Madame Gu Wins Two Awards!

MADAME GU was the worthy winner of two awards at the ShowBoat Design Awards in Austria last night, beating strong competition to win the Exterior and Styling Award and the Tender Design Award. This was a fabulous result for everyone involved, including Andrew Winch and his team, who designed both the interior and exterior design, and Chris Cecil-Wright who himself had a key role in the development of this stunning yacht prior to starting Cecil Wright and Partners.

Chris personally sold the concept of a new build yacht to the owner of MADAME GU, then assembled the build team, oversaw the writing of the specification, negotiated the build contract and managed the build. Even some of her most famous features can be traced back to Chris - he made the suggestion of utilising the space left when the helicopter vacated its hanger for an onboard squash court. This advice was duly acted upon, and she is still the only superyacht with its very own squash court.