This big, bold yachtfisherman is Mary P, recently delivered by Trinity Yachts. The photos, exclusive to Megayacht News, are courtesy of the shipyard, which received them from one mightily impressed oilrig worker in the Gulf of Mexico. It was business as usual for him about a week and a half ago when suddenly Mary P cruised on by.
Besides being one of the largest sportfishing-style yachts around, at 122 feet LOA, Mary P is significant for a few reasons. First, her hull was the first built and launched from Trinity’s New Orleans yard after it reopened following hurricane Katrina. (Trinity has an additional yard in Gulfport, Mississippi.) She’s also a mechanically complex vessel, fitted with two types of stabilizers to ensure steadiness not just at 25-knot speeds but also at anchor and while backing down, the latter reportedly a first in the overall yacht business. Specifically, she has Quantum’s Zero Speed stabilizers, which cater to at-anchor situations; Quantum’s MagLift stabilizers, which address high speeds as well as drifting and at-anchor states; and Quantum’s Archer trim tabs, which also attend to a variety of speeds.
Take a good look at this cockpit. If you enjoy fishing, no doubt you’re imagining the granders you could tag and release from here. Billy Smith, vice-president of Trinity Yachts, tells me the owners, an American couple, caught several big fish earlier this month, including a blue marlin. Now imagine backing down on one of those beauties at 10 knots – that’s what Mary P is apparently capable of doing. Trinity performed tank tests to ensure efficiency while going astern.
I plan to take a good look at Mary P this summer, so stay tuned for more about her twin 2,577-hp Caterpillars, her custom underwater lighting for night fishing, and her interior by Judy Bell Davis, who designed the owners’ previous yacht, built by Queenship.
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