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A monday afternoon call mid 1980's that would lead to the construction of the fastest Superyachts in the world Frank Mulder: the telephone rang. He introduced himself, ‘My name is John Staluppi, you don’t know me but I’ve got a reference for you and I have a question.’ The question was can you build me the fastest motor yacht in the world. He had already bought the engines and gave me the information. I said I would need to call him back. It was a conversation that would lead to the construction of some of the most famous superyachts in the world, including the aforementioned Octopussy, Moonraker, and The World Is Not Enough. The first large yacht built for Staluppi was Octopussy. Frank talks about the birth of the project, saying, “It was a fascinating beginning. “In those days in 1986 I had a very small computer with my own programme on it for speed prediction. I looked at it and ran some calculations. I called him back and said, ‘I think so.’ The next morning he was at Schiphol airport.” The yacht was built at the Heesen shipyard, a result of a blooming relationship between the design company and shipyard and a relationship that has produced a number of fantastic projects, including the 36 metre Tropic C and her sister ships. http://www.mulderdesign.nl/index.php?page=boat_detail&boatid=37