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THE AMBROSIA SEQUENCE Taiwanese-born tycoon Ambrose Young owns Hong Kong’s largest superyacht, the Benetti-built Ambrosia. It’s the third in an ambitious series, and a fourth is now on the cards.

COURTESY BENETTI

STORY RYAN SWIFT

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n first meeting, Ambrose Young comes across as a genial man, seemingly free from concern. He laughs with a wheezing cackle. He is also extremely low-profile. Little is known about his company, Young Brothers Holdings, and there appears to be no photos of Young online. Yet, for years, he has been the owner of the largest resident superyacht in Hong Kong, the 65-metre Ambrosia. Wedged next to Lady Candy, another Benetti superyacht, which is owned by Hong Kong businessman Alan Chuang, Ambrosia is so big that it barely fits into a berth at its usual location at the Hong Kong Gold Coast Yacht and Country Club in Tuen Mun. Looking at it from the club, it almost seems so wide as to be pushing its dockside neighbours away. Young likes to joke that a special dredging operation had to be conducted just so he could fit his superyacht into its berth. At the moment, a low tide prevents Ambrosia from leaving the marina. On board, Young points to a special high-power line that he paid for to have installed at the marina, just to service the electronic systems aboard his yacht.

Grand gestures and big toys are calling cards for Young. Normal superyachts carry the logo of the yard on the side of the superstructure; Ambrosia (the third in a series with that name by Benetti) instead has Young’s own personal coat of arms. A single angler’s chair is perched at the back. Young isn’t into fishing so much as taking in the view when the yacht is at sea. Young, who was born in Taipei, spent time in the Taiwanese navy as an officer in the early 1960s, before leaving in 1963. A portrait of himself as a young naval officer hangs in his private study aboard Ambrosia. But it would not be the shipping business in which Young made his fortune. In the 1960s, Young started working in the aviation business, ultimately becoming the Asia representative for aircraft makers in Europe and the US. During that time, British airlines began to sell their propeller airplanes and replace them with jet aircraft. Young found himself selling off propeller aircraft to new airlines in Asia. Acting as the sole representative for companies such as Boeing is no longer possible, Young says. “It’s all G2G [governmentto-government] now,” he says, calling himself a “strategic adviser” with a laugh. Young retains an intense interest in aviation. Young Brothers Aviation, which is owned by Young Brothers Holdings, owns a flight school in Australia and a substantial stake in TAG Aviation Holding, which in turn owns TAG Aviation, one of the world’s biggest corporate jet service providers and the owner of Farnborough Airport in England. Here, business travellers to the UK can avoid the congestion of London Heathrow Airport. According to Young, it is the largest private jet airport in the world. He notes proudly that the facility even has its own hotel.

“WITH A BIG YACHT ON THE HIGH SEAS, I HAVE THE SKY AND WATER TOGETHER, JUST SITTING HERE. YOU HAVE NATURAL MEDITATION” — Ambrose Young

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PHOTOGRAPHY GARETH GAY (01&02)

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Through his part interest in TAG Aviation Holding, Young is a business associate of Mansour Ojjeh, who, incidentally, launched his own superyacht, the 72-metre Kogo built by Alstom, in 2006 – the same year that Ambrosia was launched.

A LANDMARK DEAL

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By the 1980s, Young was well-known enough to be approached for a deal on a superyacht. He ultimately wound up declining to purchase a 100-foot Azimut yacht. But in the process, he met Paolo Vitelli, now chairman of the world’s biggest yacht builder, the Azimut-Benetti Group, which owns Benetti, a legendary superyacht yard. At the time, Vitelli was trying to rebuild Benetti, which had been bankrupted in the early 1980s by its efforts to build what was then the world’s biggest superyacht – the 86-metre Nabila. That yacht, launched in 1980, was built for Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. According to superyacht designer Donald Starkey, quoted in a 2010 article in Superyacht World, “The interior and the exterior [of Nabila] were responsible for opening the eyes of potential owners, showing them what was possible when money was no real object.” But Benetti was left with some of the costs for the yacht. Young decided to go into business with Vitelli, taking a 25 per cent stake in the new Azimut-Benetti Group, after Vitelli acquired Benetti. “Vitelli was in trouble; I saved his life,” says Young with a laugh. Young ordered the first new steel-hulled superyacht, a 40-metre, which came out of the Benetti yard. But

01 Ambrose Young, onboard Ambrosia in Hong Kong 02 Ambrose Young's personal coat of arms aboard Ambrosia 03 The main saloon, designed by François Zuretti 04 The deluxe tender, backed by a workhorse deployed from the other side 05 Art Deco styling in the main lobby

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Vitelli found another buyer, so Young let that one go and instead purchased a 45-metre – the first Ambrosia. Young got François Zuretti, who got his start by designing Middle Eastern palaces in late-’70s (and later worked on one of the king of Morocco’s palaces), to design that yacht. By then, superyachts had become popular among wealthy Arabs, who cruised the Mediterranean. After selling his first yacht, Young recruited Zuretti for his second Ambrosia, and then his third. Young sold his share of the Azimut-Benetti Group to Vitelli in the 2000s. According to Young, Azimut-Benetti was revitalised as a result of his input. “Without me, there wouldn’t be Azimut-Benetti today. I told him [Vitelli] how to change the way of marketing, how to shake up their marketing department,” says Young. He adds that he never acts as a broker for Benetti, but the possibility of ordering a fifth superyacht from Benetti is exciting. “Imagine – five in a row! It’s not small, it’s historical; it’s a big marketing tool. Besides, everyone in the yacht industry knows my name!”

PALACE ON THE SEAS

Young seems to regard Ambrosia as more than a home away from home, intimating that he prefers being on board to being on land. He has cruised around Southeast Asia and Europe extensively. “Hong Kong has a lot of rich guys, but they have small ones [superyachts], including Li Ka-shing,” Young says. “They are only in the yacht for the weekend. I use the yacht as a relaxation place. With a big yacht on the high seas, I have the sky and water together, just sitting here. You have natural meditation; you need that peace,” says Young. The vast interior of Ambrosia by Zuretti feels like a palace, and a very personal one at that. The main deck lounge features a piano bar that borders onto the main dining area. The dining room has photos of Young at black-tie events with US Republican luminaries including Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush. Sliding glass doors separate the dining room from the saloon, which is etched with designs of the Copernican universe. Further forward is Young’s private office space and then his master bedroom. What makes the interior of a superyacht special is the use of rare materials. Zuretti started developing an Art Deco style in the first Ambrosia, using cherry wood, teak, ash wood and burl. Other materials include goatskin, parchment, mother-of-pearl, galuchat (sharkskin), bamboo, buffalo hide, granite, onyx, marble, and gold and silver leaf. The main lobby features a grand staircase connecting six decks, from the crew mess and engineering areas at the lowest deck, to the sky lounge at the upper deck. A large piece of panel art depicts classic sailing vessels from the European Age of Exploration.

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THE CEILING [OF THE STARGATE ROOM] USES HUNDREDS OF FIBRE OPTICS TO RECREATE THE STARS OF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES 06

The upper deck is home to the one-of-a-kind Stargate Room, which bears the imprint of Young’s obsession with aeronautics. A circular dining room faces a deck looking back over the sea. The ceiling uses hundreds of fibre optics to recreate the stars of the northern and southern hemispheres, with a panel driven by electric motors and linked to the yacht’s GPS systems to move it in relation to Ambrosia’s position in the ocean. The floor features a bas-relief of the moon’s surface made out of glass. On the walls are photos of astronauts. On a shelf next to a table is a gold model of a Chinook helicopter. Young’s love of engineering reflects his lifetime dealing in aviation. His yacht was one of the first (alongside the Kogo) to feature Azipod propellers. Most boats feature a shaft and a propeller to enable their forward thrust. Azipods, which in 2006 were a very new

06 The Stargate Room on the upper aft deck

technology for superyachts, are self-contained pods with propellers driven by electric motors. The pods can swivel around 360 degrees, which means there’s no need for a rudder. It is also a more fuel-efficient means of propulsion over longer distances.

SUPERYACHT PIONEER

Young is quick to take credit for developments in the Asia superyacht scene, in part due to his willingness to pioneer the ownership of such a large boat. But further changes are afoot. Taiwan is starting to emerge as a yachting hub. Six marinas have been built by the government and locals have begun buying yachts – one billionaire recently purchased a 45-metre sailing yacht, due to be delivered this year, says Julian Jesson, Taiwan manager for Simpson Marine.

Hong Kong’s wealthy are also in on the superyacht act – but while Taiwan has been making life easier for yacht owners, in Hong Kong, it’s getting more difficult. Young notes that the local Marine Department has now made it impossible for foreign-registered yachts (such as Ambrosia) to sail around in Hong Kong waters, unless it’s to a shipyard for maintenance. Perhaps it is for this reason that on the same day that Young meets with a representative from Benetti to go over the layout for the fourth Ambrosia, he lays out his plans for a two-year world tour. Young will travel from Hong Kong to his old cruising grounds in the Mediterranean, and then wants to cross the Atlantic and enter the Caribbean, passing Panama to cruise the South Pacific. Perhaps by the time Young gets back to Hong Kong, the next Ambrosia will be ready.

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‫آفاق بحرية‬ ‫‪(FB 801) VICA‬‬

‫‪ BENETTI‬تكشف أسرار أحدث يخوتها‬ ‫كشفت‬

‫ً‬ ‫أخيرا معلومات عن ثالثة من أحدث يخوتها هي كالتالي‪:‬‬ ‫‪Benetti‬‬

‫ً‬ ‫مترا هو أول يخت تصنعه ‪ Benetti‬بتكنولوجيا هجينة‪ .‬البدن من األلياف الزجاجية‬ ‫‪ :(FB 801) VICA‬يخت آلي طوله ‪50‬‬ ‫والبنية الفوقية من األلمنيوم‪ .‬يتس��م بالمرونة كي يحقق طلبات الزبون‪ .‬إنه مركب مناس��ب للبحر المتوس��ط ويضم‬ ‫مساحات خارجية واسعة ومتون كبيرة وطبقة شمسية الفتة للنظر‪ .‬وهو يخت شبه معدوم الضجيج واالرتجاجات وذلك‬ ‫بفضل الربط المرن الخاص بين المحركات والجوار‪.‬‬ ‫األقس��ام الخارجي��ة تض��م نوافذ كبيرة مرتفعة وثالثة ألواح قابلة للس��حب وهذه ميزة خاصة ل��ه‪ .‬اللوح األول في‬ ‫المؤخرة لرفع المركب وإطالقه‪ .‬والثاني عند منصة السباحة‪ .‬والثالث على الطبقة السفلية وتمكن اللوبي – المساحة‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫السلم القابل للطي الذي ينزل إلى المياه مخصص للمالك وحده‪.‬‬ ‫مفتوحا‪ .‬كما أن‬ ‫المغلقة عادة – أن يصبح‬ ‫يضم اليخت أربع كبائن للضيوف على الطبقة السفلية‪ .‬جناح المالك في مقدمة الطبقة الرئيسية‪ .‬وهناك كابينة‬ ‫إضافية على الطبقة العلوية‪ .‬أفراد الطاقم ال� ‪ 12‬خصص لهم ‪ 6‬كبائن على الطبقة السفلية‪ .‬األقسام الداخلية تعطي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫بسلمه الحديدي‪ .‬خشب الكرز مستخدم في سائر األرجاء مع الساتان وخشب الورد‪.‬‬ ‫منزليا باستثناء البهو‬ ‫إحساسا‬ ‫‪ ç‬هذا اليخت رفع مرساته في ‪ Livorno‬منتصف آذار‪/‬مارس الماضي‪.‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مت��را ومصنوع من الفوالذ واأللمنيوم بمواصفات‬ ‫مت��را وعرض��ه ‪11‬‬ ‫‪ :(FB 264) Home on the Water‬طول��ه ‪63,5‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫بدءا من التصميمم الداخلي‪ .‬وباس��تثناء‬ ‫منزال في البحر‬ ‫خاصة بالكامل ولالس��تخدام الش��خصي‪ .‬وقد صمم ليكون‬ ‫الصالون على الطبقة الرئيسية ليس هناك من مساحات مشتركة واسعة‪ ،‬إذ أن الباقي مساحات صغيرة دافئة‪ .‬وقد‬

‫‪(FB 264) Home on the Water‬‬

‫جرى استخدام المواد الراقية في صنعه‪ .‬وهناك العديد من الطبقات المعدنية‪ ،‬واألدراج الزجاجية الشفافة والعناصر‬ ‫األخرى التي تتطلب مهارات عالية‪.‬‬ ‫‪(FB 267) Surpina‬‬

‫‪ ç‬هذا اليخت أطلق من ‪.Livorno‬‬ ‫مت��را وعرض��ه ‪ 10,8‬أمت��ار ويحم��ل ّ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫طل��ة آس��رة‪ .‬األقس��ام الخارجية هي ثم��رة طلبات‬ ‫‪ :(FB 267) Surpina‬طول��ه ‪46‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫وخالفا لغالبية يخوت الشركة من هذا الحجم فإن المساحات الخارجية على الطبقتين الرئيسية والعلوية ليست‬ ‫المالك‪.‬‬ ‫مكش��وفة‪ .‬فهي مغطاة بنوافذ زجاجية كبيرة تخفي مس��احة الجلوس على الطبقة الرئيس��ية ومركز التمارين الرياضية‬ ‫على الطبقة العلوية المالصق لجناح المالك‪ .‬األقسام الداخلية إيطالية كالسيكية‪ .‬ويضم اليخت سبع كبائن للضيوف‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫جميال مع السجاد األبيض والرخام‪ .‬ومن بين‬ ‫تناقضا‬ ‫إضافة إلى جناح المالك‪ .‬الجو الداخلي دافئ واألخشاب تشكل‬ ‫المواد المستخدمة أخشاب الماهوغاني والدردار والجوز والورد‪ .‬ومن العالمات الفارقة لليخت مفروشاته التي طلبها‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مختلفا يؤكد مهارة الحرفيين اإليطاليين‪.‬‬ ‫تاريخا‬ ‫المالك والتي تملك كل قطعة منها‬ ‫‪The World of Yachts & Boats‬‬

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TASARIM BAŞYAPITI ILLUSION V

enetti ekibi ile birlikte çalışmış yetenekli tasarımcı ikilisi Green and Mingarelli’nin eseri olan dış tasarım ve mobilyalar, tasarım başyapıtı olarak tarif ediliyor. Illusion V, kesinlikle Benetti tersanesinden bugüne kadar çıkmış olan en etkileyici yatlardan biri.

eyir esnasında ve demirde gürültü ve titreşim

güvertede ikiz karamaya dönüştürülebilir bir sinema odasına

seviyesinde rekor kıran düşük seviyeleri ve özgün

yer verilmiş. Konuklar rıhtımdan yata girdiklerinde bar, “U”

ve kişiselleştirilmiş dekoru ile mümkün olan maksimum

şeklinde kanepe, geniş kahve sehpası ve rahat koltukları ile

rahatlığı yaratmak için tasarlanmış Illusion V, her bakımdan

geniş arka havuzlukla karşılaşıyorlar. Kanepenin arkasında

son derece zarif bir yat. Yat sahiplerinin isteği üzerine

ise aşağıdaki yüzme platformuna bakan konuk görüş alanı

tasarım ekibi, mürettebatın yaşam ve çalışma alanlarının

bulunuyor. Konuklar için ana salonda bir başka oturma ve

rahatlığına ekstra özen göstermişler.

yemek bölümü tasarlanmış. Tam boy pencereler sayesinde

Yerleşim planı ana güvertede başta master süit, sinema

dışarıdaki nefes kesen manzaralar yatın içine doluyor.

odası ve eşlerin her biri için ayrı banyoya imkan sağlıyor. Alt

Oturma alanı, tüm ailenin eğlencesine adanmış. Üç geniş

güvertede ise beş adet misafir kamarası bulunuyor. Ayrıca üst

kanepe açılır-kapanır 75" ekranlı televizyonu izleyebilecek

Bu büyük genişlikteki salon; misafirlere, muhteşem manzaraların yanı sıra, tam donanımlı bar, üç derin kanepe ve altı kişilik gündelik yemekler için kullanılabilecek bir yemek masası sunuyor.

58m Illusion V, saç gövde- üst yapı alüminyum 4 güverteli motor yat Benetti’nin Livorno’daki tersanesinde yapılmış. Dış ve iç tasarım Green & Mingarelli’ye ait.

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Yatın ortasında bulunan master süit, neredeyse on metre olan yatın genişliğinden tam olarak yararlanıyor. Yatın yanına paralel olarak yerleştirilmiş muhteşem banyo, dikdörtgen pencereleri ile paha biçilmez bir görünüm sunuyor.

Master süitin bir diğer ayırt edici özelliği ise seyirde ve demirde gürültü seviyesinin düşüklüğü. Yatın tamamında ses ve titreşim seviyesinin mümkün olan en düşük seviyede tutulması yat sahibinin özel isteğiymiş. Üst güverte ve güneşlenme bölgeleri hem özel hem de resmi organizasyonların yapılabileceği şekilde kurgulanmış. Üst güverte; on dört kişiye kadar yemek sunabilmenin yanında, tam donanımlı bir bar ve teknenin arka ucuna doğru rahatça uzanan özel olarak tasarlanmış derin ve geniş kanepelere sahip. Bitişiğindeki salon ise muazzam bir alan olarak karşımıza çıkıyor. Bu büyük genişlikteki salon; misafirlere, muhteşem manzaraların yanı sıra, tam donanımlı bar, üç derin kanepe ve altı kişilik gündelik yemekler için kullanılabilecek bir yemek masası sunuyor. Buranın ilerisindeki özel kapı; şef hostesin ikiz kabini, tekne ofisi, kaptan köşkü, tam entegre köprü ve izleme sistemleri, ve kaptan kabinine açılıyor. Kaptan köşkünün ilerisinde bir açık hava misafir alanı bulunuyor. Bu alanın başlıca tasarlanma amacı, misafirlerin “L” şeklindeki Banyo ve duşlar baştanbaşa oniks mermerle kaplanmış. Süitin tamamı büyük gövde pencerelerinden muhteşem bir manzaraya sahip.

kanepelerde

rahatça

oturarak

manzarayı

keyifle

seyredebilmeleri. Bunun yanında bu alan, çocukların ebeveynlerinden uzakta oynamaları için ideal olmakla birlikte, misafirler buradan iki kat aşağıya kayarak

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şekilde yerleştirilmiş. Ayrıca, Illusion V’in iç ve dış mekânlarının en son teknoloji

denize girebilecekleri şişme kaydırağı kullanabiliyorlar.

ses sistemleri, uydu TV ve film seçenekleri ile donatılmasına özen gösterilmiş.

Güneş güvertesi bu büyüklükteki yatlarda bulunabilecek

Bu sistemler, aynı zamanda aydınlatma, perde ve gölgelikleri kontrol eden en son

en etkileyici güvertelerden biri. Burada yer alan çakıl

teknoloji olan iPad dokunmatik teknolojisi ile kontrol ediliyor. Alt güvertede ise, arka

taşı kaplı etkileyici yüzme havuzu, şezlonglarla çevrilmiş

iç ve dış konuk alanlarında aynı yüksek standartlarda donatılmış olan bar ile harika

ve aşağıdaki kilere direk geçişi bulunan tam donanımlı

bir plaj alanı bulunuyor. “Beach club” özel alanı yan gövde kapıdan başlayan tender

bir bar, barbekü ile birlikte rahatça uzanabileceğiniz ve

garajı ve su sporları donanımlarına kolay bir erişim sunuyor. İlerleyince dört misafir

yemek yiyebileceğiniz alçak ve büyük bir alan bulunuyor.

kamarası ve mürettebat alanına direk erişimi sağlayan gizli bir kapı bulunuyor.

Bütün bu bölge rüzgârdan etkilenmemesi için camdan

Ana mürettebat merdiveni alt çamaşırhaneden güneşlenme güvertesine kadar

yelkesenler ile perdelenmiş.

tüm güvertelere kolay erişimi sağlarken mahremiyeti ve mürettebatın verimliliğini

Illusion V, 15 deniz mili bölgelerindeki seyir hızı ve 16

arttırmak üzere tasarlanmış. Ayrıca malzeme taşımak için ana güverteden alt

deniz milini aşan maksimum hızıyla seyir halinde son

güverteye mürettebat servis asansörü bulunuyor. Illusion V’in ana antresinde üç

derece dengeli ve nazik bir motor yat. Teknenin gücü,

güverteyi bağlayan görkemli bir merdiven bulunuyor. Burada konuklar için büyük

çift CAT 3512C ana makina tarafından sağlanmaktadır.

bir makyaj odası ve günlük banyo düşünülmüş. Ayrıca büyük şarap mahzeni ve

Her biri 200kw olan çift CAT C9 jeneratörler, en son

tütünlük de unutulmamış.

katalitik egzost filtreleri sayesinde çevreyi kirletmeden

Master kabine ana antreden ulaşılıyor. Tam genişlikte bir kabin olan master

çalışmakla birlikte, 82 kw gücünde bir CAT C4.4 üçüncü

kabinde sinema salonu, yatak ve 75" televizyon ile, eşlerin ayrı soyunma odaları ve

jeneratör olarak bulunmaktadır. Illusion V, eşssiz gürültü

ayrı banyoları bulunuyor. Banyo ve duşlar baştanbaşa oniks mermerle kaplanmış.

ve titreşim sistemleriyle birlikte sıfır hız sabitlemesine

Süitin tamamı büyük gövde pencerelerinden muhteşem bir manzaraya sahip.

sahip. (www.ginogroup.com)

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