Andrey Melnichenko's Sailing Yacht A drifted along the coast of Monaco on Sunday as Daniel Ricciardo won the crown jewel race on the Formula One schedule. The tycoon’s £360million grey yacht – the largest sailing yacht in the world – is a 468ft-long vessel that boasts eight floors, a pool and a helipad. It is powered by a 'hybrid diesel-electric package with controllable pitch propellers' and is designed to accommodate 20 guests as well as a crew of 54. The Sailing Yacht A (built as project 787) has recently been delivered by Nobiskrug to her owner. She is the world’s largest sailing yacht a is very large - 143 meters or 469 ft with a beam of 25 meters or 82 ft. The yacht’s value is widely reported in the media to be over EUR 400 million or US$ 500 million. She has 8 decks and features a 1 ft thick glass underwater observation area, located in the keel. Like the Motor Yacht A, the Sailing Yacht A is designed by Philippe Starck, and some of her design features are similar to the current A. Her composite masts will be the largest in the world. She will be powered by a hybrid diesel-electric package with controllable pitch propellers. A has some remarkable features: her three masts tower up to 328 feet (100 meters) above the water level, with a crow’s nest at 60 meters, there are 24 shell doors in the hull, her decks are connected by several elevators and sailing yacht A will carry a submarine. Her total sail area will be more than 40.000 sq.ft, or more than 3,700m2. A will reach a top speed of 21 knots, with a cruise speed at 16 knots.Sailing Yacht A was delivered to the owner in early May 2017 in Monaco by the project team led by Dirk Kloosterman after having completed her final sea trials in the Navantia shipyard in Cartagena, and final tests and inspections in Gibraltar. See an amazing video of Sailing yacht A leaving Germany, hereunder. Gibraltar media report that Sailing Yacht A was arrested in Gibraltar, following aclaim of EUR 15.3 million by Nobiskrug. Nobiskrug is reported to have filed a claim for breach of contract, as the final payment of EUR 9.8 million has not been paid. There seemed also a dispute about other invoices, totaling EUR 5,4 million. The yacht was heading for Spain for further works to be carried out. The yacht is said to have been named Sailing Yacht A as Melnichenko likes his vessels to be first in shipping registers. Sailing Yacht A was built in Kiel, Germany, by Nobiskrug for Melnichenko, who controls the Russian fertiliser producer Eurochem. The 46-year-old industrialist is worth $13.8billion, according to Forbes, putting him in the top 100 richest people in the world. Melnichenko also owns the £240million Motor Yacht A, a custom Boeing 737 private jet as well as properties around the world, including a penthouse in New York City and a villa in the French Riviera. He lives a jet-setting lifestyle with his wife Aleksandra, former model and pop star from Serbia. The pair married in an opulent wedding in the south of France in 2005, which featured performances by Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera. Source : https://www.superyachtfan.com