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Miss Kirsty is a stunning sailing catamaran, giving an exquisite and memorable experience, heralding a new dawn in luxury yachting. Recently launched, she boasts the very latest concepts in technology and has exceptionally desirable high end living comforts. With substantial living space, twice that of an equivalent motor yacht and with an extensive range of watersports equipment, she also benefits from a shallow draft, allowing you to experience even the most remote tropical beaches with only a short swim.
If you are looking to explore landfall, our caring crew are there to help, making sure you enjoy the experience to the full, whether on land or at sea.
But that is not all; Miss Kirsty achieves all of the above with a minimal carbon footprint, taking our guests from one beautiful destination to another with minimal damage to our environment.
So whether you dream of experiencing new places and cultures, fine dining, floating through crystal clear waters or the excitement of watersports. Maybe it is simply watching the stars on clear night in a cool ocean breeze. Whatever you desire, Miss Kirsty has the answer.
MISS KIRSTY Specifications
| LENGTH |
62ft (18.9m) |
BEAM |
31ft (9.4m) |
ENGINES |
2x Yanmar 125hp engines |
FLAG |
United Kingdom |
| DRAFT |
5ft 3in (1.6m) |
TYPE |
Sail yacht |
| YEAR BUILT |
2008 |
REFIT |
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SPEED
CRUISE/MAX |
8kts |
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| DESIGNER |
Sunreef |
BUILDER |
Sunreef |
| STABILISERS |
None |
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CREW |
Captain Ben Heslop & Chef Melissa Heslop |
MISS KIRSTY Accommodations
Sleeps 6 In 3 Cabins
MISS KIRSTY can accommodate 6 guests in 3 cabins.
The Master cabin has a queen size bed, shower and toilet.
2 Guest cabins have a queen size bed, shower and toilet.
MISS KIRSTY
is fully air conditioned through out.
The voltage onboard is 110/220 volts.
Smoking is allowed on deck.
MISS KIRSTY´s crew has a separate heads and shower.
Guests are not allowed to bring pets onboard.
The saloon and nav station
One of the 3 guest suites
Miss Kirsty sailing the Aegean Sea
Calm waters in the sunset
MISS KIRSTY Crew Profile
Ben and Melissa have been running charter and private yachts for the last eight years. Ben is an RYA Yachtmaster Ocean (200 GRT) with DTI Commercial Endorsement and is currently undertaking his OOW/Chief Mate certification.
They met in 1999 whilst working on yachts in Greece. Having both returned to the UK for Ben to complete a post-graduate Law degree, they married and bought an old English cottage to restore. They were both pursuing professional careers but the pull of the sea became too strong to resist and they returned to a life under sail.
Ben started working as a sailing instructor during school holidays at the age of 13, working with children at first, but later with youngsters who had learning disability. He first experienced yachting at Cowes Week in 1989 and still cherishes his memories of Beaulieu and the J class “Velsheda”. He had the opportunity of crewing on a variety of vessels from a classic Gaff rigged 1910 wooden trading ketch to skippering the BT Global Challenge yacht “Heath Insured II”. He was sub editor on “Ports of Call”, a yachtsman’s guide to facilities and contacts ashore around the British Isles and Northern Europe. Outside of the UK, he has worked on boats in most Mediterranean countries and the Caribbean. Ben enjoys kite surfing, following his local rugby team, playing tennis and reading.
Melissa divided her childhood between riding her horses competitively and sailing dinghies. After many wonderful trips sailing around the Eastern Mediterranean, she resolved to combine her love of sailing and her degree in Ancient History, setting off to live and work in Greece. Indirectly, this also signalled the start of her culinary career. Having had some previous catering experience, she began to assist in an understaffed kitchen, catering for up to 200 people. Here she delighted in using the fresh local produce in innovative and