BLUSH

Sailing yacht BLUSH (EX HELIOS) is a 45 meter 2007 luxury sailing yacht built by the Italian yacht builder Perini Navi and designed by Ron Holland design. With refits by Perini Navi Service and Refit facility in 2015 and another full soft furnishing refit in 2018, superyacht BLUSH offers accommodation for up to 10 guests in 4 – 5 luxury cabins.

NOTABLE FEATURES OF BLUSH

• great performance and comfort
• flexible accommodation 
• warm inviting interiors 
• great exterior deck areas 
• alfresco dining 
• sunbathing options 
• spacious aft cockpit 
• fabulous swim platform  
•  wide selection of water toys and amenities
• air-conditioning
• WiFi

BLUSH is the result of collaboration between the well known Italian yacht builder Perini Navi and well know superyacht designer / naval architect and Ron Holland. She is the second steel-hulled 45-meter yacht to be launched by Perini. The large sail area provides the best possible sailing performance for this ocean cruising yacht which also boasts a particularly large internal volume.

The interior was designed by SallyAnne Holmes and is a blend of mahogany wood with modern metallic and dusky pink hues.

The master and guest staterooms are particularly versatile in that they can be transformed into a variety of configurations.

BLUSH has additional interior space and beam which has resulted in additional displacement and increased a wetted surface area of the steel hull and drag. This has been absorbed into the luxury yacht’s hull shape to ensure that added drag was kept to an absolute minimum and sailing performance maximised. The yacht also incorporates efficient underwater appendages, including a rudder with a relatively high aspect ratio as well a drop keel.

The Perini Navi-built aluminium mast that rises over 50 metres above the yacht’s waterline carries a sail area of around 1,200m2. The sails are handled automatically by seven of Perini Navi’s reel captive winches. Perini Navi electric furlers and the in-boom furling system stores the 432m2 main sail within the carbon fibre boom.

BLUSH’s (36m2) flybridge offers a comfortable sunbathing area aft and a helm station forward. The opening stern reveals a structural staircase that descends to a 7m2 swimming platform with a lateral shell door on the yacht’s port side. This is where all the water sports activity and swimming takes place.