09 November 2023

Contest 67CS yacht with bespoke Bentley interior

The new 20-metre Contest 67CS features bespoke Bentley Home designs and book-matched interiors harnessing the materials, motifs and techniques utilised on Bentley Motors cars with bespoke details

Bentley Motors and Contest Yachts have created a bespoke Bentley yacht interior for a mutual private client in the newly modelled 20-metre Contest 67CS – a celebration of craft, excellence, quiet luxury, and heritage.

Bentley x Contest Yachts. Copyright © Bentley Motors.

Bentley was commissioned to create the bespoke interior following a visit to Bentley’s Crewe Factory. The Bentley design team who specialise in crafting interiors for the Continental GT and Bentayga accepted the challenging brief and created a totally bespoke interior offering based on the materials and techniques used in Bentley cars.

The Contest 67CS now opens the way to a fully matched Bentley auto yacht interior providing exciting new bespoke opportunities for owners to enjoy the shared values and heritage in luxury performance and lifestyle of both brands.

Bentley worked closely with the Contest Yachts design team to create the unique interior – an exciting challenge that pushed the creative boundaries of its craftspeople. Prototyping methods such as 3D printing were harnessed to enable feasibility of individual components with a full mock-up of some items including the sofa produced prior to fit out to ensure exacting finishes and demanding quality standards were met.

Bentley’s iconic diamond quilted hides were book matched across the entire vessel interior with details such as the tissue box and drinks coasters created from scratch to the customer’s taste. Specialist techniques such as hand cross stitching, usually used to produce the Bentley steering wheel were adapted and adopted throughout.

Bentley Home furnishings are featured including the Malvern Chair - a tribute to the geometries of the Bentley cars. Additionally, one-off designs were also created for the new Contest including a bespoke bar and vanity unit. The Contest Yacht’s Captain’s chair and ‘Egg’ table were also trimmed as a one off by Bentley. The sofa which was built by hand at Bentley’s engineering facility was precision finished in Bentley trim.

Contest Yachts is a highly awarded Dutch builder of bespoke semi-custom luxury sailing cruisers, equally capable of coastal, offshore and bluewater exploration. Using the best of materials, finest hand-crafting and innovative technology, each is built with extensive owner input to exactly match personal requirements. A third-generation, family-owned constructor, Contest Yachts’ design and build focus is on strong, light, sea-kindly and easily handled yachts to fulfil dreams.

Edited by editorial staff
Avion Luxury Magazine

Text source and photos: © Bentley Motors Press

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