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Super yacht yards are innovating — a lot.

e w f l a g s h i p s . First-of-their-kind features. Largest-ever builds. These descriptors are becoming regulars in conversation about the world’s leading superyacht yards, whose newest hulls are breaking all kinds of boundaries. ¶ Heesen’s 163-foot Project Nova, launched in April and christened Home, is the builder’s first Fast Displacement model with hybrid propulsion. The 125-foot Soprano, also launched in April, is the first Hakvoort to earn a Lloyd’s Register Green Passport. The Ferretti Custom Line 120, scheduled to debut this summer, is the first planing hull by Francesco Paszkowski Design. Riva’s 110, the builder’s new fiberglass flagship, is coming this autumn. ¶ And the list goes on. Feadship’s 316-foot

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