Pangaea: World’s Coolest Yachts

Yachting World has been asking top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times, and ocean racer and adventurer Guirec Soudée nominated South African explorer Mike Horn’s custom-built expedition vessel Pangaea. Here’s the report:

“One of my dreams is to build an expedition boat,” says Soudée. “I spent a bit of time in Lorient with Mike Horn on his boat and he really made me dream, even though it’s too big for me. But it’s a real 4WD of the seas with zero limits, allowing you to do whatever you want.”

Pangaea is a 32m aluminum one-off ketch, designed by Luc Bouvet and built in Brazil in 2007. Its missions have included taking young people on around the world adventures, and Pole2Pole, a two-year circumnavigation via the South and North Poles that saw Pangaea sail further north than any other sailing yacht.

Designed for extreme high latitude conditions, Pangaea is built to ride up onto ice, then break it with a sharp bow and weight distributed forward, plus reinforced impact zones. It has closed circuit engines to avoid sucking up ice, and an onboard gym, movie theater, and conference room.

Pangaea stats rating
Top speed: 15 knots
LOA: 32m/105ft
Launched: 2007
Berths: 14
Price: Undisclosed
Adrenalin factor: 80%

For Yachting World’s list of cool boats, click here.