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Sail-assisted motor yacht built in Kiel by Nobiskrug
Sailing yacht A , starboard
History
Sierra Leone
Name A
Namesake
A
Owner
Andrey Melnichenko , but seized by
Guardia di Finanza
Port of registry
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Ordered March 2011
Builder
Nobiskrug
Yard number 787
Launched April 2015
Acquired May 2017
Identification
IMO number :
1012141
[1]
Status Seized by authorities; currently anchored in the
Gulf of Trieste
General characteristics
Tonnage 12,558 gt
Length 142.81 m (468.5 ft)
Beam 24.80 m (81.4 ft)
Height ~100.00 m (328.1 ft)
Draught ~8.00 m (26.2 ft)
Decks 8
Installed power Variable-speed diesel-electric plant
Propulsion Lineshaft controllable-pitch twin screw
Sail plan 3,747 m2 (40,330 sq ft) 3-mast
schooner rig
Speed
Cruising: 16
knots (30 km/h)
Top: 21 knots (39 km/h)
Range 5,340
nmi (9,890 km)
Crew 54
Sailing Yacht A is a
sailing yacht
launched in 2015.
[2] The vessel is a sail-assisted motor yacht
[3] designed by
Philippe Starck (exteriors and interiors)
[4]
[5] and built by
Nobiskrug in
Kiel , Germany for the
Russian
billionaire
Andrey Melnichenko .
[6]
History
Its propulsion consists of a variable-speed hybrid powerplant with two lineshaft controllable-pitch
propellers that is sail-assisted by a three-
mast fore-and-aft sailing rig. The freestanding
carbonfiber rotating masts were manufactured by Magma Structures at
Trafalgar Wharf, Portsmouth .
[7] Doyle Sailmakers USA manufactured the three fully automated carbonfiber/
taffeta full roach sails. The furling booms were built in
Valencia by Future Fibres. The rigging of the yacht was developed partially to be implemented on cargo ships and for commercial use.
[8] The vessel features an underwater observation pod in the
keel with 30 cm (12 in)-thick glass. It is the largest private sail-assisted motor yacht in the world.
[9]
Sailing Yacht A was delivered by Nobiskrug on 3 February 2017, and left Kiel on 5 February 2017.
[10]
[11]
[12] It exited the
Baltic Sea in light mode on near-empty fuel tanks in order to clear the
Drogden Strait with minimum draught. It underwent final
sea trials and the final fit-out at the
Navantia shipyard in
Cartagena , Spain. Boat International called it "the boundary pushing
superyacht ".
[3] The yacht is owned by Melnichenko through Valla Yachts Ltd. of Bermuda, and was initially registered there at
Hamilton .
[13] In December 2021 the yacht was moved to the
Isle of Man flag and registered at
Douglas .
[14]
Sanctions
The yacht was seized by the Italian
Guardia di Finanza on 12 March 2022 in the port of
Trieste , due to the
EU's sanctions imposed on a number of Russian businessmen as a consequence of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine . A spokesperson for Melnichenko vowed to contest the seizure.
[15] While under seizure, the yacht was re-registered in June 2022 at
Freetown , under the
Sierra Leone flag.
[14] As of June 2024, the yacht was at an anchorage in the
Gulf of Trieste .
[16]
[17]
Specifications
Building site: Kiel, Germany
[18]
Builder:
Nobiskrug
Naval architecture: Nobiskrug & Dykstra Naval Architects
Exterior design:
Philippe Starck
[4]
Interior decoration: Philippe Starck
Diesel powerplant: two
MTU 20V 4000 M73L 2,050 rpm 3,600 kW lineshaft engines
[19]
Electric powerplant: four 1,050–2,050 rpm 2,800 kW hotel generators driving two
Vacon 4,300 kW lineshaft motors
[20]
Transmission: superimposable/clutched diesel-electric transmission controlled by
DEIF systems
Propulsion:
Andritz Hydro /
Escher Wyss & Cie. 5-bladed controllable-pitch lineshaft twin screw
[6]
Emission treatment: Emigreen, 4 × diesel particulate filter (soot filtration) on diesel generators.
[21]
See also
References
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b
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^
a
b Martin Hager (2 November 2015),
"Sailingyacht "A" - Ein bau der Superlative" (PDF) , Boote Exclusiv , no. 6/15, pp. 8–11
^
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a
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^
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^
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a
b
"SY A (1012141)" . Equasis .
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