"Haida" was designed by the eminent New York firm of Cox & Stevens and her keel was laid in 1927. The yacht has a length overall of and length between perpendiculars of , a beam of , a depth of and a draft of . She measured . "Haida" was until 2017 powered by a pair of diesel engines, also made by Krupp, totalling , driving twin propellers and giving her a speed of . Unusually, Fleischmann chose to have the yacht painted black.