On the upper bridge,in the delicious navigation spaces there is a full set of navigations equipment, a classic steering wheel with a classic telegraph to the engine room and a wonderfull binnacle. Proceeding toward the bow there is the wide crew quarters with 5 double cabins for the crew : captain, cook, engineer, boatswain, two sailors,hostess.The crew and officers mens, and an ample and pratical galley.Īstern of the centrally fitted engine room (on the lower deck, ) to optimize the longitudinal trim, there is the owner and guests sleeping quarters: two double cabins with separate beds and a private bathroom where the panelling and decorations are still the original ones in austrian oak.another double cabin and the owner’s suite at full width and a wide bathroom ensuite. Oval dining table and elegant wooden chairs for six. Trough a corridor we reach the main saloon, sumptsuosely decorated with damasks and sofas, wich overlooks the dining room with precious decorations and objects, ship portraits and models. Some changes have been provided by the former owner, the rock star Elton John in the 80 ies, for example the first boudoir, earlier the smoking room, which became the music room and it is still so. The main changes have been : the shelter of the stern deck with which created a comfortable new summer laung area, protected also on the sides by the high original washboards and awnings Īnyway the entrance door to the inner accommodations it is watertight as it was in the original layout as the yacht was and is able to navigate with any kind of weather safely.
It is the actual owner in the 90ies who brought her back to the original utilization of a charming and luxurious family yacht, recreating where possible the original accommodations ,the decor of her early years, the original panelling in mahogany and oak, the floars in douglas fir, the antique forniture, settees, sofas and armchairs in leather, carpets and brocade curtains. The yacht reaches today a maximum speed of 14 kts. Today, after the thorough restoration received in the 90’ies the engines are two 480 HP Caterpillars.
Initially she was powered by two 225 HP MAN engines able to provide a maximum speed of 13 kts, a knot faster than declared in the construction contract. Ī very strong construction in naval steel 8 mm thick, five watertight bulkheads ,two ballast trimming tanks. Meltemi ,with her straight and powerfull bow her very efficient hull ,and her fascinating look has a lenght on deck of 37 meters. Meltemi ex Amphora, ex Meltemi MM, exBraemar, ex Clorinde, ex Braemar was launched in 1931 at J.Samuel White & Co., an important shipyard of Cowes for George Paxton with the name of Braemar, as the denomination of his manor house.
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