Feadship offers us a rare look at the delicate launch process of a megayacht. The yacht is the 278-foot (78.5-meter) Hampshire II, seen here as she leaves the construction hall and is fitted with her mast. She is one of several large yachts launched this year in the Netherlands where builders and the Dutch yacht building association (HISWA) reports a recent upswing in orders in the large-yacht segment.

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