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Following the refit, the yacht’s engineer, Chris Henderson,
estimates that he cut fuel and maintenance costs in half by upgrading to
current technology in the engine room. The new systems lowered the yacht’s power
consumption by about 5 percent and have significantly shortened service times
for general maintenance and upkeep.Atlanta’s Marine Air air-conditioning
units were upgraded from 80,000-Btu units to a 210,000-Btu chilled-water system
with a reverse cycle. Her watermaking capacity was boosted from 3,000 to 4,100
gallons per day for those times when the Cappellis want to stay out on the hook
or visit remote islands. The entire project took seven months to complete—two months
longer than initially anticipated—and cost more than $4 million. But what the
Cappellis got was a virtually brand-new boat that is faster and less expensive
to operate. They plan to mostly cruise the Caribbean and up north. The
Bahamas are a favorite destination, and the yacht’s relatively shallow, nearly
11-foot draft makes places such as the Exumas accessible. Now completely hooked
on sailing, the Cappellis have raced off Newport and spend as much time as
possible on the boat. Kylie now understands that yachting is so much more than "just sailing
around"—and is anything but boring. "The beauty of having a boat, for me," she
says, "is being able to have your own home and take it wherever you
want."
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