Following the news about the 54m Graafship yacht Ingomar published on CharterWorld last month, the Dutch yard has announced an agreement to construct the hull for the majestic sailing yacht Wolfhound. Building of the Wolfhound schooner yacht has started at the beginning of this year, with completion scheduled for the middle of 2014.
Schooner Wolfhound Yacht under construction at Graafship
About WOLFHOUND
Classic yacht Wolfhound is a John Alden‘s design 347. She is a quintessential American yacht with roots directly descending from the great tradition of the “fast and able” New England fishing schooners. Looking at her lines she appears “stretched” with longer overhangs and maybe more “yacht-like” than the typical fishing schooner.
Luxury classic yacht Wolfhound
Design 347 was a preliminary design that was never built so when she is realized more than 80 years after her lines were drawn in 1927 she will be an original Alden, not a replica, and in a way also be “John G. Alden’s last schooner” (that is built and that he designed for him self).
The license agreement with John G. Aden Inc. and the Wolfhound yacht project is for the exclusive rights to build this design which after all these years of being hidden away in the Alden archives will finally be born as a splendid original Alden schooner.
Works on superyacht schooner Wolfhound
Designer: John G. Alden
Design year: 1927
Design No.: 0347
1927 Client: John G. Alden
Type: Auxiliary schooner
Flag: U.S.
Construction
Preliminary: Wood
Final: Welded Steel
Dimensions
L.O.D.: 121.2’
L.W.L.: 91.6’
Beam: 24.0’
Draft: 12.0’
Displacement: 182 tons (m)
Sail Area
Five lowers: 527 m2
Max upwind: 695 m2
2 Golly + 1 Gen: 668 m2
Unfurled: 1,244 m2
