Hera

The owners of hull nr. 566 came across Hera – or Quicksilver as she was called at the time, at the first FHF rendezvous. On discovering she was available for sale they could not resist and a moment of madness later they were owners of not one but two Feadships. An extra attraction for them was that, while Heavenly Daze was built by the De Vries family, Hera came from the Van Lent yard, meaning they had the best of both worlds.

It was also a very interesting project to refit the yacht, together with project manager Kees de Keizer and designer Gillian Brown of Wetzel Brown Partners. The classic style was retained while new engines, electrical and plumbing systems were installed. Hera was relaunched in May 2017 and her home-port is Amsterdam