The Queen Mary 2 passing Groix Island, on her way to Saint Nazaire for the start of the centennial Transat “The Bridge 2017″, a historic transatlantic race between her and a fleet of giant trimarans.
Posts tagged cruising
Jun 17
The Queen Mary 2 passing Groix Island
Kerroch, Morbihan, Brittany, France 47º40’10″N 03º31'02″W
Aug 12
NACIRA 67
Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 41º05’07″N 9º34’50″E
The NACIRA 67 is a unique concept directly inspired from the latest evolutions in naval architecture and luxury design from the ocean-racing scene.
To make this happen highly experienced personalities such as Michel Desjoyeaux (twice Vendée Globe winner), young and talented French designers Axel de Beaufort and Michel Kermarec (one of the best aero-hydro dynamists worldwide) have worked hand in hand since 2010 to end up with this amazing sloop.
NACIRA 67, looking at the ratio, is the most powerful leisure yacht worldwide able to reach speeds in excess of 30 knots with a sea view from the dinner table on the cruising version… a new sailing life style!
http://www.nacira67.com
Oct 11
Nacira 67
Mediterranean Sea 42°46'87"N 7°13'89"W
Nacira 67 designed by Axel de Beaufort.
The result is a wide planning hull shape equipped with a canting keel, twin rudder direction system and a 30 m high rotating wing-mast, full carbon standing rigging, auto-orientative daggerboard.
- L.O.A : 22,40m
- Max Beam : 5,85m
- Draft 3,50m
- Sail Area Max :
Upwind : 280m2
Downwind : 600m2
- Weight : 18,5 T
Mast & Boom : Lorima
Sails : North Sails
Standing Rigging : Carbo Link
Jul 09
Japanese Zero
Deboyne Island, louisiade Archipalego, Papua New Guinea 10º43’69″S 152º23’70″E
On May 8, 1942 one A6M2 Zero piloted by PO2c Okura Shigeru from the 14th Shotai from the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku ditched at Deboyne islands. Japanese A6M2 Zero, the main fighter plane of the Imperial Japanese Navy,this Japanese fighter plane, once a master of the air in the South Pacific arena, now lies on the sandy bottom. This is an example of the very last zero model ever manufactured. Virtually intact, divers can sit in the cockpit and pilot themselves back into the past… I did it!