page_title: Phocea (yacht)
hierarchical_section_title: Phocea (yacht)
caption_attribution_description: English: Phocea (yacht).
context_page_description: Enigma is a sailing yacht that was built at Toulon, France by DCAN in 1976. She is 246 feet long and can cruise at 11 knots under sail with the right weather. Like many yachts, she has undergone a number of refits and a major one was in 2000 in Germany. As a sailing yacht, she can handle 12 guests supported by a crew of 16 sailors. Enigma is a schooner with four masts. Phocea was originally built for speed, and she cross the Atlantic in 8 days and achieved speeds of 30 knots under sail. The yacht has also been converted more for luxury and used on the charter market.
  The Phocea was the World's largest sailing yacht before the 2004 launching of Athena by Royal Huisman. She was built at the Toulon Naval Dockyard in 1976 for renowned single-handed yachtsman Alain Colas, who named her Club Méditerranée. She was converted to charter and renamed La Vie Claire with a new Jorg Biederbeck interior design and a new Tim Heywood exterior design. Shortly after competing in the Observer Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race she was converted into the charter yacht Club Méditerranée.
context_section_description: Enigma  (formerly Phocea) is a sailing yacht that was built at Toulon, France by DCAN in 1976. She is 246 feet long (75 meters) and can cruise at 11 knots under sail with the right weather. Like many yachts, she has undergone a number of refits and a major one was in 2000 in Germany. As a sailing yacht, she can handle 12 guests supported by a crew of 16 sailors. Enigma is a schooner with four masts. Phocea was originally built for speed, and she cross the Atlantic in 8 days and achieved speeds of 30 knots under sail. The yacht has also been converted more for luxury and used on the charter market.
  The Phocea was the World's largest sailing yacht before the 2004 launching of Athena by Royal Huisman. She was built at the Toulon Naval Dockyard in 1976 for renowned single-handed yachtsman Alain Colas, who named her Club Méditerranée. She was converted to charter and renamed La Vie Claire with a new Jorg Biederbeck interior design and a new Tim Heywood exterior design. Shortly after competing in the Observer Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race she was converted into the charter yacht Club Méditerranée.
caption: Phocea at anchor
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