''Athena'' is a

clipper A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had a large total sail area. "C ...

-bowed three-masted gaff-rigged

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

built by

Royal Huisman Royal Huisman is a Dutch shipbuilding company that specializes in the newbuild construction and refit, rebuild and renewal of sailing and motor yachts. The shipyard was established in 1884 in Ronduite as a builder of wooden workboats and fishin ...

in 2004 for Internet entrepreneur

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. Clark purchased a 47.4 meter

sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...

, '' Hyperion'', from Royal Huisman in 1998. As ''Hyperion'' was nearing completion, Clark began to consider the possibilities of a larger yacht, which could include a theater, library, more guest space and a more capable galley, taking inspiration from the 1920s Krupp built motor yacht "Talitha". The yacht was re-fitted in 2008. It can support 12 guests and 22 crew, and is built under

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classification. ''Athena'' is the winner of the Show Boats International Award for Best Sailing Yacht over 40 Meters for 2004. A book titled “Athena – A Classic Schooner For Modern Times” (photography by Louie Psihoyos, writer Jack Somer) describes the history, the construction and the life of this vessel. In July 2012 the Athena was listed for sale with an asking price of US$95 million, and reduced to $75 million in June 2014. In summer 2014 Athena was listed as available for charter in the South Pacific, priced at approximately €260,000 per week. As of May 2019 the asking price was listed as $45 million (USD). Similar sailing super yachts of this period include ''Eos'', ''The Maltese Falcon'', and the

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Specifications

*Length overall - *Length of deck - *Length waterline - 60.52 m / 198.56 ft *Beam - 12.2 m / 40.03 ft *Gross tonnage - 1103 t *Displacement - 1126 t *Sail area - 2623 meters squared

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''Athenas entry at Royal Huisman's yacht portfolio

Wayback Machine archive.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Athena (Yacht) Individual sailing yachts Three-masted ships 2004 ships

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