Friday, September 18, 2009

Porsche’s sailing in new waters


German carmaker creates new mega yacht, in association with Singapore-based yacht builder


Not one to be told to stick to its core business, Porsche’s design arm has teamed up with a Singapore shipyard to design a state-of-the-art catamaran megayacht, reports autoblog.com. The Porsche Design Group and megayacht manufacturer Royal Falcon Fleet have begun releasing details and images of their first joint project. The RFF135 is a massive twin-hull design measuring 135 feet in length with a 41-foot beam. That’s enough space to accommodate 10 guests and 10 crew members below decks in 472 square metres of area, with another 208 square metres of deck space up top. 

That’s unfathomably large, and to propel the vessel up 35 knots (about 64.82 kmph), the catamaran will be equipped with twin V16 turbodiesel engines from German manufacturer MTU, each producing a massive 4,600 horsepower. This beauty will drink down 750 litres of diesel every hour though.

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