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The 34.14-metre yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7315" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vela34.14m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2020">Vela</a>, a custom sail training schooner from <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1230" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Marsun (Company)">Marsun Public Company Ltd.</a>, has now completed sea trials after being launched last month from the builder’s Samutprakan shipyard in Thailand. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171852/image/large-55a358c1c8911c000313b5f0e4b03c76.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171852">“We just finished sea trials aboard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7315" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vela34.14m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2020">Vela</a>, our new sail training vessel and sister ship to <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2099" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Argo34.15m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2006">STV Argo</a>, also built at the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1230" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Marsun (Company)">Marsun Shipyard</a>. She’s a beauty!” commented Jim Stoll of Global Expeditions Group. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171851/image/large-39772fce5ea09e8e751b25843d2061b6.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171851">“Their mission is the same as <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2099" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Argo34.15m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2006">Argo</a>, circumnavigating the world with trainee crew at the helm. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2099" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Argo34.15m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2006">Argo</a> has sailed around the world six times with trainees since her launch in 2006. We are sailing <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7315" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vela34.14m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2020">Vela</a> to Singapore in about two weeks.”<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171853/image/large-96e2a2810037a3d45fad37beddadc00a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171853">Both <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7315" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vela34.14m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2020">Vela</a> and <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2099" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Argo34.15m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2006">Argo</a> are two-masted Marconi-rigged schooners, certified and inspected for unrestricted operation in the world’s oceans. They are operated by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4892" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Sea|mester (Company)">Sea|mester</a>, a study abroad training program for student crew trainees.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171850/image/large-9edaa869778b494415bb2da5b365b511.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171850">Sailing yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7315" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vela34.14m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2020">Vela</a>’s exterior design and naval architecture is the result of a collaboration between Newport-based <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/566" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Langan Design Associates, Inc. (Company)">Langan Design</a>, Travis Yates from Global Expeditions Group, and the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1230" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Marsun (Company)">Marsun Shipyard</a> team. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171854/image/large-4f8c953b420c8cdd10be3358dc1e3d04.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171854">Accommodating up to 26 guests, yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7315" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vela34.14m (112'0&quot;)Marsun2020">Vela</a> is hull number 300 for <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1230" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Marsun (Company)">Marsun</a>, and cruises at a top speed of 10.5 knots.

34m Marsun sailing yacht Vela finishes sea trials 

The recently-launched 34.14m sailing yacht Vela has completed her sea trials. Read more on SYT.