S/Y (Superyacht) Doriana is a schooner which was originally built at Frederikssund shipyard in Denmark in 1930, for the Danish ship owner Ivar Lauritzen, who sailed her around the Swedish and Norwegian coasts. She was sold in United States and chartered out of Antigua in the 1970s. Completely restored between 2003 and 2005, this classic sailing yacht has an exterior styling by E. Wedell, and the engineering by A. von Lindholm, with an interior designed by Donald Starkey. Following her extensive … [Read more...]
Lot 99, the Luxurious 27.87 Meter Sailing Yacht by Nautor’s Swan
Lot 99 is actually the first unit of Swan 95 line, launched in May 2017 by Nautor's Swan. It comes as an evolution from its predecessor, the Swan 90. It is lighter and faster. An efficient, high aspect ratio lifting keel offers the possibility of having a deep draft high stability with a lighter ballast bulb for racing, in combination with an efficient square top fractional rig and racing bowsprit. The traditional triangular mainsail would be less demanding to the crew and better suited for … [Read more...]
Sloop – One of the Most Common Single Masted Sailing Boats
The sloop is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig. It has only one head-sail: if a boat has two or more head-sails, it is named cutter, not sloop, and its mast may be set further aft than on a sloop. In Dutch they call it "sloep", and in French it's called "chaloupe". The most common rig of modern sailboats is the Bermuda-rigged sloop. Typically, a modern sloop carries a mainsail on a boom aft of the mast, with a single loose-footed head-sail (a jib or a genoa jib) forward of … [Read more...]
Pink Gin VI, the 52 Meters Jewel from Baltic Yachts
Pink Gin VI is the largest carbon fiber sloop in the world, which displays some of the most innovative features seen in a sailing yacht: two opening balconies set into the topsides, Baltic Yachts’ revolutionary "Force Feedback Steering System" and a carbon composite hull and deck shell built to the highest degree of accuracy. [source of all pics: boatinternational.com] The displacement of 235 tons (light craft) is considered low for a yacht of this size. It has been achieved by using … [Read more...]
Schooner – A Two Masted Sailing Vessel of Dutch Origins
The schooner is a type of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. While the schooner was originally gaff-rigged, modern schooners typically carry a Bermuda rig. [source: pinterest] The Bermuda rig consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast with its head raised to the top of the mast; its luff runs down the mast and is normally attached to it for its entire length; its tack is attached at the base … [Read more...]
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