OceAnco News

Check out the Facebook page of Dutch Yachting. They have placed a render of the new sailing yacht under sail. (Oceanco made a statement that the name 'Project Solar' is in fact wrong.)

You can also see her bow. It looks like a very unique design. I haven't seen it before. I wonder what the purpose is.

I think You are right: (from Facebook page of Dutch Yachting)
Not a bulbous bow but a partial reverse bow

Why would that come in handy?

I suppose for two reasons:
1) longer waterline means more dinamic speed (Froude law: speed = 1.34 square root of waterline lenght)
2) simply a fashion, at the turn of XIX century ships had already reverse bows.

I really like this new bow design she has. It will be interesting to see it sailing.

I didn't see Solar at the shipyard this morning, i assume she is out for seatrails.

are her masts fitted already?

no not yet

The bow was revealed, check in the web.
A reverse bow below and a traditional elegant one up, forming a "<" looking the hull with the bow on the right of thr screen.

I have a very good feeling she is going to be a very beautiful sailing vessel.

Solar is back at the shipyard, and it seems that they will step the masts today, all cranes in place and 1 mast already in the slings (still horizontal)

I think she is stunning. Maybe a successor for Nirvana, she shares quite a few similarities.