Today whilst sailing we noticed a large yacht coming towards us down the channel. The AIS received showed us that it was Drumbeat, a 173ft (53m) superyacht from New Zealand. This picture shows the size. Look very closely at the bow to see a man standing there to get a full appreciation of the scale – its huge!

 

The yacht has 11 crew and up to 10 guests. Its fuel tanks give it a range of 8000miles and have a capacity of 49000 litres. That’s about £50000 per fill up!

More details here for you avid yacht spotters here…

http://www.yachtspotter.com/ysp2_ycard.php?foo=20060323