LADY AZUL
LADY AZUL is a 39.4-metre Heesen motor yacht built in 2001 and comprehensively refitted in 2021. Designed by Omega Architects with interiors by Paola D. Smith, she offers long-range cruising capability with a 3,300 nautical mile range at 10 knots. With accommodation for 10 guests in 5 staterooms (3 double, 2 twin) and a crew of 8, she combines proven Heesen engineering with exceptional comfort. Key features include a full-beam owner's stateroom, gym, beach club, and custom netted sea pool. Her steel hull and aluminium superstructure provide a solid platform for extended cruising, while her twin Caterpillar engines deliver a top speed of 14 knots.
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Built by Heesen
THE OSS HARBOUR YARD
From aluminium Striker boats in Oss to an 80-metre all-aluminium flagship.
In 1978 the entrepreneur Frans Heesen took over an existing shipyard in Oss harbour and began producing aluminium Striker boats. A year later the 20-metre Amigo became the first yacht to carry the Heesen name. The international breakthrough came with Octopussy, which reached a record 53.17 knots in 1988. Steel came next. In 1992 the 50-metre Achiever became the first of many steel displacement yachts.
Heesen builds its yachts entirely in-house, in steel and aluminium. A 2008 expansion raised capacity to up to eight yachts a year, and an 85-metre dry dock followed in 2016. Milestones followed: Aurelia (2011), the tenth delivery in the yard's 37-metre class; the 65-metre Galactica Star (2013), its first fast displacement yacht; and Alive (2014), the first yacht in the world to use a Hull Vane.
Frans Heesen stepped back from the company in 2012. In May 2022 ownership moved to an independent foundation, and on 31 August 2023 the yard delivered its flagship, the all-aluminium 80.07-metre Genesis, formerly Project Cosmos, with exterior lines by Winch Design. On 7 April 2025 Heesen announced its full acquisition by Dutch entrepreneur and investor Laurens Last.
Both Heesens on our list date from 2001: the 39.4-metre steel Lady Azul, with exterior by Omega Architects, and the 37.69-metre aluminium Unexpected.
Designed by Omega Architects & Paola D. Smith
Exterior Design
THE HEESEN YEARS
A Dutch studio founded in 1995 with more than 120 yachts to its founder's name. Two of them are Heesens we list.
Frank Laupman founded Omega Architects in 1995. The studio works across yacht design, interiors and architecture from Klepperheide 22 in Druten, the Netherlands. A SuperYacht Times profile, republished on the studio's own site, says he had designed more than 120 yachts. Omega drew the exterior lines of the 65-metre Illusion, delivered in 2013 as Galactica Star, and of the 55-metre Moskito (2021). Two Heesens on our books carry its work. Lady Azul, a 39.4-metre Heesen from 2001, has exterior lines by Omega Architects. Unexpected, a 37.69-metre Heesen Diaship 3700 Explorer delivered in 2001, has interiors by Omega.
Interior Design
A FEADSHIP ERA
Interiors for a run of large motor yachts from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.
Paola D. Smith's credits follow a run of large motor yachts from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Two of them are Feadships: the 53.95-metre Ice Bear (1988), with Associates In Design, and the 42.67-metre Never Enough (1992), with Marybeth Crowley. Another is the 58.5-metre Grace, built by Australian YB in 1991. Lady Azul, a 39.4-metre Heesen from 2001, has interiors by Paola D. Smith.
