Morning Glory (Yacht, 1993)
The Morning Glory is a luxury class motor sailing yacht. It was built in 1993 for media entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch , who sold it to Silvio Berlusconi in 1999 .
The ship
The as ketch -rigged ship was on, which specializes in large yachts 1993 shipyard of Perini Navi in Viareggio designed, Italy, and built. It has a length of 48.16 m over all or 37.77 m in the waterline , is 9.21 m wide and has a draft of 7.65 m when the keel is extended and 3.32 m when the keel is retracted . The hull is made of steel, the superstructure is made of aluminum . The deck planking is made of teak . The water displacement is 380 tons when fully loaded.
Two MTU - marine diesel engines of the type MTU 12V 183 TE 62, each with 550 kilowatts allow two screws at a speed of 14.8 knots . The fuel supply is 41,200 liters, which allows a range of 4800 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 12 knots . In the bow is a bow thruster of Schottel .
The main mast is 44.8 m high (above the waterline), the mizzen mast 36.85 m. The total sail area is 990 m 2 . The owner's cabin and three guest cabins, all of which are air-conditioned , can accommodate up to 10 people. Furnishing includes a fully functional fireplace made of marble . The boat crew consists of 6-8 men.
Owner
The Morning Glory was commissioned by Rupert Murdoch in 1992 and put into service in 1993. On June 25, 1999, on board the yacht in New York Harbor, he married his third wife, Wendy Deng, in the presence of 82 invited guests.
At the end of 1999 Murdoch sold the boat for 4.5 million pounds sterling to Silvio Berlusconi , who liked the Morning Glory better than his 40 m yacht Principessa Vaivia , which was also built by Perini Navi in 1991 . In 2008 the boat was completely overhauled and refitted at the Marine Group Boat Works shipyard in Chula Vista near San Diego ( California ).
Remarks
- ↑ MTU 183 engine series
- ↑ http://www.schottel.de/de/news-events/presseinformationen/news-detail/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=54&cHash=984018bc1209394daeff96768f7c3cce
- ↑ http://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/details/1603