Mirabella V

[palmettoboy8643]

Welcom to Charleston!

[alecbg919]

It is for sale:

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[DragonflyPR59]

If I get the money, I will buy it! A beauty is a beauty and it is just a projection of wealth!

[malthus101]

Can I ask a layman's question? If you are sailing across an ocean at that angle, doesn't everything on board slide to one side? Doesn't it make it very difficult to walk around, cook and sleep etc. Thanks for your help!

[lerlo]

What a beauty

[010203040506073]

it's fair to call her a sloop, she's really designed to run with one headsail

[010203040506073]

she sails along very nicely

the loads are no problem, you just need to use the running backstays if there's a little chop and keep your fingers away from the winch drums

she should do around 24-25 kts with the bit in her teeth

[jesolo7]

i saw it in Olbia Two weeks ago, its an amazing boat.

[jesolo7]

i saw it in Olbia Two weeks ago

[tamiya1]

This boat is too big. I think really anyone should be satisfied with 50-70'. That should get you around in style. The loads on this rig are unbelievable. Can you build it? Yes. Should you? No.

[DragonflyPR59]

@tamiya1 Who are you to determine what should satisfy someone else? Your personal opinion is just a simple personal opinion!

[tamiya1]

This boat is too big. I think really anyone should be satisfied with 50-70'. That should get you around in style. The loads on this rig are unbelievable. Can you build it? Yes. Should you? No.

[justanother7]

@tamiya1 Actually when it was announced everyone said it could NOT be built, so the fact that people now think it is possible is proof that it was right to build it. It was all about pushing engineering. Perhaps you think that technology or engineering should not move forward? Why buy a Ferrari when a Camaro will do? If you don't understand why then it's probably because you don't see why anyone wants to build anything bigger, faster, stronger. It's either in your DNA or it's not.

[iainbrookes]

Man. I did worked as security for a while as Mirabella was being built in Woolston and also at VT in Portchester where they built the mast. I remember standing on the boat when it was an open hull, thinking how cool this was!

[Fullperson]

haha nice pirates theme song to go with it!

[jcbm46]

I think this boat is not made very well. That `s right you are selling it.

[justanother7]

Ah, a Perini lover. Well, I guess it's not made very well because it has fallen apart...oh wait a second, no it hasn't. It is still the biggest composite structure in the world, and 300 ft mast is the biggest piece on non-military carbon fibre in the world. But I guess it's not made "very well"....go back to you bathtubs!

[lucchino7]

19 Knots! that's a fast sailing ship, something that size too. .............

number one is perini navi .....

[larasa007]

I don't know anything about sailing, but I think this boat is awesome. I have no idea how fast 19 knots is thou, dumb question but how long would a boat like this take to cross the Antlantic ocean

[justanother7]

perini navi are bathtubs, none of them sail well (except Maltese Falcon, and that's not their design) but they are very well made.

[Basseman88]

What about Parsifal III. That will properly outperform Mirabella V..

[justanother7]

You're joking...right?

Only one Perini will ever compete with MV and that's Maltese Falcon. Parsifal is aluminum hull..(wow really modern!) looks like a bath-tub...just like all the other Perinis. Also if you knew anything about sailing it is basically impossible for a boat with a waterline of 44m to beat one with a waterline of over 60m. But she does look nice inside, and that's really important..;)

[Basseman88]

I might know a bit more about sailing than you but let's just leave it at the fact that a ketch performs better than a sloop. Waterline, true - it has an impact, but Parsifal has as well done 19 knots and because of the ketch design it will do it under lighter conditions etc. Bathtub? Have you even seen it? And, the aluminum hull in Parsifal is actually very complex - Mirabella isn't composite but a modern version of fiberglass and she's built at the Vosper shipyard, which...

[Basseman88]

are not as skillfull as Perini Navi are. Outside Mirabella looks, i don't know, wrongly proportioned at best. Not a pretty boat. I've been on it several times.

[justanother7]

I agree, Perini's interior build quality is fantastic, and they finally built a nice sloop, called Salute. But they are not fast boats, and never will be, that is not their skill. I respect your aesthetic view....but I respectfully disagree, Mirabella looks better in real life than in pictures because she is so big, and the proportions are perfect.

[justanother7]

You really are very wrong my friend.

Firstly I will bet you whatever money you want that Parsifal has not hit 19 knots. She is simply not long enough and weighs too much. Secondly Mirabella has sailed at 19.7knots. Thirdly, Mirabella's hull is made of composite matrials, indeed its the biggest piece of composite material ever made (non-military). No real sailor will admit that ketches are "faster" than sloops...they are just easier to build, maintain and operate.

[injected74]

Mirabella V is currently for sale if you're in the market....59M euro.

[Caribbeanlove93]

the greatest sailing yacht over the world...<3 I LOVE IT!! good job, nice video!

[Caribbeanlove93]

really really nice video!! good job! thanks

[branboytarno]

all that money and ther sailing her hard,big respect.that just looks incredible, all that power.

[dell9494]

all that money and it still leans like a bitch

[SSCexpert]

Does it really matter if it still leans? To me, thats half the fun!!

[andrewpoophead]

it's called heeling, noob

[Hroark7]

your the noob

get a life looser

[bequiakt]

great video, i like the theme song too, what an awesome sailing craft

[SSCexpert]

Yeah. Being the largest sloop in the world, it has to be awesome. And awesome it is!!

[bequiakt]

what an fantastic video.my dream boat, this should be the watercraft of choice for the world

[Sundual22]

lets make a sailing frigate, destroyer, cruiser, and aircraft carrier like that !

[xingfenzhen]

19 Knots! that's a fast sailing ship, something that size too.

[Jagdtoq]

All that diesel being saved, what a way to save a planet! Superb!

[whitie4321]

I saw this Ship in Naxos this year in the Greek Islands Amazing to see in person but i never saw it in sails (thats why i googled it)

[Grigger123456780]

......that is amazing!!!!!!!!! i have never seen anything like it!

[DrSoranj]

Wait... where's Sophie Mirrabella though?

[4224856]

All that money invested, and she still leans over!!

[fishing4monkeys]

It's a sailboat! Of course it leans!

[zanderhowell]

dumb ass learn something

.zx

[4224856]

Yeah I learnt, years ago... multihulls mate, cats, tri's. Just check out the video titled ultimate sailing. If you have not seen it yet I promise it will impress. Thanks for taking the bate!!

[justanother7]

You are clueless.

[desertblbuesman]

Isn't it a cutter, and not a sloop? I walked along the dock looking over the toe rail in Grenada in 95. That was the first Mirabella. The first mate who gave us a quicky deck tour said another was going to be built. How many did the Hertz family build. Unbelievable numbers!!

[chickenlover01]

all the big yatchs are australian

[cxon]

so what?

[oopsmonkey]

not at all. pls b better informed or b quiet

[oopsmonkey]

not at all. pls b better informed or b quiet

[NickTheBubbl]

This one was designed by an Irishman and built in Woolton, England.

[codprawn]

Funny this one is British!!!

[YOPASODESALIR]

...just amazing!!!!!

[ranndino]

Came here after seeing a "60 minutes" special on Tom Perkins and his yacht "Maltese Falcon" which totally blew me away even though I don't know anything about yachts. This one quite something as well. Amazing tune also.

[blackpanther7]

One of the most coolest yachts in the world!!!!

[gigidirenzo]

is that a NYYC burgee? hmm.

[justanother7]

yes, special permission was obtained to fly it at the bow since it would not be visible at the mast head.

[patoberini]

muy buen barco!!! esta exelente!!!

[Dibber81]

Nice boat, and nice captures! I proudly sail on an 100year lady! Bermudarigged Ketch, check it out:)

[alex199020]

Thats such a nice boat! :O and its pirates of carabean!

[maryadams456]

Beautiful machine! Who does the background music? sounds like Hans Zimmer, but if it is, I don't know the album. Thanks!

[arikomagic]

sounds like the music in the movie Gladiator,

[arikomagic]

or no! it's the music in pirates of the caribean

[dennisbruentjen]

Hi! It is Hans Zimmer,.. in a way.. The Soundtrack is "Pirates of the Caribbean" by Klaus Badelt (worked together with Zimmer) and the track is "Skull and Crossbones"