''Hemisphere '' is the largest sailing
catamaran (two hulls) and the largest sailing private yacht catamaran in the World since 2011.
She is long and built by boat builder
Pendennis
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(UK).
The vessel has won five different industry awards, including for the interior finishing.
In suitable weather Hemisphere goes ,
with a top sailing speed of 20 knots.
VPLP collaborated with
Michael Leach Design for the interior design, and the yacht has over 1300 square feet of deck space.
Some of the deck spaces include areas including the wheelhouse, flybridge, and salon.
Although Hemisphere was completed in the UK at Pendennis, it was started at another yard and had to be towed, partially complete to the new yard.
Hemisphere was designed by Van PeteghemLauriot Prévost (
VPLP) who designed the
America's Cup winner, sailing trimaran ''
Groupama 3'' and the large sailing catamaran ''
Douce France
Douce France ("Sweet France") is a 138 feet luxury sailing catamaran design by VPLP design and built by Alumarine in Brittany (France).
At its launch in 1998, she was the largest sailing cat ever built and won most innovative Sailing Yacht 1999 ...
'' at in length according to
Boat International.
Specifications:
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Gross tonnage: 499 tons (this is type of measure of interior volume not weight of boat)
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Displacement
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300 tons
*Length
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Beam
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Mast height
*Sail area 12,037 (max) square feet
See also
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List of large sailing yachts
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References
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External links
Hemisphere sailing catamaranHemisphere stats (Marine traffic)
Individual catamarans
2010s sailing yachts
Sailing yachts designed by VPLP