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Type: Ketch
LOA: 134’6” / 41.00m – LOD: 134’6” / 41.00m – LWL: 100’0” / 30.50m – Beam: 26’3” / 8.00m – Draft: 12’7” / 3.85m – Displacement: 170 tons – Ballast: – Hull material: aluminum – Sail Area: 7,707 sq ft – Designer: Bruce King – Built by: Astilleros Mefasa S.A., San Juan De Nieva, Spain – Year Launched: 1993 – Current Name: Alejandra – Original Owner: Private – FLAG: United Kingdom (GB) – Location: Marine Traffic
Historical:
Bruce King Yacht Design Comments – Like WHITEFIN, ALEJANDRA is configured with two cockpits, the aft for steering and sailing, with the center cockpit primarily for lounging and dining. The companionway entrance is at the forward end of the center cockpit. Descending through a circular staircase, flanked with curved Cuban Mahogany raised panels, one arrives in the entrance lobby. Aft is a passageway to the staterooms. Forward through an arched vestibule, with double sliding doors, is the main salon. The main salon, with a fireplace as a focal point forward, is flanked with seating on either side. To port of this seating is the dining area. A long arched vestibule provides a feeling of open separation between the two areas. Forward is the galley, crew mess, two double crew cabins, and captain’s cabin.
Moving aft from the entrance lobby through a paneled hallway are three guest cabins, two to starboard and one to port. All guest cabins have suite heads and showers. Also to port is the entrance to the main engine room beneath the center cockpit, and the auxiliary equipment room beneath the pilot house. A short stairway leads to the pilot house where most navigation and radio equipment is located. From the pilot house a short stairway leads on deck while another leads down into the owner’s cabin.
All joiner work is beautifully executed by the builder, with extensive use of lightweight core materials where suitable. All design work for ALEJANDRA was performed by Bruce King Yacht Design. After extensive preliminary design, the naval architecture was generated in conjunction with the vast structural and systems engineering required on a project of this magnitude. The interior design was also carried out by Bruce King Yacht Design, from the complex overall arrangement to graceful joinery details and intricate hand carvings. The result is a homogeneous design throughout, with repeated design elements both above and below deck. This integrated approach, while more lengthy, avoids the design fragmentation that can occur when separate design firms are employed.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
- Owner/Guardian: (1993-1996) – Private
- Owner/Guardian: (1996) – Ferruccio Fiorucci
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