The day we have all been waiting for is finally here and Sofia Marie the first Kraken 50 built in Turkey launches today. She’s magnificent and we are all very proud.
Removed from the yacht transport, the Kraken 50 is brought to the water via the travel lift. The yacht’s ZERO Keel™ touches the water for the first time!
The mast is spliced, electrical wiring for lights and navigation equipment are run through and the mast is carefully craned over the yacht.
The mast is lowered towards the deck and the electrical wiring is dropped through the deck collar prior to the mast being lowered into position. All Kraken yachts are keel stepped which provides strength to the rig and is safer than a deck stepped mast.
The forestays and rigging are all connected to the yacht prior to the boom being craned into position and attached to the mast via the gooseneck.
Moving to the interior of the yacht, here is the master cabin with an emphasis on space and light. All protective wrapping is removed, finally showing off the high quality craftsmanship and attention to detail from the carpentry team.
The master head is now finished with HI-MACS corian counters with built in fiddle rail and vanity basin. Both heads include a full walk-in shower.
The saloon seats 4-6 crew as the bench seat can be relocated to sit 2 on eat side.Here is the saloon with the raised navigation station on the port side and U shaped seating area to starboard. When conducting a watch or planning your next passage, the raised navigation station is a comfortable and warm alternative when the weather is bad. The view forward from the Nav station allows excellent vision all round.
The galley also includes HI-MACS corian counters. On the outboard side is an electric oven with 3 hobs and a Vitrifrego stainless steel drawer freezer. On the inboard side is a Vitrifrego dual drawer fridge and large sink.
We are especially proud of the walk-in engine room. The equipment which requires regular use or maintenance all has easy access. Here are the engine and watermaker.
And here, the generator and fuel polishing filters. The floorboards will receive a diamond plate non-skid surface. These boards can be removed to reveal the strainers.
The first trial sail to test equipment. The yacht is using a set of Dacron test sails whilst the final hybrid spectra sails are completed.
The test sails built by Kaan and his team at Quatum Sails are a good fit, so he’ll now go ahead and build the full set of Spectra/Dacron sails the client has ordered.
Even though there is only 6 kts of wind Sofia Marie is making 4.5 kts and without a genoa!
