December 9, 2022

New Launch: Amels 77.80 meters Project Energy

Delivered in July 2022, Amels 77.80 meter Project Energy features a stunning exterior design by Espen Øino whose team was also appointed to develop the General Arrangement.  Zuretti interior designers are the studio behind the custom interiors. This Amels Full Custom benefits from a number of standout features including a large open top deck, large aft pool and very wide side decks that can be utilised as private guest balconies.
Technical Data:
LOA - 77.80 m (255ft)
Beam - 14 m
Draft - 3.8 m
Displacement - 2,885 gt *volume
Accommodation - fourteen guests in seven cabins, 27 crew in fourteen cabins
Engines - 2 x MTU 16v4000 M73L 2046hp
Propulsion - line shaft
Speed - seventeen knots max, thirteen knots cruise
Range - five thousand nautical miles at thirteen knots
Construction - steel hull aluminium super structure
Project - Espen Oino exterior, Zurretti interior, Damen naval arctitecture
Certification - Lloyds

December 8, 2022

New Model: Mimi Libeccio 13.5 Cabin

Mimi presents its largest build to date with the Libeccio 13.5 Cabin.  As all Libeccio Italian meaning for South West the 13.5 Cabin is a traditional Sorrento Gozzo inspired cruiser designed by Valerio Rivellini.  The Mimi Libeccio 13.5 Cabin will offer a lower deck with three double cabins and two heads; owners forward and two double guest cabins at midships. A two cabins version is also available.  In the three cabins version the living with dinette and galley are located on the main deck under the hard-top.  Unusual for a traditional gozzo the Libeccio 13.5 also features a tender garage under the aft sun-pad.  The Mimi Libeccio 13.5 Cabin is powered by twin Yanmar 370hp which give a top speed up to thirty knots. 
Technical Data:
LOA - 13.5 m (44.2ft)
Hull Length - 11.4 m
Beam - 4.10 m
Draft - 1 m exl propellers
Displacement - 10,180 kg dry
Fuel Capacity - 1000 l
Water Capacity - 500 l
Max Persons - fourteen
Accommodation - six berths in three cabins
Engines - 2 x Yanmar 370hp
Propulsion - line shaft
Speed - thirty knots max
Construction - resin infusion
Project - Valerio Rivellini
Certification - CE B

December 7, 2022

Improve-it = Pardo 50

Pardo Yachts is pleased to reveal the first-ever P50 entirely customized with Missoni fabrics, a project resulting from the collaboration of two pioneering brands of the Made in Italy: the historic Milanese maison founded by Ottavio Missoni in 1953 and Cantiere del Pardo, shipyard with artisanal and industrial roots dating back to 1973. Despite coming from very different industries, the two brands share common values such as attention and commitment to luxury, aesthetics and unique creative design marked by a distinct overseas entrepreneurial spirit. The result? The elegant, clean lines of the Pardo 50, a model which was presented in 2018 are broken by the movement of the iconic, colourful Missoni pattern creating a perfectly balanced combination. Two Italian synonyms of excellence with different styles but perfectly compatible and synergistic.  Pardo 50 Missoni Customised was presented and unveiled at the Cannes boats show in early-mid September 2022.

December 6, 2022

Sardinia Fire Destroys Five Boats

A fire which started on a twelve meter flybridge cruiser on Eastern pontoon of the Frigiano yacht marina in Castelsardo, to the North of Sardinia at around 0430 hours of Tuesday six December destroyed and sank four other boats, and damaged two, one which has extensive damage.  The first notice of the fire was reported by a group of fisherman who immediately advised the Sassari police, which called the Civil Protection and Fire Fighting squad.  Two fire engines where called on the scene.  The acting inquiry on the case has inspected the marina cameras, which from initial investigation looks that a short circuit on a twelve meter flybridge cruiser started the fire. No one was injured in the fire.  The same marina had a similar big fire back in 2013 which destroyed eleven boats.
Some of the wrecked boats in this fire are a late eighties Ferretti 36 Altura, and a Piantoni 45 Fantasy.  The damaged boats are a Bavaria 37 Sport, and a Sciallino 40 Fly.

New Model: Sessa C47

Sessa present the new C47, a fully enclosed hard top coupe which shares hull and most of the lines with the upcoming Fly 47 model with a slightly different upper structure.  Unlike some other sport cruisers of the segment who share flybridge sport cruiser platforms the C47 still looks sleek in its hard-top version, and it actually looks like it was made this way. Rightly so Sessa calls the C47 dynamic sport which is totally correct, especially when one notes its practical side from the yacht like walk around deck, to its three cabins interior, and aft galley layout on the main deck.  The Sessa C47 is standard powered by twin Volvo 380hp, or optional 440hp and or 480hp engines with IPS pod propulsion.
Technical Data:
LOA - 14.27 m (46.8ft)
Hull Length - 12.54 m
Beam - 4.39 m
Draft - 1.08 m
Displacement - 13,600 kg dry, 16,500 kg loaded
Fuel Capacity - 2 x 636 l
Water Capacity - 560 l
Max Persons - twelve
Accommodation - six berths in three cabins
Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 380hp, optional D6 440hp, D6 480hp
Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives
Hull Shape - modified medium Vee with fourteen degrees deadrise aft
Certification - CE B

December 5, 2022

Project: Cayman 540WA

Following the success Cayman is having with its 400WA model, the Italian builder is presenting a new bigger seventeen meter 540WA.  Like all recent Cayman the 540WA is a project of Ferragni, who presented a sleek looking exterior and useable deck from fore to aft.  The central dinette and galley are spacious as you can get in this size, with a maximum beam of five meters, and all this can be expanded aft with the opening bulkheads which increase this area space by about twenty percent.  Below deck the Cayman 540WA presents itself as a cruising yacht, with three double cabins, master stateroom forward, two shower heads layout.  In between the cabins is an L-shaped saloon.  A crew cabin is located midships in between the cabins and engine room.  The Cayman 540WA is to be powered by twin Volvo 480hp, or optional 610hp both with IPS pod drives.  An outboard option of triple 600hp Mercury with hidden outboards under the aft sun-pad will also be available.    

December 4, 2022

New Launch: CRN 60m hull. 141

A new full-custom CRN superyacht was launched on third September at the Ferretti Group CRN Superyacht Yard in Ancona. Title m/y Comfortably Numb the CRN 141 Project is the latest work of art to be christened in Ancona. At sixty metres long hull number 141 blends CRN’s design and build expertise with the experience and creativity of Italian architecture studio Nuvolari Lenard, who developed the interior and exterior concept. The result is a fully bespoke super yacht spanning five decks and accommodating up to twelve guests and thirteen crew in comfort. Made entirely of aluminium, the CRN M/Y 141 is a superyacht with a striking sense of style. She stands out for her futuristic technology, her ground breaking innovation and her extremely dynamic external lines a study in taut poise and fluid power. CRN 60m hull. 141 is powered by twin MTU 5486hp engine which combined to its fast displacement hull shape reaches 29 knots top speed.  A perfect fusion of ideas, expertise and professional excellence, this new sixty-metre beauty is the fullest expression of CRN’s hallmark culture and identity, a triumph of creativity, supreme innovation and total dedication to the client. 
Technical Data:
LOA - 60.33 m (197.9ft)
Beam - 10.55 m
Draft - 2.4 m
Displacement - 1060 gt *volume
Accommodation - twelve guests in six cabins, thirteen crew in seven cabins
Engines - 2 x MTU 20V 4000 M93L 5846hp
Propulsion - line shaft
Speed - 29 knots max 21 knots cruise
Hull Shape - fast displacement
Construction - aluminium
Project - Nuvolari Lenard inerior and exterior
Certification - ABS

December 3, 2022

Project: Sunseeker Ocean 460

The Sunseeker Ocean 460 is a tri-deck yacht project with a round-bilge semi-displacement hull. Whilst part of the Ocean range of models, it is also a superyacht, the first Sunseeker to feature a vertical bow and with a beam of over nine meters she has 25% more interior volume than her sister ship the 131 Yacht, thus paving the way for a completely new design philosophy for the next generation of superyachts coming from Poole. Rather than using the boat’s length within its model name, the Ocean 460 references its gross tonnage figure, the measurement of a yachts interior volume. While this is a new naming convention for Sunseeker, it truly captures why this new model is so unique. It reminds the owner that they are gaining a significant increase in interior volume in a yacht measuring 42 metres, compared with a conventional yacht layout of a similar size. The Ocean 460 is available with MAN 2000hp engines providing a maximum speed of 21kts and a range of 3,200nm at a cruising speed of circa 12kts. Optional hybrid options will also be available offering a myriad of benefits from extending the range, a period of silent running or delivering the hotel load whilst at anchor. Sunseeker has designed the Ocean 460 with discerning clientele in mind, understanding that customers are spending more time on board, both underway and at anchor, with increased comfort and quality of life of supreme importance. The new Ocean 460 will benefit from reduced noise, more usable space and the very latest technologies. She also boasts some of Sunseeker’s most sophisticated interiors to date with numerous options for owners to fully customise their yacht. The interiors are a close collaboration between Design Unlimited and Sunseeker’s in-house interior design team and are understandably sumptuous. The first impression is one of light, space and detail paired with premium technology and an infinite choice of décor and lighting to suit the mood, increased with subtle lighting integration. The styling is an evolution that is reassuringly Sunseeker, with the yacht exuding sophistication with decadent touches, seamless room transitions, and the very finest woods, leathers and fabrics to create a bespoke personality for each individual owner.

December 2, 2022

New Model: Posillipo Technema 90

During the Cannes 2022 boat show Rizzardi returned the Posillipo brand to the scene with the new second generation Technema 90 model.  Designed by Galeazzi the second generation Technema 90 is based on the previous 2009 launched first series hull sold in two units.  This new Technema 90 gets updates coming everywhere making and bridging difference ten years plus of yacht design have made.  The most noticeable differences are the windows, both in hull and topside, the radar arch hard-top which now is forward looking, revised stern layout, and the open bulwarks which give undisturbed views from inside the saloon area.  There is also substantial technical differences in the new Technema 90 hull, modified to be fitted with active stabilizers and designed to run economically and comfortably at slow cruise speeds. Its good to see Posillipo back as technically speaking this name founded in 1942 reached near Riva status, especially with the fiberglass build Martinica and Tobago models of the end seventies, and the Technema series which re-invented yacht design in the eighties.   
Technical Data:
LOA - 26.75 m (87.7ft)
Hull Length - 23.9 m
Beam - 6.50 m
Draft - 2.15 m including propellers
Displacement - 74000 kg
Fuel Capacity - 8500 l
Water Capacity - 1600 l
Accommodation - eight or ten berths in four cabins, three/four crew in two cabins
Engines - 2 x Man V12 2000hp
Propulsion - line shafts
Speed - 28 knots max 23 cruise
Project - Carlo Galeazzi

December 1, 2022

Asymmetry and Semi-Wide-Body and Wide-Body

The search and competition for more space in super yachts in the 24 to forty meters in size has seen the last five to seven years for ways to use more of what is available, height and beam.  Enters at first the semi-wide-body, which is followed with Asymmetric by one super yacht builder.  

When Amer launced the Cento in 2013 designed by Massimo Verme it changed how super yachts in this 24 to thirty meters should be, with its integrated semi-wide body giving new spaces to the owners stateroom forward.  

Ferretti and Azimut took note of this and in 2017 presented the semi-wide-body 920 by the first, and the Grande 27 Metri for the second, changing the design language, of how super yachts in this size should be.  The use of the semi-wide-body forward changed all what came before it.  Other builders took note with Princess presenting the X95 in 2020 and Sunseeker presenting the new 100 Yacht this 2022 year.  Sanlorenzo answered with its own method of Asymmetric layout with one side of the yacht becoming a full wide body. 

Hatteras was the first to start semi-wide-body and full wide-body solutions on its motor yachts in 1976 with its 48 LRC, followed in other bigger models like the 58 Motor Yacht and Cockpit MY.  Other builders took note and in 1986 Italian builder Alfamarine presented the 83 Cronos with a wide body design.  Alfamarine and designer Franco Harrauer was an important change factor as it introduced sleekness to the design, which was followed in the smaller sizes by Conam in 1989 with the 48 Chorum. 

At some point wide-body was abandoned in yacht design language but in 1996 Gulf Craft Majesty came with its first 86 super yacht, designed by Italian firm Yankee Delta and the wide body entered again in super yacht language.  Semi wide-body came at the forefront with Benetti's succesful 115 Classic which from 1998 up to 2006 sold in 27 units.

Definitely both styles are here to stay now.