Project: Admiral Panorama 50

Panorama is the project of the new 50 meters superyacht of the Admiral fleet, flagship brand of The Italian Sea Group, global operator in luxury yachting, active in the construction and refit of yachts up to 140 meters. With an elegant and timeless profile, Panorama is a made in Italy masterpiece in terms of shapes, lines and stylistic solutions, born from TISG’s collaboration with Piredda and Partners, which curated the design of the exterior and interior. The Panorama 50 is to be build in steel with an aluminium superstructure, with its 499GT guarantees the ability to make long journeys in total safety. The design without visual barriers and the elegant fluidity between exteriors and interiors create a continuous and natural dialogue in all areas, characterized by large volumes and structural details such as the heights of the ceilings, large spaces and large windows. The interiors reveal a refined and enveloping atmosphere thanks to a careful selection of precious and natural materials, such as wood in light tones, stones and rough metals. The Panorama 50 superyacht can accommodate up to twelve guests, who can stay in the four large and bright suites on the main deck; in the VIP cabin on the lower deck, which can be transformed into a comfortable TV room, sided by a perfectly equipped gym area. The owner’s area on the upper deck enjoys an open view on three sides and a view of the private bow deck to relax at any time. The Admiral Panorama 50 is to be power by twin Cats 1450hp engines for a speed up to fifteen knots and a cruise of thirteen.

www.admiral-yachts.com

New Model: Apreamare Maestro 88

 

Apreamare is pleased to announce that on Saturday August third a launch ceremony was held where the new Maestro 88 touched the sea for the first time.  The private celebration was attended by the owner, an Italian and an admirer of the Apreamare brand who already owns other boats by the Sorrentine shipyard. The owner brought his family and expressly requested the attendance of all the workers and suppliers who contributed with passion and dedication to the realization of this fascinating and ambitious project, in addition to the Apreamare management. The traditional christening ritual sealed the launch to the notes of the Mameli anthem, a song chosen to represent the essence of the all-Italian project, which proudly represents Made in Italy for the world to see.  The ceremony was a moment of great emotion for both the owner and the shipyard, testifying to the important milestone as summarized by CEO Rita Pollio and President Cataldo Aprea.  The Maestro 88 is the largest Apreamare to date, replacing the Maestro 82 as produced from 2008 to 2020 in ten units.  The new Maestro 88 represented a new challenge for the Sorrentine shipyard, for the architect Marco Casali and for the engineer Umberto Tagliavini. It is a totally custom-built vessel with a semi-planning hull that maintains the family feeling of the previous Maestro line while introducing profound stylistic and functional innovations.  27.10 meters long and 7 meters wide with a draft of 1.80 meters and a displacement at full load of 90 tons, the Maestro 88 is powered by two 1,650 horsepower MAN engines, capable of reaching a maximum speed of 22 knots and a range of 1,000 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 10 knots. The owner of the first unit opted for more powerful 2,000 horsepower engines, perfectly balancing weight and power for long-range navigation in absolute comfort.  The exterior lines integrate perfectly with the bright interiors and large living spaces, which include a large beach club and a long sliding glass window on the main deck to bring the sea even closer. On the flybridge, there is a relaxation area, a galley with a wet-bar and solar panels. The interiors are completely customizable, available in configurations of up to four cabins and ample space for entertainment, all aimed at a superior quality of life on board, especially for long-range cruises.

Technical Data:

LOA - 27.70 m (88.9ft)

Hull Length - 23.9 m

Waterline Length - 23.6 m

Beam - 6.70 m

Draft - 1.80 m

Displacement - 80 t dry, 90 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 7000 l

Water Capacity - 1200 l

Accommodation - eight guests in four cabine, four crew in two cabins

Max Persons - twenty

Engines - 2 x Man V12 1650hp, V12 2000hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 28 knots max 22 cruise with Man 2000hp, 22 max 17 cruise with 1650hp

Range - 322 nautical miles at best cruise

Hull Shape - semi planning

Project - Marco Casali exterior and interior, Umberto Tagliavini naval architect

Certification - CE A, module A1

www.apreamare.it

Unattended Flybridge Boat Ends Aground Near Alghero

An unattended flybridge boat of ten meters in length ended aground in between the waters of Bosa and Alghero to the West of Sardinia on Sunday nineteen November, 2023.  The boat was first reported by the Guardia Costiera, during a random patrol on Sunday afternoon, who then called assistance to the Vigili dell Fuoco, who intervened with a helicopter, in order to drop two specialized divers in the area.  Upon arriving on the boat, the two divers found it to be unattended, who are now looking for the owners of this boat.

This abandoned grounded boat is a Rodman 1040 as released in the mid noughties.  The Rodman 1040 Adv is part of the fisherman cruiser line of boats of the Spanish boat builder. The 1040 Adv came out as an evolution of the 1040 with a different stern layout, with the model replaced by the 1090 Evolution Flybridge.

Classic Flybridge Boat Sinks in Fredericia Denmark

A classic nine meter flybridge cruising boat partially sank in a marina at Fredericia, Jutland, to the East of Denmark on the morning of thirteenth August.  The flybridge boat was reported unattended as it started to take on water and then partially sinking.  As the boat stayed partially sunk, the Fire Department was called to the scene, and protected the flybridge boat with an oil protection boon for eventual pollution it might cause from the sinking.  Marina personnel advised the ownership that he has to re-float the boat and remove it from the area.  The flybridge was reported to be a visiting boat, with the cause of the sinking being under investigation.

Project: Ad Astra Yacht 58

Ad Astra is a new brand founded in Naples which presents its first 58 model as designed by Francesco Guida.  A brand of Piloda Group who has a story in the construction industry spanning over a century, which also entered the services of ship repair.  Now Piloda wants to enter the yachting industry with the new Ad Astra brand.  The first Ad Astra 58 is a down east inspired lobster yacht, with a length of sixteen meters, overall of seventeen, and a beam of just under five meters.  The standard layout of the Ad Astra offers a three double cabins layout with a forward master stateroom, and a living on the main deck.  An optional two cabin layout is also available which moves galley to the lower deck, and adds a lounging opposite of the C-shaped dinette.  A crew cabin is located at midships.  The Ad Astra 58 will also feature a tender garage aft with space for a rib just short of three meters.  The Ad Astra 58 is to be powered by twin Man 800hp, for speeds up 32 knots and a cruise of 25 knots.

www.adastrayacht.com

Cannes 2024 Boat Show Preview

Europe's fall boat shows start with the most important to the World, Europe and the Mediterranean sea exhibition, the Festival de la Plaisance of Cannes.  The 2024 Cannes boat show addition starts on Tuesday tenth and ends Sunday fifteen September. Cannes is a unique venue located in one of the yachting meccas of the world, the Cote d'Azur offering the opportunity to preview new models by many respected European builders with yacht owners and buyers from countries around the world gathering in this show to see the latest models in the Mediterranean play ground of the "Old" Port and the large yacht area in Port Pierre Canto, for this reason the boat is referred to as the Yachting Festival, because it does represent a Festival of Boating. The 2024 Cannes boat show celebrates its 46th edition continuing a trend for a favourite place where glamour and luxury meet.  In 2024, the Cannes Yachting Festival will present a new area dedicated to new motor boats for sizes up to thirteen metres long, which is located in Port Canto, between the Sailing and Yacht Brokerage and Toys areas.  Last year numbers showed 55000 visitors, 705 boats in water, and 610 exhibitors from all round the globe. Cannes 2024 novelties are the following; Absolute Navetta 53 and Navetta 70, Apreamare 38 Cabin, Azimut Fly 62 and Seadeck 7, Baia 84 Atlantica, Beneteau Swift Trawler 54, Canados Gladiator 571 Blade, Columbus 43m Atlantique, Cranchi Sessantadue and 67 Corsa, Ferretti Infynito 80, Fiart P52, Filippetti F100, FIM 500 Regina, Focus Power 3X, Nimbus 495 Flybridge, Ocean King Doge 400, Otam 90 GTS, Pardo GT75, Patrone 45, Pearl 82, Prestige F5.7, Princess S65 and S80, Rio Le Mans 45 and Le Mans 50, Sanlorenzo SL86A and SP92, Santasevera 52, Sessa F60, Sirena 48 Coupe, Solaris Power 60 Open, Sunseeker Predator 55, Swan Arrow 23.20m, and probably some more which are not yet announced.

www.cannesyachtingfestival.com

The Cannes boat show debuted in 1977, with the event starting as a rather obscure exhibition, becoming more successful over the years, and since the noughties is one of the most important boat shows in the World.  From the nineties, Cannes started to grow, with some of the Italian yacht builders helping in shaping the event as they started to preview World first of some models at the show.  An important show in this respect was the seventeenth 1994 edition which was a turn around event, as Cannes expanded its spaces.  In the noughties the show also added Port Canto to its Vieux Port exhibition spaces.  Port Canto debuted first as an area for super yachts and then in 2018 it became the sailing yachts area.  The Cannes Boat Show was cancelled in the 2020 and 2021 COVID years.

The seventeenth, 1994 edition of the Cannes Yachting Festival.

New Model: Italia Yachts 43 Veloce

Italia Yachts is the latest in a series of sail yacht builders which enter motor boating, and launch its first model the 43 Veloce in what looks to be a series of power cruisers and yachts.  Designed by Skyron studio from Bergamo, the 43 Veloce seems also the first motor boat of the young firm which debuted in 2017.  For its first motor boat both Italia Yachts and Skyron follow the current centre console trend, although unlike most of the competition she is not a full walk around sport cruiser with the deck raising at midships in order to offer more cabin space.  The living of the Italia Yachts Veloce is still located on the main deck, while the boat looks to be coming with standard drop down bulkheads to both port and starboard side, this increasing space.  All living is central located with a dual seat helm station, galley, dinette, and sun-pad. Up until the sunpad all is covered by the interestingly large T-top.  In the lower deck designed by Arbore and Partners the Italian Yacht offers accommodation for four persons, with a double berth forward, and twin berths at midships.  A shower head is located to port side.  The Italian Yachts 43 Veloce is powered by Volvo engines from twin 380hp up to 480hp, and or triple 300hp Mercury outboards. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 14 m (46ft)

Hull Length - 12.5 m

Beam - 4.15 m

Draft - 0.8 m ex drives and props

Displacement - 10.5 t

Fuel Capacity - 1250 l

Water Capacity - 160 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 380hp, D6 440hp, D6 480hp, 3 x Mercury 300hp *outboards

Propulsion - Volvo DPI sterndrives, forward looking IPS pod drives, or triple outboards

Speed - 40 knots max from twin Volvo 480hp with IPS pod drives

Project - Skyron exterior and naval architect, Arbore and Partners interior, Italia Yachts

Certification - CE B

www.italiayachtsinternational.com

Project: Scanner Envy 1500

Scanner Marine announce the project for an Envy 1500, a new flagship of its Envy line and second in size only to its Super Ocean 58.  Designed by Montemitro, the Scanner Envy 1500 is a walk around rib dedicated mostly to exterior spaces with fore to aft usable deck space; central aft sun-pad, dinette with opposite settees, galley, triple settee central console, and a fore deck sun-pad.  Walking around in the Envy 1500 will be easy as for over half of its length she is walk around with undisturbed port and starboard corridors, with two steps leading to the fore deck.  Over one meter longer to the smaller 1400, this length is said to be mostly used to increase interior cabin space, with the Envy 1500 set to offer more room in a two cabins for four berths layout; forward master stateroom, midships guest cabin, and a shower head and lounge in between the two cabins.  The first Scanner Envy 1500 is to be displayed in some days at the Cannes boat, powered by twin Mercury 600hp outboard, with estimated top speed up to 45 knots max.  An inboard version which starts from twin 400hp sterndrives is to come later, and for the speed lovers Scanner will offer a quadruple Mercury 600hp set up.

www.scanner-marine.com

Two Injured as Sport Cruiser Ends Aground in Alleghany Reservoir

A husband and wife were injured as there seven meter sports cruiser ended colliding and beached at Kinzue South of the Alleghany Reservoir, Alleghany State park, Pennsylvania on the night of Sunday 25 August.  The two people are reported to have dropped some friends before the collision, and during navigation hit some rocks, which led to them going unconscious, with the boat ending running unattended until it collided again and grounded.  After the collision both husband and wife were a air lifted to a hospital in grievous condition, with the boat reported to have received a lot of damage.  

This story was broken by Terri Davis Peterson on the Boat Fails Facebook Group.

The boat in this collision is a Rinker 266 Fiesta Vee, as produced in the end of the nineties.  The 266 Fiesta Vee came out as a replacement to the 265 Fiesta Vee and was replaced by the Rinker 270 Fiesta Vee.

New Model: Evo Yachts R4+

Evo R4+ is the new R line model born from the desire to enhance the Evo R+’s closed deck, which attracted considerable interest after the World premiere of the seventeen meter model at the 2023 Cannes boat show. The new R4+ oject is another step forward in Evo Yachts journey of experimentation with new materials such as aluminium, with a view to introducing more environmentally sustainable processes. Evo Yachts and Valerio Rivellini, the designer of both exteriors and interiors, but also the designer to date of all Evo Yachts models worked to launch a model on the market that combines extremely liveable exteriors with the comfort of a cabin cruiser. The result is a thirteen-metre sport cruiser with striking styling that also offers exceptional comfort and lets owners enjoy cruises in all weather conditions, using the various areas in different ways, according to their needs, thanks to innovative, modular solutions for the hard top and stern area. The aluminium hard top is produced in the shipyard and features several removable Plexiglas parts that allow this area to be partially opened, offering different living conditions according to requirements and the weather. As can be seen, this innovative solution offers the benefits of two different types of boat: with the hard top removed, the sensation is of an open yacht connected seamlessly to the surrounding environment, but always with the option of a quick and easy change of scene. But that’s not the only innovation offered by this hard top, which has a spoiler in the forward section for natural ventilation, while the ceiling is clad in Alcantara panels that give this setting a hybrid outdoor/indoor look. Evo Yachts has also developed a special LED lighting system that makes this space particularly enjoyable and atmospheric when it’s dark. The hard top also features carefully designed supports for radar and other systems, which are increasingly in demand even on yachts this size. In the beach area, the totally custom multifunctional stern platform adds an extra metre in length to the boat when open, as well as offering a range of different ways to take full advantage of the yacht. This tender lift transformer is the result of collaboration between the Blu Emme shipyard, designer Valerio Rivellini and Besenzoni. The system’s excellent mechanical characteristics and movement mechanisms allow the swim platform to be lowered to about 80 centimetres below the sea’s surface, making it easier to enter or leave the water at any point of the stern, or to be extended completely for safe, convenient access even from high piers. The platform is wide enough to be used as a boarding ladder even with a tender or jet ski moored to it, without having to remove them. The sun sofa island featured in the centre of the beach area is accompanied by a multifunctional sliding dining table. The beach area and cockpit are designed for easy transformation according to guests’ different needs at different times of day: from a generous sun lounge to a dining area. The Mercuri brothers’ Shipyard has once again successfully combined the benefits of two types of boat; walkaround and cabin cruiser in a highly innovative product that’s ideal for owner families who want to enjoy their boat year-round and are looking for a compromise between comfort and sportiness. Like the other models in the R line, the R4+ is a fast day cruiser features the innovation that has made Evo Yachts models famous around the world: the beach area can be completely transformed by activating the brand’s hallmark “XTension” bulwarks, which open out hydraulically in under thirty seconds to increase usable deck space by 40% and turn the cockpit into a 25-square-metre ‘pieds dans l’eau’ terrace that can be fitted out as desired. The premium interiors below deck are functional and can be personalised, offering comfortable settings where the focus is once again on transformability. A door opens onto the finely designed Plexiglas staircase, with a lighting system and large non-slip steps, and leads to a double cabin. Forward of the bathroom is a generous dinette with a kitchen unit large enough to accommodate various appliances, a foldaway table that can be converted into another double bed, and a mirror with a built-in TV. The generous spaces are in part thanks to the compact Volvo IPS engines and a layout designed with a special focus on ergonomics. Evo Yachts R4+ is fitted with twin Volvo 480hp engines with IPS pod drives for a top speed of 34 knots and a range of about 300 nautical miles.

Technical Data:

LOA - 13.12m (43.1ft)

Hull Length - 13 m

Waterline Length - 11.3 m

Beam - 4.52 m (6.30 m with opened bulkheads)

Draft - 1.1 m

Displacement - 

Fuel Capacity - 1000 l

Water Capacity - 400 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 480hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 34 knots max 30 knots cruise

Range - up to 300 nm at cruise

Construction - fiberglass with infusion method

Project - Valerio Rivellini

Certification - CE A

www.evoyachts.com