M/Y Black Shark Is Swimming Forward to Destroy the Next Milestone

M/Y Black Shark had her keel laying ceremony in Feb 2019, in December the next milestone was achieved, taking a swim to the final facility before completion.

Unlike fish, sharks generally need to keep swimming in order to breathe and that’s no less true for M/Y Black Shark. Progress on NOBISKRUG’s highly anticipated 77m Black Shark (Project 793) is not staying still, lurking forward past the next milestone, the arrival of the custom new build’s hull at the shipyard’s Rendsburg facility. The towing of a hull from Kiel to Rendsburg always marks a significant milestone in a new build project, and for Black Shark, whose construction has been meticulously charted by a few key media, the landmark event did not disappoint.

It took the power of two tugs to haul the hull from the Kiel facility on the shores of the Baltic Sea, setting off at 10am in the direction of Rendsburg. Black Shark’s hull passed through locks before entering the Kiel Canal where it spent three hours travelling at the maximum speed of 8 knots. It completed the landmark journey on the River Eider, arriving at the state-of-the-art facility in Rendsburg at 1:30pm.

It is here where the highly-anticipated hull will be painted matte black to mimic the texture of the skin of a black shark (Carcharhinus obscurus). In contrast, the superstructure will wear a sporty, metallic silver colour to complement the mast, which is cleverly designed to resemble a shark fin. The dark exterior colour will wrap three decks which have been specifically designed by British studio Winch Design to emphasise the yacht’s voluminous 2,080GT.

Fadi Pataq, of Nobiskrug, said “Following the keel laying in February this year, we are excited to see Black Shark entering the next phase of the build process, interior and exterior outfitting, which will commence at our facility in Rendsburg.”

The next time M/Y Black Shark will see daylight is when she is finished.