{"id":12880,"date":"2025-06-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/?p=12880"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:36:43","slug":"award-winning-55m-alia-superyacht-al-waab-completes-multi-month-refit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/latest-news\/archives\/12880","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning 55m Alia superyacht Al Waab completes multi-month refit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 54.9-metre Alia superyacht Al Waab has been relaunched following a comprehensive refit at Endema Shipyard in Antalya, Turkey. Works, which encompassed technical servicing as well as exterior and interior refurbishments, began last October and were completed this month.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12881\" style=\"width:700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11-1568x882.webp 1568w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/11.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This being our first comprehensive maintenance and operational upgrade period, we greatly appreciated the professionalism and dedication of the Endema team,&#8221; said Al-Waab&#8217;s captain. &#8220;Their contribution will undoubtedly form the basis of a long-term collaboration.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Waab has emerged from Endema Shipyard with a refreshed exterior paintjob, teak decking and light interior refurbishments, alongside several mechanical upgrades. This includes stabiliser, thruster propeller and shaft maintenance and servicing of the main engines and generators.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12883\" style=\"width:700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12-1568x882.webp 1568w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The superyacht has also undergone an overhaul of her windlass and had her underwater lights replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delivered in 2021 by Turkish yard Alia Yachts, Al Waab&#8217;s &#8220;homogeneous design&#8221;, including the &#8220;elegant drama&#8221; of her interiors, resulted in two wins at the BOAT International Design &amp; Innovation Awards and a Judges Commendation at the 2022 World Superyacht Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12885\" style=\"width:700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13-1568x882.webp 1568w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Her sub-500GT, Vripack-designed layout houses a surprising number of interior spaces, including a breakfast nook attached to the main saloon, a gym and a statement, three-deck staircase comprised of glittering, gold-studded acrylic. According to the yard, Al Waab also offers an estimated 42 per cent more exterior space than comparable yachts in her size class.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12887\" style=\"width:700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14-1568x882.webp 1568w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/14.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><u><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reg.boatshowchina.com\/en\/user\/register?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=CIBe&amp;utm_campaign=en\">Click here for visitor registration<\/a><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 54.9-metre Alia superyacht Al Waab has been relaunched following a comprehensive refit at Endema Shipyard in Antalya, Turkey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12889,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880\/revisions\/12889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}