Below are newly released before-and-after photographs of the master cabin aboard the 145-foot Heesen motoryacht At Last, which recently completed an extensive refit at Derecktor Shipyards in Connecticut. As you can clearly see, the work took a yacht that was showing her age and brought her up to contemporary standards, just in time for the winter charter season.
The master cabin, before the upgrade
Master cabin, after upgrade.
Designer Claudette Bonville, who is well known in yachting circles, consulted on the interior refit. It involved gutting large sections of the yacht right back to the original aluminum framing, and then making improvements such as replacing the white laquered walls with anigre, maple, and walnut woodwork.
What were once his-and-her baths in the master stateroom are now a single, large master bath, and the entrance to the master is now through a newly built corridor that allows for more privacy than the previous access point.
The old wheelhouse.
Wheelhouse after upgrade.
In other parts of the yacht, refit work included transforming the onboard gymnasium into a VIP stateroom, adding a bunk-style Pullman berth to one of the guest cabins so that At Last can now take 11 instead of 10 guests, and adding a day head in the sky lounge.
The exterior profile of At Last is also dramatically different, thanks to a complete rebuild of the pilothouse.
At Last is part of the International Yacht Collection charter fleet. Her weekly base rate is $150,000 for charters this winter in the Bahamas and Caribbean.
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