The most beautiful boat in the world? It’s called My Song and it was in Porto Cervo

“But this is the most beautiful sailboat in the world. Too bad I’ll never be able to afford it!” We heard this statement at the dock in Porto Cervo in early September.. He was referring to the brand new 130-foot (40-meter) My Song on its first outing, incognito. This dreamy superboat was moored near the old My Song of only 84 feet (25 meters) which, by the way, won the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in the Maxi Racing Cruising category. To see the photo stolen at the dock and the video , as well as other images found so far on the web, the exclamation overheard at the dock is true. Too bad that very few in the world can afford it.

THE FORTUNE OF THEIR PLAIN
The lucky owner of the 40-meter cruising and racing yacht (first official outing at the Voiles de Saint Tropez in late September) is Pigi Loro Piana, former owner of the company that bears his name called the “King of Tasmanian” due to his leadership in world-famous woolen fabrics of the highest quality. Loro Piana was sold in 2013 to the luxury multinational LVMH, and the following year the Pigi Loro Piana project began. For the design he turned to the pair who had already’ made his previous boat. the peculiarity of this maxi yacht, like all of Pigi’s boats, is that they are used for both cruising and racing (winning!). It seems easy to combine these two characteristics, but few until now have really succeeded. And that is what makes the work of those who made it difficult.

HULL AND DECK
The water lines are by California studio Reichel Pugh, everything else is the work of Milan-based Nauta Design. The construction was entrusted to Finland’s Baltic Yachts. This 40-meter maxi sailboat, Nauta’s largest ever, is a concentration of innovation and style. It is 39.62 long and 8.52 wide at maximum beam, weighs only (!) 120 tons and has a retractable keel that weighs 30 tons going from a minimum draft of 4.80 m to 7.00 m. The highly sophisticated construction is composite with abundant use of carbon. Propulsion is provided by a Cat 8.7 engine of 8,700 cc displacement with 6 in-line cylinders, the propulsion has a retractable system inside the hull.

RECORD NUMBERS
The impressive sail plan with a 530-square-meter mainsail, 380-square-meter genoa and 1,300-square-meter gennaker allows for thrilling performance worthy of a multihull. On paper, the new My Song reaches a speed of 16.5 knots in displacement sailing; in sail planing it can reach 28 knots. Other record-breaking numbers: the fuel tank has a capacity of 7,000 liters with a range of more than 450 hours of sailing (more than 18 days!) and has 2,400 liters of water on board, which combined with the desalinator makes the My Song, in theory, a boat that can sail without ever stopping in a port.

TURN THE WORLD “EASY”
To see, we can assure you, it is beautiful. Among the special features we could see from looking at it from the dock: the huge aft deck and a gunwale (band leader) 30 cm high and just as wide that serves both as a foothold when the boat is heeled and as a seat when sailing or when the boat is stationary. We have not been aboard the boat, but the design, which we peeked at, calls for the forward area all for the owner with an office space. It is a symptom that in the owner’s idea there is a desire to make long, very long sailings. With such a boat sailing around the world will be like riding a bicycle from home to the office in Milan.