Construction has begun at Holland Jachtbouw in the Netherlands on the 62-meter schooner Athos. Athos was designed for dual use as a family cruiser and a charter yacht. She will be built to MCA specifications and registered under Veritas rules. Her interior layout features the owner-privacy concept successfully used by Hoek Design on Boreas and Adèle. The full-beam owner’s suite features a large bathroom between the owner’s deckhouse and bedroom. Direct access is provided to the owner’s deckhouse and the owner’s cockpit on the aft deck. Privacy is assured in the deckhouse by having the wheel positioned forward. Forward of the owner’s suite are four equally sized guest staterooms.

Athos will have carbon spars and furling booms, along with 1,980 square meters of upwind sail area, a shallow-draft keel and centerboard.

Contact Hoek Design at +31 299 372853. www.hoekdesign.com