Westport Shipyard to unveil first 164-foot, $30 million yacht next week

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.

ADVERTISEMENT
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
00:00
00:00
00:00
 

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.

More in News

Fred Lundahl, a pilot from Whidbey Island, prepares to fuel up his 1968 Cessna Aerobat, named Scarlett, at the Jefferson County International Airport in Port Townsend. Lundahl was picking up his plane Wednesday from Tailspin Tommy’s Aircraft Repair facility located at the airport. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Fueling up

Fred Lundahl, a pilot from Whidbey Island, prepares to fuel up his… Continue reading

After hours pet clinic set for Peninsula

Opening June 6 at Sequim location

Five to be honored with community service awards

Ceremony set Thursday at Port Angeles Senior Community Center

PASD planning for expanding needs

Special education, homelessness, new facilities under discussion

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Deputy Ed Bauck
Clallam Sheriff appoints animal control deputy

Position was vacant since end of 2024

Highway 104 road work to start week

Maintenance crews will repair road surfaces on state Highway… Continue reading

Supreme Court says no to recall reconsider

Sequim man found liable for legal fees

Chimacum Ridge seeks board members

Members to write policy, balance values, chair says

Fire destroys shop east of Port Angeles

A fire on Hickory Street east of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit Authority to expand Kingston Express route

Jefferson Transit Authority has announced expanded service on its… Continue reading

From left to right, Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding students Krystol Pasecznyk and Scott McNair sand a Prothero Sloop with Sean Koomen, the school’s boat building program director. Koomen said the sanding would take one person a few days. He said the plan is to have 12 people sand it together, which will take a few hours. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
Wooden boatbuilding school building ‘Twin Boats’

Students using traditional and cold-moulding construction techniques