King “Scheherazade” Specifications:
ASOLARE (ex SCHEHERAZADE)
LOA: 154’8″ / 47.15m – LOD: 154’8″ / 47.15m – LWL: 118’05 / 36.10m – Beam: 28’06 / 8.69m – Draft: 13′ 00 / 3.96m – Ballast: 153,000lbs – Bare Hull Weight: 110,000 lb – Sail Area: 9,940 sq ft – Main Mast Above Deck: 174′ – Mizzen Mast Above Deck: 110′ – Yard Number: 404 – Hull material: Wood construction – Designer: Exterior Bruce King / Interior Andrew Winch – Built by: Hodgdon Yachts, Maine – Year Launched: September 27, 2003 – Current Name: ASOLARE – Original Owner: Bill and Barbara Stewart
Historical:
The yacht “Scheherazade” was named after the clever and exotic heroine of The 1,001 Arabian Nights, ” (a collection of West and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.”
With a staff of up to one-hundred people working on Scheherazade at one point during the build, the project took approximately four years to complete.
On a foggy morning on September 27 in East Boothbay, ME, 3000 people showed up for the launch of Scheherazade. The 154’ ketch is the largest private yacht built in the US as of 2003.
Hull Construction:
Scheherazade’s hull is made of multiple layers of Douglas fir, western red cedar and WEST SYSTEM epoxy. Total hull thickness is 3-1/2″. The first layer glued to the frames is vertical grain Douglas fir, 7/8″ thick and oriented longitudinally. The next four are 7/16″ thick and oriented diagonally, primarily western red cedar with occasional substitutions of Douglas fir in highly loaded sections of the hull. The last layer will be another layer of 7/8″ thick Douglas fir oriented longitudinally. The hull will be encapsulated with two layers of fiberglass cloth and epoxy before it is faired and finally rolled over.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (2003) Bill and Barbara Stewart