Boat International US Edition - June 2018

EDITED BY Cécile Gauert JUNE 2018

THIS MONTH: the next generation of sailing yachts in build, an innovation in speedy sail technology, and five of the coolest paddleboards

ON BOARD

NEWS, EYE OPENER, MARKET INTELLIGENCE, SAILING ROUND-UP & THE EDIT

Four huge cranes flip

the 266ft hull of Project

RH400 in Vollenhove

As the world ’s largest aluminum sailing yacht, the world ’s largest

Asian-owned yacht and the biggest Royal Huisman project to date,

Project RH400 is set to smash three records on delivery in 2020.

The Dutch yard recently gave the world a first glimpse of this 266ft

schooner when the mammoth hull was rolled out of the specially

extended build hall in Vollenhove and flipped over with the help

of four enormous cranes. “It may look like a contemporary modern

sailing yacht now but in 50 years’ time it will be a classic,” predicts

Dykstra Naval Architects, which collaborated with Mark Whiteley

Design on the super-sailer. Watch a time-lapse video of this

landmark moment at boatint.com/rh

Talkin’ bout

a revolution

Royal Huisman turns its biggest

hull to date – the record-breaking

Project RH