The superyacht, Black Pearl, moored up in the Bay of Palma this afternoon after a long voyage from Portugal. Black Pearl is a sailing yacht with three 70-metre high masts and is capable of 30 knots in suitable weather conditions.
It also has diesel engines that can propel it to 17.5 knots (32 km/h). She is capable of accommodating up to 12 guests in one master suite, two VIP and two double guests cabins.
As a private yacht, Black Pearl has various features, including an on-deck Jacuzzi, convertible cinema, full beam beach club, and a tender garage. Total interior volume is 2,700 gross tons. She won the Sailing Superyacht of the Year Award in 2019.
As of 2018 when designed, it was expected that Black Pearl could cross the Atlantic using only 20 litres of fuel, aided by regenerative technologies.
One key technology to support this is to use the speed of the vessel through the water under sail to generate electricity with a variable pitch propeller. The yacht also features heat capture technologies and large scale storage batteries to capture energy generated but not immediately used.