NEW LAUNCH
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ack in 2003 when construction first began, 50 metres was still considered to be a very large yacht and enormous when it came to motor sailers.
Designed and styled by Evan K. Marshall the overall concept for a striking schooner began with Sultan Marine who at that time owned the build facility in Bodrum. After that owner faltered both the yard and the project were acquired by Neta Marine some time after work had stopped. Building work began again on the Project in July/2015 but only after the hull was sandblasted and surveyed by both Class and Flag.
It is now well over a decade later and renamed Meira, she is in a class with RINA and flies the flag of Malta. Having been newly launched she will undertake her first charter voyages this summer.
The yacht’s exterior styling blends the grace of a classic sailing yacht with the presence of a motor yacht. Because of her hull shape, which is loosely based on classic Mediterranean lines and features a massive counter stern, she contains an interior layout comparable to a motor yacht of considerably greater length.
This is where she departs from her better known international motor sailing counterparts, in that she will offer a spacious and indoor/outdoor dining area in the aft section, a main salon and dining room with floor to ceiling windows to give panoramic views of the sea, a full beam upper deck sky lounge and bar for those more intimate private times. The main deck owner’s suite offers over 35 square metres of space and features a separate office, his and hers bathrooms and walk-in wardrobes.
On the lower deck the voluminous hull allows for three king-size VIP cabins and two twin guest cabins, all in all giving her a total guest capacity of twelve. The style of her interior, like her exterior, fuses traditional style with the contemporary, using cherry, poplar burl and onyx with marble mosaics, modern fittings, accessories and the best in local Turkish materials.
The hull features port and starboard hydraulic fold down sea platforms and the special keel design and ballasting is designed to provide significantly superior stability both under sail and at anchor, a benefit additionally enhanced by her broad beam.
Her sail plan, created by UK Halsey Sailmakers provides over 900 square metres of sail area and with minimal heel achieves top speeds approaching 15 knots under sail.
Her styling and detailing strikes a balance between new and old, where the emphasis on new accounts for all her systems related to navigation, communication, sail control and deck fittings.
Emre Karakaya the Managing Director at Neta Marine says, “She may well have seen her keel laid in 2003 but now in 2018 this boat is a completely new construction.”
The story has similarities to the building of The Maltese Falcon. Her hull had been left unloved in a Turkish shipyard for many years before Tom Perkins fell in love with her lines.
If Neta Marine can turn out a modern day Maltese Falcon everybody will be extremely happy!
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