After 30 months of construction, Vitters pulled the 43-metre-long aluminium slipway out of the hall in Zwartsluis, not far from the southern IJsselmeer coast in the Netherlands, on 3 January. "Magic" then travelled by self-propelled heavy-duty module onto a pontoon and towed to Amsterdam. There, the 250-tonne vessel was finally lowered into the water using a floating crane and received its 62-metre carbon mast from Southern Spars before undergoing trials on the North Sea in the coming weeks.
"Magic" relies on a conventional shaft drive with a controllable pitch propeller and 435 kilowatts of diesel as its power source. In addition, a battery bank caps load peaks and keeps all on-board systems running for up to eight hours when stationary. All deck winches, furling systems, tensioning devices and capstan winches for the genoa, staysail, main halyard and mainsheet are powered by hydraulic units that Vitters developed and built itself. Two anchors are concealed behind flaps in the forward underwater hull.
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Thick deck for long teak enjoyment
The Reichel/Pugh Riss is characterised by a deckhouse with large glass surfaces, a very high bulwark and a fixed keel with a depth of 4.50 metres. All the cleats extend out of the teak deck. The rods - some of the last ones from Burma - are 19 millimetres thick and not the usual 14 millimetres. The advantage: the deck lasts longer, as it can be sanded down more frequently during refits.
"Magic" has an interior volume of 304 gross tonnes and is therefore not much inferior to motor yachts of a similar length. The roughly equally long "Visione" has a cubic capacity of a good 180 gross tonnes with almost 1.50 metres less width. Below deck Design Unlimited together with Pieter Laureys. The interior work was carried out by the Austrians from List GC. The client requested the largest guest cabin aft, where it extends over almost the entire width of 9.66 metres. A total of seven crew members and ten guests can come on board.
"Magic" for sale
After the handover in February 2025, "Magic" will set course for the Mediterranean, perhaps with a new owner by then. The client is offering the 44-metre-long yacht for sale via Burgess Yachts, including a 4.20-metre-long Zodiac tender. The London brokers will reveal the price on request. To give a house number: A 47-metre aluminium yacht from Perini Navi, which is still under construction until 2026, is currently listed for just under 40 million euros.
Vitters expands
Vitters celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new hall in Zwartsluis in the old year. The extension will be 80 metres long, 30 metres wide and 16 metres high and will be used to equip a 68-metre ketch with lines from Andre Hoek as early as spring 2025. This year, the Dutch company will also be launching "Project Zero". The 69-metre-long aluminium ketch will operate completely without fossil fuels. There is no diesel generator disguised as a range extender or emergency power generator on board. Instead, the Zero project team, which is committed to the open source concept, relies exclusively on hydrogen generation using XXL propellers, solar panels, batteries and strict energy-saving measures.
