New Model: Riva 66 Ribelle

With a crafted marketing campaign which started at the Miami boat show in February 2018 and teased design details as the stretched sloop stern and the topsides profile followed by the name Ribelle which translated means Rebel, the new Riva 66 was the rumor of speculation for change from the most famous and legendary of boat builders.  Will the Riva 66 Ribelle present new revolutions to the most iconic name in pleasure boat building.  Fast forward to seven months later and the unveiling at Cannes 2018 and the Riva 66 Ribelle is not the revolution we where led to believe, but more an evolution of the species, especially to the 76 Perseo which launched in 2015, and this new model following its sport bridge element in a smaller three meter size.  None the less do not be mistaken the 66 Ribelle is a very beautiful machine and possible one of the nicer designs to have appeared in Cannes 2018.  Mauro Micheli for his latest Riva creation as usual shows his mastery to integrate modern elements with classic inspiration, with the long fore-deck and low superstructure being important details of the Riva 66 Ribelle marvelous lines.  Coming to this it becomes noticeable that the Ribelle follows a theme of less obvious innovative elements, from the new Blue Sapphire hull color outside, to the choice and use of classic mahogany wood for the interior furnishings, matched with detailed contributions from Penelopeoggi and Mastrotto for the leathers, and Redaelli for bedding and pillows. As layout go the Riva 66 Ribelle presents a three double cabins interior with a galley located below, and a living on the main deck which opens up to the aft deck.  Interesting details is the important height of 2.05 meters for both the midships located owner stateroom and the living area of the main deck.  The Riva 66 Ribelle is powered by twin Man 1550hp engines which reach wide open throttle speeds up to 37 knots.       

Technical Data:

LOA - 20.54 m (67.4ft)
Hull Length - 20 m
Waterline Length - 16.9 m
Beam - 5.29 m
Draft - 1.80 m incl props
Displacement - 39.5 t unloaded, 46.5 t loaded
Fuel Capacity - 3800 l
Water Capacity - 710 l
Max Persons - 12
Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, one crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Man 1550hp V12

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 37 knots max 33 knots cruise
Range - 250 nm at cruise
Hull Shape - warped medium Vee with 14.5 degrees deadrise aft

Project - Mauro Micheli and Sergio Beretta Officina Italiana Design, Ferretti Group Engineering
Certification - CE A, modules B + F + Aa (sound emissions)

www.riva-yacht.com

Project: Horizon FD77 Skyline

Horizon Yachts and designer Cor D. Rover have once again partnered to collaborate on a new design, the FD77 Skyline. This latest model is the smallest of the extremely successful Fast Displacement series, which debuted in the US with the FD85 at the 2017 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and today includes the FD85, FD87 Skyline, FD 102 Skyline, and FD 125 Skyline models. Incorporating the same sought-after features that characterize the FD series such as large sections of floor-to-ceiling windows, an expansive seven meters beam, and a striking exterior profile that presides atop Horizon’s High Performance Piercing Bow hull design, the compact FD77 has been purposely designed for owner operation.  Available in a flybridge or enclosed bridge version, the FD77 maximizes its impressive interior volume with sections of floor-to-ceiling windows that punctuate the main deck from the salon forward into the on-deck master stateroom. A sliding glass door to starboard in the main salon accesses the exterior walkway that leads to the forward deck. Three additional staterooms comprising two VIPs and a twin are found on the lower deck, as is a large beach club area aft.  Powered by twin Cats 1136hp engines, hull one of the FD77 is currently in production for the American market and is expected to debut at the Palm Beach boat show and Miami boat show 2019, while hulls two and three are intended for the European and Australian markets, respectively.

www.horizonyacht.com

New Model: Uniesse 56 SS

Uniesse is back and presents the first model of the new management, enters the 56 SS.  A development of the 55 Sport which launched in 2009, the 56 SS adds further window glazing and reinvents the layout of the lower deck.  Versus the 55 Sport the new lower deck plan changes the layout, and from a traditional forward owners cabin goes to a midships master stateroom, VIP suite forward, and a twin berth guest cabin to port side. The galley in this new plan is also reinvented for a more spacious C-shaped layout to starboard.  The Uniesse 56 SS also adds propulsion choices, with previous options of line shaft and surface drives added with Volvo's forward looking IPS pod drives.  Hull one of the Uniesse 56 SS was equipped with twin Volvo 1000hp and IPS forward looking dual propeller pod drives and reached max speeds of 42 knots in its first sea trials.  Global unveiling of the Uniesse 56 SS is for the Fort Lauderdale boat show 2018 in early November.

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.32 m (60.1ft)

Hull Length - 17 m

Beam - 4.7 m

Draft - 1.12 m

Displacement - 22500 kg light, 27000 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 2500 l

Water Capacity - 730 l

Max Persons - 16

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Man 800hp***, 1000hp *,  1200hp*, Volvo D11 800hp**, D13 1000hp**

Propulsion - *line shaft, **Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives, ***Arneson surface drives

Speed - 37 to 45 knots max range subject to engines

Certification - ISO 8666 for data

www.uniesse.com

Web: Apache New Website

Apache Powerboats from the USA presents its new World wide web showroom.  Apache Powerboats is founded in 1985 but it story revolves around founder and still owner Mark McManus, and a chance meeting with Don Aronow in 1976.  It is said that Mark McManus was born to build boats, with his grand father owning a shipbuilding and repair yard business which he started visiting at age four. But officially Mark will began his boating career with Halter marine from New Orleans, managing the construction of 65 feet yachts.  A chance meeting with Don Aronow at the Fort Lauderdale boat show will lead Halter Marine to buy Cigarette Boats in March 1977 and Mark moving to North Miami beach to supervise the construction of the 20 to 41 feet power boat models.  In this period Mark McManus is tooling with Kevlar fibers aimed at increasing hull life expectancy and a test racing boat the 38 foot Ajac Hawk launched and raced, and subsequently winning three World championship races in 1978.  This prototype racing Kevlar boat will spark the build of a new 41 with the same building methods, and a diesel version.  The 41 Kevlar will sell in sixty units including ten ordered by the military.  In 1984 Mark McManus will leave Cigarette to join Don Aronow as vice president of his new USA Racing Team venture, building 27 and 39 feet power Catamarans.  A year later to this Mark McManus forms Apache Powerboats Inc. and in 1986 he starts the production of the Apache deep Vee powerboats from 40 to 50 feet.  Till 1995 130 hulls will be produced in this series, with each design winning a race.  The most famous Apache is the triple engine 47, which will also win the 1992 and 1993 World Championship.   Today Apache Powerboats offers a ten model line divided into two series Sit Down and Stand Up.  The Apache entry model is the 24 TS with the current largest being the 50 Shaman.  Apache new website takes you around with the following buttons; Home, World Record, Models, About, Mark McManus, Services, Gallery, Shop, Contact, and My Account.  Apache Powerboats is also on social media with buttons in the right corner of the page taking you to its Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus pages.

www.apachepowerboats.com

Project: Benetti Oasis 135

What is an oasis if not a point of refreshment, a dream come true that appears unexpectedly on the horizon? A promise of freshness, relief and relaxation to enjoy in complete comfort: this is the intended message conveyed by Oasis 135, the new project in Benetti’s Class product line. Created to satisfy the needs of an active and sophisticated owner who wants to live his life at sea to the full and across the board, and who has a lifestyle focused on casual elegance, Oasis 135 is packed with solutions in which close contact with the water plays a foreground role, as is demonstrated by the spectacular beach area with infinity pool just steps from the sea. The high ceilings, the unusual layout of the on-board spaces, and the extensive use of natural light confirm and underscore the desire to enter into a symbiotic relationship with the outside world.  This ambitious project, on which Benetti has worked in partnership with UK-based firm RWD and New York design studio Bonetti-Kozerski that has designed the interiors, revolves around an on-board lifestyle in which sporting activities alternate with periods of total relaxation.  The interiors, designed by US-based firm Bonetti-Kozerski, are casual-chic in style and reveal a highly sophisticated use of materials, color combinations and forms of decoration, all underpinned by an elegant sense of understatement. The designers choice of materials for the decor includes light color leather and rosewood in light, bright color ways. Taken together, all these details define the setting and the overall effect is that of a spacious loft featuring seamless continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces, where the multi-purpose settings can be enjoyed at any time of day.  Sophisticated settings with a classical feel meet a dynamic lifestyle on board Oasis 135, a 41-meter displacement super yacht with a fibreglass hull and superstructure, and a layout extending across four decks.  The Master Suite on the main deck offers the owner a spacious apartment with an elegant marble bathroom. The galley is also situated on this deck, along with a huge day area that replaces the traditional saloon. Here, the windows around the entire perimeter can be opened to create a unique setting in close contact with the sea, with no barriers between indoor and outdoor spaces. This deck provides access to the beach terrace, which can be made even more spacious by opening the two side platforms. The yacht also has one generous balcony in the owner’s suite.  The pilot house has been designed for the first time as a living space dominated by extensive glazed surfaces, a lounge area with sofas and armchairs, and a carefully arranged workstation, in which the helm console, an area for relaxation and the chart table form a single setting from which to enjoy the cruise from start to finish. The captain’s cabin is located immediately aft of this, while the night area for guests is on the Lower Deck, with two VIP cabins and two cabins with twin beds. Further forward are the crew quarters, with accommodation for nine people.  The Benetti Oasis 135 will have a cruise speed stands at 14 knots, with a top speed of 15, and the yacht has a range of 4,000 nautical miles at 11 knots.

www.benettiyachts.it

New Launch: Tankoa 72m S701 C102

The second yacht built on Tankoa’s seventy to 72 meter technical platform was sold in September 2016 to an experienced European client, his second build with the Italian Sestri Ponente super yacht builder, has now been launched and final delivery to her owner is on track for mid November 2018.  Designed by Francesco Paszkowski, Tankoa S701 has been chistened M/Y Solo and will make her international debut at the 2018 Monaco Yacht Show in end September.  According to Tankoa's CEO, Euro Contenti this is a true recognition of the shipyard core values and power that irrevocably consists in building yachts with clients, not for clients.  Although S701 is reminiscent of the 69 meter M/Y Suerte project S693, Solo is three meters longer and has a volume of approximately 1600 gross registered tons. Other key differences include catalytic underwater exhausts allowing for substantial gains of volume on all decks, smell free and smoke free outdoor decks; a larger winter garden; large aft deck with six meter transverse glass pool, cut-down glass bulwarks sections for unobstructed sea views and a wide body upper deck allowing for an over sized panoramic salon. The longer waterline also allows for an optimized top speed in excess of 17 knots and reduced fuel consumption.

Technical Data:

LOA - 71 m (232.9ft)

Beam - 11.6 m

Draft - 3.38 m full load

Displacement - 1250 t

Fuel Capacity - 162000 l

Water Capacity - 37000 l

Accommodation - twelve guests in six cabins

Engines - 2 x Cats 3516B 2447hp

Propulsion - line shaft with five blade propellers

Speed - 17 knots max 15 knots cruise, 12 knots economic cruise

Range - 3000 nm at 15 knots cruise, 6000 nm at 12 knots

Construction - hull in high resistance steel, super structure in light alloy 5083

Project - Francesco Paszkowski exterior, Marcherita Casprini interior, Ruggiero Srl engineering

Certification - Lloyds, RINA, MCA

www.tankoa.it

Project: Med Yacht 42

Med Yachts from South of France continue to evolve its range and present this project for a new 42 designed by Enrico Gobbi of Team4Design outside, naval architecture by Sofia Antipolis of Rivoyre Engineering, and hull by Gilles Vaton.  As the other Med Yachts the 42 is to be build in Poland by Galeon.  The news here is that the French company has trusted exterior styling and design to Enrico Gobbi, who takes over from Gilles Vaton still trusted with hull shape and previously also a designer of the Med Yachts 48 and 52 models and the projects of the 38 and 60 which so far have never materialized.  The Med Yacht 42 is by my understanding an evolution of the 38 project.  As all Med Yachts the 42 will feature full deck space use from fore to the stern bathing platform all connected by a walk around which takes you to the aft dinette, galley and central console both covered from the t-style hard top, up to the fore-deck sun-pad.  Below is space for two cabins located forward and midships, with an L-shaped settee, and a well sized shower head to starboard.  The Med Yacht 42 will be powered by twin Volvo 400hp with stern drives, or 370hp, 435hp or 550hp engines with IPS pod drives.  

www.med-yacht.com

New Model: Prestige 590 Flybridge

Prestige continues to push forward and for 2018 the French builder launched three new models with the 590 Flybridge being its most important all new novelty.  Also new flagship of Prestige Flybridge line the 590 is again a design to Garroni, with naval architecture by JP Concepts and Prestige Engineering department.  The Italian Garroni who has been Prestige designer since the times it had Jeanneau as part of its name continued his recent theme for the French name, with the 590 sporting modern conservative lines dominated by a muscular hull with a never boring Italian straight shear line which dominates over the main deck and the low profile flybridge.  Measuring over eighteen meters in overall length the Prestige 590 Flybridge has two interesting features, both revolving around choice from the buyer.  The most important detail in this choice is the option to choose for a tender garage or a single berth crew cabin aft.  Another choice in the Prestige 590 Flybridge is that revolving around the guest accommodation deck to have a two or three bathroom arrangement.  In this case the third bathroom en-suiting the third cabin replaces the walk in closet for the VIP cabin located forward.  As all Prestige the 590 Flybridge continues the modest power theme of twin 600hp Cummins engines with ZF Zeus pods propulsion, which give a top speed of 29 knots and a cruise of 23.

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.7 m (61.4ft)

Hull Length - 16.4 m 

Beam - 4.84 m 

Draft - 1.35 m

Displacement - 19490 kg dry, 27535 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 2200 l

Water Capacity - 760 l

Max Persons - 12

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, choice of one crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSC 8.3 600hp

Propulsion - ZF Zeus aft looking dual propeller pod drives

Speed - 29 knots max 23 knots cruise

Range - 260 nm at cruise

Project - Garroni exterior lines and interior, JP Concepts for naval architecture

Certification - CE B12, C14

www.prestige-yachts.com

Project: Marlow 70E Mk.2

Marlow Yachts is proud to announce an evolution of the species to one previous success with the 70E Mk2 project model, set to debut in the flesh and fiberglass at the Fort. Lauderdale Boat Show 2018. Since 2002 Marlow 70E has been a popular model, and now the US builder re-imagines the explorer yacht with newer technology, and more volume.  The Marlow 70E Mk.2 will impress a lot in the pilot house area, which will include a captains cabin, shower head, dinette desk, and an over sized central helm station looking forward. For 22 meters this is impressive and the interior volume continues in the split level main deck, which offers a spacious galley forward with full panoramic views of the surroundings.  The galley is joined by a dining lounge for eight located in the center part of the main deck.  Below is space for four guest cabins and three heads; midships full beam owners stateroom, a VIP suite forward, third twin berth cabin, and a twin bunk berth cabin to starboard.  Aft is space for one or two crew cabin to starboard, while to port we have a spare parts room.  Marlow 70 E Mk.2 also impresses with its full height engine room, and stand alone ship like engine layout.  The Marlow 70 E Mk.2 is to be powered by twin Man 1150hp engines, with line shaft propulsion and the Velocijet Strut Keels patented by the builder.

www.marlowyachts.com

New Model: BlueGame BG62

Evolution of the BG60 launched in 2009, BlueGame presents the new BG62.  Three important novelties characterize the BG62 versus the 60, exterior and interior restyling by Zuccon design, larger extended bathing platform, and propulsion change from standard line shaft to Volvo IPS pod drives.  All new improvements have an impact.  Externally and visually Zuccon have done a great job and the BG62 now looks more aggressive and luxurious and less utilitarian then the 60.  The bathing platform extension adds a terrace by the water of important size.  The Volvo IPS pods keep the same performance values of the BG60 but in the process reduces 400hp in the power package, and yet still reach the same 35 knots top speed.

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.80 m (61.6ft)

Hull Length - 17.4 m

Beam - 5.37 m

Draft - 1.40 m

Displacement - 24 t dry

Fuel Capacity - 2800 l

Water Capacity - 650 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, one crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Volvo D13 900hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS3 1200 pod drives

Speed - 35 knots max 30 knots cruise

Hull Shape - modified Vee with 17 degrees deadrise aft

Project - Luca Santella concept, Zuccon exterior restyling and interior, Lou Codega hull

Certification - CE B

www.bluegame.it