hey say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Heidi Horten didn't seem to think so when she saw , which she thought looked a (now named ). Both showcased exterior styling by the late, great Jon Bannenberg, and it's not uncommon for a designer's trademarks to filter down into their future projects. Despite her feelings towards , when it became time to build her next yacht, , she had no problem in asking designer Tim Heywood to take inspiration from his concept for , a yacht he was working on for another client at the time. And, years later, a yacht owner specifically asked Heywood to look back at in order to inspire their yacht [ex-). “The yacht , now , was a direct result of ,” says Tim Heywood. “The client, while cruising on his then yacht, saw passing by and told his captain, ‘That's what I want; find out who designed her.’” An undeniably flattering sentiment.
