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The yacht had a retracting keel, allowing its draft to be reduced from 10 m to 4 m. [3] It was one of a number of similar vessels from the same designer and shipyard and was one of the world's largest sailing yachts. The yacht had a traditional aft cockpit and an additional 60 m 2 (650 sq ft) fully
Ark Yacht: Klaus Roeder Carpe Diem Yacht Design: 2013: Steel staysail ketch Rhea: 54.00 m (177 ft) Ark Yacht: Klaus Roeder Carpe Diem Yacht Design: 2017: Steel staysail ketch, sister ship of CHRONOS Pink Gin VI: 53.90 m (177 ft) Baltic Yachts: Judel/Vrolijk: 2017: Aramid foam core/prepreg carbonfiber sandwich sloop Nirvana: 53.48 m (175 ft)
IMOCA 60. The IMOCA ( "Open 60" ), is a 60ft (18.288 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). [ 1] The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been intimately linked to design development ...
1 to 12. Maiden is a 58 foot (18 m) aluminium ocean racing yacht built in 1979, designed by Bruce Farr and raced by Pierre Fehlmann, Bertie Reed, Tracy Edwards and John Bankart. Edwards bought the yacht in 1987 to compete in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-female crew. The yacht achieved good results and broke records ...
The Ocean Race. The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [ 1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [ 1] and ...
Comanche. (yacht) Comanche is a 100 ft (33 m) maxi yacht. She was designed in France by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and built in the United States by Hodgdon Yachts for Dr. James H. Clark . Comanche held the 24-hour sailing record for monohulls [ 2] until May 2023, [ 3] covering 618 nmi, for an average of 25.75 knots or 47.69 kmh/h.
Octopus (yacht) Octopus. (yacht) Octopus is a 126-metre (413 ft) megayacht built for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. She is one of the world's largest yachts. Launched in 2003 at a cost of $200 million, [ 1] Octopus is a private vessel that has been loaned out for exploration projects, scientific research and rescue missions.
Years before her death last summer at the age of 85, Lois Woodburn cornered a mortician at a party to ask if she could be buried in the ocean. Lots of people want their cremated remains scattered ...