Nimbus introduces the 15m Flybridge 495

Sweden-based Nimbus celebrated entering the explorer segment recently, with the arrival of its biggest flybridge to date, the Nimbus Flybridge 495. The voyager vessel touched water for the first time in an archipelago outside of Gothenburg this June.

Nimbus built the new coupé as a floating home away from home

Nimbus’ coupé models have been a favourite way to explore the Nordic region for more than 40 years, but as adventurous spirits grow and horizons broaden, so too do boat sizes. The new 15m flybridge is intended to provide passengers a floating home and an ideal vessel from which to explore further afield.

The yacht’s design centres on passenger flow

The Scandinavian shipyard notes seasons on the Mediterranean, the US East Coast or Alaska. To facilitate this, the 495 Flybridge’s expansive size prioritises social areas and free space. It provides mod-cons such as washing machine, dishwasher, and generator, plus an increased tank capability necessary for longer – and less stressed – voyages.

Large glass windows offer undisturbed views

This vessel also makes long harbour stays enjoyable thanks to freshwater accessibility and emission-free propulsion.

A spacious kitchen sits within the saloon

Considerations for the deck layout were to create a space within which it felt safe and easy to manoeuvre with a minimum of crew even in variable conditions. Accordingly, the design centres on making the boat easy to move to shore, and for passengers to flow easily between foredeck to aft deck, cabin to bathing platform – with ample views of the surrounding areas no matter where they are positioned.

The boat has been built with a seamless connection between the saloon, the large aft deck and a robust bathing platform on the same level.

Gather, drive, dine in the coupé’s salon

But it’s the salon that acts as the heart of the coupé boat, says Joacim Gustavsson, who is chief designer at Nimbus Group AB. “That’s where we live on board. That’s where we have the driver’s place, the dining area, the social lounge and the kitchen.” 

Nimbus introduced the Flybridge 495 in Gothenburg

Distinguished by its size – the 495 is the shipbuilder’s biggest flybridge to date – the boat establishes a new standard for the Nordic coupé and responds to the increasing numbers of sailors that wish to live out in nature for longer stretches of time.