Perini Navi Group: the hull of the 60m Sloop SY C.2218 is now upright

Perini Navi Group: the hull of the 60m Sloop SY C.2218 is now upright
Viareggio, March 26th, 2012
The aluminium hull of C. 2218, the second of two yachts in the new generation of 60m  sailing yachts sold by Perini Navi, was turned at their Perini Istanbul-Yildiz shipyard.
The aluminium hull and superstructure will result in a full load displacement of
approximately 570 tonnes for a less than 500 gross tonnes vessel. By the end of
summer 2012, the hull will be transferred to the Perini Navi Viareggio shipyard for outfitting scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2014.
The C.2218 sloop, designed by Perini Navi naval architects in collaboration with New Zealander Ron Holland, will also be equipped with the new generation Perini Navi sail handling equipment and a centreboard varying the draught from 12.30m to 4.30m.
The interior, able to accommodate up to 12 people in 5 comfortable cabins including the full beam owner’s suite, is designed in-house by the Perini Navi Design Department.
The Perini Navi Group with a fleet of 53 yachts on the water- 51 sailing yachts and 2 motor yachts- is the world leader in the design and construction of large sailing yachts. In 2007 the Group also began to build motor yachts with the brand name Picchiotti and the series name Vitruvius, thus re-launching the historic Picchiotti shipyard acquired in the early 1990’s. The Group is made up of the Perini Navi shipyard in Viareggio, founded in the 1980’s by Fabio Perini who invented and developed a revolutionary automatic sail control system. Another division of the Group is the Picchiotti shipyard in La Spezia where the Group constructs its motor yachts and concentrates most of it refitting work, and the Perini Istanbul shipyard in Yildiz, Turkey where its hulls and deck structures are produced. Perini Navi USA is a commercial division of the Group through whom owners of Perini Navi Group yachts can arrange charters and which also provides brokerage services for both new and previously owned Perini Navi Group yachts.