Since her delivery in 2006, Arcadia has been turning heads. It’s hard not to admire her classic good looks, from the design table of Tony Castro and the construction shed of Royal Huisman. Indeed, the people of New Zealand’s South Island are getting a chance to admire the 118-footer as you read this.
According to a report in The Nelson Mail, Arcadia pulled into Nelson Yacht Services in Port Nelson last Wednesday for some work, after a rough crossing of the Tasman Sea. The “big little superyacht,” as the paper quoted her captain James Pizzaruso calling her, should stay in the region through the rest of this week. Once the work was done, the owner was expected to fly in and enjoy some cruising through Abel Tasman National Park, known for its granite cliffs, and perhaps Milford Sound, a highlight of glacier-carved Fiordland National Park due to its dramatic peaks and pristine blue waters.
It’s not unusual for Arcadia and her American owner, who commissioned her from Royal Huisman, to be pursuing such intriguing cruising. The full-displacement, all-aluminum megayacht was intended for long-range trips and, as a result, is capable of a reported 5,000-mile range at her 10-knot cruising speed. Shortly after her shakedown cruise in 2006, she headed for Spitsbergen, Norway, within the Arctic Circle. Since then she’s been around the Med, the Caribbean, and the East Coast of the United States.
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