Baglietto Reveals Project Farah: A 49.7-Metre Full-Custom Superyacht Built Around Happiness
Baglietto has unveiled the first details and renderings of Project Farah: a 49.7-metre full-custom superyacht currently under construction at the yard's La Spezia headquarters, with delivery scheduled for 2027.
The name is deliberate. "Farah means happiness," the owner has said; a statement the yard describes as defining the very essence of the vessel. The brief given to the design teams was correspondingly specific: translate the owner's sense of home into a seaborne environment, prioritising wellbeing and ease of life at sea without compromise on seaworthiness or safety. It is a brief that demands more of a designer than a purely aesthetic commission, because it requires the interior architecture to function as instinctively as a private residence rather than as a configured yacht interior.
Design: A Brazilian-Led Collaboration
The design for Project Farah has been developed jointly by two Brazilian studios working in close collaboration; a pairing that is unusual in a sector where exterior and interior commissions are typically handled separately and sequenced. Matheus Farah & Manoel Maia Arquitetura and Fernando de Almeida Yacht Design have co-authored both the exterior profile and interior scheme from the outset, which the yard describes as a deliberate choice to ensure the vessel's aesthetic reads as a unified whole rather than the product of two independently arrived-at briefs.
The exterior lines in the first renderings are restrained and precise: a vertical bow, clean symmetrical superstructure, metallic grey hull, and black superstructure. The profile avoids the visual drama of some contemporary Italian yard output in favour of a quieter authority: proportional, balanced, and unlikely to date. A helipad is integrated into the layout.
The interior philosophy is described as "warm modernism"; a direction that has become increasingly prevalent in high-specification private yachts and reflects a broader shift in owner preference away from the high-gloss, hard-edged interiors that defined the sector through the 2010s. Natural materials (wood, leather) in warm brown and sand tones form the palette, with subtle gold accents and a soft lighting scheme providing contrast and depth. The layout is built around the principles of functionality and symmetry, with circulation designed to feel intuitive and spaces configured to adapt to different uses across the day.
Royal Yacht International, who closed the sale of Project Farah in 2024, remains involved throughout the construction process as the owner's representative; an arrangement increasingly common on complex full-custom projects at this level, where an experienced intermediary between the owner and yard reduces both the risk of miscommunication and the pressure on the owner's time.
Propulsion and Performance
Project Farah will be powered by twin Caterpillar C32 engines: the same powerplant fitted across several recent Baglietto projects, including the T52 series; delivering a top speed of 16 knots. At 49.7 metres and sub-500GT, the vessel sits just below the threshold at which large yacht code compliance requirements increase significantly, a deliberate specification that provides operational flexibility and keeps crewing requirements manageable.
A Busy Period for Baglietto
Project Farah arrives at one of the most active moments in Baglietto's recent history. The yard currently has 18 projects under development, including three units from its flagship T60 series: the 60-metre platform designed by Francesco Paszkowski that launched its first hull in La Spezia in March 2026 as the largest vessel ever built by the yard, at approximately 1,100GT. The T60's launch, attended by Italian Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Edoardo Rixi and Liguria Region President Marco Bucci, was both a commercial and civic milestone for a shipyard whose roots in La Spezia stretch back to 1854.
The yard is simultaneously advancing its BZero hydrogen programme; an in-house developed system for producing green hydrogen from filtered, deionised seawater using electrolysers powered by renewable energy, which entered the prototype phase in 2025 and is scheduled for onboard installation from 2026 onwards. Project Farah, scheduled for 2027 delivery, sits in the period when this technology will begin appearing in Baglietto builds.
"A unique and outstanding project," said Fabio Ermetto, CCO of Baglietto. "One which once again highlights Baglietto's distinctive expertise in delivering fully custom yachts, combining exceptional build quality with the ability to interpret and fulfil the most sophisticated requirements of highly experienced owners."
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