History | |
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Name | Necker Belle |
Owner | Virgin Limited Edition |
Operator | Virgin Limited Edition |
Builder | CMN |
General characteristics | |
Length | 32 m (105 ft) |
Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
Draft | 1.8 m (6 ft) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Speed | 22 knots |
Capacity | 13 |
Crew | 5 |
The Necker Belle is a 105-foot [1] (32 m) [2] private charter catamaran yacht, [3] offered through Virgin Limited Edition and based at the resort Necker Island. [4] The Belle superyacht is one of the few luxury sailing catamarans in the world. [5] [6]
Prior to being purchased by Richard Branson's Virgin, the yacht was called Lady Barbaretta, and cost £5.3 million for Branson to obtain. [1] It required a two-year refit to emerge as the Belle, [7] operates with a crew of seven, and is currently captained by Captain Piers Helm. [2] The refit won the 2010 best new refit at the World Superyacht Awards. [5] The yacht has a top speed in excess of 20 knots, [7] being rare in the world as being able to do so. [5]
The Necker Nymph excursion submersible also operates from the yacht. [8] It is reputedly the first-of-its-kind "aero submarine", buoyant when not under power. [9]
History | |
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Name | Necker Belle |
Owner | Virgin Limited Edition |
Operator | Virgin Limited Edition |
Builder | CMN |
General characteristics | |
Length | 32 m (105 ft) |
Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
Draft | 1.8 m (6 ft) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Speed | 22 knots |
Capacity | 13 |
Crew | 5 |
The Necker Belle is a 105-foot [1] (32 m) [2] private charter catamaran yacht, [3] offered through Virgin Limited Edition and based at the resort Necker Island. [4] The Belle superyacht is one of the few luxury sailing catamarans in the world. [5] [6]
Prior to being purchased by Richard Branson's Virgin, the yacht was called Lady Barbaretta, and cost £5.3 million for Branson to obtain. [1] It required a two-year refit to emerge as the Belle, [7] operates with a crew of seven, and is currently captained by Captain Piers Helm. [2] The refit won the 2010 best new refit at the World Superyacht Awards. [5] The yacht has a top speed in excess of 20 knots, [7] being rare in the world as being able to do so. [5]
The Necker Nymph excursion submersible also operates from the yacht. [8] It is reputedly the first-of-its-kind "aero submarine", buoyant when not under power. [9]