In 1996 an Amercan couple asked the Trintella yard for a strong build, safe, reliable and easy to handle cruising yacht for long distances.The Trintella 58A was near to what they were searching but the couple had one more demand: their yacht should be fitted with an ‘Aerorig’. So their order brought a new challenge to the yard. Aerorig is a revolutionary invention of Carbospars, in which the unstayed carbon mast is turning on a special foot on the keel and the boom run until the fore end of the boat. The fock is on a furling gear while the mailsail is tradional fitted with reefing lines and a lazy bag. An Aerorig gives mximum easy handling: you don't need extra sails before the mast and the sail live longer. The "Mona Lisa" was in several aspects different from the standard 58-foot Trintella. The yacht had an extra heavy hull of 8 mm aluminium (enough to resist the vuiolent of hitting ice with a speed of ten knots), an hydraulic liftingkeel, a longer stern (with room for a dinghy), a vertical transom, a higher, longer and closable deckhouse, double steeringwheels and – the most important - an Aerorig.
Data Trintella 59A
Design |
E.G. Van de Stadt |
Length |
18.43 m |
Length waterline |
16,20 m |
Beam |
5.00 m |
Draft: |
Liftingkeel: 1,85 / 3,35 m |
Displacement |
38.000 kg |
Sail area |
148 m2 |
Hull: |
Aluminium 8mm |
Period: |
1997-1998 |
Number build |
1 |
Pictures Trintella 59A
Documentation Trintella 59A