Moonen Shipyards to build 114ft 'Explorer' yacht

By IBI Magazine

Moonen Shipyards has signed a contract to build a long-range 114ft Explorer Yacht, designed by Rene van der Velden with naval architecture by Stolk-Marimecs and the Moonen in-house team.

The 114 is Moonen's first entry into the Explorer Yacht market, and she is being built for repeat Moonen clients. The new Explorer will have a top speed of 13 knots.

The overall form of the yacht is an updated classic research-type craft, having a powerful, seakindly steel hull with pronounced forward sheer, bold pray chine, topped by a workmanlike aluminium superstructure.

The hull will be reinforced to receive a Lloyd's Register Ice Classification for safe high-latitude cruising.

Carrying 45,000 litres of fuel, the 114 Explorer promises a range of 4,500 nautical miles at 10 knots.

Delivery of the Moonen 114 Explorer is set for spring 2006, and she will initially be berthed in the south of France.

(28 April 2004)