Denmark

Faenoe

The first of the two yachts is the slightly larger one, by length, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5107" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Southern Cloud39.72m (130'4&quot;)Faenoe1990">Southern Cloud</a>, that was built by the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/3509" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Faenoe (Company)">Faenoe Yachtvaerft</a> at Skaerbaek in Denmark in 1990.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/236154/image/large-bf3e5d31845682090c710652a1c12043.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/236154">With a length overall of 39.70-metres, a waterline length of 26.85-metres, a beam of 7.70-metres and a draft of 3.95-metres, the yacht displaces 195 tonnes. Designed by Herward A. Oehlmann and constructed under the project name Animos, the yacht was completed in 1990 as the Butterfly McQueen for an owner based in the Far East.At the time she was being described as the "World's Most Advanced Sailing Yacht", a statement that was probably true owing to the vessel's highly automated control systems. Everything from sail handling and engine controls to weighing anchor are controlled by touch-sensitive screens from Touch'n Control Systems.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/22308/image/large-beb21a1565245a75fc286e76d9a0690d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/22308">Onboard she features luxurious accommodation for twelve guests in six cherry-panelled staterooms and cabins for seven crew are provided. Engines are twin Fiat]/<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1677" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Iveco (Company)">Iveco</a> V8 diesels of 400 horsepower each, providing a maximum speed of 12 knots and a cruising speed of 10 knots. Her fuel capacity is 21,000 litres.Originally built to <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1479" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Det Norske Veritas (DNV) (Company)">Norske Veritas</a> class with a GRP hull and teak-laid decks, this motorsailer has sailed extensively in the Pacific and Australasian regions over the years, as well as to other world cruising regions. The yacht today sails under the name <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/5107" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Southern Cloud39.72m (130'4&quot;)Faenoe1990">Southern Cloud</a> and is still in the Southern Ocean.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/236155/image/large-1f26a8adb5d62d41ad4cbf9e3bdf46b5.png" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/236155">Now let's turn to the second unique schooner that was built as Vendredi Treize at the Tecimar yard at Sainte Nazaire. Initially designed by the Danish naval architect <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2403" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="J. Ring Andersen Skibsvaerft (Company)">Jim Andersen</a> to compete in the Ostar, the British single-handed race across the Atlantic. She was the largest and fastest boat on the starting line.She was also the world's largest fibreglass sailing yacht when she was completed in 1972. Length overall was 39.13-metres with a displacement of 88 tonnes. Light winds however eventually put paid to that dream.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/4377/image/large-a2ccc5add40d8ff76b30ca58fa36bfd2.JPG" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/4377">The opportunity to acquire the yacht arose in 1992 when Jean Michel Tissier of Stardust Marine bought her with the intention of restoring the yacht and converting her into a fast luxury cruiser. However, the yacht proved uneconomical to repair and a new hull had to be moulded from the original.This new yacht would be christened Friday Star-Vendredi 13 with a luxurious interior by Jacques Pierrejean. Completed in 1994 her new length is 42.10-metres with a beam of 5.76-metres and a draft of 4.20-metres, Displacement was now 95 tonnes. Guest accommodation was now for ten guests and five crew and a cordon-bleu chef to provide exceptional cuisine. Power is provided by a single 300 horsepower <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1483" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Cummins Inc. (Company)">Cummins</a> diesel.A happy outcome then for a beautiful former ocean racer that has since been sold and renamed <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1614" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Yamakay42.36m (138'12&quot;)CMN Yacht Division1994">Yamakay</a>.This article was originally published in&nbsp;<a href="https://sya.superyachttimes.com/news/superyacht-times-newspaper-issue-39" target="_blank">Issue 41 of SuperYacht Times newspaper</a>. To read more stories like this one and to never again miss another issue of the SuperYacht Times newspaper, <a href="https://shop.superyachttimes.com/report/the-superyacht-times-subscription" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>.

The history of two interesting schooners

SYT’s in-house historian Malcolm Wood takes a look at two unique schooners both carrying three equidistant masts.