Beautiful Ketch in Mooloolaba

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Cockpit
Cockpit
156 posts
156 posts
9 Jun 2019 4:56pm
I was walking in Mooloolaba today and saw this beautiful ketch anchored in the bay.



She's a very impressive boat.
She looked to be a good size (50 foot plus?) and has inmast furling on both masts plus a cutter rig.

I would love to know more about it, anybody any info?
cheers
Bananabender
Bananabender
QLD
1610 posts
QLD, 1610 posts
9 Jun 2019 7:16pm
Wow fantastic
Schooner not ketch
Craig66
Craig66
NSW
2466 posts
NSW, 2466 posts
9 Jun 2019 7:49pm
Nice
Id say 80 plus feet, bow sprint looks to be close to 8 feet alone
LooseChange
LooseChange
NSW
2140 posts
NSW, 2140 posts
9 Jun 2019 8:16pm
Let marinetraffic.com be your friend ...... Just as Google is .....sometimes

www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:201091/mmsi:235102003/imo:0/vessel:NEORION

104 feet in length and nearly 20 foot beam
shaggybaxter
shaggybaxter
QLD
2664 posts
QLD, 2664 posts
9 Jun 2019 8:23pm
Hi Cockpit,
She could be the Orient Pearl, a Custom 90 that used to be out of NSW somewhere.
Nice toy!

Edit: scratch all that, didn't see Loose' post!
woko
woko
NSW
1792 posts
NSW, 1792 posts
9 Jun 2019 8:42pm
How goods that, not something you see every day, just anchored out there like the marina ain't big enough
Bananabender
Bananabender
QLD
1610 posts
Cockpit
Cockpit
156 posts
156 posts
9 Jun 2019 7:20pm
Yep a Schooner as Banana B said as the aft mast is bigger than the fore mast, I knew there was something different about it when I was looking but couldn't figure it...
She actually upped anchor and went down the channel into the marina area and we tried to follow on foot but when we arrived we couldn't find her...
Still, it's easy to lose a 100 foot plus boat in a small channel like that
Oh well, she WAS beautiful.

LooseChange
LooseChange
NSW
2140 posts
NSW, 2140 posts
9 Jun 2019 9:34pm
Cockpit said..
Yep a Schooner as Banana B said as the aft mast is bigger than the fore mast, I knew there was something different about it when I was looking but couldn't figure it...
She actually upped anchor and went down the channel into the marina area and we tried to follow on foot but when we arrived we couldn't find her...
Still, it's easy to lose a 100 foot plus boat in a small channel like that
Oh well, she WAS beautiful.



Currently off Msc Charles Clark Park at River Esplanade
SandS
SandS
VIC
5904 posts
VIC, 5904 posts
9 Jun 2019 9:59pm




that's serious yacht porn !! but no wonder those bowsprit stays are called dolphin strikers !!
saltytom2
saltytom2
NSW
23 posts
NSW, 23 posts
10 Jun 2019 4:18pm
If you look in gallery you will see short video on that schooner
Shanty
Shanty
QLD
487 posts
QLD, 487 posts
11 Jun 2019 9:44pm
You would think she would be cutting it fine with the amount of water to get over that bar. Somehow the longliner Esbjorn which apparently draws 13 feet gets through. On an old wooden yacht like that one you wouldn't really want to be pounding the bottom to hard would you?
Craig66
Craig66
NSW
2466 posts
NSW, 2466 posts
11 Jun 2019 10:00pm
Technical Specifications of super yacht 'NEORION' (ex Green Seagull):

Naval Architect Horst Stichnoth (G) - Hoek Design (NL)
Interior Design & Sailplan Olivier van Meer (NL)
Project Management Olivier van Meer (NL)
Hull Builder Bloemsma, Makkum, The Netherlands
Year of Hull build 1999
Year of launching 2014
Hull Construction Aluminium
Keel Semi longkeel (S-shape) with hydraulic centerboard
Rudder Semi balanced, mechanic
Over all length (incl. davits & bowsprit) 33.80 m
Length between stem and stern 29.04 m
Waterline length 21.00 m
Overall breadth 6.75 m
Draft liftkeel up 2.60 m
Draft liftkeel down 4.10 m
Displacement 85 tons (fully loaded)
woko
woko
NSW
1792 posts
NSW, 1792 posts
25 Jun 2019 6:37pm
She's in Yamba at the moment, and makes all the other vessels look, insignificant.
nswsailor
nswsailor
NSW
1458 posts
NSW, 1458 posts
26 Jun 2019 8:30pm
Cockpit said..
Yep a Schooner as Banana B said as the aft mast is bigger than the fore mast, I knew there was something different about it when I was looking but couldn't figure it...
She actually upped anchor and went down the channel into the marina area and we tried to follow on foot but when we arrived we couldn't find her...
Still, it's easy to lose a 100 foot plus boat in a small channel like that
Oh well, she WAS beautiful.



Yes she overtook me [in Seaka] just inside the walls. She went to the marina near Sea World,
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