"Sailing Yacht A" (Sailing Yacht A), created by order of the Russian billionaire, co-owner of "EuroChem" Andrey Melnichenko, has recently entered its first sea trials in Kiel, Germany. With a length of 143 meters and equipped with three carbon masts about 100 meters high, the vessel is the largest sailboat in the world.
The superyacht is being built at the shipyard of the German shipbuilding company Nobiskrug. Its cruising speed is 29 km/h and the maximum is 39 km/h.
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1. The cost of an eight-deck vessel with 54 crew members is about $400 million. It is equipped with two diesel and two electric motors.
2. Note that Melnichenko likes to give his yachts the names “A” in order to take first positions in shipping registers. So, he already has a motor yacht called "A" worth about 300 million dollars, which, like the sailing one, was designed by Philippe Starck.
3. Motor yacht "A"
Andrei Melnichenko's fortune is estimated at $9 billion.