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The Art of Sailing
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T H E I M P O R TA N C E OF THE RIGHT OUTFIT Clothes may not make the man but the finest materials and luxe finishes make all the difference aboard. Enter Austrian company List GC, which has tailored the interiors of some of the world’s most stunning yachts and residences
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Quality, versatility, perfection of detail: List GC doesn’t just offer bespoke furnishings but a bespoke to process as well. It also specialises in refits for which it has a specific department
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ublime saloons, astonishing suites and fantastic foyers. Passion and experience can achieve anything. List General Contractor is
a family-run interior outfitter, based in Bad Erlach just half an hour outside Vienna, that proves that point each and every day in its work. Specialising in highly complex projects both ashore and at sea, List GC furnishes exclusive motor and sailing yachts as well as luxury apartments and residences with its signature mix of meticulous engineering and craftsmanship. Its job is essentially to interpret owners’ wishes and dreams through the designs created by the latter’s interior teams, and then turn them into physical reality. The staff at List GC say they can make the impossible possible. And it is hard to deny that boast as the company has made a vocation of finding bespoke solutions for all sorts of designs, solutions that deliver fast, dependable, first-class quality results with discretion and versatility. “We were founded in 1950 by Franz List Senior as a classic joinery business,” says Rainer Sommer, Head of Marketing. “But decades ago, 133
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The 32.64-metre custom sailing sloop Ribelle has a bright modern interior decor crafted by List GC that fully complies with her her experienced owners’ brief to experiment with new materials. Her copper surfaces were almost all designed as polished surfaces and so needed rust-protection
we began specialising in luxurious interiors for yachts and residences.
specialist knowledge and intuition to develop special solutions to
In 2020, we’ll be 70 years in business.”
ensure that designs become a reality, often with innovative results.
List GC has been working with a group of niche specialists and
“We have worked with international shipyards such as Amels,
experienced partners, including materials suppliers and international
Oceanco, Lürssen, Nobiskrug, Feadship (Royal van Lent), Heesen
shipyards, for many years.
and on yachts from 40 - 50 metres upwards, motor and sailing
Many of the materials and components it uses are rare if not unique
yachts,” says Sommer. “All the yachts are instantly recognisable for
so sourcing can be a time-consuming but vital process. “We are
their beauty and luxuriousness. We work directly with the interior
currently working on a residential project where we used over 300
stylists on their designs but we have our own engineering team so we
different types of surfaces. So we really can do anything,” adds
do the whole production process up to and including manufacturing.
Sommer. It is this bespoke approach that has made List GC a yacht
The production facility only opened in 2017.”
industry stalwart too. Its expert team uses its technical expertise,
In the motoryacht segment, the Nuvolari Lenard-designed, Lürssen-
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The magnificent interiors aboard Quatroelle, a 88m luxury motor megayacht built in 2013 by Lürssen, were designed by Italian studio Nuvolari Lenard and built by List GC
built Quattroelle is a stunning example of List GC’s craftsmanship,
& Service. “It is a kind of triangular relationship that isn’t always
while the company also wielded its magic to magnificent effect on the
easy. You need not only skilled artisans but also people who have
32.5-metre sailing yacht Ribelle, winner of the Best Interior Design –
the kind of sensitivity to create good relationships”.
Sailing Yachts category at the 2018 at the Boat International Design
List GC’s career with such diverse design greats as Nuvolari Lenard,
& Innovation Awards. Although she has 128 square metres of floor
Sinot Design, Zuretti-Design, Remie Tessier, Nauta Yachts, Reymond
space, strict rules and weight requirements, including removable
Langton, Winch Design, Alberto Pinto and Terence Disdale attest
race fixtures and fittings, added complexity to that particular
to the team’s adaptability. “The fact that there are thousands of
project. Almost all of Ribelle’s surfaces were polished and so needed
small details in every project is what make the whole process so
protection from oxidation.
challenging. But it is also what makes the difference,” concludes
“Our job is fascinating because we have to meet the designers’ and
Bolinger.
the shipyards’ requirements,” says Christian Bolinger, Head of Sales
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