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Marine Results, an international rigging and structural inspection company has just carried out service work on the masts of sailing yacht M5 and superyacht Salute – two of the world’s tallest masts.  Marine Results inspected the rig of fast cruising sloop Salute which has the world’s tallest aluminium mast at a towering 75 metres.  But even that measurement was dwarfed by the next project on the schedule, that of the giant 89 metres high rig belonging to the 75m yacht M5 (ex Mirabella) .  Sailing yacht M5 is not only the world’s largest sailing sloop but she has the world’s tallest carbon rig.

Marine Results personnel work on the gigantic M5 sailing yacht mast.

“We have worked extensively with both yachts since they were launched,” comments Jon Morris of Marine Results. “Following completion of the two most recent projects we reflected that we had just carried out work on the world’s two largest rigs in their particular construction category.  We are pretty proud of that achievement and the way that it illustrates our capabilities.”

In the case of the 56m Perini Navi yacht Salute, Marine Results carried out an extensive inspection after the team un-stepped the rig at the Perini Navi yard in La Spezia, where she was originally built.  Marine Results then worked with Perini’s mast division to complete the inspection on the mast and rigging systems. Marine Results specialises in a range of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques to check for concealed stressing and damage.

The second of the two record breakers, the M5 yacht had her mast pulled out as part of a substantial one-year refit at Pendennis Shipyard in Cornwall.  Marine Results was called in to unstep the rig prior to an extensive modification programme which is expected to last until the end of 2012.

“Unstepping the rig was no small job,” said Morris. “The rig weighs a colossal 46 tonnes. To give you an idea of the size of the job, when we removed the boom vang, this alone was 9.5 metres long and weighed 900 kg.

“One of our strengths is our ability to deploy our teams around the world to carry out service work on dozens of the world’s most advanced racing and cruising superyachts,” concludes Jon Morris.  Marine Results is based in Hamble, England and La Ciotat, France .

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M5 (ex Mirabella V) restyled by Pendennis Shipyard

M5 's stern was remodeled at the  pendennis shipyard in falmouth, uk and completed her sail trials successful..

M5 was originally built in 2004 as Mirabella V . Until she is still the largest sloop with over 75 meters (length of the hull) and an almost 90 meters long mast.

Designed and manufactured by Carbo-Link with OYS making the fittings, the 34 new carbon fiber stays, and titanium fittings with built-in dynamic fiber optics have decreased the weight of the rig by 18 tons. The sail trials not only established the M5 ‘s potential speed but tested the new system and balance of the yacht under sail for the first time. During several hours on the water with challenging sea conditions, the remodeled boat performed well, reaching 17.7 knots in 18-23 knots of wind.

The project, due to be completed over the next month, has seen a collaboration between Pendennis and the original designer Ron Holland , to achieve the Owners idea of extending the stern by 3m which has created a new sleeker profile providing an impressive aft deck area. During the refit, Pendennis has completed extensive engineering works and the interiors have been redesigned by UK company Redman Whiteley Dixon .

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One of the world's largest sailing yachts arrives on Vancouver Island

One of the largest sailing yachts in the world cruised into a small Vancouver Island community this week, drawing a constant stream of onlookers to the Mill Bay Marina.

At 78 metres long and nearly 90 metres tall, the sloop M5 is hard to miss.

According to Boat International magazine, the Cayman-flagged vessel is the largest single-masted sailing yacht in the world.

The M5 sailed into the Saanich Inlet marina on Sunday, with a floatplane housed on its rear deck.

Built in 2004 by U.K. shipyard Vosper Thornycroft at an estimated US$50 million, the vessel is owned by Texas oil billionaire Rod Lewis, according to Boat International.

Marina staff say the vessel is due to depart on Friday.

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World’s largest single-masted yacht returns!

The world’s largest single-masted yacht has returned to San Diego!

The M5 , originally called the Mirabella V, is now docked on the Embarcadero near the Maritime Museum of San Diego. You can find it directly across from the County Administration Building.

I spotted the towering mast while walking nearby, so I had to go take a look. That mind-blowing mast, over 290 feet high, is visible from many streets downtown!

I first saw the M5 in San Diego eight years ago behind the convention center and blogged about it here . Read that old blog post (including its comments) to learn more about this incredible sailboat.

It took these photographs this morning. It’s hard to depict the staggering size of this sloop-rigged super yacht. Suffice it to say, the mast rises higher than many downtown San Diego buildings!

You can see the mast from the other side of the County Administration Building in the next photo. (The exterior of the historic building is being painted.)

The first weekend of October I noticed the M5 had moved to a spot behind the San Diego Convention Center–where I first saw it eight years ago…

Yes, it’s enormous!

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I love my hometown of San Diego! I lived in an old Victorian at 5th & A St as a child, but was raised 4 blocks from the beach in Imperial Beach. The photo shot from behind the county building gives a great perspective of the height of that impressive mast!! I love to sail so I can only imagine being on that boat! Thanks!!

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Perini Navi’s new 60m sloop Perseus^3 boasts the world’s largest single sail

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• May 26, 2015

The new Perini Navi sloop Perseus^3 has the world's third largest carbon mast and her A2 spinnaker is the world’s largest single sail, bigger than all the giant Maltese Falcon’s 15 sails combined. Mike Owen and Rob Peake report

Perseus^ 3 is the second in Perini Navi’s new 60m series, launched earlier this year and in Palma for her first regatta and she is likely to turn heads, if only for her sheer scale.

This line is designed with performance much higher in mind than any previous Perini flybridge yachts, as already demonstrated by Seahawk, the first of the range, at the Bucket this year and last. Perseus^3 (Perseus Cubed) clearly goes a step or two further.

She is sloop rigged and her carbon mast stands third tallest in the world. Her Doyle inventory comprises a whopping 10,000m2/107,640ft2 of sails, and her A2 spinnaker is the world’s largest single sail, measuring 2,602m2/28,010ft2. For scale, this one sail alone is bigger than all the giant Maltese Falcon’s 15 sails combined.

The new 60m Perini Navi, Perseus^3

Doyle reports that initially there was simply no existing fabric capable of this job, so they developed their own new cloth, blending Polyester with Dyneema to give the cloth high strength and tear resistance, as well as light weight and enough softness for easy handling.

Future Fibres was responsible for the 16.4-tonne mast, one of the three tallest ever built, saying: “We have managed to produce a tube with a perfect exterior surface and a flawless Clearcote gloss carbon finish with zero filler – which can add up to three per cent to the weight of a mast.”

A new rig load monitoring system will use strain gauges to detect the loads acting on the carbon fibre rig components.

To manage this massive sailplan, Perini has been busy creating its own new generation of fast, quiet captive winches and furlers with variable-speed motors, a max loading of 30 tonnes for headsail, and varying line speeds aboard between 40 and 110 metres a minute. Forward there’s a carbon sprit, also a first for Perini, for the huge flying sails, the Code 0 calling for Future Fibres’ largest ever top-down furler.

But Perseus^3 has more than one focus. Her owner sailed his previous Perini, the 50m/164ft Perseus (now Silencio) in a circumnavigation with his young family. They enjoyed the cruising and also competed in the Hamilton Island Race Week. Charter was useful, too. All this will continue with Perseus^3 , perhaps just faster.

There’s a top bluewater and race-experienced permanent crew on board, vital to the safe handling of such an immense rig, and the accommodation is well suited for private and charter use.

Bruce Brakenhoff of Perini Navi USA explains: “When it came to planning his new, second Perini, the owner said: ‘I really love cruising, having my family aboard the boat, having a successful charter boat and I really love doing Buckets, so I want a boat that has as few compromises as possible to cover all of those bases.’

“When we started from that blank sheet of paper, not only with the engineering systems and changes like chainplate relocation for the sloop rig, I remember a meeting with Ron Holland with the owner saying what else can we do to make this even faster? Ron had just delivered a twin-rudder boat he’d had good experience with and suggested this. The owner thought it a great idea.

“But at the same time as it’s fast, this boat will be as popular a charter boat because it has a fantastic layout, an amazing owner’s suite, a humungous flybridge, and it’s got a pool, one of those lap pools where you swim against the jets – the thing’s like eight metres wide, it’ll turn into the biggest spinnaker pit you’ve ever seen!”

That could come in handy with that huge spinnaker.

With a centreboard Perseus^3 still can cruise in the Bahamas, but she will not manage the Panama Canal as she is too tall to fit under the Bridge of the Americas.

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Construction progresses on world's largest single-mast sailing yacht

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Dutch shipyard Royal Huisman has turned the hull on the 85-metre Project 410, which is set to become the world's largest single-mast yacht. The sloop is currently being built at Royal Huisman's facilities in Vollenhove, the Netherlands, which required an extension in Hall 2 to accommodate the construction.

The record-breaking yacht has been commissioned by an experienced owner and was unveiled at the start of the 2022 St Barths Bucket Regatta . At 85 metres long, the new design will knock the current title-holder, the 78.4-metre M5 , off the top spot by an extra seven metres.

Jan Timmerman, Royal Huisman CEO, added: "Four of the world’s ten largest sailing yachts are either built by or under construction at Royal Huisman: Athena , Sea Eagle , Project 410 and a second super-sized sailing yacht currently under construction in Vollenhove will join the top ten upon delivery."

Frers Design and Wetzels Brown have teamed up to create the design concept to meet the owner's challenging brief.

Project 410 will feature a hybrid propulsion system and will be capable of regenerating energy while under sail. The design builds on the technology used on board Ethereal , also launched by Royal Huisman, which was pinned as the world's first hybrid superyacht. A two-megawatt battery bank will allow for silent propulsion and maximum comfort and Project 410 will even qualify for the new Lloyd's Hybrid Power certificate.

Aside from propulsion, the yacht is packed with other green credentials and will make use of recyclable and low-impact materials throughout its construction. Elsewhere, the yacht will feature a carbon mast, boom and integrated sailing system designed by Royal Huisman’s sister company, Rondal. 

Peter Naeyé, chief commercial officer at Royal Huisman, said: "It is an extraordinary honour to be entrusted with a project of such scale, ambition, and technical sophistication. This project is already iconic in every aspect and will be built by the finest craftsmen in the world in full collaboration with her talented designers. We're all going to enjoy the realisation of bespoke excellence embraced with 'New World’ technology."

This follows the delivery of another record-breaker from Project Huisman: Special One , the world's largest sportfisher at 52 metres. She will be making her debut at this year's Monaco Yacht Show .

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The 10 Largest Sailing Yachts In The World - Bought with a diamond

5. phocea – 246 feet – launched 1976.

Built by Toulon Naval Dockyard. Designed by Michel Bigoin. Constructed of steel and aluminium. Maximum speed 18 knots.

Up to 2004, Phocea was the largest sailing yacht in the world. She was built as a four-masted schooner, for single-handed yachtsman Alain Colas, who named her Club Mediterranean and had an eye on beating the single-handed transatlantic record in the famous OSTAR race. The vessel, however, was plagued with halyard problems. Colas had to pull into Nova Scotia for repairs and although he was 330 miles in the lead, he was penalized 58 hours for accepting help, enabling Eric Tabarly to win the race for the second time.

The boat’s racing career was short lived and she was soon converted into a luxury charter boat as a playground of the rich and famous. In 1982 she was bought by Bernard Tapie, a colourful French entrepreneur, who refitted her for his private use and renamed her Phocea. He was delighted with the luxury and speed of his purchase and managed to clock up an impressive 30 knots under sail on one of his transatlantic voyages.

In 1997 she changed hands again when she caught the eye of a Lebanese business woman, Mouna Ayoub, the former wife of Saudi billionaire Nasser Al-Rashid. The purchase price was five and a half million euros and it is rumored that the expensive refit was partly covered by the sale of her record breaking 112 carat diamond “The Mouna”. The major interior and exterior upgrading was carried out by British naval architect Butch Dalrymple-Smith and in 1999 she won the ShowBoats award for the best refit. While she retains her unmistakable beauty she has gained spectacular living and accommodation areas with beautiful wood paneling, exquisite furniture and tasteful decorations as well as gymnasium, sauna and beauty facilities. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 beautiful cabins as well as 15 crew.

In 2010 Phocea was purchased by a group of private investors and was available for charter, if you happened to have a spare 200.00 euros for one week’s sailing.

4. Mirabella V– 247 feet – launched 2004

Built by Vosper Thorneycroft Shipbuilding, Southampton, UK. Designed by Ron Holland Design. Constructed of GRP. Maximum speed 13 knots.

In its day the sloop Mirabella V was one of the most advanced sailing yachts afloat as well as the largest single-masted yacht ever constructed. She was built for Joe Vittoria, an American yachtsman, (known for his smaller Mirabella sloops which were built in Thailand) and she worked as a private, luxury, charter vessel accommodating 14 passengers in a luxurious master suite and 6 double cabins. Her estimated cost was over US$50 million. The carbon-fibre mast, 88.3m high, was the world’s tallest when she was built and carried 3,717 square metres of sail.

She was sold in 2012, refitted by the Pendennis Shipyard, with a new interior and a stern extension of 3.2 metres and renamed M5.

The original owner’s specifications called for a vessel that would combine speed with the kind of luxury only previously associated with motoryachts. As well as the exceptional performance, he needed the yacht to be able to use the harbour at Palm Beach, Florida, which required a lifting keel to reduce draft. The composite structure gave her three main advantages over the more usual steel or aluminium; speedy construction, reduced maintenance and improved thermal and acoustic insulation. Her huge mast was possible thanks to modern technology with improved reliability of larger sails and spars and simplified handling. Even so it was a challenge to find ropes strong enough to pull the sails in.

Her extraordinary size can best be imagined by some comparisons:-

• She is more than twice the length of the massive J-class yachts.
• A double-decker bus could drive inside the hull without protruding out of the top.
• Her mast extends above the waterline to almost the height of Nelson’s Column.
• She is longer than Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory.
• With her keel fully lowered her draft is a few inches more than the ocean liner QE2.
• She is wider than a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer.
• She cannot pass under any bridge which she can navigate to.

Without doubt – a record breaker of her time!

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World's largest sloop sails the Maine coast

Thursday, september 13th 2018.

A sailboat reputed to be the largest single-masted yacht in the world was spotted recently cruising along the Maine coast, making stops in Portland and off Camden, where it was too big to fit into the harbor.

The 277-foot boat was designed by Ron Holland and built in 2004 in England at the Vosper Thornycroft yard for Joseph Vittoria, the former chairman and CEO of the Avis Rental Car Company. He named it Mirabella V (it has since beeen renamed M5) and chartered it out for $420,000 a week, according to an interview Vittoria gave to the Greenwich (Ct) Times in 2010.

Vittoria sold the boat in 2012, and according to the website Superyacht Fan, the new owner was Texas-based oil and gas billionaire Rodney Lewis.

M5’s mast is almost 300 feet tall and the boat has a beam of over 49 feet. The boat has a lifting keel and draws 33.5 feet with it down and 12.5 feet with it up. The sail area is a whopping 25,670 square feet with just the main and a working jib. Vittoria told the Greenwich Times that the boat was capable of sailing at 20 knots in a stiff breeze, but other reports place the top speed at 12 knots. According to BoatInternational.com, M5 is the largest single-masted sailing yacht in the world.

The vessel has a master suite and six additional cabins, and requires a crew of more than a dozen. It has room to carry Lasers, jet skis, and a 29-foot tender to carry passengers to and from the shore.

When M5 anchored off Camden, its mast could be seen towering over Curtis Island. Schooners sailing past looked like small rowboats in comparison to the massive yacht. According to the marine tracking app MarinTraffic.com, the vessel sailed to Portland from Newport, Rhode Island, to Boothbay and then to Camden.

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A jaw-droppingly large sailing yacht, complete with its own float plane, wowed boat enthusiasts while docked at a South Island marina on Tuesday.

The 75-metre luxury yacht M5, also known as the Mirabella V, is the world’s largest single-masted sailing yacht, with its mast reaching 86 metres tall, according to a profile on Boat International.

Built in 2004 at an estimated cost of $50 million USD, the yacht is now owned by Texas-based billionaire Rodney Lewis.

Courtesy Campbell McCubbin

The yacht docked in Mill Bay Sunday night after departing Bedwell Harbour on south Pender Island, according to MarineTraffic.com.

It quickly drew plenty of onlookers thanks to its towering mast and a float plane docked on the vessel.

The largest single masted yacht in the world(75 metres long with a 285 foot mast)is parked at the Mill Bay Marina. Novella R (class of 2025) was rowing in her single this morning in front of the M 5. @BrentwoodSports @BrentwoodNews @yachtlifetravel pic.twitter.com/gpaqwL02P6 — Brentwood Rowing (@bcsrowing) August 16, 2022

The vessel also features six cabins, two swimming pools and storage for jet skis, kayaks and more.

Staff at the Mill Bay Marina tell CHEK News they’re “super excited” to have the record-setting yacht docked there, adding that it’s the largest boat to ever do so.

“We feel pretty lucky,” one employee said.

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