SPACE SHIFT
What the owner had in mind was a modern New York loft with the capability of an extreme explorer – one that could go slow over long distances and outrun bad weather
Michael Vogelsang, the captain of Magnet, has seen a thing or two in his career and is not easily impressed. But when he got a first glimpse of his new charge at the Metal Shark yard in Franklin, Louisiana, at the end of a crisp and sunny winter day, he was blown away. “We flew into Lafayette, took a nice car ride and got in at dusk into Franklin; [Magnet] was silhouetted by the sun, and I just kind of went, Wow!” he recalls. It’s easy to see why. During a rare stint at a dock in Miami Beach, as the crew prepare for a trip to the Bahamas, I go to look at the catamaran I have chased for a couple of years after hearing various rumors of its construction. A catamaran of this magnitude, coming out of a shipyard in rural Louisiana known for its speedy, reliable navy craft – this I had to see. And Magnet does not disappoint.
The spaces on board are unrivaled for a sub-50-meter yacht, with its beam of 39ft, 12ft
