We are delighted to present mega yacht Savarona available for charters in Mediterranean. The mega yacht Savarona staircase is a true work of art. Extending from the shelter deck to the upper deck, it measures 86 m (282ft), and was formed and hand beaten from solid brass. Twenty traditionally trained metal craftsmen recreated the stairway using the few remaining remnants, which exits from the original Savarona balustrade brass work.The M/Y Savarona is the the 4th largest private motor yacht in the world with a length of 446 feet and 17 spacious suites each over 485 ft². Her 47360 ft² of covered and 38 feet of open space, offer a wide and spacious living area and state of the art recreational facilities. The services on board outclass by far those of the finest 5 star hotels and cruise vessels. A large swimming pool, two Jacuzzis, two seperate saunas and steam rooms, a fitness center and a floor heated turkish bath built from 260 tons of carved marble are available for your pleasure. Water sport facilities such as windsurfing, water-skiing, jet-ski, scuba diving and sailing are at your disposal. A movie theatre with an archive of 2500 films and computer games played on the large screen are part of the entertainement on board. Medical unit : for your safety we have a hospital on board.Commissionned by Emily Roebling Cadwalader in 1931 she was the largest yacht built at that time. In 1938 she was sold to the Turkish Government as a state yacht for Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. After his death she became neglected until she was converted into a training ship and renamed GUNES DIL. In 1979 a fire destroyed a large part of her and she was left abandoned. Later she was rescued by Kahrama Sadikoglou and underwent an extensive refit from 1989-1992 to become a luxury charter yacht which she remains operating as today.The Savarona was built for Mrs. Emily Roebling Cadwallader, granddaughter of John Roebling, the engineer who built the Brooklyn Bridge. Mrs. Cadwallader spent part of her considerable fortune building three successively larger yachts, each named Savarona after a long-necked black-feathered African swan. Savarona, the third, cost $4 million to build at the Blohm&Voss shipyards in Hamburg in 1931. The Savarona sailed Atlantic, Mediterranean and South African waters, but Mrs. Cadwallader could not take her to the United States of America because of potentially confiscatory import duties. She decided to sell the yacht, and in 1938, the Savarona was bought for $1 million by the Turkish Government. The chain of events leading to this purchase is amusing. In 1936, King Edward VII visited Istanbul and was the guest of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the than state yacht, the Ertugrul. Soot from the funnel so dirtied His Majesty's white flannels that Atatürk sent Ertugrul to be scrabbed and ordered a search for a new presidential yacht. The Turkish flag was hoisted on the Savarona in Southampton in March 1938.The yacht arrived in Istanbul two months later, after some brief refurbishment, but sadly, Atatürk was terminally ill. During the six weeks that he spent on the Savarona, cabinet meetings were held on board. Atatürk at last was taken by stretcher from the yacht to Dolmabahçe Palace, where he died on November 10, 1938.The Savarona did not sail again until after World War II, when the Turkish Navy started to use her as a training ship. In 1979, a raging fire destroyed the once beautiful vessel, and she remained unused until 1989, when it was decided to scrab her. A rich business man however, obtained a last minute stay of execution, leased the yacht for 49 years, and began the arduous task of refurbishing the Savarona to more than her former glory.425 men worked for almost three years to refit the yacht, whose interior design was done by Donald Starkey. Today, the Savarona once again is sailing the waters of the world, bringing an experience of elegance and luxury to those who are so privileged as to be her passengers.
