TANKOA S693 – M/Y SUERTE
Tankoa Yachts and Yacht-Ology, Michel Karsenti’s company, after the impeccable launch of project S693 now known as “Suerte”, have the pleasure to disclose the very first images of the yacht running in front of Portofino bay.
Suerte will be officially introduced to the public and the yachting industry on the occasion of the 2015 Monaco Yacht Show.
Built for one of Karsenti’s loyal clients, construction of this first yacht of 69.30 meters has been carried out on schedule, notwithstanding the numerous upgrades decided by the client in conjunction with the shipyard.
Tankoa Yachts – the “boutique shipyard” based in Genoa – and its global sales and marketing agent, Yacht-Ology are particularly proud of the launch dated 25th June 2015. As soon as Suerte reached the water, she has shown a perfect balance with zero degree lateral inclination and a draft only one centimeter off our calculation. From July 1st until the late August, M/Y Suerte is undertaking its sea trials, technical tests, stability tests, and all necessary Class endurance runs. Yacht will be ready for final delivery end of August 2015. The yacht will then sail to the Cote d’Azur after all the owner’s supplies and toys have been safely installed onboard.
Completion of the interiors are 95% done and the final touch ups are being done to her warm minimalist interiors by Margherita Casprini from Francesco Paszkowski’s design studio.
Karsenti commented right after the first sea trials: “We are really thrilled with the results right off the first sea trials. According to the contractual specification, the top speed was to be 16.5 knots at half load. Like any other builder, our performances are to be obtained by calm sea with 5 knots wind. A first sea trial always require a lot of organization and it happened that on the programmed date, we had a solid 2 to 2.5 meter swell with wind blowing from 18 up to 35 knots in gusts and we still decided to go. The 7 to 8 hours sea trial was just terrific! We reached top speed in excess of 18 knots with a load close to 70 percent. Not only that, our 5,500 NM range was to be obtained at 12 knots. We will have the 5,500 Nautical Mile contractual range at 14 knots, which makes a true difference when going across the Atlantic. Vibrations are inexistent and sound level is already in line with our specs without loose furniture nor decoration having been installed. The project simply exceeded all our wildest expectations! A happy owner will be our best reward! I am very proud of the Yacht-Ology / Tankoa association has this shipyard as a true winning technical team and I can only admire the rigor, professionalism and expertise of the management team including Euro Contenti, Edoardo Ratto, Renzo Chelazzi and Andrea Parodi. I, too, remained deeply impressed with the work of Naval Architect, Professor Ruggiero whose experience is second to none and by Albert McIlroy, the owner’s surveyor commitment to built the best boat.”
In September, Tankoa Yachts will see the deck and superstructure of the first 50 meter enter the shed under code name S501. Outfitting work will immediately start after engines and main technical equipment have been installed onboard while work on S701, a close sistership to Suerte will resume at the same time.
