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"Vica" Splashes; Becomes Benetti's First Hybrid Superyacht
Italian yard Benetti has had a good run recently highlighting the launch of three new yachts. One of them is "Vica", a near 50-meter superyacht with a very special package. She has hybrid power source and thus takes the distinction of being Benetti's first hybrid superyacht. Not only is she hybrid in propulsion but she also has been built a bit differently. Her construction is in fiberglass and aluminium, however, the fiberglass is the hull and the aluminium is on the superstructure, some may have been expecting it to be the other way around. Vica has accommodation for her guests in four cabins on the lower deck. The master/owner's suite is on forward end of the main deck and features a private balcony on the starboard side. If needed there is an additional cabin space on the upper deck. Crew are located forward on the lower deck...
Sunrise Yacht's Third 45-meter Megayacht Under Construction
After the successes enjoyed by Sunrise Yachts with the current units in the Sunrise 45-meter series, they announce a third hull is currently under construction. Cast your minds back just to 2014 where this Turkey-based yard completed the 45-meter "Atomic", the second 45-meter in the series. Of course, the debut hull, then named "Africa" was built in 2009. A third one is now in build currently at their Antalya facilities is another tri-deck. The full displacement megayacht has had her keel laid already and having her structure fleshed out. This series of yacht is definitely a winner with both of them being recognized in international media constantly and the Atomic being able to have been a finalist in the World Superyacht Awards last year. The third hull is also for sale for a prospective owner asking €18,700,000. Also expect this hull to be completed in 2017...
Hunt Yachts 80-foot Motoryacht Nearing Completion
Hunt yachts based in Rhode Island is working on their 80-foot motoryacht and is currently well advanced and heading towards completion. Expect the yacht to be completed for May, 2015 and sea trials a month after. Right now the yacht appears to be being prepped for painting. Although called the Hunt 80, she actually has a LOA of 87-feet and just under a 20-foot beam. She is expected to weigh in at around 140,000 lbs at half load and be able to hit a top speed of 31-knots. The new Hunt 8o is inspired off the Hunt 68-footer and is designed to travel the world in exceptional style, comfort, and elegance. This offshore cruiser features a hull and superstructure designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates. The hull and deck of Hunt 80 Sport yacht are fared for gel coating and painting...
Benetti Launches 63.5-meter Superyacht 'FB264'
Italian yard Benetti Yachts launched another superyacht recently. This time it is a 63.5-meter yacht built under hull ID 'FB264'. This one is going to be one-hundred percent for private usage and so far no name has been seen on her sides as yet. This 63.5-meter yacht appears to have four internal decks above the waterline and a sun deck. She was built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure and displaces around 1,000 tonnes at full load. Although not as wide as she could be given her 60+meter frame she still has a comfortable 11-meter beam. The interiors aren't sprawling either but made up of intimate spaces for her private owner and guests/family. It appears as she is carrying seven staterooms for her guests and owner. Three twins, a double, two VIPs and the owner's suite. She is powered via a pair of MTU 12V 4000 M53 marine diesels with a top speed of 15.5-knots anticipated...
Oyster Announces Sale of First Oyster 118-foot Sailing Yacht
Oyster expands their model range once again and is now offering a 118-foot platform. Of course it bares the same lines you are accustomed to from Oyster with a bit more sleek thrown into the mix. The yacht is a direct result of a collaboration between Oyster and Humphreys Yacht Design. Not only is it a new design developed but the first hull of the new design has been sold! “For this new project we are creating female tooling and additional construction facilities to enable building the second Oyster 118 overlapping with the first, such that we can produce up to four of this new addition to our range before summer 2020.” A new evolution of the Oyster/Humphreys plumb bowed, soft chined, twin rudder designs, the 35-meter super yacht Oyster 118 has grown naturally from the initially planned Oyster 115...
Nordhavn's 69th N40 Motoryacht Splashes
Nordhavn, manufacturer of custom trawler and expedition yachts recently launched their 69th hull in the N40 series. The yacht is going to an owner who resides in Quebec and expects to cruise the Great Lakes and Georgian Bay extensively when she is completed. This is the 69th hull of the design and it continues to be an extraordinary vessel yet with a fit and finish that was almost incomprehensible with that first N40 delivered 15 years ago. While expensive, there is likely not a better investment in a new build that anyone with ambitious cruising plans could make. The beauty of the N40 is that she is a stoutly built, confidence-providing and easily understood and operative vessel with the same capabilities and strength as any of the models in the Nordhavn line. A high resale price will reflect her excellence and if history repeats itself, most of the initial investment will be recovered...
Ocean Alexander Attending Palm Beach International Boat Show
Ocean Alexander announced that it is attending the 30th edition of the Palm Beach International Boat Show (PBIBS). This time they are taking three models from their portfolio to be displayed at the show from Ramps 643 through 645. Detailing their display will be a 2014 Ocean Alexander 90 featuring open flybridge, a 2015 Ocean Alexander 85 motor yacht also with an open flybridge as well as a 2015 Ocean Alexander 72 Pilot House showcasing a new four-stateroom layout. Touted as one of the top five boat shows in the country – featuring more than $1.2 billion worth of boats, yachts and accessories from the world’s leading marine manufacturers. It is truly an International Show...
Rossi Navi Secures Order For 50-meter Superyacht 'Endurance'
Italian builder Rossi Navi recently got an order for a 50-meter knife-bow superyacht they are calling 'Endurance'. This will be built under hull ID FR032 as expected since the last one, a transatlantic high speed yacht, was FR031. The design for this all-aluminum yacht is by Team 4 Design and is on a three deck basis. It is expected this this new yacht will be completed in 2017. As to the name chosen for the project, Endurance... there is a reason for it. The yacht is designed for long-range cruising and therefore endurance. She will be powered by twin diesel-electric engines designed to sip on fuel to extend her range. The interior is expected to be contemporary with minimalist detailing and a linear layout...
Designed by Ken Freivokh for Oceanco, Stiletto represents the distillation of several creative concepts. It is a deliberate departure from the accepted superyacht stereotype featuring a cavernous double height salon designed to provide a seamless and all-encompassing experience with the sea. Freivokh was approached by Oceanco to design a superyacht based on a newly developed Oceanco engineering platform. Ken’s brief was to implement a number of concept layouts from recent projects; taking these ides to a new level. For the complete feature.....
MCP Yachts Has Second 106 LE MotorYacht Under Construction
After launching the first 106 LE (Limited Edition), "Mars" last year, Brazilian manufacturer MCP is embarking on building another one. It is well underway in construction and is anticipated to be completed later this year. The aluminum motoryacht is quite interesting with the ability to run a decent speed while carrying as many as eleven guests. Top speed is usually in the region of 24-knots with a pair of CAT C32 Acert 1,825 horse power engines. Cruising speed is still fast too at 20-knots and dial back further, this smaller yacht can run out a 3,000 nautical mile range. Accommodation for the guests are in five staterooms with four of them being on the lower deck while the owners' room is on the main deck forward, full beam in nature of course. Speaking of the beam, the full width of the yacht is 7.22-meters...
Benetti Secures Sale of 7th Classic Supreme Motoryacht
This Italian yard is continuing with their hard work and success after securing the sale for the seventh Benetti Classic Supreme Class motoryacht. Fabio Ermetto, Chief Commercial Officer of Benetti, comments, “This signed contract was the result of a positive long term collaboration with the team from OCEAN Independence who represented the client in this project and who was able to interact in an extremely professional manner with the team from the yard. This confirms the trend of Benetti's commercial collaboration with the worldwide brokerage network and specifically with the major brokerage houses.” The seventh hull is having a design by Stefano Righini, no surprises there. However, the interior is being done by Alessandro Pulina of Pulina DNA in conjunction with Benetti's design office...
Fincantieri Unveils 123-meter Superyacht 'Vanitas'
Italian builder Fincantieri has unveiled its latest superyacht to the public, the 123-meter 'Vanitas'. The yacht is their latest attempt to garner interest from the elite pool of potential superyacht owners in the over 100-plus-meter market. The yacht is penned by Andrea Vallicelli and features six decks for guest to roam. Splendid highlights onboard include a large helipad on the bow, an expansive beach club on the aft lower deck. The beach club features a glassed-in transom to allow natural light in from the back as well as fold down terrace on the sea platforms at the side for use at anchor. If that was not enough light, the roof is partially glass which forms the base of the pool on the above aft main deck. There is also another pool situated inside the beach club itself. A big yacht like Vanitas will need a substantial crew complement, 52 of them plus the captain...
MondoMarine Unveils SF60 Superyacht at Dubai Boat Show
Italian builder MondoMarine has chosen the 2015 edition of the Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS) to unveil a new design, the SF60. The Show opened its doors today and will run until the Saturday, the 7th of March. The design depicts a number of wanted features onboard a superyacht and include a touch-and-go helipad on the bow. There is a jacuzzi pool situated on the forward sun deck. The owners cabin is perched on the upper deck and features private access making it further exclusive. The main tender garage is on the lower deck. The SF60 - so-called for it's length and designed by SF Yachts- is envisioned to come with a MTU powerplant consisting of twin 16V 2000 M84 engines. However, there is an option available for more powerful MTU 16V 4000 M93Ls...
Horizon Yachts Debuting PC52 at Sanctuary Cove Show
The Horizon PC52 offers panoramic views on the main deck through the large sweeping windows, and the natural light flowing in enhances open salon and galley layout. Below deck, a master, VIP and twin guest staterooms accommodate six comfortably. On the open bridge, EZ2CY glass has been installed to allow easy cruising in various weather elements, and the glass also provides a more intimate space for guests to relax on the bridge. The Horizon PC52 power catamaran will debut in Australia at the 2015 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show, which runs May 21st-24th.Stability and huge interiors are at the center of the PC52 Power Catamaran's pitch to potential customers. The popularity of this model and platform is making waves globally and Horizon is now set to debut it in Australia at the Sanctuary Show in May to encourage clients from down under...
Holland Jachtbouw To Launch 'J8' In a Few Months
She is just a couple months from launching, in the Spring of 2015, J8, a J Class from the drawing board of Hoek Design. The fast sailing yacht is based on the original lines and plans from Frank Paine in the 1930s. This latest addition to the J-class revival is set to rewrite the history books in terms of performance according to a special software program devised by Hoek Design that has been able to compare all the J designs from the 1930s. It has calculated that J8 was to be the best in terms of performance, given her reduced wetted surface and highest keel aspect ratio in comparison to the other Js...
Benetti Launches Motoryacht "Incontatto"
Benetti Yachts of Italy launched a yacht from one of their newest revamped lines, the Benetti Tradition Supreme. The revamped line was only introduced to the world officially last year in September. The yacht, expected to be christened "Incontatto", was launched from Benetti's Viareggio yard very recently (February 16). Benetti has not said anything officially about the yacht as there are confidentiality agreements to uphold. However, Incontatto should feature a design by Stefano Righini, as they are the designer for the Tradition Supreme series. This motoryacht does not necessarily break with 'tradition' and is finished in the normal white and black it appears. The trideck motoryacht has a spacious sundeck area that is partially shaded by a hardtop and ofcourse overall features updated styling lines versus the original Tradition series...
Horizon Yachts Sell E88 Motoryacht To Deliver Summer 2015
Horizon Yachts is happy to announce that they have sold another E88 motoryacht to an American client this time. The new yacht is expected to deliver in time for the end of Summer 2015. "Horizon is excited to have another current owner build his next yacht with us," said Horizon Group CEO John Lu. "We feel it is a great testament to Horizon’s yacht quality, service and value, and we look forward to working with the owner again, this time in bringing his new E88 to life." The new hull is now the fifth hull in the E88 series and this one is expected to have a pair of C32A 1900 horse power marine diesels. Other features onboard include a variable Hi/Lo swimming platform on the stern to allow guests to wade in shallow water if they didn't want to go in deeper water. On the interior, this particular E88 is expected to have a four cabin layout...
Cape Scott Unveils 42-meter Flagship Design
Cape Scott unveiled renderings of their latest project they are developing. If built it would become their flagship. The yacht is a massive (by their standards) 42-meter steel-hull yacht with three internal decks. It features an ice-class hull to allow her to explore frigid areas of the world. CS137 as she is being called is overall a classic look to her design with balanced appearance and rather soft lines with subtle curves. On the interior, the explorer yacht will be comfortable as well offering guests (up to 12) accommodation in six staterooms. There is an owners cabin along with a VIP-type suite both featuring en-suite bathrooms and large walk-in closets. Twin Caterpillar 3508 C engines are envisioned to power this yacht to a top-end speed of 15-knots. You will be able to sail this yacht almost anywhere, she has an ice-class hull as mentioned before to Lloyds Ice Class 1C...
Happy Valentine's Day! Feadship Launches 46m "KISS"
Feadship launched the 46.40-metre (152’3”) motoryacht Kiss on Saturday, February 14th in a ceremony that made the most of the Valentine’s Day spirit. Kiss showcases Feadship's ability to optimise the efficiency of the engineering processes involved in creating a bespoke superyacht. The story behind Kiss is linked in a number of ways to the 46.22-metre Feadship Como, which was launched in 2014. “With yachts like Como and Kiss, we are effectively building a sporty type boat around our average size of over 15 years ago, but now with all the know-how and intelligence Feadship has developed,” De Vries explains...
Benetti Sells Nine Yachts Since September 2014
It has been a bumper season for Italian luxury yacht builder Benetti Yachts. Their build portfolio is vast as it encompasses production and full custom yachts. They are busy and continually add to their backlog of work. In the months since September 2014, this Italian company has sold nine motoryachts, an impressive statistic. Combine that with the number of yachts they have under construction and are also expected to deliver this year, then you have an idea. Benetti is expected to deliver some nineteen (19) yachts during 2015 and they have as many as 45 under construction. The nine yachts sold have been been from different lines in the portfolio and include a Veloce 140, a custom 65-meter and seven displacement class hulls. Earlier we said that the company is expected to deliver nineteen yachts this year, so here is what to expect...
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