Superyachts
Pictured here during sea trials off Jakobstad in Finland, Path is the third largest yacht by volume that Baltic Yachts has built to date
well in the foredeck that also serves as a paddling pool. In terms of toys, people often say that we’re never going to equal what a bigmotor yacht can achieve, but while that might be true we are very good at finding clever ways of stowing lots of equipment.’ The design brief called for a very
quick and spacious blue water cruiser with all-weather sailing capability and a strong emphasis on reliability, without toomuch complexity in its sailing systems. It called for tried-and-tested technologies with proven durability to ensure low and easymaintenance. Full
Baltic Yachts EVP HenryHawkins: ‘What stands out most formeis just howwell the teaminteracted. Everyone was thinking and planning ahead’
backup systems were also required. Path’s sailing programme is focused on fast-paced, frequent offshore and ocean passages with the owner on board, primarily in tropical and temperate latitudes, plus some high-latitude sailing and occasional racing.
A performance cruiser of this length
will typically have around 200GT of internal volume and carry eight to 12 people: six to eight guests with a crew of four to six. Path has 280GT and ample space for 18 people: 10 guests and eight crew including the captain. ‘She is designed as a home from home and will be used as a liveaboard for long periods of time, with full capability for running a business,’ Hawkins explains. ‘She’s extremely spacious even for the crew. This is a fully classed boat, subject to regulations about the amount of space for eachmember of the crew, but whatever thosemeasurements are, this boat smashes them. The crew space is extremely generous with a good sized crew’s nest, galley and cabins.’ High-volume hulls rarely go hand in
In linewith the owner’s brief to focus on well-proven and reliable systems, Path has two big diesel gensets backed up by a 60sqm,8kW array of solar panels covering most of the coachroof
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hand with high performance or good handling characteristics, but Path looks set to break that rule. Although her interior is huge compared withmost sailing yachts of a similar length, performance was a crucial parameter in the design brief. ‘Themajor interest is not racing but performance in terms of how the boat behaves,’ Rolf Vrolijk says. This absolutely isn’t just a fair-weather boat with a lot of sail area; it’s designed to perform and handle well in all wind and sea conditions. ‘This customer is a real sailor.’ Vrolijk
says. ‘It’s not a boat that will just be lying around in harbours or delivered
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH: EVA-STINA KJELLMAN
PHOTOGRAPH: DAN-ERIK OLSEN
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