Alen

Alen Yacht is a Turkish semi-custom builder founded in 2007 by Alp Ozcan, with its production yard in Istanbul and service and representation in St. Tropez and Fort Lauderdale. The yard has positioned itself squarely in the superyacht-tender and chase-boat segment, with a range that runs from 45 to 77 feet - covering the ground between a practical day tender and a proper passage-capable chase vessel.

The build that put Alen on the programme is the Alen 55: a 16.8m composite hull with AIREX-core construction, twin 800 hp Volvo Penta engines, 34 knots top speed, and a 250-nautical-mile range at 28 knots. The Alen 42 preceded it with more than twenty hulls delivered, which is a meaningful number for a boutique yard. The flagship Alen 68 steps up to 20.32m, a full composite AIREX-core hull, twin V12 MAN engines producing 1,500 hp, 45 knots maximum speed, and CE Category A certification for sixteen passengers. Foster and Partners provided the exterior and interior design on the 68, which is an unusual collaboration for a builder at this scale and signals where the yard is aiming.

Alen builds all elements in-house in Istanbul except glazing, and runs its own test tank for hull development. The design language is consistent across the range: forward-carried beam, deep bulwarks, walk-around decks, and hull surfaces left exposed rather than buried under furniture. We'd put it alongside the better Italian open-boat builders for finish quality, with a price point that reflects the Istanbul cost base.