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Wally Yachts, Andre Hoek Design and Javier
Soto Acebal have teamed up on a new 200-foot yacht inspired by Pilgrim, which was
designed for the 1893 America’s Cup as the first contender with a fin keel
and spade rudder. The new Pilgrim design, available as a sloop or a ketch
in carbon fiber or aluminum, has a classically inspired deck arrangement
atop a shallow canoe body with spade rudder and tandem canting keels fore and
aft.
Acebal, who designed Wally’s Alexia, focused on
performance, determining that a narrower hull would perform better
overall and improve rudder efficiency. The carbon-fiber version will be some
50 tons lighter than the aluminum model. Both use water ballast.
In computer simulations, the fractional sloop version sails
fastest, sailing upwind at 13 knots in a 14-knot breeze and reaching almost
18 knots. A Park Avenue boom will tame the massive mainsail, which rises 237
feet above the waterline. A fixed bowsprit takes the load of the forestay well
forward of the stemhead and is used to tack the Code 0 headsail. Mainmast height
for the ketch is 203 feet. With keels up, draft is 15 feet.
In the forward deckhouse, stairs lead to the portside salon and
starboard lounge, library and crew areas for up to nine people. A second
staircase aft leads to the owner’s suite, which includes the aft deckhouse with
private cockpit. Four double ensuite staterooms will accommodate 10 guests.
Wally Yachts
377 93100093
www.wally.com
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