Oceanco's 106.70 m BLACK PEARL (Project SOLAR) aka Y712 finally delivered.
BLACK PEARL (Project Solar) is one the largest sailing yacht in the world and features a DynaRig like Maltese Falcon. This impressive sailing yacht was designed by Ken Freivokh and Nuvolari Lenard. Both are responsible for exterior and interior styling. Another stakeholder in the interior design is Villate Design. The naval architecture was done by Dykstra Naval Architects and the in-house team of Oceanco.
Dykstra designed also the DynaRig with the three 70m masts carbon fiber masts. It takes seven minutes to set 2,900 sqm of sail area that powers her up to 30 knots. A hybrid propulsion system, engineered by BMT Nigel Gee delivers power for electrics and electronics.
Picture by Francisco Martinez Photography
Black Pearl sail set-up in Gibraltar
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Ahoy, I’m René, the “captain” of this luxury yacht blog, and found my passion for the big ones at the age of 17. I have grown up with sailing since a little child. I have an education in Business Informatics and specialized in digital media solutions (alongside luxury yachts) like Online-Marketing, User Experience Design et cetera. My home port is in Oldenburg, Germany next to Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen. More about yachtemoceans