Athena (yacht)
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Athena is a clipper
-bowed 3-masted gaff rig
ged schooner
built by Royal Huisman
in 2004 for internet entrepreneur James H. Clark
. Clark purchased a 47.4 meter sloop
, Hyperion
, from Royal Huisman in 1998. As Hyperion was nearing completion, Clark began to consider the possibilities of a larger yacht, which could include a theater, library, more guest space and a more capable galley.
Athena can be chartered from €
250,000 per week in the Caribbean
, or in summer 2010 cruising the South Pacific
, with charters there start at €275,000 per week.
Athena is the winner of the Show Boats International Award for Best Sailing Yacht over 40 Meters for 2004.
A 204 pages coffee table book (41cm x 34cm / 16” x 13”) “Athena – A Classic Schooner For Modern Times” was made (photography by Louie Psihoyos, writer Jack Somer), describing the history, the construction and the life of this vessel.
Similar sailing super yachts include Eos
and The Maltese Falcon
.
Clipper
A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area...
-bowed 3-masted gaff rig
Gaff rig
Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar called the gaff...
ged schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
built by Royal Huisman
Royal Huisman
Royal Huisman, founded in 1884 is a family-owned builder of unique custom sailing and motor yachts, classic or modern, between 26 and 90 meters. The yard was awarded the Royal seal by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1984...
in 2004 for internet entrepreneur James H. Clark
James H. Clark
James H. Clark is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation, myCFO and Healtheon...
. Clark purchased a 47.4 meter sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
, Hyperion
Hyperion (yacht)
Hyperion is the name of a sailing yacht built by the Royal Huisman in Holland in 1998 and designed by German Frers. At the time of her launch, she was the largest sloop ever build and the tallest mast ever built...
, from Royal Huisman in 1998. As Hyperion was nearing completion, Clark began to consider the possibilities of a larger yacht, which could include a theater, library, more guest space and a more capable galley.
Athena can be chartered from €
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
250,000 per week in the Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
, or in summer 2010 cruising the South Pacific
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, with charters there start at €275,000 per week.
Athena is the winner of the Show Boats International Award for Best Sailing Yacht over 40 Meters for 2004.
A 204 pages coffee table book (41cm x 34cm / 16” x 13”) “Athena – A Classic Schooner For Modern Times” was made (photography by Louie Psihoyos, writer Jack Somer), describing the history, the construction and the life of this vessel.
Similar sailing super yachts include Eos
Eos (yacht)
The Eos is a three-masted Bermuda rigged schooner. The ship is one of the largest private sailing yachts in the world, and as of 2009 was owned by movie and media billionaire Barry Diller, husband of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. According to a 2007 article in Harper's Bazaar, Eos...
and The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon (yacht)
The Maltese Falcon built by Perini Navi is a clipper sailing luxury yacht, commissioned and formerly owned by American venture capitalist Tom Perkins. It is one of the largest privately-owned sailing yachts in the world at , similar to Royal Huisman's Athena and Lürssen's Eos...
.