a more contemporary silver.

A full exterior paint job updated the hull to Majestic Blue, with the superstructure in Matterhorn White and the external deck walls painted in Shark Grey. Following a few minor tweaks at the shipyard, Carinthia VII will soon cross the Atlantic to make its charter debut in the Caribbean.

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Luxusjacht von heidi goëss-horten steht weiter zum verkauf.

Länge: 97,20 Meter. Breite: 15,95 Meter. Geschwindigkeit: 48 km/h. Sechs Suiten, Dampfbad, Sauna, ein Bentley und ein Hubschrauber machen den Landgang angenehmer – das sind die Eckdaten der Luxusjacht "Carinthia VII", die 2002 erbaut wurde und der am Sonntag verstorbenen Milliardärin Heidi Goëss-Horten gehörte. Wikipedia schätzt die Baukosten auf rund 100 Millionen Euro, Medien berichten über tägliche Betriebskosten von 27.400 Euro.

Ihr Heimathafen ist Port Vauban im südfranzösischen Antibes am Quai de la Grande Plaisance, wo sie seit Herbst 2021 auf einen Käufer wartet. Heidi Goëss-Horten war das Schmuckstück zu einer Last geworden, wie sie schon 2020 in einem Interview mit der Kleinen Zeitung andeutete: "Die Reisen mit meiner Carinthia werden anstrengend. In drei Monaten werde ich 80 Jahre, da will man nicht ständig eine Gruppe von Leuten um sich haben und sich laufend umziehen müssen."

2021 war noch von einem Kaufpreis von 160 Millionen Euro die Rede, mittlerweile gibt's die "Carinthia VII" billiger. Um "nur" 120 Millionen Euro, die – sollte sich ein Käufer finden – in die Verlassenschaft der Milliardärin fließen. Letzter Kapitän des Schiffs war seit 2014 übrigens ein echter Promi-Seebär: Andreas Jungblut hatte zuvor als Kapitän das TV-Traumschiffs "Deutschland" kommandiert. 

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Die Carinthia VII der verstorbenen Kaufhaus-Erbin wird nach einer Generalüberholung zum Chartern angeboten. Der Preis ist nicht für jeden…

Eigentlich hätte die Carinthia VII für 160 Millionen Euro den Besitzer wechseln sollen – zumindest wurde die Luxus-Yacht von Kaufhaus-Erbin Heidi Horten für diesen Preis zum Verkauf angeboten. Tatsächlich wurde das Fünf-Sterne-Schiff dann im letzten Herbst um "nur" 95 Millionen Euro veräußert. Nach einer Generalüberholung kann die Yacht nun (theoretisch) jedermann mieten. "Fraser Yachts" bietet das Horten-Schiff nun potenziell zahlungskräftigen Kunden an – es kostet satte 1,4 Millionen Euro pro Woche (!), das Luxusschiff zu mieten.

"Die Yacht ist nun zum ersten Mal auf dem Chartermarkt verfügbar und bietet anspruchsvollen Reisenden eine wirklich außergewöhnliche Gelegenheit", heißt es seitens des Anbieters. Die Carinthia VII ist 97 Meter lang und wurde 2002 gebaut. Sie bietet Schlafplätze für 12 Passagiere, ist auf eine Crew von 30 Personen ausgelegt und umfasst sechs Decks. Der Fitness-Bereich ist 90 Quadratmeter groß und auf dem Hauptdeck bietet ein 12 Meter langer Swimming-Pool Gelegenheit zum Entspannen.

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Mega-Yacht „ Carinthia VII“ im Hamburger Hafen: 27.000 Euro Kosten – pro Tag

Stand: 11.10.2022, 16:30 Uhr

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Eine neue Mega-Yacht ist seit Montag in den Docks von Blohm+Voss gesehen. Ihre Vorbesitzerin ist schillerhaft – und das Schiff zu haben. Doch das kostet.

Hamburg – Die Mega-Yacht, die seit Montag in den Docks von Blohm+Voss im Hamburger Hafen liegt, ist zur Abwechslung zwar mal keine Oligarchen-Yacht – doch ihre Maße sind kaum weniger beeindruckend: rund 100 Meter lang und etwa 100 Millionen Euro Wert soll das Luxusschiff sein, das auf den Namen „Carinthia VII“ hört. Die letzte Besitzerin war die österreichische Kaufhauserbin, Mäzin und Kunstsammlerin Heidi Horten, die nach dem Tod ihres Mannes, dem deutschen Unternehmer Helmut Horten nach dessen Tod 1987 ein Milliardenvermögen erbte

Sie gehörte danach zu den reichsten Personen Österreichs zählte. Nach ihrem Tod am 12. Juni 2022 steht nun ihre Yacht, die zu den größten Privatyachten der Welt zählt, im Hamburger Hafen.

Megayacht Carinthia VII wurde in Bremen gebaut

Gebaut wurde das Mega-Schiff wie viele andere Luxus-Yachten bei Lürssen in Bremen. An dem Entwurf, das berichtet der Focus in einem Kooperationsbeitrag mit der Hamburger Morgenpost , soll Heidi Horten selbst beteiligt gewesen sein. Auf vier Geschossen ist nicht nur alles vom Feinsten, zur Ausstattung gehört auch ein Hubschrauberlandeplatz am Bug des Schiffes.

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Megayacht im Hamburger Hafen: 27.000 Euro Unterhaltskosten - am Tag

Nach dem Tod Heidi Hortens sucht die „Carinthia VII“ jetzt einen neuen Käufer oder eine neue Käuferin. Ohne das nötige Kleingeld wird es allerdings nicht gehen: Nicht nur etwa 100 Millionen müssen Interessanten für den Kauf auf den Tisch legen. Der Unterhalt des Schiffes wird von Experten auf 27.000 Euro geschätzt – täglich, wie die Hamburger Morgenpost unter Berufung auf Branchenkenner berichtet.

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