In our popular and long-standing column "The special boat", this time we take you on board the 47 metre long "Nilaya". The size of a yacht alone would not qualify it to appear in the magazine. It also needs other characteristics.
In the case of Royal Huisman's latest work of art, it is the construction method, among other things. The Reichel/Pugh design was created using the shipyard's own production method called Featherlight. In this method, the Dutch manufacturer carries out complex strength analyses based on finite element analysis, optimises all components in terms of their weight and manufactures built-in parts and larger structures such as the deckhouse from carbon, while the hull is made from aluminium.
The best of two worlds
A method that combines the best of two worlds, carbon fibre and light metal. Nothing that Hanse or Bavaria will be implementing in a large series boat tomorrow, but it is always interesting to know that the process currently represents the highest level of development in boat building for large cruising boats.
What's more, a tour of 154 feet of floating engineering and design art is always exciting. This section is not concerned with the normality of boat building, the state of affairs in series production, but with the extraordinary. A yacht becomes a special boat through its creation, history, owner or because of its construction.
See and be amazed
Or to put it another way: if you come across one of these yachts on an evening stroll around the harbour, you will stop and look, perhaps in amazement. And if someone then asks you on board or even invites you for a trial run, will you accept?
We do nothing else, we welcome you on board, on extraordinary, breathtaking, exciting yachts, boats that show the diversity and uniqueness of yachting - as well as small cruisers, cruising yachts, regatta boats, daysailers and, and, and. And this every fortnight.
We hope you enjoy reading this issue.
Fridtjof Gunkel, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of YACHT
All topics of the new YACHT at a glance:
PANORAMA
Horizons
Sailing at the Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez regatta
Current
Baltic Sea Protection Action Plan;
Accident statistics for Lake Constance;
Munitions clearance pilot project
Journey
Chartertrends 2024;
insolvent agency Zizoo sold
Boats up to date
Expedition yacht Boréal 55.2 from France;
Sports boat Junda KII from Monaco;
Trimaran Dragonfly 40 from Denmark
Sport
SailGP in New Zealand;
Kite-EM in Spain
ADRIA SPECIAL
Gulf of Kotor
Sailing at the foot of monumental mountain ranges. Portrait of the fjord-like sailing area south of Dubrovnik
Precinct update
All the important news from the coasts of Croatia and Montenegro - what sailors between Pula and Tivat absolutely need to know
Portrait
The 150-year-old working ship "Nerezinac" tells more about the maritime culture of the region than many a museum
Melges 24
The sports boat developed 32 years ago in the USA became the blueprint for a genre in sailing. But the original is still considered number one by connoisseurs. Class portrait
Ocean Globe Race
German participant Ebru Yaral in conversation before the final stage start
Baltic Sea storm surge
How a club rebuilt its destroyed harbour with its own efforts
Isabelle Joschke
Interview with the Franco-German about the preparations for her second participation in the Vendée Globe
Navigation
Things to bear in mind when travelling to a foreign territory
Harald Baum
On the 125th anniversary of his company: A portrait of Mr Pantaenius
TEST & TECHNOLOGY
Sunbeam 29.1
The second boat from the Austrian Schöchl shipyard with a negative bow and protruding deck is no longer a provocation. What catches the eye are its sailing characteristics and innovative spirit
SKIPPERS MAGAZINE
Security
What you need on board so that you are equipped for everything
Pure ship
What to consider when choosing a scrubber & co
Equipment
Snatch blocks from Harken,
sanding machine from Mirka,
waterproof tablet
DIY
Lifeline with silencer, safety tips
YACHT MARKET
Germany's most up-to-date water sports exchange
On nine pages the complete offer for sailors: used boats, purchase requests, broker and insurance offers, school and charter advertisements
The special boat
A portrait of the 47-metre superyacht "Nilaya"
Wake
Nico Lohner on the acquisition of a salvaged wreck
Fridtjof Gunkel
Deputy Chief Editor YACHT
