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Now that the s/y Meteor has been completed and delivered to the owner by Royal Huisman, it is time to focus on the next major yacht they have in the pipeline to launch within the next year. This vessel is none other than the s/y Ethereal.

The Ethereal is a sleek and fast Pieter Beeldsnijder design that is underconstruction at the Royal Huisman yard. The vessel is taking shape well and will be-all things equal- launched in 2008. The again, famous Naval architect will be Ron Holland.

Here are some quick statistics about the s/y Ethereal:

Yard No. 384
Boat Name Ethereal
Designer Pieter Beeldsnijder Design
Naval Architect Ron Holland Design
Project Management Prior Yacht Management
Design Manager David Wells
Type Performance Ketch Sailing Yacht
LOA 58.04 m - 190.4 ft
LWL 48.14 m - 157.9 ft
Beam (excl. rub rail) 11.40 m - 37.40 ft
Draft 4.90 m - 16.08 ft
Displacement 471.5 tons
Year of build 2008

http://www.royalhuisman.com/index1.htm

Launch and delivery are set for 2008.
For more information, refer to the Royal Huisman website at:

http://www.royalhuisman.com

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With the Ethereal being designed by Pieter Beeldsnijder, I thought it would be nice to take a trip to their website. While there I found two model pics of the Ethereal and some underconstruction photos, If anyone is interested, here is the link.

http://www.pieterbeeldsnijder.nl/ga....m=proty&cm=537