The 38m (124.7ft) custom yacht PERLE BLEUE has a steel hull and aluminium superstructure built to Lloyd’s classification and MCA compliance by celebrated Dutch shipyard Royal Hakvoort and delivered in 2007. With exteriors by Diana Yacht Design and 349GT of Donald Starkey interiors, she won Best Displacement Yacht under 50m at the 2008 Showboats awards.

Following a 2013 refit, PERLE BLEUE was also a finalist in the 2014 World Superyacht Awards in the Best Refitted/Rebuilt Yacht category. Works saw the addition of a fifth guest cabin, a 10-seat sit-up wet bar with Teppanyaki grill on the sun deck and an al fresco bridge deck lounge.

A spacious sun deck features a jacuzzi and huge lounging areas, plenty of sunpads and a forward observation sofa, as well as the 10-guests bar and a dayhead.

The bridge deck has open-air dining for 12 guests and a buffet bar beneath the overhang, as well as a large sun lounge aft. Walkaround sidedecks helps guests appreciate their surroundings and lead forward to a Portuguese bridge lounge, which also serves as an informal dining area and cocktail lounge.

There is another 12-guest al fresco dining option with twin buffet bars on the main deck aft. Sidedecks lead to steps up to the Portuguese bridge lounge and to starboard aft there is access to the swim platform and tender garage.

The main saloon has a feature artworks on the forward bulkhead and large picture windows, with sofas and armchairs in a lounge aft. There are two card tables forward in a space that could serve as a formal dining area, alongside an Clavinova electric keyboard. Stairs lead up to the sky lounge, down to the guest accommodation and there is a dayhead off the lobby.