11/2008 -
A sneak peek at the Captains log entries
If a name of a yacht could fit an occasion then that name would surely be the 58m /190.4’ sailing yacht Ethereal; on a beautiful day in October, Bill & Shannon Joys’ mighty Ethereal literally hatched from a three year incubation emerging from her construction hall as the largest singular piece of yachting excellence to come out of Royal Huisman since the mighty 79m / 260’ (90m / 295’ including spars) Athena had done four years earlier.
Suggesting an almost ‘Ethereal’ presence, a cloud of early evening fog masked Ethereal’s handsome hull form in a shroud of mystery as she transited overnight her water highway en route to salt water and mast stepping in the nearby Dutch seaport of Harlingen.
Less than a week later she lies at her berth, masts stepped and awaiting her first engine and sail trials. And what trials these promise to be. At this stage one can only imagine how an extract from the Captains first log entries m...
