Boat International - June 2018

Above: Gartner, centre, was previously

captain on Maltese Falcon. “It’s incredible

how much better this boats tacks,” he says

During her shakedown cruise from the

Netherlands to the Med, the power generated

by its unfeathered props was suicient to run

the entire hotel load and feed the battery bank

too – true zero-emission cruising

THIS ISN’T ONLY THE

WORLD’S LARGEST

SAILING YACHT, IT’S THE

WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED

SUPERYACHT FULL STOP

AJ Sutherland

chief officer

It’s brilliant to be involved in

something that’s still one of the

firsts out there, which can hopefully

be developed and used more and

more on vessels. The whole

concept of literally turning off all

the machinery and still being able

to power a 107 metre yacht and

everything that that involves, not

only navigationally but on the

house side, is a great concept.

To get the opportunity to actually

be able to work on something

100 metres-plus and something

as amazing as this, it’s the highlight

of many people’s careers.

PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREY CHEPAKIN; JENNY PATON; ANDY LEHEL; SAVVAS BALTZI

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