It’s got to be tough being Tiger Woods. Between championship rounds on the PGA Tour, he has a dozen sponsors to keep happy: There are Buick commercials to film, Tag Heuer watches to wind, American Express minimovies to headline alongside the gopher from Caddyshack. Pity the poor man who’s just trying to beat par. How could he ever spare a second to build the yacht of his dreams?
Actually, he’s just the type of customer Christensen Shipyards wants these days. This yacht is the first in Christensen’s new Advanced Production Series, in which it begins a 157-footer every four months (the 155 is identical to the 157, less a kicker on the swim platform). The yard’s goal is to deliver three 157s each year to busy owners who want a yacht that’s nearly complete but that can still be personally tailored.
Woods may have paid for the $20-million yacht, but he never once set foot in the Vancouver, Washington, yard before her delivery. Instead, his fiancée visited several times. “She’s a quick decision-maker,” the project manager notes without actually confirming her identity. “No haggling around.”
What she chose for Hull 026 (the name is confidential, per Woods’ attorneys, so the yacht is simply referred to by her project number) is a clean, contemporary interior surrounded by deep cherry woodwork. The idea was to contrast the modern against the traditional wood detailing.”
To that end, Hull 026 features tone-on-tone beige marble where other yachts might have intricate mosaics; polished chrome and stainless steel where other owners might choose gold. The carpeting that runs throughout is soft white, and the walls in all the staterooms are covered in white silk. There is a concave ceiling treatment with multicolor fiber-optic lighting above the master suite’s king-size bed.
Woods may have paid for the $20-million yacht, but he never once set foot in the Vancouver, Washington, yard before her delivery. Instead, his fiancée visited several times. “She’s a quick decision-maker,” the project manager notes without actually confirming her identity. “No haggling around.”
What she chose for Hull 026 (the name is confidential, per Woods’ attorneys, so the yacht is simply referred to by her project number) is a clean, contemporary interior surrounded by deep cherry woodwork. The idea was to contrast the modern against the traditional wood detailing.”
To that end, Hull 026 features tone-on-tone beige marble where other yachts might have intricate mosaics; polished chrome and stainless steel where other owners might choose gold. The carpeting that runs throughout is soft white, and the walls in all the staterooms are covered in white silk. There is a concave ceiling treatment with multicolor fiber-optic lighting above the master suite’s king-size bed.
The furniture layout in the saloon is a first for Christensen, with open space between the seating areas on each side.Instead, the only cabinet on centerline in this space separates the saloon from the dining room, and it holds a 50-inch plasma TV that swivels. An elevator—a Christensen standard—that can hold three people (or one wheelchair) is a few feet away.
There had once been talk of a fully gimbaled pool table in Hull 026’s sky lounge, but instead, the yacht carries all her toys on the top deck, including three SeaDoos, two oceangoing kayaks, and a pair of Vespa scooters. They’re all stowed aft of a large bar with a marble countertop, a stainless steel Lynx barbecue grill, an eight-person Jacuzzi, and teak chaise lounges covered with (you guessed it) beige-and-white striped cushions.
If Woods cruises at the yacht’s 18-knot top speed, the decorative trim just may resemble a Nike swoosh.
