Special from every angle

Making her debut at the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show, Royal Huisman’s Special One showed the world just how special she is. Her list of superlatives is long, but to take it from the top, at 52 meters / 171 feet, she is the world’s largest true sportfisherman and.

Beautiful walnut joinery, exotic stonework, and bespoke furnishings dominate the interior. She features a unique, three-person pneumatic glass-enclosed elevator, and showcases the first yacht installation of a commercial grade 3D sonar fish finder. Designed for multi-generational living, Special One has indoor social spaces on three decks including formal dining, and exterior living spaces on six. She sets a new benchmark in the world of big game fishing boats, and she does all this while staying below 500GT.

“The admiration from the docks that we receive everywhere is quite unique, underlining that Special One is already an icon. I look forward to many more experiences aboard with my family, friends and those who we meet along the way. She truly is a special one.”

Meeting the owner’s brief The owner’s goal for this yacht – his first custom order – was for the ultimate luxury sportfishing yacht. He is a passionate fisherman who loves spending family time on the water. Now that his son and grandsons were taking fishing holidays with him, he had outgrown his US-built Viking 92 sportfish. While giving up nothing in terms of fishability or the speed at which he could access fishing grounds, he wanted to be able to accommodate the entire family on long expeditions, offering them a superyacht environment.

“To build my first full custom superyacht has been a dream come true. To have shared every step of that experience with my family has made it even more memorable.”

Read the original Royal Huisman announcement.