PORT ANGELES — It’s bigger than two eyes can take in all at once, and almost bigger than the mind can wrap itself around.
Westport Shipyard’s largest and latest yacht, priced at $30 million, will hit the waters of Port Angeles Harbor sometime next week.
Already named Vango by her buyer, the yacht is 164 feet long with a beam of more than 30 feet.
If those measurements are meaningless, consider this: At high noon on a sunny day, her shadow would cover 100 parking places.
Vango took about a year to design and 23 months to build at Westport’s huge construction building at 637 Marine Drive.
The structure also houses two sister boats in earlier stages of construction.
Yacht No. 2 has a hull with bulkheads in place. It will take 20 months to complete.
The third, now only a thin fiberglass hull, will be finished even more quickly.
The term “luxurious” only comes close to describing Vango, which has a master suite with separate office, a VIP suite with a private terrace and four staterooms.
The sun deck features a hot tub and full-service bar beneath a hard roof that folds back to accommodate a helicopter.
The boat has 14 heads — toilets in landlubber language.
Anonymous purchaser
Westport declines to identify Vango’s owner beyond saying the customer is an American, but the building denies a rumor that the buyer is Oprah Winfrey.
Vango has twin 3,650-horsepower engines, bow and stern thrusters and tanks to hold 20,000 gallons of fuel, 2,000 gallons of fresh water and 1,500 gallons of wastewater. Each will displace 345 tons and cruise at 20 knots.
“We build a five-star resort that you can take anywhere in the world,” said Dan Lockhart, Westport general manager.
