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After a successful four-day sea trial and boating around Pong Hu, the new Horizon EP115 Tango 5 was christened last Sunday afternoon at Horizon’s Premier Shipyard delivery center.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/143507/image/large-808801b66cc3cdcaf424d4b7e4138891.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/143507">Horizon CEO John Lu opened the christening ceremony with a speech thanking new owners Mr. and Mrs. Tang, as well as their families, for their attendance – they traveled from Singapore to Taiwan to participate in the four-day boating and christening of Tango 5. A special guest, Pastor Lu, was invited to lead everyone in a prayer for blessings upon Tango 5 and the Tang family, and Horizon presented the owners with a unique delivery gift: a pair of dolls dancing the Tango.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/143508/image/large-531b292baf71f28ef3eb58ad14779437.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/143508">Mr. and Mrs. Tang had the honor of popping open the bottle of christening champagne and toasting their family, John Lu and Horizon’s shipyard managers in celebration of Tango 5.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/143509/image/large-e45f52f244368c22fa11a2ca697a8c04.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/143509">As John Lu stated in his opening speech, “Thousands of details went into the build of Tango 5, details that could not be carried out without the help of many Horizon team members. We are proud to have brought this owner’s dream yacht to life.”Horizon Yachts +886 7 860 7770 <a href="mailto:info@horizonyacht.com?subject=Horizon%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">info@horizonyacht.com</a> <a href="http://www.horizonyacht.com/" target="_blank">www.horizonyacht.com</a>

Superyacht Tango 5 delivered

Last weekend Horizon launched the new Horizon EP series 115-foot expedition yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4821" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Tango 533.0m (108'3&quot;)">Tango 5</a>, which holds status as the largest luxury yacht Horizon sold in the Singapore yacht market. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4821" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Tango 533.0m (108'3&quot;)">Tango 5</a> is built with the ocean adventurer in mind, featuring a steel hull, bulbous bow, four stateroom layout and cockpit for fishing and diving.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/142231/image/large-4ae5f66fa2d0f7a9f2b3af1729850ba4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/142231">The expedition yacht was launched by Horizon’s Dream 1 floating barge, and thanks to the organization and expertise of the employees the process went extremely smooth; once Tango 5 was launched and tied to the dock, the Horizon staff took a moment to celebrate the success of bringing another owner’s dream yacht to life.For the next two months, Horizon will conduct a series of commissioning tests, incline tests, BV class surveys and many others to ensure <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4821" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Tango 533.0m (108'3&quot;)">Tango 5</a> will deliver to her new owner in perfect condition. This new Horizon 115-foot, long-range expedition yacht is scheduled to deliver in March 2013 and make her world debut at the Boat Asia Show in April 2013.

Expedition superyacht Tango 5 launched

The Horizon Group has announced that a new Horizon EP series 115-foot expedition yacht, which is still under construction, was recently sold to an owner in Singapore. The 115-foot long-range explorer yacht is scheduled to deliver to the new owner in March 2013 and will become the largest luxury yacht Horizon has delivered in the Singapore yacht market.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/141205/image/large-43a36ceaa0cc40f7afc33e91b713a52c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/141205">The solid yet stylish 115-foot expedition yacht is the newest addition to the Horizon EP series and has a full-displacement steel hull with a bulbous bow and fiberglass superstructure -- while she is the second Horizon yacht built with a steel hull (the Horizon EP148 was the first), she is the first one with a composite superstructure.To ensure the safety and stability of the vessel, the new 115-foot Horizon expedition yacht is built and certified to BV (Bureau Veritas) Classification Society Rules (yacht and steel ship rule) and features double rudders and ABT thrusters for easy maneuvering. In addition, the new 115-footer is powered with twin MAN 2842 LE410 engines and at 10 knots has a range in excess of 3000 nautical miles.<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/141206/image/large-c1413313a12465d11bf0f83be03a5009.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/141206">The Horizon design team worked closely with the new owner to customize some certain areas and aspects of the yacht, ensuring that the new 115-footer luxury yacht will be perfectly suited to the owner’s requirements -- features include a custom interior décor, extended cockpit for fishing, customized dive area with a commercial dive compressor and modified bow area to store a 19-foot dive tender and 14-foot rescue boat.The new 115-foot explorer is the first long-range expedition yacht Horizon has built and delivered in her size range, and she will make her world debut at the 2013 Boat Asia Show.

Horizon sells new expedition superyacht to Singapore