Sailing yacht Twizzle the new 57.5m flybridge ketch recently launched by Royal Huisman has introduced a policy of carbon offsetting her fuel. Her Owner has also chosen to offset the embodied carbon footprint from the energy and principal materials used in her construction.
Superyacht TWIZZLE - A Computer Rendering of her deck layout from aft.
Megayacht Twizzle is proud of its Green credentials and strives to be exceptionally eco-friendly. Not only has sailing yacht Twizzle ensured that there is zero discharge into the sea, the yacht is certified to the highest levels for operation in the world’s oceans, including Alaska.
Yacht Carbon Offset has certified that emissions arising from S/Y Twizzle’s forthcoming cruising programme will be balanced tonne for tonne by equivalent emissions savings from green energy projects. The one-off carbon offset for her construction is based on superyacht Twizzle’s aluminium and steel content, an allowance for other materials and components, and the estimated energy used at the shipyard.
Sailing yacht TWIZZLE - Aft Cockpit Photo Credit Sailing yacht Twizzle
Yacht Carbon Offset’s Managing Director Mark Robinson commented: “We warmly welcome Twizzle to the growing fleet of leading superyachts that have decided to take practical steps to offset their carbon footprint. In particular we are pleased to have enabled her Owner to take this policy further than any other Superyacht to date, by extending the scope to include both the energy and the principal materials of her construction.
We have seen that Carbon Offsetting appeals to many of those that own and enjoy the world’s finest yachts and we thank Twizzle’s Owner and his team for putting this decision into action.”
Sailing yacht TWIZZLE - At the quay Photo Credit Sailing yacht Twizzle
Superyacht Twizzle was launched, on Monday 12th of July 2010 in Harlingen in Northern Holland. Sailing yacht Twizzle is a 57.5m Dubois designed flybridge ketch. She is the first yacht the Dutch shipyard Royal Huisman built which was styled by Redman Whiteley Dixon, with Todhunter Designers providing interior decoration together with the owners. S/Y Twizzle is also the first new build flying bridge yacht the Dutch yacht builder has built which was designed by naval architecture by Ed Dubois.
Charter yacht Twizzle is finished to an exceptional standard and has all the luxury facilities and attentive crew that one would expect on a motor yacht with the added romance of being one of the finest and technologically advanced sailing yachts ever created. Unlike most large sailing yachts, the sails on sailing yacht Twizzle can easily be hoisted in a matter of minutes and sail in a wide range of wind strengths, from around 6 knots to 26 knots of wind.
Sailing yacht Twizzle will start chartering in the Caribbean from 15 January to 15 March 2011 and will be in the Mediterranean for the Cannes Film Festival, Monaco Grand Prix , and will charter throughout the High Season in July and August 2011.
For more information about Carbon Offsetting, and to take action to balance your yacht’s greenhouse gas emissions, visit www.yachtcarbonoffset.com
