Mirabella V
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 Isle of Man
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| Name: | Mirabella V (rechristened M5) |
| Namesake: | Mirabella I, Mirabella II, Mirabella III |
| Port of registry: | Isle of Man |
| Builder: | VT Shipbuilding, Woolston, Hampshire |
| Yard number: | 4322 |
| Launched: | 27 November 2003 |
| Completed: | May 2004 |
| Refit: | 2013 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8979374 |
| Notes: | largest single-masted yacht ever built |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | flybridge sloop |
| Tonnage: | 1,017 GT (2013) |
| Displacement: | 765 tonnes (half-load) (2013) |
| Length: | 77.60 m (254.6 ft) (2013) |
| Beam: | 14.82 m (48.6 ft) |
| Height: | 88.5 m (290 ft) |
| Draught: | 10.20 m (33.5 ft) maximum (2013) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Caterpillar 969 kW (1,299 hp) (2013) |
| Sail plan: | triple-headed sloop |
| Crew: | 17 |
| Aircraft carried: | float-mounted Carbon Cub |
M5 is sloop-rigged super yacht launched in 2003 as Mirabella V. She is the largest single-masted yacht ever built.
Mirabella V was built as part of a fleet of large sailing charter yachts owned by former Chairman and CEO of the Avis car rental company, Joseph Vittoria, and used for luxury private charters. She was named after Mr. Vittoria's previous yachts. Mirabella V now belongs to Rodney Lewisand has been rechristened M5.
Vittoria grew up on Long Island and worked as a "launch boy" at a yacht club in Sea Cliff, New York, where he developed a love for sailing. Two of his sisters married sailors who helped him learn and continue his enjoyment of sailing. Vittoria lived in Greenwich, Connecticut from 1980 to 1991 and still has a home and membership in the Belle Haven Club, there, although he and his wife, Luciana, later moved to Palm Beach, Florida. Vittoria made his fortune helping organise the buyout and resale of Avis in the 1980s.
The owner specifications combined fast sailing with motoryacht amenities. The righting moment of sailing vessels makes them more seakindly than powerboats and M5 has achieved speeds in excess of 19 knots in 8ft-12ft seas. To achieve the amenity requirements, a single mast was preferred to other rig types in order to maximize interior volumes in keel-stepped sailing yachts; To achieve the performance requirements, the higher aspect ratio of the single mast sail plan was also preferred in order to provide a better speed potential . A final demand was that the yacht be able to use the harbour at Palm Beach, Florida. This required the use of a lifting keel to reduce draft.
Mirabella V was designed by New Zealander yacht designer Ron Holland. Load and structural calculations of the hull and rig were carried out by Hamble-based firm High Modulus Europe Ltd, (now part of ).
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