Moonen Shipyards has launched the first in its new Moonen 97 series, the latest of the shipyard's acclaimed Displacement models. Darsea, with steel hull and aluminium superstructure, is an extended version of Clementine, with the raised pilothouse replaced by a long flying bridge and sundeck with whirlpool bath. This results in a somewhat lower profile in keeping with the "typical Moonen" look of the Displacement Series. Below, the greater volume enabled Moonen to augment the four-cabin layout by enlarging owner and guest suites, expanding crew quarters, increasing stowage, and fitting in fuel tankage for about 28,000 liters providing transatlantic range.
Darsea has a fixed bimini top, a single bridge-deck tender crane, a walk-through galley open to the wheelhouse, two staterooms with double berths and two with twins. During sea trial Darsea easily met her 13-knot design speed. At the economy cruising speed of nine knots, her fuel consumption was as expected at 55 liters per hour. In her maneuvering test she executed a 74-meter-diameter turning circle. With steel hull and aluminium superstructure, Darsea is equipped with by twin Caterpillar engines, Naiad zero-speed stabilizers, Cramm bow thruster, and is built to Lloyd's Register Class and MCA Certification.
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