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Luxury motor yacht MARAYA is the latest superyacht launched by builder CRN.
 
With exterior lines by Zuccon International Project and naval architecture by CRN Engineering, the 54-meter (178 foot) steel and aluminum mega yacht MARAYA is sistership to Ability, launched by the same builder in 2006. 
 
The name of luxury charter yacht MARAYA translates as “many mirrors” in Arabic, and gives a clue to a central motif of the interior décor. Mirrored surfaces are used to bounce light around and illuminate potentially dark areas of the yacht and heighten ceilings.
 
In the master suite, this extends to using “magic mirrors” to disguise the 42-inch plasma TV in the cabin and another screen in the bathroom above the central egg-shaped bathtub. 
 
This 2008, 54-meter megayacht offers the very latest innovations in technology along with the rich and luxurious comforts expected from a charter vessel and an abundance of both internal and external spaces for her guests to escape, relax and fully enjoy their freedom onboard.
 
The yachts contemporary styling and crisp minimal interior designs by “Claude Misser” present the guests with elegant curves and strong vertical lines combined with exquisite materials and countless refined finishing touches. American walnut, the principal wood used for paneling, is married with a creamy beige travertine marble sole in the main salon and gay pietra Serena marble in the owner’s bathroom. 
 
If this new yacht’s interior volume belies her overall length, the vast sun deck alone offers 130 square meters of open-air space with a full dining table and bar, Jacuzzi and sunbathing area. Room has been found for a treadmill in the small lobby at the top of the stairwell. An awning housed inside the radar arch extends to completely cover the open aft deck. The sundeck is designed for use as a touch-and-go helipad for aircraft up to 1.6 tons and also for stowing jet bikes. 
 
As an evolution of the yacht Ability, it is worth considering this 2008 vessel in relation to that earlier launch to better understand how a common platform can be adapted to produce a very different result. The gymnasium located on Ability’s lower aft deck became a children’s playroom on the new yacht, with sliding glass doors opening onto a swim platform that folds down from the stern bulwark. 

Ability’s private balcony in the forward master suite has been redesigned on the newer yacht. This balcony folds down from the hull structure, which extends the size of the platform over the water. To allow natural light to enter the cabin, two glass windows have been fitted into the teak floor. These are protected with matching teak covers when the balcony is in use. 
 
The new vessel’s accommodations layout is unchanged from that on luxury motor yacht Ability, with cabins for a total of 12 guests in the master suite on the main deck, a VIP cabin on the upper deck, and two twin and two double cabins on the lower deck. Unlike on Ability, however, the main salon and dining room form an open space of some 100 square meters. 
 
Undoubtedly, heads will turn as this new superyacht from CRN begins a long life of Caribbean yacht charters, and takes her rightful place in the Mediterranean luxury yacht charter marketplace. Expect to see this motor yacht cruising along the French Riviera and along the Amalfi coast of Italy, and at anchor for static yacht charters at both the annual MIPIM event in Cannes and the Formula F-1 Monaco Grand Prix.