Italy: Perini Navi Group Launches 56 Meter Megayacht Fidelis

Perini Navi Group, world leader in the construction and design of large sailing and motor yachts, announce the launch of Fidelis, the 51st yacht in their fleet and the tenth sailing yacht in the 56mt series.

Strictly private launching was held on Saturday April 16th at the Perini Navi shipyard in Viareggio.

Designed by the Perini Navi Group’s Technical and Design Department in collaboration with the New Zealand yacht designer, Ron Holland, S/Y Fidelis has a hull and superstructure in aluminum with an optimized displacement of 545 tons and a tonnage of 497 tons.

The ketch sail plan, designed and engineered by Perini Navi’s Mast Division measures 1,500 square meters. Both the main and the mizzen masts are in aluminum and are respectively 58.37 and 47.97 meters high. The booms are both in carbon fiber and have in-boom furling systems.

This yacht has especially ample areas for enjoying life on deck with two cockpits, one fore, one aft, which allow owners and guests to enjoy generously comfortable outdoor spaces.

The fore cockpit is arranged around the main mast and has two “L” shaped couches that can seat up to twelve and two removable tables. This area also has a waxed canvas awning for protection from the sun and built-in lighting for evening enjoyment.

The aft cockpit has a well-protected dining area with a table for twelve and a lounging area with three couches, two armchairs and a coffee table. There is also a guest head and a semi-circular staircase, protected and embellished by a custom-built glass wall, that leads up to the flying bridge. This bridge area has been completely re-modeled compared to her sister ships in that it has a wide sunning and lounging area aft with two central seats from which to enjoy the view, a dining area and the steering stations with sail and engine controls.

Fidelis’ interiors were designed in-house by Perini Navi’s architects and have a contemporary, refined style with simple, clean lines combined with the use of materials such as stained walnut, wenge, parchment, maple, teak, steel, marble and leather.

The main saloon, designed as a light-filled open space, is divided into two areas by an unusual central element that houses both the steel and wenge staircase that leads to the lower deck and two elegant sliding glass doors that separate the living and dining areas.

Fidelis’ lower deck has a large, full-beam stateroom with a double bed at the center, an office starboard and a couch port. The four guest cabins all have queen-sized beds and two of these also have retractable pullman berths and wide couches that can become beds.

Perini Navi’s first 56mt sailing yacht, Burrasca, was launched in 2003 and since then she has been joined by sister yachts Santa Maria (now Zenji), Rosehearty, Selene, Salute, Silvana, Riela (now Asahi), Panthalassa and Melek.

Technical Specification

Length overall: 56mt

LWL full load: 46.06mt

Beam (max): 11.52mt

Max speed: 15.5Kn

Hull: Aluminum

Superstructure: Aluminum

Draught (keel up/ keel down): 3.95/9.73 mt

Displacement: 497 gross tons

Displacement full load: 545 tons

Range@ 12.5Kn: 3,500NM

Main mast height above DWL: 58.37mt

Mizzen mast height above DWL: 47.97mt

Total sail area: 1,500 sq mt

Interior Design: Perini Navi

Naval Architecture: Perini Navi, Ron Holland

Builder: Perini Navi – Viareggio, Italy

Classification: ABS Malta Cross A1 Commercial Yachting Service; Malta Cross AMS, MCA

About Perini Navi Group

With a fleet of 51 yachts on the water- 50 sailing yachts and one motor yacht- the Perini Navi Group is the world leader in the design and construction of large sailing yachts. In 2007 the Group also began to build motor yachts with the brand name Picchiotti and the series name Vitruvius, thus re-launching the historic Picchiotti shipyard acquired in the early 1990’s. The Group is made up of the Perini Navi shipyard in Viareggio, founded in the 1980’s by Fabio Perini who invented and developed a revolutionary automatic sail control system. Another division of the Group is the Picchiotti shipyard in La Spezia where the Group constructs its motor yachts and concentrates most of it refitting work, and the Perini Istanbul shipyard in Yildiz, Turkey where its hulls and deck structures are produced. Perini Navi USA is a commercial division of the Group through whom owners of Perini Navi Group yachts can receive yacht management services, arrange charters and which also provides brokerage services for both new and previously owned Perini Navi Group yachts.

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Source: Perininavi, April 18, 2011.