The newest yacht from Drettmann Yachts has been launched. She is a pocket-sized yacht coming in at 24-meters LOA and with a rugged look that is softened by modern lines and edges. This yacht is designed as an explorer type vessel and as cute as she appears in design, the 135-tonne yacht is built as a no-nonsense small ship but with all the creature-comforts, not sacrificing luxury as a result of being an explorer.
For a closer look, this yacht will make her debut at the Dusseldorf Boat Show coming up later this month.There are a number of great features onboard the new DEY (Drettmann Explorer Yacht) and some that may surprise many for a yacht of this size. This is particularly evident from features such as the spacious beach club with sauna and lounge area, or the diesel-electric POD drive which not only makes the yacht more economical, comfortable and simpler to sail, but simultaneously enables efficient use of space. “The new drive system is based on tried-and-tested technology, but this is the first time that it has been used in a yacht of this class anywhere in the world.
This makes sailing much more fun, makes the vessel perfectly easy to steer, reduces maintenance and optimizes energy utilization. This is just one of the many new features we are proud of,” states Claudia Drettmann.The vessel’s finished appearance is very nice too with a copper-like hull colour and instead of only traditional white on the superstructure, they continued accenting and echoing the bold hull in areas of the superstructure. Guests will exist comfortably onboard having three spacious decks to choose from to live-out their activities. The lower deck is where most of the accommodation will be situated while the forward main deck will carry the owner’s suite in the standard configuration. The design overall is by Drettmann and Focus Yacht Design while the interior is a collaboration between Claudia Drettmann and Focus Yacht Design. She will have capacity for approximately 18,000 LT of fuel and 2,000 LT for fresh water holding. Top speed for the 23.90-meter yacht is expected to be 12-knots and at that speed her range is calculated to be in the region of 5,000 nautical miles and even further slower.
Solo Round The World 2015/16 – While I certainly wish I was writing this from the nav station of GS2- blasting eastward across the Indian Ocean, I am instead still here in Cape Town waiting on parts for my alternator that did not arrive before Thursday and the complete business shut-down for the New Years’ holiday. We were so close to success, but alas the planets did not align, and it made no sense to leave without a working alternator. I had successfully replaced the hydro-generator converter box and my hydro charging system is back to 100 percent. 
However the engine alternator is another key component, and the only hope we had of finding the necessary part was to contact Henrik Masekowitz, my German competitor who had recently been forced to terminate his RTW record attempt due to a very bad ankle injury, as Henrik’s boat is a near sister-ship to mine and was sitting at a marina in Cape Town about a half mile from mine. I had a really nice chat on the phone with Henrik and he graciously allowed me to open up his boat and see if we could use the part. Unfortunately, the part did not fit, but it was a wonderful example of the friendship and support that sailors have for one another in times of need. Thank you, Henrik, and I hope your recovery from your ankle injury goes smoothly and quickly.
So there we were with the clock ticking down on the close of business on Thursday for the long holiday week-end and no solution. Not a good feeling… but… deep breaths… patience is a virtue…, and this voyage will clearly continue when it is meant to!
Luckily this unexpected stopover delay has resulted in my re-connecting with my old high school pal Peter Claypool, who lives and works here in Cape Town and has extended an incredibly warm welcome and allowed me to be a guest in his lovely cottage in the town of Costantia, just south of Cape Town. This is wine country and it reminds me very much of the Napa Valley, just north of San Francisco. A beautiful mountain range starts at Cape Point/ Cape of Good Hope, and runs north along the coast and through Costantia, climaxing with the incredible Table Mountain that overlooks Cape Town center, with clouds and weather systems constantly rolling through and providing the ideal lush and verdant growing environment for the wine grapes. It is summer here with the reversed seasons of the southern hemisphere, and the pleasant climate and mountains-on-the-sea topography combine to form a magnet for European tourists and the beaches and seaside resorts are packed.
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