When the owners wanted a fully custom yacht capable of high performance and a Caribbean friendly draught, they turned to CRN to complete this 60m jewel Words: Frances and Michael Howorth
f only yachts could talk and tell us what they think about the name, they carry upon their transom. We wonder if the newly launched 60 metre superyacht Comfortably Numb built by CRN knows that “Comfortably Numb” is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their 11th album, The Wall or that David Gilmour’s solo on that 1979 track has been voted the greatest guitar solo of all time by listeners of PlanetRockRadio. Would the yacht care? Little wonder then, that at the time of her launch, no one claimed to know the name, and she
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went down the slipway and was reported to have done so by most of the yachting media as CRN 141. But now the secret is out we can reveal a little more about this superlight ultra fast yacht.
Built entirely in aluminium, this high-performance five decker has a West Indies island friendly draught. CRN, claim the yacht can exceed 25 knots and cruise at 22½ knots using twin MTU IMO Tier III-certified engines driving and in-line propellers, therefore not employing waterjet boosters.