Skat (yacht)

Skat
Skat docked at North Mole, Gibraltar Harbour in 2013.
History
Port of registry Cayman Islands
BuilderLürssen Werft
Launched10 March 2002
Identification
General characteristics
Displacement1636 tonnes
Length71 m (233 ft)
Beam13.5 m (44 ft)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft)
Installed power2 × 2,000 kW (2,700 hp) MTU
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) cruise
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) max
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) one engine
Capacity10 guests
Crew16
Skat in Pitons Bay, St Lucia, 21 April 2011
Skat in Pitons Bay, St Lucia, 21 April 2011

Skat is a luxury yacht built by Lürssen of Bremen, Germany as project 9906, a number prominently displayed on the hull in a typeface matching that of military vessels. The project started in November 1999 and the yacht launched in 2002. The owner was Charles Simonyi, a former Software Engineer from Microsoft and the fifth space tourist. She was sold to a company called LoGenio owned by Swiss entrepreneur Eugenio Losa in October 2021.[citation needed] The yacht is 71 metres (233 ft) long.

Simonyi once had a Danish girlfriend who called him skat, literally "treasure", a common term of endearment similar to "honey" in English.[citation needed]

General specifications

  • Hull: Steel hull, aluminum superstructure
  • Fuel: 240,000 litres (53,000 imp gal; 63,000 US gal)
  • Water: 62,000 litres (14,000 imp gal; 16,000 US gal)
  • Designer: Espen Oeino
  • Interior designer: Marco Zanini
  • Stylist: Espen Oeino

Features

The yacht can achieve a speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) on just one engine. A cooling pump integrated into the gearboxes assures safe operation on one engine by pumping oil through the idle gearbox. The shaft of the idle engine can be disengaged, leaving the idle propeller and shaft to freewheel.

See also

References

  1. ^ "N486CS (1997 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 500N owned by J R C AVIATION LLC) Aircraft Registration".
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