Skat (yacht)

Skat
Skat docked at North Mole, Gibraltar Harbour in 2013.
History
Port of registry:  Cayman Islands
Builder: Lürssen Werft
Launched: 2001
General characteristics
Displacement: 1636 tonnes
Length: 71 m (233 ft)
Beam: 13.5 m (44 ft)
Draft: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Installed power: 2 × 2,000 kW (2,700 hp) MTU
Speed:
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) cruise
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) max
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) one engine
Capacity: 10 guests
Crew: 16
Skat in Pitons Bay, St Lucia, 21 April 2011
Skat in Pitons Bay, St Lucia, 21 April 2011

Skat is a luxury yacht built by Lürssen of Bremen, Germany as project 9906, a number prominently displayed on the hull in a typeface matching that of military vessels. The project started in November 1999 and the yacht launched in 2001. The owner is Charles Simonyi, a former Software Engineer from Microsoft and the fifth space tourist. The yacht is 71 metres (233 ft) long.

Simonyi once had a Danish girlfriend who called him skat, literally "treasure" (or "tax"), a common term of endearment similar to "honey" in English.

General specifications

Features

The yacht can achieve a speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) on just one engine. A cooling pump integrated into the gearboxes assures safe operation on one engine by pumping oil through the idle gearbox. The shaft of the idle engine can be disengaged, leaving the idle propeller and shaft to freewheel.

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