Alloy Yachts Launch "Mondango 3"

On Thursday morning the 5th of December the Alloy Yachts launched crew the 56.4m (185ft) "Mondango 3" into the water in Auckland, New Zealand.

She is a 56.4m ketch designed by Dubois Naval Architects. Some of her main features include a swing down centerboard, twin sub-deck tender wells, and aft deck spa pool (wow on a yacht). She has 5 cabins to accommodate up to 11 guests. The interior design was developed by the London based studio Reymond Langton Design and her rigs were built by New Zealand based Southern Spars with her sails supplied by North.

Mondango 3 will be handed over to her owner in late February 2014 but post handover she will be available for charter through Burgess Yachts.

"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

Panamax Launches at Baltic

Hetairos Project name "Panamax" is launched by Baltic Yachts in Finland. This magnificent Ketch stands at an overall length of 197ft and with the bowsprit the length increases another 21ft to bring it to 218ft, quite astonishing size for a classic looking ketch.


Panamax during her construction has set many records including being the largest yacht to be built of a carbon - fibre composite. The owner wanted this yacht to be the fastest and largest yacht to be able to navigate the Panama Canal. So for this project the owner brought together Baltic Yachts in Finland with the renowned naval architects Dykstra & Partners to form this team to construct a modern but classic looking yacht.

The Mast and Rigging was left down to the two of the top companies in this industry. The mast was built by Southern Spars and the Rigging went to Future Fibres. The main mast had to be specially made to meet the owners desire to cross the Panama Canal and under the bridge. With the beam of the yacht 10.28m there was plenty of room in side for the interior designers to work with. This task was given to Dick Young and Jonathan Rhoades of "Rhoades Young"


Hopefully Panamax will be seen in the Med this summer so keep track of her on the yacht tracker. If we are lucky we might even see her on the start line for the Maxi Worlds in August.