Filipetti Yacht Burns Down in Gulf of Corinth

A 23 meter Filipetti motor yacht titled Just Mine with Jersey flag burned down in flames in the Gulf of Corinth, one nautical mile away from Bouka, Aigio in the morning of Friday November 13.  The Filipetti  motor yacht was in route to her home berth in Italy,  in return from a refit job in Turkey.  The two crew on board Just Mine where rescued and evacuated.  The motor yacht eventually sank and is a total loss.

Just Mine is a Filipetti Flybridge 76 model from 2013.  She is possibly the first of the Flybridge 76 series which was an evolution of the Evo 23 model build in between 2006 up to 2009 and became popular for its clean sleek design but also for being the first motor yacht in this size to have a fore deck dinette. Both the Evo 23 and Flybridge 76 come from a design of Fulvio de Simoni, who presented her with a four double cabins interior, and was powered by twin 1500-1650hp engines reaching top speeds up to 30 knots and a cruise of around 25 with the largest engine option.     

New Model: Ocean Alexander Explorer 27E

Ocean Alexander introduces the 27E the first in the anticipated new Explorer Series. Innovative design, world-class engineering with extra space for toys the new Ocean Alexander Explorer 27E is an evolution of the 26R model with extension of the stern. The interiors are thoughtfully designed for long stays on board, with four guest cabin including a full beam master stateroom at midships. Living areas come complete with comfortable seating areas, a wet bar, a custom-made grill and a jacuzzi, the 27E is an ideal craft for socializing and entertaining with family and friends. The hydraulic swim platform is expansive enough to hold a multitude of water toys with room to spare. This extraordinary yacht is designed for exploring on those long journeys to exotic locales.  The Ocean Alexander Explorer 27E is powered by twin Man 1650hp engines.

Technical Data:

LOA - 27.04 m (88.9ft)

Waterline Length - 23.8 m

Beam - 6.29 m

Draft - 1.25 m

Displacement - 100,500 kg

Fuel Capacity - 8274 l

Water Capacity - 2498 l

Accommodation - eight berths in four cabins

Engines - 2 x Man V12 1650hp

Propulsion - line shaft

www.oceanalexander.com

Improve-It = Maritimo M70

After success Maritimo’s mighty flagship flybridge motoryacht the M70 gets presented with a new dress for 2020 and beyond. The latest 2020 edition M70 flybridge motor yacht come with a range of design refinements including integrated hull side panoramic windows with ports and an optional targa design.  Up until September 2020 the Maritimo M70 together with the same hull but shorter M64 sibling has sold in thirty units in a five year production run starting the fall of 2015.  The success of the M70 comes down to an efficient and trouble free line shaft hull design, along with modest power which starts from 900hp and goes up to 1200hp engines.  The Maritimo offers a four double cabins thee head interior layout with a full beam master cabin located at midships.

www.maritimo.com.au

New Model: Wally 43 WallyTender

Following the success of the 48 WallyTender, Wally follow it fast by presenting the new slightly smaller  43 WallyTender.  Fast, robust and practical this 13 meter sport cruiser slash runabout perfectly balances form with multifunction, introducing the innovative centre cockpit design to provide protection to the cockpit with the practicality and access of a walkaround. Those onboard can enjoy the feeling of being in the open air with the added security and comfort typical of a more enclosed yacht.  Pure, simple and seaworthy, the 43 WallyTender suites uses as diverse as family day boat, superyacht tender, resort shuttle, sailing yacht support vessel, thanks to the ability to change deck configurations and to the range of available accessories and features.  Abundance of standard design features: side-opening bulwarks, T-top carbon fibre superstructure with laminated sail cloth, carbon fibre swimming ladder, wraparound glass windshield, concealed hydraulic push-button anchor system, teak decking, wraparound fender, flanking walkways, large foredeck sun-pad, fold-out dining table, plenty of seating, fridge, insulated ice box locker, LED deck lighting.  The interior of the 43 WallyTender features generous bathroom facilities with separate shower compartment, cabin with bed, and unique head-turning colors.  Options for the 43WallyTender include raised aft sunbed with garage for water-sport accessories, second larger fridge, ice maker, diesel generator, air conditioning both inside and outside in the cockpit area, SeaKeeper stabilizer system, automated retractable swimming ladder with passerelle function.  The 43 WallyTender is standard powered by twin Volvo 380hp with stern drive propulsion and manoeuvring joystick controls. Optional power comes from twin Volvo 440hp engines for predicted top speeds of over 40 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 13.20 m (43.3ft)

Beam - 4.30 m

Draft - 1.20 m

Displacement - 9 t unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 1200 l

Water Capacity - 200 l

Max Persons - 12

Accommodation - two berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 380hp, D6 440hp

Propulsion - Volvo DPI stern drive

Speed - 36 knots with Volvo 380hp, 40 knots with 440hp

Range - 320 nm at cruise

Construction - carbon composite with Ice white gloss gelcoat as standard

Certification - CE B

www.wally.com

Project: Bluegame BG72

Bluegame present the project for a new BG72 flagship.  Designed by Giovanni Zuccon, Luca Santella, and naval architecture by Lou Codega, Bluegame declares the BG72 as the first open sport yacht in the market that rivals flybridge yachts, having interior areas equally comfortable.  Possibly this declaration is true but at 22 meters in length most flybridge motor yacht do offer a four cabins four head layouts, which the BG72 does have not.  Saying all this the Bluegame BG72 offers incredible outside space, thanks to its fore to aft walkaround deck and a unique mix of protected exterior open areas.  Zuccon and Santella for the BG72 have been also clever to bring the design influence of the aft deck with connected saloon on the lower deck of the BGX series, presented in 2019 with the 70 and repeated in the 2020 60 model novelty.  The Bluegame BG72 is standard powered by Volvo 900hp and or optional 1000hp engines with IPS pod drives.  Top speeds are estimated at thirty knots max.

www.bluegame.it

Giancarlo Ragnetti 1946 - 2020

Giancarlo Ragnetti former Perini Navi CEO and founder left to the better World on November 8 in Viareggio, Italy.  Born in the Marche region on the Adriatic East Coast of Italy in 1946 Giancarlo Ragnetti entered in the maritime industry, first working in 1960 with Cantiere Navale Mario Morini in Ancona which build commercial ships.  In seventies Giancarlo Ragnetti started to work with RINA, and in the mid seventies he returned to boat building, joining Ortona Navi.  While at RINA and Ortona Navi, Giancarlo met Fabio Perini in 1978, and from there on the two went on to open Perini Navi in 1983, with Ragnetti as managing director.  Perini Navi eventually grew without limits from there onwards, becoming possibly the most important sailing superyacht builder of the past three decades.  Along with various prizes for Perini Navi, Giancarlo Ragnetti won himself the Leadership Award in 2013 bestowed to him by the International Superyacht Society.  Other hallmarks for Giancarlo Ragnetti was him overseeing the launch of Picchiotti in 2007 which Perini acquired previously.  Retiring from Perini in 2014, but keeping his post as Director Giancarlo Ragnetti latest duty was as director for UCINA from 2011 to 2015.  Giancarlo Ragentti leaves behind his wife Raffaella, daughter Francesca and son Simone.

New Model: Prestige X70

Prestige present the new X70, an innovative different thinking wide body motor yacht of 21 meters in length.  Designed by Garroni since always responsible of the Prestige line, the Italian designer for the X70 took different design choices, which thanks to them presented the motor yacht with the largest aft deck in the category, and a floating located forward in between the lower and main deck master stateroom. The extra wide body space has been use to increase the space in the aft deck.  The Prestige X70 also gives choice to the owner from three or four cabins option, and a dining area located inside to starboard or outside.  The Prestige X70 is powered by twin Volvo 900hp and or optional 1000hp engines with IPS pod drives. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 21.83 m (71.7ft)

Beam - 5.34 m

Draft - 1.7 m

Displacement - 33400 kg light 45820 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 4000 l

Water Capacity - 760 l

Accommodation - six guests in three cabins, or eight guests in four cabins, two crew in one cabin

Engines - 2 x Volvo D13 900hp, D13 1000hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 26 knots top speed, 20 knots cruise

Project - Garroni Design, Valentina Militerno de Romedis interior decorator

www.pretige-yachts.com

Italcraft New Web Site

Italcraft from Italy presents its new World wide web showroom.  Founded in 1955 by brothers Sergio and Mario Sonnino Sorisio, in a shed just at the outskirts of Rome, Italcraft will become over the years one of the most innovative boat builders featuring some World first to what regards hull design, propulsion, and materials used for the construction of boats.  In 1958 Italcraft moves production on Lake Bracciano and in 1961 the company opens a showroom in the capital city.  Italcraft will need more space again and in 1969 moves south to the Italian capital city, in Gaeta province of Latina, a place Italcraft as at today still calls home. Innovation has always been key to Italcraft since its inception with a lot of World first being key to its startling success, starting from the end fifties with the wood build Sea Skiff model featuring the first round bilge planning hull. In the seventies Italcraft presents the Renato Sonny Levi designed Drago, the first boat designed with a variable Vee shaped hull, equipped with surface drives and at the time also the fastest diesel boat in production.   The Drago also represented a World first in building materials being constructed with Kevlar 49 and Carbon fibre.  The Aermar 36 model continues the thirst of innovation also featuring a World first for propeller tunnels.  In the eighties Italcraft builds Seppietta a Military Patrol cruiser capable of carrying ten people which is unsinkable, self righting, and classified as an all weather boat.  In 1985 Italcraft launches the M-78 which was at the time the fastest and largest yacht of its size reaching max speeds up to 56 knots.  In the mid nineties Italcraft closes its doors only to be purchased in 1996 by the neighbouring Cantieri Navali dell Golfo. Immediately the production of F38, C45, and C58, is resumed, while a new X-54 Ipanema is born on the Ipanema 53 platform, a previous Golfo production, with the completely new 38 Sarima launched in 1998.  A model which is at today still in production. In 2006 Italcraft is taken over by the Inrizzardi Group, which bring a new development for yachts over seventy feet with the introduction of the 105 and 90 feet models. The recession of 2008 makes Italcraft close its doors in 2013 only for the company to open again with the new management in 2015.  Italcraft top selling model has been the 1965 launched 25 feet Sarima sold in seven hundred units built of wood and featuring a deep Vee hull with a twenty degrees deadrise aft and two spray rails, followed by the 16 meter Blue Marlin sold in 105 units. Currently Italcraft is producing three models; 38 Sarima, 54 Ipanema, and 105 Maxi Drago which is at today still its largest ever build and so far delivered in five units.  Italcraft new website is currently available only in Italian language and takes you around with the following buttons; Home, Azienda (Company), Yachts, Refitting, and Contatti (Contacts).            

www.italcraft.it

Production History: 

Bucaniere 5.10 mt  1955- (24)

Atlantico 7.80 mt 1956- (1)

Champion (10)

Skandy (11) *pilot boat

Sea Skiff 8.55 m 1960- (51)

Acapulco 6.80 m (6)

Pilot (1)

California 12 m (12)

X-1 7.80 m 1963- (44)

X-1 Portorotondo 7.80 m 1963- (6)

X-11 1965-66 (9)

Motonave Sabazia 21 m (1) *passenger transport ship

Sarima 7 m 1965-77 (256)

Baleniera 21 m (2)

X-31 (13)

X-31 Portorotondo (12)

X-44 1967-76 (37)

X-44 Ambassador 1968-76 (5)

X-33 1969-73 (42)

X-33 Diplomat 1969-71 (20)

X-25 (35) *first fiberglass construction

Drago 13 m 1972-87 (11)

MiniDrago 8.50 m 1973- (53)

Espada Mediterraneo 13.40 m 1973-83 (40)

Aermar F.B. 11 m 1976-84 (54)

Aermar F.C. 11 m 1976-84 (23)

Blue Marlin 16 m 1977-87 (32) 

M-74 15.50 m 1978-89 (17) *includes Open

Espada DC 13.40 m 1978-87 (33)

M-74 Open 15.50 m 1978-85 (17) *includes standard M74

Fast 35 1982-90 (24)

Golfo Black Jack 8.50 m 1983-90 (8)

Golfo Ipanema 45 Open 1983-90 (10) *includes 45 S

30 Ital 1983-90 (26)

Golfo Ipanema 45 S 1986- (10) *includes 45 Open

M-78 1986-89 (2) 

C 51 Classic 1986-89 (19) *includes Classic version

Golfo Ipanema 50 S 1988-91 (12) *includes 50 S

Golfo Ipanema 50 Open 1989-91 (12)  *Includes 50 Open

C-58 1989-97 (15)

C 51 Open 1990-93 (19) *includes Open version

Golfo Ipanema 1990-96 (13)

F-38 1991-97 (8)

C 70 1991 (1)

Golfo Ipanema 15 Fly 1991-96 (6)

C-45 1992-97 (11)

G38 Fisherman 1993 (1)

Sarima / S3 1998-2010 / 11- (50 Cantieri Navali dell Golfo ownership 

X54 Ipanema 1999- (5

70 Drago 2000-12 (5

46X 2004-6 (3) *44X project 

95 SSC MaxiDrago 2006 (1)

105 MaxiDrago 2007- (5 InRizzardi Group ownership

X68 2008 (1)

X90 SC 2009 (1)

Project: Benetti B.Yond 37M

B.Yond 37M is the first model of B.Yond, Benetti’s latest product: a new category of Expedition yacht based on tradition and the desires expressed by owners. It is a yacht designed under the banner of the real rationalization of onboard volumes and spaces, as well as of practicality and privacy on all four of the boat’s decks. B.Yond is designed for long, comfortable cruises with a reduced environmental impact thanks to the E-Mode propulsion architecture developed for the shipyard by Siemens. The B.Yond 37M has a steel hull, aluminium superstructure and enclosed volumes close to those of a 500 GT, 50-meter mega yacht in just 37 meters, laid out across 4 decks. The Lower Deck is entirely for the crew, while the Main Deck is home to the Owner and guest cabins, and the Upper Deck is used as the day area.

www.benettiyachts.it

New Model: Solaris Power 48 Flybridge

Solaris Power continue to update its range and in less then two years the model offer continues to expand basing on the two platforms which the Italian yard has launched so far the 48 and 57.  The Solaris Power 48 presented itself with the Open platform during the Cannes boat show 2019, and in Dusseldorf 2020 this 48 Flybridge was presented.  A different boat to the Open, the 48 Flybridge is the version dedicated to medium range cruising, with an accommodation layout offering two double cabins, and optional crew cabin with a berth and a private head.  The living along with an astern galley is all located on the main deck.  The Solaris Power 48 Flybridge is powered by standard Volvo 435hp and or optional 480hp with IPS dual propeller pod drives.

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.86 m (48.7ft)

Hull Length - 13.4 m

Beam - 4.87 m

Draft - 1.05 m

Displacement - 17750 kg loaded 14750 kg unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 1500 l

Water Capacity - 430 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, optional single berth crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 435hp, D6 480hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 28 knots max 20 knots with 435hp, 32 knots max 24 knots cruise with 480hp

Project - Brunello Acampora Victory Design hull and exterior lines, Norberto Ferretti, Solaris Power Design Team

www.solarispower.com