Golden Yachts has proudly announce the launch of their flagship superyacht. The 1,700 tonne, 71.85-meter superyacht "O'Pari 3" is now Golden Yacht's largest build to date.
She is expected to hit the charter market when she is delivered. O'Pari 3 has a design in and out by Giorgio Vafiadis and as depicted in renders she has been launched in tan/sand coloured hull and white superstructure. Below decks OP3 is powered via twin CAT 3516-C 2350KW 1800 RPM marine engines to a fast cruising speed of 17-knots. She is anticipated to cost approximately €495,000 on the charter market. Noted features include a touch-and-go helipad, large swimming pool, beach-club with expansive swimming platform, tender garage to house two limousine main tenders. Guests will also enjoy her underwater lighting which dot the surface all around the hull. In charter, OP3 is expected to carry in the region twelve guests, however, she can carry as many as nineteen overall and as many as 23 crew. The layout for guests is in three master suites, two VIPs as well as three twin cabins.
The 35th America’s Cup will be contested in smaller boats than the AC62s that had been previously planned for according to a release from the America’s Cup organisers.
The surprise news appears to indicate significantly smaller boats while suggesting that campaign budgets could drop to $15-20 million – current campaigns estimated at $100million.Here’s the news as it came in. More comment later:The competitors and organizers of the 2017 America’s Cup are planning to implement a series of rule changes to dramatically reduce team operational costs, primarily by racing in a smaller boat.“After reviewing prototypes of the new AC45 sports boats being tested on the water over the past several months, it is clear that if we raced smaller boats in 2017, we could dramatically reduce costs without sacrificing any of the spectacle or the design, engineering and athletic challenge fundamental to the America’s Cup,” said Commercial Commissioner Harvey Schiller.“We have a responsibility to think of what is best for the long term health of the America’s Cup as well as improving the value equation for team principals and partners. Racing a smaller boat in 2017 and beyond is a big step in the right direction.“The existing operational costs of teams is much too high with a boat like the AC62. We discussed making this change early last year at a Competitors meeting in London but at that stage only ORACLE TEAM USA and Emirates Team New Zealand were in favor of using a smaller boat.“But now that the teams have seen these new boats in action there is a clear majority of competitors who support the idea. I’d like to be able to say we have unanimous support from all the teams but that is not the case.”Boat speed in the new boat is expected to be similar to what was achieved in the last America’s Cup through increased time foiling and advances in design and engineering.“This will be a big change, but it is a necessary one if we are to create a sustainable America’s Cup for the future,” said Sir Ben Ainslie, the skipper and team principal of Ben Ainslie Racing. “These boats will create a significant cost saving whilst still providing a real challenge for sailors and designers alike.”“For Team France this will be a game-changer,” said skipper Franck Cammas. “We will be able to have a very competitive team for about half the budget. With the smaller boat we can imagine that a budget between €15-20 million would be enough to win the America’s Cup.”To lock in the cost saving measures over the long-term several competitors, including Artemis Racing, have committed to using the new smaller class in the next edition of the America’s Cup should they prevail in this one.“These changes may help some current teams be more competitive, but this is clearly also about building the future of the America’s Cup,” said Iain Percy, the team manager of Artemis Racing.“By making a commitment now to using the smaller boat next time, it will be that much easier for new teams to join as they’ll have access to existing boats and technology. So this has required us to look a little bit beyond the scope of ‘what’s in it for us?’.”The rule changes are being drafted and teams will be asked to vote on these changes before the end of March.
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