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Historically, large yachts were built with more than one mast in order to divide the sail area for easier handling. Today's technologies in spars, rigging, sailmaking, powered winches and electronics enable rigs with larger sail areas, higher aspect ratios, larger loads and simpler handling, allowing
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has achieved speeds in excess of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) in 8 1/2 ft seas. To achieve the amenity requirements, a single mast was preferred to other rig types in order to maximize interior volumes in keel-stepped sailing yachts; To achieve the performance requirements, the higher
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s size are typically made from steel or aluminium, an aramid foam core/vinylester sandwich build was chosen to achieve a shorter delivery date, reduced maintenance (regular repainting to inhibit corrosion is not required) and better acoustic thermal insulation.
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to be constructed with the tallest mast and largest jib of any sailing craft ever built at the time. One of the procurement challenges was finding sheets strong enough to trim the sails.
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was launched on 27 November 2003 and her mast was stepped at the
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aspect ratio of the single mast sail plan was also preferred in order to provide a better speed potential. A final demand was that the yacht be able to use the harbour at
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was chartered for up to $ 420,000 per week and about 12 weeks per year, with a balanced operating budget if chartered for 14 weeks per year.
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from 1980 to 1991 and still has a home and membership in the Belle Haven Club, there, although he and his wife, Luciana, later moved to
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The boat has a master suite on the main deck and six cabins for as many as 12 guests. The boat's
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Air draught: 88.50 m (290.4 ft) (cannot pass under any bridge that she can navigate to)
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for a survey and subsequently returned to Vosper
Thornycroft in Portsmouth for repairs.
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Vittoria grew up on Long Island and worked as a "launch boy" at a yacht club in
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was built as part of a fleet of large sailing yachts used for luxury private
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The owner specifications combined fast sailing with motoryacht amenities.
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Sail area (mainsail+working jib): 2,385 m (25,670 sq ft)
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car rental company. She was named after
Vittoria's previous yachts.
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Sail area (mainsail+reacher): 3,380 m (36,400 sq ft)
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was constructed at the former BVT Surface Fleet yard (formerly
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681:"World's largest single-masted yacht anchored in Greenwich"
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Presentation to the Royal
Institution of Naval Architects
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Ballast: 100 tonnes (98 long tons; 110 short tons) (2013)
929:"Historic launch of world's largest sloop, Mirabella V"
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Draught (keel down): 10.20 m (33.5 ft) (2013)
492:(half load): 765 tonnes (753 long tons; 843 short tons)
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Ron
Holland outlines design philosophy for Mirabella V
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442:, formerly Vosper Thornycroft) at its Woolston Yard,
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520:is the world's largest sail, excluding spinnakers.
399:-based firm High Modulus Europe Ltd, (now part of
258:2 × Caterpillar 969 kW (1,299 hp) (2013)
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462:arrangement and carbon fibre standing rigging.
516:Her 1,833 m (19,730 sq ft) UPS
588:After dragging anchor and running aground in
909:Mirabella V - the largest sailing sloop ever
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772:Ron Holland; John Stott (23 October 2003),
501:(keel up) 3.80 m (12.5 ft) (2013)
352:. It is no longer available for charters.
1022:Sailing yachts built in the United Kingdom
743:"Sail of the century has its own seaplane"
480:(full load): 61.00 m (200.13 ft)
250:10.20 m (33.5 ft) maximum (2013)
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189:Largest single-masted yacht ever built
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474:: 77.60 m (254.6 ft) (2013)
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1017:Sailboat type designs by Ron Holland
831:"Engineering a composite hyperyacht"
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889:from the original on 26 April 2016
801:"Mirabella V: meeting a superstar"
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958:"Mirabella arrives in Portsmouth"
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486:: 14.82 m (48.6 ft)
218:765 tonnes (half-load) (2013)
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610:List of large sailing yachts
576:Under Vittoria's ownership,
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234:14.82 m (48.6 ft)
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997:Ships built in Southampton
992:Individual sailing vessels
873:"M5 - Magnificence Reborn"
615:Comparison of large sloops
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1002:Ships built in Portsmouth
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242:88.5 m (290 ft)
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714:- Vosper's super-sloop"
194:General characteristics
644:Greenwich, Connecticut
592:on 16 September 2004,
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1012:2000s sailing yachts
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915:18 July 2011 at the
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407:Technical challenges
307:launched in 2003 as
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835:Reinforced Plastics
648:Palm Beach, Florida
640:Sea Cliff, New York
466:Particulars of ship
375:Palm Beach, Florida
115:Woolston, Hampshire
16:Yacht built in 2003
962:The Yachting World
933:The Yachting World
841:on 28 October 2006
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132:27 November 2003
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202:Flybridge sloop
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799:Tom Walsh,
712:Mirabella V
594:Mirabella V
578:Mirabella V
566:Mirabella V
555:Mirabella V
444:Southampton
436:Mirabella V
425:Mirabella V
393:Ron Holland
389:Mirabella V
342:Mirabella V
320:Mirabella V
309:Mirabella V
305:super yacht
168:MMSI number
121:Yard number
102:Isle of Man
85:Mirabella I
70:Mirabella V
60:Isle of Man
31:Mirabella V
1007:2003 ships
986:Categories
757:28 January
621:References
549:and three
381:to reduce
287:Carbon Cub
255:Propulsion
159:IMO number
907:Boot.de:
747:NZ Herald
658:Citations
598:La Ciotat
543:ski boats
531:lazarette
448:Hampshire
315:Ownership
263:Sail plan
172:235007140
137:Completed
972:23 April
966:archived
943:23 April
937:archived
913:Archived
893:23 April
884:archived
809:archived
805:BYM News
751:Archived
728:23 March
722:archived
695:23 April
689:archived
604:See also
539:jet skis
324:charters
303:-rigged
177:Callsign
140:May 2004
129:Launched
81:Namesake
39:Cyclades
815:6 March
584:Service
572:Charter
499:Draught
460:ballast
334:of the
247:Draught
207:Tonnage
179:: MDJS3
163:8979374
161::
107:Builder
47:History
41:in 2008
561:Launch
547:kayaks
535:Lasers
397:Hamble
364:Design
239:Height
223:Length
35:Rineia
887:(PDF)
876:(PDF)
786:(PDF)
779:(PDF)
626:Notes
518:genoa
416:'
401:Gurit
383:draft
301:sloop
299:is a
268:sloop
186:Notes
145:Refit
974:2016
945:2016
895:2016
817:2006
759:2020
730:2016
697:2016
484:Beam
379:keel
336:Avis
274:Crew
231:Beam
199:Type
148:2013
124:4322
66:Name
553:of
478:LWL
472:LOA
403:).
332:CEO
326:by
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