142,81 m : It is its length in meters (469 feet) which makes it the largest private sailboat in the world.
24, 88 m This is its width in metres (82 feet)
12,700 GT It's his gross tonnage. The Sailing Yacht A is built mainly in steel with carbon fiber and composite additions to reduce weight.
8 The number of bridges connected together by several elevators and floating spiral staircases
4 It's the number of engines. The Sailing Yacht A has a hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system inspired by a basic concept from river cruising. It has two 3,600 kW MTU diesel engines and two 4,300 kW electric engines.
16 /21 knots These are the speeds of the Sailing Yacht A. Its cruising speed is 16 knots and its top speed is 21 knots.
5,320 minutes Its autonomy
2 : This is the number of years that Sailing Yacht A has been built. The contract was signed in March 2011. The construction started in 2015 at the German Nobiskrug (German Naval Yards [GNY], a subsidiary of the Privinvest shipbuilding group, within the "military boats" department, its masts not passing under the deck of the "pleasure" part.
The vessel was delivered in early 2017 by the project team led by Dirk Kloosterman, after completing its final sea trials at the Navantia shipyard in Cartagena, and its final tests and inspections in Gibraltar.
417 million euros It's his purchase price.
15.3 million This is the amount claimed by Nobiskrug for breach of contract during 2018. The German yard that built the vessel has not received the full final payment, 9.8 million euros, and is claiming 5.5 million euros in interest. 5.5 million in interest. The ship was therefore stopped in Gibraltar, but the matter was quickly settled.
