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Author Samuel Johnson extolled: “As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.” On Flamingo Daze, wanton idleness is a full-time job.
by Ann Avery
photography by Courtesy of Hakvoor
11/01/2004
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The master study features a desk, laptop and full communications system. The yacht’s sophisticated Crestron touch-pad electronics systems control is suited even for a techno-peasant. A touch of the screen taps into a vast library of TV, movies and music as well as the yacht’s charts and systems. Another touch opens drapes, controls lights and even calls the stewardess. “The owner is an electronics freak,” confided Hakvoort. “Every crew bunk even has its own LCD.” Faithful to the owner’s wishes, the air conditioning here and throughout the yacht can “get so cold you can hang meat on the boat,” he jokes.
Proceeding aft past the dayhead and entrance foyer – showcasing a dramatic gold-and-silver flamingo – spiral stairs descend to four ensuite guest staterooms, whose décor reflects each cabin’s name: Beach, Sunset, Palm and Shell. The fundamental elements, however, are the same: satin-finished mahogany offset by maple burl and the same amenities as the master stateroom, including the Crestron system, telephones equipped with satellite communications, land line and intercom plus wireless e-mail. Three staterooms offer queen beds while the fourth converts from a stateroom with one to three full-size Pullman berths to a gym.
Since guests’ comfort was paramount to the yacht’s design-and-construction brief, its systems include an at-anchor stabilization system and an exhaust system that minimizes pollution and noise. As for noise attenuation, Hakvoort says, “We achieved such low sound levels for our yard, it was mind-blowing. In the guest cabin right next to the engine room the noise level is less than whispering and that’s when we are underway at cruise speed, which is thirteen knots.” Capt. Olav Hinke says that a guest in the salon cannot hear the engine start.
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