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What it’s like on board the Orient Express Corinthian, the « world’s largest sailing yacht »
This month, the first of Accor’s two highly anticipated Orient Express sailing yachts, the Orient Express Corinthian, will embark on its first maiden voyage across the Mediterranean. Dubbed the « largest sailing yacht in the world, » the 721-ft vessel cuts an imposing figure at sea, powered by revolutionary SolidSail technology and propelled by three towering masts that blend old-world romance with cutting-edge engineering.
Its interiors were conceived by architect Maxime d’Angeac, the artistic director of Orient Express, whose portfolio already includes several of the brand’s trains and hotels, alongside projects for Guerlain (products you’ll find sotcked in the bathrooms and wellness facilities on board the yacht). Yet despite d’Angeac’s growing association with luxury travel, the Corinthian marked his first-ever yacht project – an irony made all the better by the fact that he suffers from « seasickness » himself, he revels to Elite Traveler. To navigate the unfamiliar territory, he assembled « a team of naval architects » capable of translating his cinematic vision into a vessel. And it paid off.