Really big sailboat in Seattle

[Sea Hag]

We arrived back in Seattle last Sunday, 9/24. There was a really big grey sailboat docked there. Biggest we've ever seen. I tried to find out what it was through Internet searches but couldn't. We couldn't see a name or any identifiers on it.

[princeton123211]

1 hour ago, Sea Hag said:

We arrived back in Seattle last Sunday, 9/24. There was a really big grey sailboat docked there. Biggest we've ever seen. I tried to find out what it was through Internet searches but couldn't. We couldn't see a name or any identifiers on it.

Was it a single masted one? If so I think it was the yacht M5-- shes actually still there apparently. She's the largest single masted sailing yacht but by no means the largest sailing yacht. 

 

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/sailing-yacht-m5

[Sea Hag]

1 hour ago, princeton123211 said:

Was it a single masted one? If so I think it was the yacht M5-- shes actually still there apparently. She's the largest single masted sailing yacht but by no means the largest sailing yacht. 

 

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/sailing-yacht-m5

Yep! That's it. Amazing thing, and yes one enormous mast. Thanks!

[Boatdrill]

4 hours ago, Sea Hag said:

We arrived back in Seattle last Sunday, 9/24. There was a really big grey sailboat docked there. Biggest we've ever seen. I tried to find out what it was through Internet searches but couldn't. We couldn't see a name or any identifiers on it.

Next time try Marinetraffic.com.  Last year I was on a HAL Sea of Cortez cruise, and saw a very distinctive mega yacht in the Cabo marina.  Who dat ?  I looked up Marinetraffic.com, found the marina, and located the yacht where it was docked. It belonged to Dan Snyder, former owner of the Washington Football Club (nee Redskins, now Commanders).    

 

If you look at Marinetraffic now, it has the M5 still docked in Smith Cove. What a beautiful, and graceful sailing yacht.   

 

 

 

 

 

[Sea Hag]

4 hours ago, Boatdrill said:

Next time try Marinetraffic.com.  Last year I was on a HAL Sea of Cortez cruise, and saw a very distinctive mega yacht in the Cabo marina.  Who dat ?  I looked up Marinetraffic.com, found the marina, and located the yacht where it was docked. It belonged to Dan Snyder, former owner of the Washington Football Club (nee Redskins, now Commanders).    

 

If you look at Marinetraffic now, it has the M5 still docked in Smith Cove. What a beautiful, and graceful sailing yacht.   

 

 

 

 

 

Good to know! Thanks. 😃

[ShipWalker]

It was quite impressive watching it come in and park last year.

 

 

[KeepCalmBearOn]

Our best ever Alaska cruise was on Windstar.

 

 

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

17 hours ago, Boatdrill said:

Next time try Marinetraffic.com. 

 

I use that app all the time to identify ships we see from our Mexico condo balcony.    

[marden1970]

11 hours ago, scottca075 said:

Our best ever Alaska cruise was on Windstar.

 

 

In 1989 we did a transatlantic (Canary Islands to St. Thomas) on the Windsurf.  Probably our best cruise.

[dawnvip]

Wow! Very cool!

[nslatin]

We saw that last week in Seattle.  Did you notice the Seaplane on the rear deck?