The end of last month saw JFA Yachts successfully deliver sailing yacht WindQuest. Superyacht WindQuest is a beautiful 85-foot fast cruising catamaran, representing the first vessel of a semi-custom “Long Island 85” series.
JFA Long Island 85 Yacht WindQuest
The hulls of luxury yacht WindQuest are aluminium-built while the deck is in composite material. They have been assembled by bonding. This method has been chosen with the naval architect Marc Lombard, to save weight when keeping aluminium hulls.
The 85’ catamaran WindQuest offers spaces and performs like a 100’-110’ monohull but with a reduced draught, more comfort and increased stability.
Sailing yacht WindQuest - side view
Fitted with a carbon mast and boom, her sail area is that of a high performance sailing yacht.
The hydraulic winches installed on the flybridge are well-suited to manoeuvring with a reduced crew.
Luxury yacht WindQuest from above
The WindQuest yacht is equipped with 2 x 380HP engines and 2 x 27kW generators. At her economical speed, WindQuest motors at 8.6 knots for a fuel consumption of 21 l/h and can reach 12.9 knots at top speed.
The 16’ tender stowed aft of the cockpit is launched using an ingenious system comprising a retractable pole in the main boom. This is again a method of optimizing the weight without using a crane.
Sailing catamaran WindQuest - upview
Numerous deck lockers allow the stowing of fenders and mooring ropes as well as all the toys (inflatable SUP boards, snorkelling equipment, wakeboard…). On the superyacht WindQuest, a large garage opening on the aft platform has been provided for stowing 4 bicycles.
Outside, there is a large aft cockpit with a seating area on starboard and another one on port with a dining table, sunbeds either side, and a day head. On WindQuest yacht the cockpit can be enclosed using removable panels of seethrough canvas.
WindQuest superyacht - aft view
The flybridge is the home of the outside helm and control winches, leaving room for a seating area and sunbeds.
Again in order to keep the weight of the WindQuest yacht down, teak decking has been used only forward of the owners’ cabin and in the aft cockpit.
Aboard WindQuest Yacht
The cockpit is extended inside by a seating area with a bar on starboard and a dining-room on port. The helm station is set up against the bulkhead between the two indoor areas. The glass door aft, the large side portholes and the front windscreen create a very luminous space down below.
A few steps on port lead to the owners’ cabin. The “must-have” on the Long Island 85! Stretching across the full beam of the yacht, this exceptionally large suite offers a superb view on 180°, never before seen on a sailing or even on a motor yacht of this size. A few more steps give access to a door opening on a private deck just forward of the owners’ cabin.
Luxury yacht WindQuest - Galley
This semi-custom range allows to answer owners’ expectations.
On this model, the port hull houses the owners’ bathroom and their office, which can be converted into a guest cabin while another guest cabin is aft. There is also a guest cabin in the starboard hull, as well as the crew quarter including the skipper’s own cabin, the crew cabin, the galley and mess. The WindQuest yacht offers a total of 124m² of floor space to accommodate 8 guests and 6 crews in extreme comfort.
WindQuest Yacht - Interior
The Long Island 85 is available in 3 versions: 3 guest cabins and an office (like WindQuest); 4 guest cabins and 5 guest cabins.
Luxury yacht WindQuest had her maiden voyage in southern Brittany and will sail along the coasts of the English Channel and of the Atlantic between London and Lisbon before heading for the West Indies in October.
Superyacht WindQuest - Cabin
Luxury superyacht WindQuest is available for luxury yacht charter and is scheduled to be in Europe and the West Indies the first two years, then in North America around the Great Lakes and in the West Indies the 3rd year.
The Long Island 85 offers more space and comfort than any yacht of her size.
Technical Specifications of JFA Long Island 85′ catamaran WindQuest
LOA : 26.25 m
LWL : 25.47 m
BOA : 11.93 m
Draft : 2.24 m
Engines : 2x 380 cv
Displacement : 60 T light
Long Island 85 Yacht WindQuest - General Arrangement
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