Special One wins Special Award

Royal Huisman is delighted to share that the world's longest true sportfish yacht Special One has been honored with the Judges' Special Award at the World Superyacht Awards 2025. The prestigious ceremony, held in Venice, gathered the global superyacht community to celebrate this year’s most remarkable yachts. 

Delivered by Royal Huisman in close collaboration with her visionary owner and his team, Special One embodies a bold fusion of speed, comfort, and bespoke luxury. Her recognition follows the yacht’s earlier success at the 2025 Boat International Design & Innovation Awards, where she was celebrated for her outstanding naval architecture. 

Extracts from the report by the panel of esteemed World Superyacht Awards judges, comprised of current and former superyacht owners, about the category Semi-Displacement or Planing Motor Yachts, 50m and above:  

"...so spectacularly different from the others that she was deserving of a Judges’ Special Award. It is certainly a fitting award for a yacht with the name Special One, with one judge exclaiming, 'She is truly special! This yacht is so unusual, so different and so successfully done.'

The largest true sportfishing yacht of her kind at 52 metres, she has the lines of a traditional sportfish, complete with a 45-degree flared bow. Performance and fishability were key to the brief, with 30-knot top speed as the goal. Vripack, which designed the yacht inside and out along with completing the naval architecture, had to balance this with the fact that the yacht would be used simultaneously by multiple generations who were not all there to fish. As such, multiple mezzanine decks overlook the 30-square-metre fishing cockpit below, which is outfitted with a custom fighting chair, two 1,000-litre live bait wells and a pair of two-metre-long insulated catch boxes – all the trappings of a sportfish, but super-sized."

"Beyond her fishing abilities, Special One is every bit a superyacht, with a main deck master cabin, luxuriously finished interior and foredeck lounge with a cinema screen. Special One’s Focal & Naim sound system with more than 150 speakers suits her music-loving owner. The yacht also presents a wealth of innovations, from having the first-ever pneumatic lift on a yacht to the custom air intake system for the engine room."

Receiving the Judges' Special Award is a testament to Special One’s exceptional character and the dedication of all involved in bringing her to life. Royal Huisman congratulates the owner, and project team, designers and partners on this remarkable achievement.

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