The 45 metre luxury expedition yacht Big Fish has arrived safely at the Sails Marine in Port Everglades. The Aquos Yachts built charter super yacht Big Fish is four months and one-quarter of her way into a maiden voyage, which is taking her from New Zealand to Antartctica and to the first yacht crossing of the Northeast Passage.
Luxury Charter Yacht BIG FISH
Launched for Aquos Yachts in late June in New Zealand, Big Fish motor yacht spent the last three months in the South Pacific, where she successfully entertained two charter parties in Tahiti, as well as taking her owners to the Galapagos Islands.
Expedition Yacht Big Fish will be in Fort Lauderdale for the upcoming Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, where she will host a media lunch for the introduction of her sister ship – 50M StarFish motoryacht – now under construction for Aquos Yachts at the McMullen & Wing Shipyard in Auckland, New Zealand.
Expedition Yacht Big Fish at her launch in New Zealand
Big Fish ssuperyacht will also undertake minor warranty work in Florida prior to departing Fort Lauderdale in mid-November for the second leg of her circumnavigation: 6 weeks cruising in the Antarctic. Her first charter party will board the yacht December 21. After the Antarctic, charter superyacht Big Fish will steam up the coast of the Brazil toward the Amazon River, where she expects to host additional charters in early spring.
Hosting a Media Luncheon in Fort Lauderdale will be the yacht’s owner, Richard Beattie, with special guest The Hon. Michael Moore, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current UN Ambassador to the United Nations. Presenting StarFish Yacht, the latest Aquos Yachts project, will be naval architect Greg Marshall, as well as interior designer Ann Motion.
