August 9, 2022

New Model: Numarine 22XP

The Numarine 22XP is the latest addition to the Turkish fleet of explorer yachts, set to make its World debut at 2022 Cannes boat show in September. The 22XP is the entry level XP Series explorer and super yacht range which goes up to 45 meters. The company’s long-standing partners designed the yacht inside and out. Can Yalman is responsible for exterior and interior design, while Umberto Tagliavini took care of the efficient naval architecture. The new yacht has gigantic angular windows like the 26XP, large social areas, spacious flybridge. Every detail shows she’s part of the XP Series’ pioneering DNA. The new explorer yacht has almost all the same features as the 26XP but inside a 22 meter hull. The 22XP’s interior is among the most voluminous for a 21 meter out there on the market. She is a compact explorer that can take owners anywhere in the seas. The layout of the 22XP offers three or four spacious cabins, including a full-beam master suite. All of them are on the lower deck, filled with natural light. There are also a vast main deck saloon, open cockpit and a grand flybridge, one of the features that made the XP Series so popular among yacht owners.  The Numarine 22XP is standard powered by twin Cummins 425hp with line shaft propulsion, giving speeds up to thirteen knots. Alternatively she can be powered by twin Man 1200hp what is called the planning version. The 22XP looks a success from the start, with Numarine declaring five units sold before even the first unit touched the water. 
Technical Data:
LOA - 22.80 m (74.1ft)
Waterline Length - 20.7 m
Beam - 6 m
Draft - 1.84 m
Displacement - 59.65 t. 150 GT volume tonnage
Fuel Capacity - 6000 l
Water Capacity - 1200 l
Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, or eight berths in four cabins, two crew in one cabin 
Engines - 2 x Cummins intermittent duty 425hp, optional Man V8 1200hp
Propulsion - line shaft
Speed - thirteen knots max, nine knots cruise, eight knots long range with Cummins 425hp
Range - 1500 nm at eight knots with Cummins 425hp
Project - Can Yalman exterior and interior, Umberto Tagliavini naval architect
Certification - CE A

August 7, 2022

Project: Tankoa T500 Tethys

Genoa-based shipyard Tankoa has revealed its latest project: the 50-metre explorer superyacht T500 Tethys. Dubbed as an SUV of the seven seas, the T500 Tethys has been conceived for go-anywhere cruising and is equipped to take on journeys ranging from a tranquil Mediterranean cruise to a higher-latitude adventurous expedition. In terms of propulsion, this explorer superyacht is offered with traditional, hybrid or diesel electric propulsion. The vessel features exteriors and interiors developed with the Milan-based studio Hot Lab, with a gross tonnage of just under 500 GT. Thanks to the yacht’s flexible layout, two convertible spaces on the lower deck can be utilized for numerous different purposes, including as additional cabins, a gym, a cinema area, an owner’s office, or as recreation spaces. Other standout areas include the sundeck, which is home to a Jacuzzi, a sun pad, a bar with a barbecue, a relaxation area and a bathroom. Designed with relaxation in mind, the T500 Tethys’s interior spaces accommodate large groups with ease, with generous lounges found on both decks and spacious staterooms offered for both owners and guests alike. The full-beam owner’s stateroom is found on the main deck and comes complete with an ensuite bathroom, walk-in-closet and an office with a lounge area. Guests can retire to the upper deck aft for lunches in the fresh air, with its comfortable bar, lounge area and panoramic ocean views. The aft platform is the heart of the super yacht close to the water and complete with its own infinity pool. Alternatively, if a different configuration is desired, this could also be the perfect area to store the owner’s favorite toys, as well as any land, water or aircraft.

August 5, 2022

Flybridge Cruiser with Nine Persons Onboard Partially Sinks

A nine meter flybridge traditional cruiser with nine persons onboard partially sank, while cruising in the Islands archipelago of La Madalena in North East Sardinia on the morning of fifth August.  The motor cruiser was cruising in the La Madonna Port area between the islands of Budelli, Razzoli and Santa Maria when it started to embark water.  Immediate the action of the Italian Coast Guard who deployed two vessel the search and rescue CP 870 and fast intervention unit Alfa 70.  No injuries where reported to the nine passengers thanks to immediate help of boats in the vicinity. The traditional cruiser was reported taking on water due to a failed sea water inlet, and was later refloated and taken to a boat yard in La Madalena for repairs.
The boat in this accident is a Sagene 28 Fly version produced in the eighties.  Featuring a semi-displacement hull shape the Sagene 28 Fly offered a double berth forward, separate shower head, and was powered with single or twin shaft engines.  A non flybridge version was also available.

New Model: Vicem Classic 82 Flybridge

Vicem is proud to announce the European delivery of the first Classic 82 Flybridge. Build of cold molding for a third-time Vicem owner the Classic 82 Flybridge is a classically designed superyacht in the style of a Downeast flybridge cruiser, with dedicated social spaces and amenities to match. From the flying bridge to the aft deck and salon, the Classic 82 Flybridge offers an ideal mix of social entertaining and onboard accommodations, with top-performance and seakeeping capabilities on the water. The bridge deck, which features the yachts second helm, also offers a U-shape settee and entertaining console, complete with a wine chiller, sink, and a barbecue grill. The foredeck offers a sun-pad plus an twin settee built-in at the bow. Inside the Classic 82 Flybridge Vicem combines classic finishes, book matched mahogany veneers, and premium joinery. The layout is designed to take advantage of the yachts six plus meters of beam to allow for three large staterooms with walk-around queen-size berths.  The master stateroom is full-beam midships located with hanging locker storage, ensuite head and shower, a straight settee with storage to port, and a vanity to starboard. All staterooms have ensuite heads with showers and plenty of under-berth stowage in addition to hanging lockers. In order to provide the salon with unparalleled views and uncompromised space, the Classic 82 Flybridge features a lower deck galley finished with Corian countertops and premium appliances. The main salon opens into the aft cockpit on a single level through double sliding doors and offers seating configurations enough for large families or social gatherings. A pair of facing L-settees in the cockpit as well as a large L-shape and straight settee in the salon provide seating for twenty people in comfort and style. The primary helm station is also situated in the salon, providing the captain with unobstructed views all around while underway. While not underway, the crew have access through a dedicated passage to ensuite living quarters. The crew’s quarters will also have a Garmin electronics array that mirrors the helm control stations for vessel monitoring at all times. Vicem Classic 82 Flybridge is powered by twin Volvo 900hp and in its test sea trails reached a seventeen knots top speeds, a fifteen of cruise and a projected range of 1100 nautical miles at nine knots.
Technical Data:
LOA - 24.70 m (81ft)
Beam - 6.20 m
Draft - 1.60 m
Displacement - 
Fuel Capacity - 6000 l
Water Capacity - 1000 l
Max Persons - twenty
Accommodation - six guests in three cabins, two crew in one cabin
Engines - 2 x Volvo D13 900hp
Propulsion - line shaft
Speed - seventeen knots max, fifteen fast cruse, nine knots long range
Range - 1100 nm at nine knots
Project - Vicem 
Construction - cold molded, strip planked mahogany covered with Akzo Nobel Epoxy resin
Certification - CE A

August 4, 2022

Sportfish Runs Aground in Norwich, New London

An eleven meter Pursuit sportfish cruiser with one person onboard ran aground on the breakwater of the Thames River, Norwich PI, New London, USA on 0600 hours of fourth August.  The captain and lone occupant was not injured and received immediate help by two Firefighting boats who assisted the sportfish cruiser from the land pumping out the water which was coming from the damaged hull.  Later a TowBoatUS boat was finalizing a tow procedure to be made in high tide, which also meant to seal the hull bottom damage from the collision.
The sportfish cruiser in this grounding is a Pursuit 3800 Offshore produced from 2001 up to 2004.  The Pursuit 3800 Offshore offered sleeping accommodation for four in an open plan layout, and is powered by twin Cats 420hp, Cummins 420 or 480hp, and or Volvo 480hp.  The 3800 Offshore also called the Express evolved in the Open version in 2005 with a sloop stern.  In 2008 Pursuit who decided to focus exclusively on outboard powered boats replaced the 3800 with the similar looking upper structure but completely new OS 375 Offshore.

August 3, 2022

Project: Fabbrica Italiana Motoscafi 470 Regina

Following the success of the 340 Regina Fabbrica Italiana Motoscafi expands its range with the 470 Regina, a project just like the smaller sister of Paolo Ferragni who presents a modular fifteen meter open sport cruiser with versatile solutions to maximize outdoor space, and provide guests with a close relationship with the sea.  The 470 Regina's key features are the aft folding balconies and a split solarium, while the stern is equipped with am up-down bathing platform system that facilitates tender or jet-ski launch and lifting. The bow of the 470 Regina will feature an unedited versatile concept that enhances space use: a lounge solarium that splits in two and moved to the sides creates what FIM calls Bow Life. This area can be used in many ways thanks to its modularity, with the possibility of filling it with seawater to create a mini pool, or with a table converting into an additional dining area. The Fabbrica Italiana Motoscafi 470 Regina standard interior layout will offer two luxury spacious cabins forward and midships each with a private ensuite toilet and shower.  The forward cabin will have an area to starboard that can be configured, according to needs, into an office, bar or vanity console. A three-cabin configuration with a third bunk cabin is also available, this coming to starboard and eating space from the forward cabin.  Finishing in the Fabbrica Italiana Motoscafi 470 Regina will come from modern Alpi woods, contemporary inserts, and refined details, with customizable upholstery elements coming from a variety of fabrics and leathers.  Extensive research of materials and furnishing accessories carried out by FIM is also made visible when entering the toilets, with countertops in Laminam giving a marble-effect finish, which match and contrast with the premium Velis fixtures signed by the Italian company Nobili, while high-end petrol blue wash basins are made of stainless steel.  The 470 Regina is powered by twin Volvo 480hp or 600hp engines with IPS pod propulsion, reaching speeds up to 39 knots with the large engine option.  An outboard version with triple or quadruple Yamaha 425hp is also in the works.  Hull number one of the 470 Regina is in completion stages, set to be presented at Cannes boat show 2022 in September. 

August 2, 2022

Super Yacht Burns and Sinks in Ibiza Port

M/Y Good Vibes a 33 meter super yacht caught fire about 1430 hours on the afternoon of second August, in Ibiza.  According to reports the super yacht was sailing in the Es Freus, between Ibiza and Formentera at the time the fire started.  A commercial ship helped tow the super yacht to an empty part of the Ibiza harbor in order to make controlling  the flames easier, with the fire fighting squad eventually switching off the fire at about 2000 hours.  After this the yacht mostly sank and heavily listed to stern was towed to the marina where the day after it capsized.
M/Y Good Vibes previously named Madness is a Bilgin 110 Sky delivered in 2010, with naval architecture and design by Mahir Bestas and build in a mahogany hull and marine ply super structure covered with epoxy resins.  The Bilgin 110 Sky offers five guest cabins sleeping ten, with crew accommodation for four in two cabins, and was powered by twin MTU 1800hp which gave her a top speed up to 22 knots.  Good Vibes was last refitted in 2019 and is one of three Bilgin 110 Sky delivered. 

August 1, 2022

Sunseeker Yacht Burned Down by Fire in Comino, Malta

A 23 meter Sunseeker motor yacht went ablaze at 0015 hours, on first August in the bay of Santa Marija, on the island of Comino, in the Maltese islands.  The yacht was on anchor with three persons onboard reportedly sleeping, who jumped in the water and went to safety on a nearby yacht as they saw the fire. The Maltese civil protection with assistance from the Armed Forces of Malta went to extinguish the fire to no avail, with the yacht fully burned down and sank some three hours later.  Some unconfirmed reports are stating that the yacht fire started on the flybridge.  No one was injured in the fire, although the guests onboard where treated for fume inhaling.
The Sunseeker in this fire is a 2005 75 Yacht mark one.  Replacing the 74 Manhattan and introduced in late 2003 and produced till 2007, the 75 Yacht followed the design language of the 82 Yacht introduced a couple months earlier.  Selling in about twenty units the 75 Yacht was replaced by the slightly smaller 70 Manhattan in 2007, with a 75 Yacht Mark.II launched in 2014 and produced till 2017.  The mark. II was an evolution of the 70 and 73 Manhattan models. 

Sport Yacht Collides Into Reef to Avoid Collision, One Dead Three Injured

One person died and three others where injured when an eighteen meter sport yacht named m/y Amore collided with a reef in La Nibani Islands, close to Porto Cervo in the Emerald Coast to the North East of Sardinia, on the night of 31 July at around 2050 hours.  The collision came following a manovre by its captain to avoid m/y Sweet Dragon of 21 meters in size coming from its right side, with Amore navigating from South to North.  One person the owner of Amore a 63 year old English German named Dean Crossbein was reported dead following a heard attack on the collision.  Amore sustained a large gapping hole damage to the port side of its bow, where the crew cabin is located.  Two other unnamed smaller boats where also involved in the accident, with Sweet Dragon and another smaller boat giving first-aid assistance to Amore immediately after the impact.  Both Amore and Sweet Dragon where detained by the Coast Guard for further investigation, with both captains of the large sport yachts accused of involuntary man slaughter.
M/Y Amore is a Profilmarine Cherokee 60 designed by Alberto Mercati.  The Cherokee 60 was introduced in 1987 available with a two or three double cabins layout plus one crew cabin forward and powered by twin GM 1080hp in line shaft or surface drives. Profilmarine from Viareggio was owned by its architect Alberto Mercati, which made historical success in the eighties with the 50 model which sold over fifty units in that decade. 
M/Y Sweet Dragon is a 1989 Magnum 70 one of eleven made and the first version as designed by Pininfarina.  Sweet Dragon commissioned by the family Campari has been owned since 1995 by x-Italian prime minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi. 

blogger - Navigation Social Media

Social media for the most has become part of our lives just as much TV was in the twentieth century or radio in the nineteenth.  How many times do you end in Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and or TikTok watching short clips of boats and yachts and then commenting about it.  Social media has changed our viewing experience just as much as Cable Television, PayTV, and Satellite. 

The bad side of the coin of social media is that everyone is entitled to an opinion, and while that it is always the case, when someone writes a post it tends that people believe what they want to.  For example if someone posts a video of a boat on fire, the first speculation is that this was made voluntary to make a pay out of it all and get out of the financial burden that is boating.  What people tend to forget is that boating for many people is passion, and while it is a known fact that it is an expensive hobby, many people once they get used to it, cannot live without a boat.

Social media has also changed how news travel now being faster to everything.  If a boat accident happens you usually get it before on social media followed later by the news rooms.  Also today even the smallest of accidents gets reported on social media with some newsroom then following the story of what happened.  Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have channels build around boating accidents and fails.