New Model: Jet Tern 43 Artemis

Jet Tern continues to upgrade its planning European looking motor boat series, and this new 43 Artemis is the entry level of this range from the Chinese builder.  The 43 Artemis is the second model in this line up and follows the launch of the 46 model, which has since then been renamed as 48.  But further two projects for a 68/70, and a 55 are on the upcoming for the Artemis range.  The Jet Tern 43 Artemis offers a two cabins lower deck plan, with a Vee shaped berth to fore, and an owners master room to port side midships.  The galley is located below, and on the main deck is located the living with an L-shaped settee, drawers entertainment cabinet opposite, and a lower helm.  Engines are a standard of twin Yanmar 380hp which do deliver a quite slow top speed of 25 knots, to the rather heavy 16 tons loaded 43 Artemis. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 13.36 m (43.9ft)

Hull Length - 13.06 m

Length Waterline - 11.40 m

Beam - 4.10 m

Draft - 1.07 m

Displacement - 16.1 t full load

Fuel Capacity - 1300 l

Water Capacity - 490 l

Accommodaiton - 4 berths in 2 cabins

Engines - 2 x Yanmar 6 LY3-YUTP 380hp 

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 25 knots max

www.seleneoceanyachts.com

Project: Bavaria 34 Sport HT

As is classic to the last couple years Bavaria strategy, the German boat builder follows the standard open version of the 34 Sport with the HT for hard top version.  Considering how much hard top models are in demand in the last couple years I am still surprised how this sort of concept is not followed often by other builders.  Considering the minimum expense in tooling and the benefits a hard top cruiser usually gives.  The 34 Sport HT builds its foundations on the standard model with the same cockpit, and high free board which allow for a spacious two cabins interior.  Engine power will be in five choices of petrol and diesel, single or twin.  Although my preferred choice has to be for the twin Volvo 220 or 260hp diesel engines.  This giving the 34 Sport HT the added safety of twin engines, and also good speed, making it suitable more for longer cruises.  

www.bavaria-yachtbau.com

New Model: Intermarine 60

The Brazilian boat builder Intermarine founded in 1973 continues the path into its new course as outlined in the fall of 2010 and presents the first of its fully made in house motor yachts and cruisers.  First to launch of this new era for Intermarine which will feature seven models is the 60 designed by Fernando de Almeida together with the yard's technical department.  As the above picture shows the Intermarine 60 is a very European looking design, with a curvy futuristic exterior line, and large glass surfaces featured in every area.  But a larger to the usual aft deck which is something of high demand in Brazil is also to be found in the very wisely designed 60 which shows the long term experience of Intermarine maturing in its own designs.  The main deck living interior area of the 60 offers a split level saloon; with C-shaped sofa, dining table, galley, and helm station.  Down below is the space for three double guest cabins all featured with a personal en-suite shower head. The middle cabin is also equipped with sliding single beds which on the occasion can also become a double berth. The owners stateroom located to midships features a dinette breakfast table to starboard side by the large view windows.  An intelligent option in the owners room is that the dinette can be changed to a sofa, chaise lounge, or vanity desk depending on your preference. To aft is a larger to the usual twin berths crew cabin also served with shower head.  The flybridge offers two sunbathing areas to fore and aft, between the C-shaped dinette, with a helm station, and wet bar located to port side. Power is from twin Volvo 900hp engines which will give a wide open throttle speed of 33 knots. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.4 m (60.3ft)

Hull Length - 18.05 m

Beam - 4.90 m

Draft - 1.45 m

Displacement - 26 t dry

Fuel Capacity - 2200 l

Water Capacity - 640 l

Accommodation - 6 guest berths in 3 cabins, 2 crew berths in 1 cabin

Engines - 2 x Volvo D13 900hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 33 knots max, 28 knots cruise

Project - Fernando de Almeida, Intermarine

www.intermarine.com.br

Project: Cabo 40 Hardtop Express

Cabo presents its latest project the 40 Hardtop Express which is to be presented live and in full affect in the coming Fort Lauderdale show.  The model follows in concept and style the recent novelty from the just relocated Carolina Cabo the 44 Hardtop Express, offering a three sided enclosed helm and cockpit area covered hard top.  The 40 Hardtop Express will use the hull lines and underwater shapes as used on the 40 Flybridge and Express models.  The helm of the 40 Hardtop Express will feature a centre line helm station which will be assisted by a second co-pilot seat to starboard.  Other amenities in the cockpit will be an L-shaped settee, and mezzanine settee looking to aft for the fishing action.  The interior follows what the 40 Express offers with a double master room to fore, L-shaped lounge sofa, galley, and shower head.  Standard power will be from twin 600hp Cummins with ZF Zeus pods propulsion.  But other more powerful 710hp Cats or Cummins options on shafts will also be available.

www.caboyachts.com

New Model: Mulder 1400 Favorite

Mulder finally launched the new 1400 Favorite what is a return to this name and range in this Dutch builder history.  The Favorite was Mulder first official motor boats back in the fifties. Two bigger Mulder Favorite's a 1500 and 1600 models will be presented in the near future.  Designed by Vripack, and Guide de Groot the 1400 Favorite presents a down East lobster boat looks and shows the versatility of Mulder Shipyard being available with a round bilge or a chine shaped hull with spray rails.  The first is more suitable for slow displacement navigation, and the second is more for the speed lovers.  The interior of the 1400 Favorite is a traditional layout with living on the main deck, and galley, two guest cabins, shower head all located below.  The owners master cabin is located to fore and will also have a second en-suite entrance to the head, and a separate shower room.  Four engine choices are to be available for the 1400 Favorite starting from standard twin Volvo 150hp which give a 12 knots max, up to Volvo's 435hp engines.  This last optional engine is also to be available with IPS in combination with the chine with spray rails hull and should give a top speed of 35 knots.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.5 m (47.5ft)

Hull Length - 14.00 m

Beam - 4.70 m

Draft - 1.20 m

Displacement - 18 tons

Fuel Capacity - 2500 l

Water Capacity - 720 l

Accommodation - 4 berths in cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D3 150hp, D3 220hp, D6 330hp, D6 435hp

Propulsion - line shaft, or IPS forward looking dual propeller pods * chine shaped hull only

Speed - 12 knots with Volvo 150hp, 35 knots with Volvo 435hp and IPS with chine shape hull

Hull Shape - round bilge, or chine shape with spray rails

Construction - aluminum

Project - Vripack, Guido de Groot, Mulder Shipyard

Certification - CE A Ocean

www.muldershipyard.com

Project: Galeon 550 Fly

Poland's Galeon continue to challenge the market with innovative projects, and its next novelty is the 550 Fly model.  The 550 Fly is again a design from keel to top by British designer Tony Castro, now responsible for nearly all new Galeon models as presented after 2005 by the Strazyn located boat builder.  The 550 Fly will be in my understanding a future replacement of the 530 Fly, although Galeon does like to leave the previous successful models in production for a year before actually phasing them out.  The 550 Fly is a very complete motor yacht with a clever layout, and a sea kindly hull making it able to challenge any similar sized style flybridge motor yacht in the market today.  Both the flybridge and the aft deck will offer premium sizes for a seventeen meter motor yacht, and the lower deck is among the most spacious in this size.  Here a three cabins layout with full beam owners stateroom, VIP suite to fore, and double guest room is to be found.  To aft will be a cabin with two single berths and a shower head, serving the crew or extra guests.  This can also be replaced with a tender garage, a very hard to find feature on a flybridge motor yacht under sixty feet in size.  As recent Galeon models the 550 Fly continues the theme of a natural light filled interior thanks to huge windows found in all the areas from the cabins to the main deck.  Another clever feature for the 550 Fly will be the astern galley in the split level saloon which thanks to the swivel patio door also serves the aft deck.  This along with the choice of the tender garage aft represent the design hall marks of the 550 Fly.  Power will be from twin MAN or Volvo engines with in line shaft propulsion, but Galeon also advises that a lot of study has gone to make the 550 Fly with an exceptional low center of gravity which offers better stability in rough sea conditions. 

www.galeonyachts.com  

New Model: Columbus 54m Classic

Palumbo launched the first of its new Columbus super yacht series with the 177 M/Y Prima, a steel and aluminum 54 metre completed in the Naples, South Italy shipyard on the 20th of June.  The 177 Columbus was designed by Sergio Cutolo responsible for the naval architecture and exterior, with Tommaso Spadolini taking care for the interior.  Palumbo is at the moment building another 55m Columbus, for this range which so far features seven models from 38 to 75 metres all designed by Sergio Cutolo especially for Palumbo. The technical launch of this beautiful Superyacht was attended by local Authorities, shipyard workers, national and international brokers and specialist press. Palumbo Columbus 177 represents an important goal for the Naples based shipyard when last year it acquired two Shipyards in Malta, one of them fully dedicated to superyachts refitting.  Palumbo Group is very proud to have achieved this goal and to have built its first Yacht entirely with local Italian workers at the highest quality standards and advanced technology in the field and would like to thank all those who have participated and have made possible this unique project realized in the south central part of Italy, showing the excellence achieved. The Columbus 177 has a classic super yacht look with retained precise proportions without excessive elements that help give her a distinctive appeal, like the curved upper deck windows. The sun deck on the flybridge offers a large circular pool, and there is another conversation area in the open air on the forward upper deck. For the interior design created by renowned architect Tommaso Spadolini a geometric style was chosen expressed in large spaces offering outstanding comfort and practicality throughout, and where any possible restricted, uncomfortable areas have been eliminated therefore remaining elegant and attractive offering in the same time also intense functionality. Late motive is the phrasing of the bright ceiling colours, intersected by darker wood panels, and the brown of the Italian walnut floors, with inserts of calacatta gold marble.  Palumbo Columbus 177 offers an interior accommodation with six guest cabins sleeping twelve, which include a full beam owner’s stateroom with balcony and VIP suite on the bridge deck. Exceptional volume, large common areas and massive internal volumes are the main characteristic of this super yacht.  Crew space is for twelve beds in six cabins plus a captains cabin.  Palumbo Columbus 177 was built in compliance with the Rules of ABS and she is suitable for unrestricted navigation with following class notation Maltese Cross A1, Yachting Service, UMS, and also obtained RINA Green plus as an additional notation class.

Technical Data:

Length - 53.40 m (175.1ft)

Waterline Length - 47.64 m

Beam - 10.2 m

Draft - 3.20 m full load

Displacement - 720 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 121700 l

Water Capacity - 32800 l

Accommodation - 12 guest in six cabins, 12 crew in 6 cabins

Engines - 2 x MTU 12V400 M93 1hp

Speed - 16 knots max, 15 knots cruise

Construction - steel and alluminium alloy 

Project - Sergio Cutolo naval architect exterior designer, Tommaso Spadolini interior

Certification - ABS Malta Cross A1, UMS, RINA Green Plus

www.columbusyachts.it

Project: CRN 52m Classic

By blending the seventies and the eighties style with the technology of the new millennium, CRN, the ship yard and brand of the Ferretti Group, has created the new 52m Classic project.  The shape of the CRN 52m Classic are squarish, “pure” and inspired to the nautical period dating back to the seventies through to the mid-eighties and to two prestigious boats, namely the 47 metre “Azzurra” and the 61 metre “Il Vagabondo. The 52 metre mega yacht, was developed from the CRN naval architectural solutions, in collaboration with Studio Zuccon International Project and meets the ship owners need in a flexible manner. This new layout allows one to have closer contact with the sea, thanks to solutions some of which have already been seen on other CRN super yachts like the outdoor “beach club” at the sterns, the terrace of the ship owner’s suite, and the presence of the three tenders on board, one of which is eight instead of two metres long.  52m Classis will have five bridges which accommodates up to twelve passengers in five guest cabins; divided in a master and four guest suites.  Crew space will be for twelve members. Power is estimated at a top speed of 15 knots and a cruising speed of 14 coming from twin Cat engines.

www.crn-yacht.com

Improve-it = Elan Power 48

Elan presents a new version to it's current flagship the 48 Power.  This new main deck choice adds a patio door and reconfiguration of this area.  This optional layout choice was a request coming from a Northern Europe dealer.  In this new layout the 48 Power adds a patio door, with the dinette and galley moving on the main deck, and below area all reserved to the cabins and saloon.  The patio door choice also changes the main deck layout plan dramatically with a C-shaped settee located to aft, instead of the usual sun pad area.  Down below the choice remains as previously for a two or three cabins choice.  With the optional three cabins version you loose the lower saloon.  Power is as was previously with shaft propulsion twin Volvo 575hp, IPS600 with 435hp, or Cummins 600hp with ZF Zeus pods.

www.elan-yachts.com

Powerboat Endurance

The 2011 Powerboat Endurance started off early the past June month.  With a new promoter to the championship Ocean Grand Prix taking over from UIM emergency power it took last year the first round of the 2011 season had a very slow start to what normally is with a total of seven boats and competitors (three in Super Sport and four in Evolution) taking part.  Missing are also important teams as the current Evolution champion Metamarine, and 2009 and 2006 winner OSG.  Both of these teams have been a fixed fixture and great supporters of the championship since 2004.

I have followed the Powerboat Endurance Series since it started in 2002, then it become Powerboat P1 in 2003 till 2009 and this made a set up for great things with the championship becoming better each year.  Surely the bench mark was in 2008 when we had 25 total competitors, twelve in each the two classes.  That is minus the wild cards which some time compete in singular rounds. Can the current promoter reach again this bench mark.  Only time will tell!  The promotion on the website looks good, what we are missing so far is the competitors, but the new Maltese promoter did advise that three more competitors should make it for the next round in August. 

This will be the first year of the now called Ocean Grand Prix how the things will go from now onwards will surely be the gauge for the teams to support or neglect the championship in the future.  The series definitely has a lot of potential, and it would be nice as we have seen in the last couple of years to see some support from the builders and engine manufacturers to the series.  But that will come on the awareness that Ocean Grand Prix will be capable to bring to the championship.