Superyachts Hetairos & Marie side by side in Antigua

New photos from the top of Superyacht Marie's main mast have just been posted in the photos page. The photos show a top down view of Marie (180ft) and Hetairos (214ft) side by side in Antigua 2 weeks ago. These spectacular photos were taken by RSB Rigging Solutions in Palma.

First Race, First Win for 60m Hetairos

The beautiful 197ft Hetairos, project Panamax that was launched during the summer in Finland from the Baltic yard has just won the Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta. This is the yachts first race and they have crossed the line in first place, not a bad way to start the superyacht racing season.

The Regatta was from the island of Tenerife in the Canary islands to Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, a total mileage of around 2,600nm. Hetairos finished the race in a super fast time of 8 days:10 hrs:58 min:30sec.

Reichel & Pugh's New Design 115ft Classic Racer

Reichel & Pugh are mostly know for their excellent design in some of the worlds top racing yachts and have gained a renowned reputation in this area. Over recent times they have moved into the classic market as well to work as naval architects in projects such as the J Class yacht Ranger, a classic race that was launched in 2004. More recently they were the co-naval architects with Dykstra & Partners in the recently launched yacht Hetairos (Panamax) a classic ketch by Baltic Yachts.

Yet again Reichel & Pugh have entered the classic design market with their sleek new design for a classic racer. They wanted to recreate the classical elegance of a bygone era and combine it with modern underwater shape and appendages. This classic racer can be built for alloy or composite rigging to suit the owner, with a option of a fixed (Draft 4.80m) or lifting (Draft 4.00m - 5.50m) keel. The teak covered deck is simply laid out for ease of sail handling and racing functionality, all the winches are push button hydraulically powered for ease and simplicity.

The interior design of the yacht is comfortable and modern with a main saloon that features extensive seating areas on both port and starboard. There is an enclosed head and separate shower forward of the main saloon and a twin navigation area aft of the main saloon on the port side and a galley on the starboard side aft of the main saloon. The principle design parameters for the yacht were

"Graceful Aesthetic and Stunning Performance"

With Reichel & Pugh's experience in designing racing performance yachts you can be sure that the 115ft classic racer when built will hit the starting line fast and go on to win some of racing's greatest prizes.

The First "Hetairos" Superyacht

There is two yachts named Hetairos that belong to the same owner and many of you know the new 219ft project name Panamax now called Hetairos. Some of you may not know the old Hetairos so below accompanied with pictures taken earlier today in Valencia Spain are the facts and details about her.

The Superyacht that the owner had before his new yacht and still owns but its up for sale for €13.8m was built by Abeking & Rasmussen. The project was started in 1991 and the yacht 141ft ketch was launched 662 days later in 1993. Abeking & Rasmussen was one of the only yards at the time to be able to meet the owners needs in exquisite design and experienced craftsmanship. The out come was a beautiful and elegant ketch with top craftsmanship that still today nearly 20 years on still sits at the top level of the great Superyachts in the industry.

She has recently under gone a 8 month refit by the Southampton Yacht Services. She now has a black hull with gold trim that really matches well with the cream masts and booms. Her exterior design was the work of Bruce King Yacht Design and her interior was by the famous Andrew Winch Designs. She was recently at the Monaco Yacht Show in September and her next plans are unknown.

She can accommodate up to 10 guests in a full beam master suite and 2 double and 2 twin cabins. She has been all around the world to places such as the Amazon, Alaska, New Zealand, Madagascar and the South Pacific. She has a shallow draft to be able to get into and explore the most hard to reach places of the world.

"Hetairos" Project Panamax Pictures

Just thought we would share some new pictures with you of the new Hetairos, project name Panamax. for those of you who don't know anything about her she is the recently launched Mega Yacht from the Baltic Yard in Finland. She is a 218ft long ketch including her 21ft bow spirit. She has the masts and booms built by Southern Spars and the rigging is by Future Fibres. If you follow the link below you can find more information in the previous article that we posted on Hetairos. It is believed that she is doing crew training off the west coast of France at the moment before she heads to the Med for the end of the season.

http://megayachtglobal.blogspot.com/2011/07/panamax-launches-at-baltic.html