Maxi yacht
A maxi yacht is a large, sporty sailing yacht with a boat length of 70 feet (approx. 21 m).
Maxi yachts are usually individual builds / custom-made products and tailored to the wishes of the owner by the yacht designer; Well-known designers are Olin Stephens from the Sparkman & Stephens design office , Bruce Farr , German Frers and Ron Holland . A maxi yacht is designed either for sporty regattas or for longer trips with passengers. Maxi yachts should not be confused with Maxi Yachts , a Swedish manufacturer of cruising yachts .
The watch manufacturer and sponsor Rolex is organizing a regatta series for maxi yachts, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup .
A special sailing class is located above the maxi yachts, the super maxi class. These sailing yachts have an overall length (Lüa) of over 100 feet.
Selection of well-known maxi yachts
- boomerang
- Kialoa I to V (owner: Jim Kilroy , USA)
- Ondine VIII
- Matador
- PK Boo II, (ex-CHRISMI II)
- Il Moro di Venezia I, II and III
- Rebecca
- Morning Glory (owner: Hasso Plattner , SAP )
- Drum
- Black Dragon (owner: Otto Happel , Hamburg)
- Y3K ( Wally Yachts ) (owner: Claus-Peter Offen , Hamburg)
- Alexia
- Favonius
- Skandia
- All Smoke (owner: Günter Herz , Hamburg)
- UCA (owner: Klaus Murmann , Kiel)
- Zephyrus
- Rambler (owner: George David , USA)
- Magic Carpet 2
- Fisher & Paykel (owner Joaquin Quiroga, Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura)
Well-known super maxi yachts
- Alfa Romeo ( Lüa : 100 feet) (Owner: Neville Crichton , NZL)
- Wild Oats XI (Lüa: 100 feet) (owner: Bob Oatley , AUS) almost identical to Alfa Romeo
- Eleonora (Lüa: 161 feet) (replica of the big-class yacht Westward )
- Mirabella V (Lüa: 247 feet, 75.3 m)
- Morning Glory , (Lüa: 26.2 m)
- Phocea , ex Club Méditerranée (Lüa: 247 feet, 75.3 m)
