Heller 80617 Maxi-Katamaran Play Station

The catamaran named Play Station (also known as Cheyenne) was built in 1998-1999, which reached full operational efficiency in 2000. The length of the vessel is 37.9 meters with a mast height of 41 meters. The crew of the vessel is 12 people! The catamaran was built at Cookson Boatworks in Auckland, New Zealand. The Play Station unit is sometimes classified as so-called maxi-catamaran due to its size and technological advancement. It is largely made of carbon fiber honeycomb laminates. The second very important construction material was aluminum. Thanks to this, the unit has a low curb weight, and at the same time has a very solid structure. From the very beginning, the catamaran was designed as a racing and competitive unit with the best maneuverability and speed possible. The unit turned out to be very successful and broke several world records. Among other things, in 2001, it set a new world record for a transatlantic cruise with an average speed of 25.78 knots!