Su Marine Yachts

Su Marine Yachts is a Turkish shipbuilding and boat-building company based in Tuzla, Istanbul. The company builds luxury sailing yachts and motor yachts, with reported capability to construct vessels of up to approximately 50 metres in length. Its formal shipyard company was incorporated in 2007, although the business describes its technical and craft roots as extending more than four decades before incorporation. This longer background is associated with Su Marine's reputation as an early Turkish builder of composite boats. The company's yard is located on the coast of the Marmara Sea in Tuzla, an important marine-industrial district of Istanbul, and is positioned near Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. The facility covers approximately 8,000 square metres and includes four large yacht-building areas, engineering and administrative offices, an interior joinery workshop, a stainless-steel workshop, warehouse space, and a paint facility. The arrangement supports work across hull construction, engineering, interior fitting, metal fabrication, storage, and finishing. Su Marine works with several construction methods rather than relying on a single hull technology. Documented areas of expertise include cold-molded wood and epoxy, composite construction, steel, and aluminium. This combination allows the yard to undertake both traditionally styled sailing yachts and larger custom projects requiring different structural or material solutions. Its public profile is particularly associated with large sailing yachts and individually specified superyacht projects. Among the yachts linked to the yard are Roxane, a 153.7-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch; Zelda, a 132.5-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch; and Ilios, a 90-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy sailing yacht. Zelda was designed by Tanju Kalaycıoğlu of Taka Yachts Naval Architecture, with interior design by Neslihan Kibaroglu. Ilios was also designed by Kalaycıoğlu and was reported to have won the Bodrum Regatta Cup's classic sailing-ship category three consecutive times from 2004 to 2007, predating or spanning the period around Su Marine's formal 2007 incorporation. Roxane received attention in international superyacht media and was identified as a finalist for the 2011 World Superyacht Awards. The company occupies a specialist position in the Turkish yacht-building sector: it combines relatively compact, craft-oriented yard infrastructure with the ability to build substantial custom yachts. Available reference material does not establish a detailed ownership structure, a complete product catalogue, current leadership, production volumes, or a corporate website. Accordingly, Su Marine Yachts is best characterized from the available evidence as a custom luxury-yacht builder whose public recognition comes primarily from notable sailing-yacht projects and its multi-material construction capabilities.

Su Marine Yachts is a Turkish yacht-building company whose formal corporate history begins with the incorporation of SU MARINE Ship Yard in 2007. The available historical account places the company's practical roots more than 40 years earlier, indicating that its shipbuilding identity grew out of a longer tradition of boat construction rather than beginning only with the 2007 legal entity. The company has also been described as one of Turkey's first composite boat builders, linking its early reputation to the adoption and development of composite construction in the Turkish marine sector. The yard is based in Tuzla, Istanbul, on the Marmara Sea coast. Tuzla is a major center for shipbuilding and marine services, giving the company access to an established maritime industrial environment while keeping it close to Istanbul's transport infrastructure. The yard is located near Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. Its reported 8,000-square-metre site contains four large yacht-building areas and dedicated spaces for administration and engineering, interior joinery, stainless-steel fabrication, warehousing, and painting. These facilities indicate an integrated approach to custom-yacht production, with several important construction and finishing activities conducted within the yard. Su Marine's technical scope includes cold-molded wood with epoxy, composite materials, steel, and aluminium. Cold-molded wood-and-epoxy construction is particularly prominent in the company's documented sailing-yacht portfolio. The method can support large, highly customized hulls while retaining a connection to traditional yacht craftsmanship. The company's use of composite, steel, and aluminium broadens its potential project range and enables it to address differing requirements for weight, strength, durability, design, and vessel size. The yard's best-known documented projects include Ilios, Zelda, and Roxane. Ilios is a 90-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy sailing yacht designed by Tanju Kalaycıoğlu. It was reported to have won the classic sailing-ship category of the Bodrum Regatta Cup three consecutive times from 2004 through 2007. Zelda is a 132.5-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch, also designed by Kalaycıoğlu, with interior design credited to Neslihan Kibaroglu. Roxane is a substantially larger 153.7-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch and received attention beyond Turkey after being identified as a finalist for the 2011 World Superyacht Award. These vessels shaped Su Marine's public image as a builder of large, custom sailing yachts rather than a high-volume producer of standardized recreational boats. The company's reported ability to build yachts up to 50 metres places it within the superyacht and large-custom-yacht segment. Media references have discussed its launches, yacht reviews, and charter-oriented visibility, but the available material does not provide a complete chronology of every project, production figures, ownership changes, or current management. The documented record therefore supports a profile centered on Turkish craftsmanship, custom construction, large sailing yachts, and flexible material expertise.

• 2011

  Roxane gains World Superyacht Award recognition

  [1]Su Marine Yachtsen.wikipedia.org

  Roxane, a 153.7-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch, was reported as a finalist for the World Superyacht Award.

• 2007

  SU MARINE Ship Yard incorporated

  [1]Su Marine Yachtsen.wikipedia.org

  The formal SU MARINE Ship Yard company was incorporated in Turkey, while the business's stated boat-building roots extend more than 40 years earlier.

• 2007

  Ilios completes its reported three-year regatta sequence

  [1]Su Marine Yachtsen.wikipedia.org

  Ilios was reported to have won the Bodrum Regatta Cup classic sailing-ship category for the third consecutive time in the 2004–2007 period.

• 2004

  Ilios begins its reported Bodrum Regatta Cup winning run

  [1]Su Marine Yachtsen.wikipedia.org

  Ilios, a 90-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy sailing yacht associated with Su Marine and designer Tanju Kalaycıoğlu, was reported to have won the classic sailing-ship category of the Bodrum Regatta Cup beginning in 2004.

A Turkish custom yacht builder focused on luxury sailing and motor yachts, large sailing vessels, and multi-material construction.

• Sailing superyacht

  Roxane

  Roxane is a 153.7-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch associated with Su Marine. Its size places it among the yard's largest documented sailing projects. The yacht attracted specialist international attention and was reported as a finalist for the 2011 World Superyacht Award.

• Sailing superyacht

  Zelda

  Zelda is a 132.5-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch. The yacht was designed by Tanju Kalaycıoğlu of Taka Yachts Naval Architecture, with interior design by Neslihan Kibaroglu. Specialist coverage identified Zelda as a major Su Marine launch and described it as approximately 40 metres long.

• Classic sailing yacht

  Ilios

  Ilios is a 90-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy sailing yacht designed by Tanju Kalaycıoğlu. It was reported to have won the classic sailing-ship category of the Bodrum Regatta Cup three times in succession during the 2004–2007 period.

• 2011

  Roxane Sailing Yacht Named a Finalist for the World Superyacht Award[1]Su Marine Yachtsen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Su Marine's 153.7-foot Roxane was reported as a finalist for the 2011 World Superyacht Award, bringing international specialist-media attention to the Turkish yard.

• Su Marine Launches the 40-Metre Sailing Yacht Zelda[1]Su Marine Yachtsen.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  Specialist yacht coverage reported the launch of Zelda, a 132.5-foot cold-molded wood-and-epoxy ketch associated with Su Marine and designer Tanju Kalaycıoğlu.

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