SY A
SY A in Kiel
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The SY A (name during the construction phase: White Pearl , also referred to as Project 787 by the shipyard ) is a sailing yacht owned by the Russian billionaire and oligarch Andrei Melnichenko . After commissioning, the ship will be the largest sailing yacht in the world with a length of almost 143 meters . The construction of the ship is said to have cost around 400 million euros. The owner already has a motor yacht with the name A .
construction
The contractor for the construction of the SY A was the Nobiskrug shipyard . Since the keel was laid in 2012, the hull has been built and expanded with great discretion at the Kiel shipyard German Naval Yards, which, like Nobiskrug, belongs to German Naval Yards Holdings GmbH according to a design by Philippe Starck . The keel construction and the rig come from the Dutch company Dykstra Naval Architects , which also equipped the Maltese Falcon . The sails were made by Doyle Sails (USA), the teak used comes from the Spanish company Teak Solutions ( Valencia ). A total of 1,278 elements were installed. The Kiel public prosecutor's office is investigating the allegation - confirmed by DNA analyzes - that the wood comes from illegal plantations .
For a long time, the ship was covered during construction to protect the paintwork from the weather. This covering was removed for the first time in April 2015 and the first test drive took place on September 21, 2015.
The SY A is designed as a three-masted mast, the height of the masts made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) by the southern English company Magma Structures is around 90 m. They are the largest free-standing ( unstayed ) masts made from carbon to date . The manufacturing company spent three years developing and producing. The three masts were delivered on a floating pontoon from Portsmouth to Kiel and installed there. The trees, on the other hand, come from Future Fibers from Spain . The largest single sail covers 1,767 m² of sail area, all sails are set fully automatically. Due to the high masts, the sailing yacht can only leave the Baltic Sea through the Drogden , an 8 meter deep sound between Amager and Saltholm in the Öresund .
The yacht has a total of eight decks . The keel is made of curved glass at the lower end so that one can observe the underwater world.
The hull is made of steel, which is coated with a special plastic layer.
The bow is preceded by a platform slightly above the height of the waterline, from which the foremost part of the bow is illuminated from below. A little above the waterline, about 20 lights radiating from the side could be seen on the exit on February 5, 2017.
The construction costs are announced to be around 400 million euros, the actual costs are not known.
drive
In addition to the sail area distributed over three masts, the ship is powered by two diesel units, each with 3,600 kW output , each of which acts on a 5-blade controllable pitch propeller. In addition to the diesel engines, there are also two electric motors with 4,300 kW output each. Various operating modes are possible here, i. H. Diesel-mechanical drive with optional use of the electric motors as shaft generators , use of the electric motors in addition to the diesels (booster operation) or purely electric drive. In addition, four diesel generators, each with an output of approx. 2,800 kW, are available for power supply, which can be operated in a variable speed range between 1,200 and 2,050 revolutions per minute, depending on the load requirement.
The top speed is specified as 21 knots (around 39 km / h). Its range under motor at an average speed of 16 knots is 5,320 nautical miles .
Commissioning and transfer from the Baltic Sea
The ship was put into operation on January 27, 2017 and on February 3, 2017 the Nobiskrug shipyard in Kiel officially delivered the yacht without the owner being present. The public was also excluded here, only a small group of invited guests, such as Ulf Kämpfer , Lord Mayor of Kiel, and the former Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen , were present alongside the shipyard employees.
The ship left Kiel on February 5th and passed the Øresund on February 6th. She then made a stopover in Kristiansand , Norway , to have the export certificate issued for the reimbursement of German VAT . In mid-February, the yacht entered Gibraltar for a refueling stop , where it was arrested . The shipyard applied for arrest after the owner owed an amount of around 15.3 million euros, but had already deposited 9.8 million euros in an escrow account of the buyer's lawyers in London. On February 21, 2017 it was announced that the shipyard had reached an agreement with the buyer and that the arrest should be lifted after payment of 5.5 million euros to another trust account in Gibraltar. On February 22nd, 2017, the yacht finally left Gibraltar with a course for Cartagena .
Picture gallery
Under construction: Dock 8 of the shipyard in Kiel
Rear view with lettering
Detail view of masts
In the Kiel Fjord
Equipment in the dock of the shipyard in Kiel
Completion: Handover to the owner
See also
Web links
- Jörg Jacobsen: Small celebration for the world's largest sailing yacht. In: ndr.de. February 3, 2017, accessed April 30, 2017 .
- Largest sailing yacht in the world - iceberg on the fjord. In: faz.net. September 21, 2015, accessed April 30, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 6 facts about the build of Sailing Yacht A. Sailing Yacht A's imposing scale. In: Boat International. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Carsten Kemmling: Somehow secret. Largest sailing ship in the world: “White Pearl” gets an “A”. In: SegelReporter. September 24, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c 6 facts about the build of Sailing Yacht A. Sailing Yacht A's propulsion. In: Boat International. Retrieved February 23, 2017 .
- ↑ Hans Jürgen Reuß: Power generation on board - New standard for passenger ships and mega yachts . In: Ship & Harbor . May 2017, No. 5 , May 2017, p. 12-14 .
- ↑ ... and bye. Sailing Yacht A: Set sail - owner takes over 400 million dollar yacht in southern Spain. In: SegelReporter. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Chronology: The construction of the “Sailing Yacht A” in Kiel , NDR, February 19, 2017, accessed on March 23, 2017.
- ↑ a b With video: Meeting of the mega yachts - “A” visits “Sailing Yacht A” in Kiel. In: shz.de. August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016 .
- ^ Course Kiel Fjord: "Sailing Yacht A" on a test drive. In: shz.de. September 21, 2015, accessed September 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Dispute over unpaid bills: world's largest sailing yacht "A" arrested in Gibraltar . In: Spiegel Online . February 19, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed January 6, 2019]).
- ↑ a b Sebastian Baak: Mega yacht inspires fans on test drive. In: NDR.de. September 21, 2015, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Mega yacht “A” shows up in Kiel. In: shz.de. August 29, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Sailing Yacht A - Specifications. In: Boat International. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Kristina Müller: Test drive of a superlative. In: Yacht online. September 22, 2015, accessed September 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Maltese Falcon. In: Dykstra Naval Architects. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ^ Alistair Walsh / dpa: World's biggest sailing yacht built using illegal timber. In: dw.com . April 5, 2017, accessed April 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Longest sailing yacht in the world casts off. Sailing Yacht A. In: Spiegel Online. September 21, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 .
- ↑ The world's largest sailing yacht started for a test drive. In: ORF.at. September 21, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 .
- ↑ World's tallest masts stepped on Sailing Yacht A ( Memento from October 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Magma Structures.
- ↑ 6 facts about the build of Sailing Yacht A. The rig and sail plan of Sailing Yacht A. In: Boat International. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ^ Frank Behling: False reports: Excitement about the "Sailing Yacht A". Kieler Nachrichten, October 11, 2016, accessed on October 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Frank Behling: White Pearl has started a test drive. (No longer available online.) Kieler Nachrichten, September 21, 2016, archived from the original on December 21, 2015 ; accessed on February 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Frank Behling: The “Sailing Yacht A” is moored off Gibraltar. 15.29 million euros not paid. Kieler Nachrichten, February 19, 2017, accessed on February 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Kjetil Mæland: Seilbåt til 3.7 billion på plass i Norge. In: Nettavisen. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Margret Kiosz: Sailing yacht "A" - Russian has German tax refunded. In: Flensburger Tageblatt. shz.de, February 9, 2017, accessed on February 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Mega yacht "A" leaves Gibraltar. In: NDR.de. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017 .
