The cruising yacht Caribqueen is the fruit of the joint creative efforts of architects from Overing Yachts Design, decorator Cecilia Sawlow from the CAS Design Group and designers from Espinosa

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Text: Olga Ilinskaya

A photo: - (c) Gary John Norman

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In English, any sea vessel (and even, by the way, a city) is denoted by the pronoun she, which in Russian is not just “she”, but some kind of animated person. These subtle nuances of the translation from one adverb to another, seemingly no more than the oddities of a foreign language. In fact, it is difficult for us to imagine that New York exists for New Yorkers as she ... As for the cruising yacht Caribqueen ("Queen of the Caribbean"), everything immediately falls into place. She is the queen - how else? Designed, as it should be, for a dozen guests, the yacht nevertheless allows to arrange truly royal receptions. So, in October last year, on board the "Queen" rose ten times more than invited - a kind of record. The reason was really significant: it was the “Queen of the Caribbean” who was given the honor of becoming the mistress of the annual evening held by the Association of cruise yachts of this class. The number of personal cabins, each of which belongs to the luxury class, is in itself quite standard for such a prestigious ship: six apartments, decorated in completely different ways, are also found on other superyachts. But if you recall the history of the creation of the “Queen”, it becomes clear that the figure “six” still does not say anything: not the quantity, but the quality of the interiors most fully reflects the uniqueness of Caribqueen. The image of the Caribbean "crowned" person - the fruit of joint creative efforts. These are, first, the architects from Overing Yachts Design. The general style of the ship was developed by the designers of the company Espinosa, and the interiors were invented by renowned decorator Cecilia Celou of the CAS Design Group. In the lobby, richly decorated with carved wood, the guest already faithfully draws in the imagination what is waiting for him further - in the living room, dining room, bedroom, aft, etc. And he will not be mistaken: the tree of expensive species is the main decoration in the interior. The “Master” suite evokes a contemporary of those epochs when the law “divide and rule” dominated the world. Eastern associations will be the correct way to interpret the "Lord": first of all, this does not allow us to forget a bed that looks more like a throne. “Neptune” is less totalitarian, although here too belonging to the royal power (this time, however, above the water element) is a style-forming principle. Both Santa Fe and Shoji have their own unique character. “Julian” is sharply different: outrageous, almost kitschy colored with inconceivable combinations - it is possible that such a cabin will be chosen for a few days by a respectable gentleman who spends three hundred days a year in a business suit and strict tie. So, theatricality, where you can play roles that are not fundamentally characteristic of the majority in life, or, on the contrary, an organic continuation of secularism and chosenness, which are not a role, but the only form of being ... Anything. As well as the menu, where there are dishes from the old French to the indigenous Caribbean cuisine. Anything. For the real queen, nothing is impossible.