Vertigo Launch
After 29 months of hard work by the team at Alloy Yachts, the 67.2m Vertigo slipped into the waters at the base of the Alloy Yachts’ shipyard. At 837 GRT, Vertigo is the largest yacht to be built at Alloy Yachts and the yard proudly states it is also the largest luxury sailing yacht to be built in the Southern Hemisphere. Vertigo was designed by Philippe Briand, and has an interior design by Christian Liaigre.
The challenge facing the designer was to design a yacht that was large but ‘sensitive to sail’, which explains her modern hull lines. Philippe Briand Ltd reports that she is the first sailing yacht of her size to have an almost vertical bow. This feature allows for a greater waterline length, thus making for a considerable improvement in speed both under sail and engine power. With an air clearance restricted to 68m (for access to the Suez Canal) and a draft restriction of 5m (increased to 9.10 m by a daggerboard extension), the designer was particularly concerned with enhancing efficiency of the sail plan and keel.