Coming in at 279 feet (85 meters) LOA, Aquijo has been in her owner?s hands for a few short weeks. Delivery means that she?s now officially one of the world?s 100 largest yachts afloat. Further significant, she?s the largest ketch in the world, and among the 10 largest sailing superyacht completed to date.

Aquijo was known by a few project names during build, among them P85 (designating her LOA in meters) and Y711. She was commissioned by a buyer who wanted to visit essentially all of the places around the world that can be reached by water. Her size certainly makes her self-sufficient. To ensure she remains every bit a true sailing yacht, Vitters Shipyard, which built her with Oceanco, devised a steering system for nimble handling. Vitters says it conveys the hydrodynamic forces affecting the rudder blades directly to the twin steering wheels on the flying bridge. This way, there?s instant feedback and enhanced connection, so to speak, to the yacht, much the way there is on far, far smaller craft.