MIDNIGHT SUN yacht

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MIDNIGHT SUN yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:56 pm

The yacht MIDNIGHT SUN was designed by Doug Peterson and built by Baltic Yachts Oy Ab Ltd., Jakobstad, Finland for Jan Pehrsson, Sweden.
November 1981 work on the yacht commenced and she was delivered in 1982 as the MIDNIGHT SUN.
Dim. 24.72 x 5.7 x 3.85m. (draught), length on waterline 5.75m.
Weight of yacht 75,000 lb, the lightest maxi yacht in the world at that time.
She was made of foam sandwich layup using aircraft grade balsa, which provided greater flexibility in weight distribution. The deck was built over S-glass fibre beams.

Took first part in the Runt Gotland Race then in the Maxi Cup in Sardinia and the Mediterranean Sea Race in 1982. And in the 1983 SORC race in which she lost her rig and was withdrawn.
She returned to the UK and took part in the Fastnet Race and Maxi World Championships in which she was doing well.
Then she disappeared from the International racing scene.
I found her back as a charter yacht under the name MIDNIGHT SUN OF LONDON based in the Mediterranean.
Refitted in 1992 and an upgrade in 2004/05 of 1.5 million Euro. Has accommodation for 6 guests and 4 crew.
Fitted out with 1 Perkins Sabre diesel engine of 185 bhp. Speed 9 knots.
2016 It looks that she still sails as a charter sailing yacht?

Source: Internet
Grenada 1992 $4 sg2441, scott2135. ( On the photo she is the yacht with sail no 10000)
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