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UPDATE!   Sailing yacht SALPERTON IV renamed PALMIRA, and had full refit in 2017.

Built by Fitzroy Yachts, the sailing superyacht Salperton IV has recently been launched.  Salperton IV is 45 meters in length.   In addition, she is the latest superyacht to be built by Fitzroy Yachts of New Zealand.  This yacht is one meter longer than Salperton III.

Fingers are crossed that the Mediterranean yacht charter fleet will soon welcome yacht Salperton IV to the family.  Earlier incarnations of Salperton have spent years delivering mega yacht charter holidays to customers around the world.  Two of the earlier vessels are still available for sail boat charters under the current names of Northern Spirit (37 meters) and Drumbeat (53 meters).

Sail boat charters are extremely popular in the Caribbean, and all eyes are upon this latest incarnation. The superyacht cost an estimated $30 million.  She is 215 tons, took two years to build, and is the eighth megayacht that Fitzroy has built in the past 12 years.

Accommodations include four en suite state rooms and three crew cabins. For extra luxury, she also has a gym and a spa pool.

260,000 hours have gone into the construction of the (hopefully soon-to-be) luxury sailing charter vessel.  She has many features.  For instance, she is fully air-conditioned, has her own sewage treatment station, and can make 15 tons of water per day.  Additionally, she carries 30 tons of fuel, and has a 850-horsepower Cat engine, in case there is no wind.

It is the second yacht the company has built for British owner, Barry Houghton.  The earlier Salperton III was launched in 2007, the company’s 10th anniversary, and won two international awards the next year.  The design concept for number IV was for a yacht which sails and performs even better than number III.

As with number III, Adam Lay Studio came back to create the yacht’s interior design work.

It has been reported that the yacht departed New Zealand today, with her owner onboard, for a three month Pacific cruise. The sailing yacht will then cruise the Caribbean, before heading up in the Mediterranean in the summer of 2010.