Phocea (yacht)

Phocea is a racing yacht with four masts, which was built to be used in international transoceanic regattas. With its overall length of 75.13 m, it is as super-maxi yacht one of the largest private yachts in the world.

History

Alain Colas made ​​in 1976 this four-master under the name Club Mediterranée build for since 1960 every four years held solo transatlantic race in which he finished second. The Phocea already reached over 30 knots under sail and made the Atlantic crossing in just over eight days. For the French businessman Bernard Tapie, the Phocea 1986 was converted to a private yacht. The Lebanese Mouna Ayoub multimillionaire bought the yacht in 1997 in a poor state of about 5 million euros and left them in 1999 at the shipyard Lürssen in Bremen on a yacht luxury remodel ( Refit ). The Phocea can be chartered for about 220,000 euros per week.