PANACHE
PANACHE is a 46m Feadship built in 1982 and extensively refitted through 2026, with continuous technical and cosmetic upgrades over the last six years. Steel-hulled and maintained to Lloyd's class, the 426GT yacht accommodates 11 guests in six staterooms — including a full-beam Owner's Stateroom on the main deck — with the option to convert the gym into a seventh stateroom with limited work. Modern features include a guest elevator, hot tub and gym.
A Closer Look
Design and construction
PANACHE features naval architecture by De Voogt and exterior design by Arthur de Fever. She is built on a displacement steel hull with an aluminium superstructure and teak decks, maintained to Lloyd's Register class, and measures 426 GT.
Refit and condition
PANACHE has benefited from continuous technical and cosmetic upgrades over recent years, carried through 2026. The result is a classic yacht presented in excellent, turnkey order, offering a Buyer the character and pedigree of a 1982 Feadship without a programme of works to complete.
Accommodation
PANACHE accommodates 11 guests in six staterooms, including a full-beam Owner's Stateroom on the main deck. The interior follows a soft nautical theme, with warm wood finishes set against blue and white soft furnishings, and a main saloon that combines a comfortable lounge area with a formal dining space. A guest elevator serves the decks, and the gym can be converted into a seventh stateroom with minimal modification. She is operated by a crew of up to ten.
Exterior and amenities
The skylounge opens onto a generous bridge deck arranged for entertaining, with a hot tub, full-service bar, sunpads and multiple seating areas. Onboard wellness is served by the hot tub and a dedicated gym.
Performance
Powered by twin Caterpillar diesels, PANACHE cruises at 12 knots with a maximum speed of 14 knots, with a range suited to extended passages. Her displacement steel hull delivers a comfortable, sea-kindly motion.
Specifications
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Built by Feadship
THE DUTCH ALLIANCE
Six yards, one name, and more than 75 years of building nothing but custom yachts.
In 1949 the De Vries and Van Lent yards sat down with four other Dutch shipbuilders at café De Roode Leeuw in Amsterdam and agreed to sell to America under a single banner: the First Export Association of Dutch Shipbuilders. Naval architect Henri W. de Voogt joined soon after. The acronym stuck. The ambition was plain from the start, to put Dutch craftsmanship in front of American owners under one name, and in 1956 Malcolm Forbes signed for the 29.80-metre The Highlander.
Today Feadship comes down to three family names with deep roots: Royal Van Lent (1849), Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw (1906) and De Voogt Naval Architects (1913). Every yacht starts from a blank sheet. That freedom shows in the milestones. In 2012 there was the 78.20-metre Venus, styled by Philippe Starck and the world's first mastless motor yacht. In 2015 came two at once: the 83.50-metre Savannah, the first hybrid motor yacht, and the 101.50-metre Symphony, the yard's first over 100 metres. In 2025 the 118.80-metre Breakthrough became the world's first hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht and the largest motor yacht ever launched in the Netherlands.
The yards build at Aalsmeer, Makkum, Kaag Island and Amsterdam, and the fleet now numbers more than 500. Since 2013 Feadships over 30 years old have had their own club, the Heritage Fleet. Panache, delivered in 1982, is old enough to qualify.
Designed by Arthur DeFever & Helena Moore Yacht Design
Exterior Design
THE EARLY EIGHTIES
A cluster of yachts from the early 1980s carries his name. Panache is one of them.
Arthur DeFever's name runs through a group of yachts from the early 1980s. For Picchiotti he designed the 40.78-metre Aetea (1981), where he also handled the naval architecture, and the 46.3-metre Golden Compass (1982). He was both designer and naval architect of the 27.43-metre Kamahele, built by St. Augustine Trawlers in 1983. A 2019 BOAT sale report describes a Feadship from the same years, then named Strangelove, as built to his design. She has also sailed as Paris, Paminusch and Nostalgia. Today she is Panache, a 46-metre Feadship from 1982 with exterior lines by Arthur DeFever and interiors by Helena Moore Yacht Design.
Interior Design
ONE CREDIT
An interior studio with a single verified credit: Panache.
Helena Moore Yacht Design has one yacht on BOAT International's record, and that yacht is Panache. Fraser credits the studio with her interiors. Panache is a 46-metre Feadship, built in 1982 and refitted through 2026, with exterior lines by Arthur DeFever.
