Jade Yachts Launch Pocket Explorer "Smiling T"

Jade Yachts was started in 2004 as a subsidiary company of the Taiwan based shipbuilding company Jong Shyn to construct super & mega yachts.

This is the newest Pocket Explorer to splash into the worlds water, in a ceremony earlier last week (29th November 2011) Jade Yachts launched and christened their newest in their 90 series Smiling T. This project was sold and managed by Ocean Independence, the contract was singed at the Monaco yacht show in 2010 to a Swiss owner. Smiling T's exterior is the work of exterior designer JC Espinosa based in Fort Lauderdale and engineered by the Jade shipyard, the yacht was built to B.V classification and the owner might have her ready for charter for 2012. She is a fully displacement yacht with a steel hull and an aluminum superstructure, with a top speed of 13kts and a cruising speed of 11kts.

She has 4 decks which include 1 master suite and 3 guest cabins, accommodating 8 guests in total. One of the guest cabins can be used as a gym by folding up the beds into the wall. There will be a tender, a jet ski and a jacuzzi on board for the guests to enjoy. She has a large interior volume perfect for guest entertainment and dinning.

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