Improve-it = Galeon 380 Fly

Like all Galeon yachts and cruisers the 380 Fly presented in the early part of 2012 at German Dusseldorf show comes in many different wood choices for its interior.  Hull number one was in fact finished in Walnut, and now Galeon just delivered a new more modern Wenge wood version.  As other Galeon bigger and smaller yachts, the 380 Fly is also available with; cheery, mahogany, and oak wood choices.  This semi custom choice differentiates Galeon from many other production builders and give the owners a taste of his personality when choosing his boat.  These customizations are also available from the entry model 290 upwards.  Showing these new additions the 380 Fly continues to be a unique model in this size format thanks to its three cabins layout; a choice of more efficient to run stern drive or less maintenance shaft line propulsion, and Volvo engines from 220 till 380hp option.    

www.galeon.pl

New Model: Sea Ray 510 Sundancer

Sea Ray made its 2012 year a very important one from the new model perspective, presenting a total of six novelties.  Most important all these new models represented a new step for Sea Ray from the entry level 21 Jet, to the European layout mid size sport cruiser 350 Sundancer, or the invisible outboard 370 Venture.  This new 510 Sundancer is the flagship of the new models presented but also of its Sport Yachts line featuring five models and starting with the 410 Sundancer.  Filled with a European personality this new Sea Ray records the largest view windows serving the lower accommodation plan from the US builder.  It also offers a full coupe experience to speak in Automotive language thanks to a fully enclosed main deck pilot house with sunroof plus patio door fully protecting or opening the area. The 510 Sundancer also offers diversity in the options department being available with ZF Zeus pods instead of the standard line shafts and also as a three cabins version.  In the standard two cabins plan the 510 Sundancer lower deck features a full beam midships owners room, VIP suite to fore, and an L-shaped saloon with galley opposite.  The interior of the main deck offers a C-shaped settee to port with an entertainment unit opposite, and a swiveling twin helmsman seat which can become part of the area when you are at anchor, this being an unusual in a fifteen meter sport yacht.  Engines are standard twin Cummins 550 or optional 600hp.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.49 m (50.9ft) incl extended bathing platform

Beam - 4.47 m

Draft - 1.24 m with shafts, 1.27 m with ZF pods

Displacement - 19,700 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 1514 l

Water Capacity - 416 l

Accommodation - 4 or 6 berths in 2 or 3 cabins, + 2 convertible berths

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSC 550hp, QSC 600hp

Propulsion - V-drive line shafts, or ZF Zeus dual propeller aft looking pods

Hull Shape - Vee shape with 19 degrees deadrise

Certification - ABYC, NMMA, CE optional

www.searay.com

Project: Baia 26 Sevolution

PowerYacht already showed you some details of the 26 Sevolution back when this new line concept from Baia was presented in 2010.  At the time this model was named the 24.5 and now the model has been expanded over one meter presenting a larger bathing platform beach area.  The Sea Explorer Vessel Evolution concept is interesting in its technical details, from the unusual hull shape to the design of the living areas outside and inside.  The Baia Sevolution is a far cry from what the South Italian builder usually offers and has offered since the seventies, which is deep-V hulled fast cruisers and yachts.  Fair play to Baia though with the Sevolution the Naples, South Italian boat builder is offering new ideas into an explorer yacht, and innovative ways of space usage.  The 26 Sevolution will feature four double guest cabins, with an owners full beam stateroom located to midships.  Power are not announced but Baia has stated it will use pod drives propulsion for its new series.   

www.baiayacht.com

New Model: Vicem 32m Vulcan RPH

Vicem Yachts with an important and strategic business expansion, enlarged its horizons beyond mahogany cold molding construction into high-tech composite builds with three new sleek, fast yachts for its top of the line Vulcan series: a 46m delivered in July 2012, and the second built which has just been completed the 32m RPH.  The Vicem 35m Vulcan currently under construction, will appear in March 2013 for its launch.  Designed by Frank Mulder the Dutch designer idea was to create a sleek and sinuous yacht line without compromising interior spaces, which on unit one is designed by Wetzels Brown Partners. The raised pilot house configuration provides excellent main deck spaciousness and the owner can enjoy a standard master cabin forward on the main deck while the VIP guests have a full beam suite below decks. The exterior sporty profile complements a dynamic boating lifestyle. Impressively, the vessel can also achieve a range of 1350 nautical miles while navigating at a fin-stabilized speed of 12 knots, all within RINA Short-Range Charter class certification. The Vicem 32m Vulcan is a raised pilothouse design uniquely featuring easy access to the foredeck both from the boat deck from both sides, creating a full beam on-deck master stateroom. In addition to four guest staterooms, the yacht has two crew cabins with access from the galley, all with en-suite heads. The main tender is on the fly-bridge deck with room for two personal watercrafts in a transom garage.

Technical Data:

LOA - 33.56 m (110.1ft)

Hull Length - 32.9 m

Beam - 7.8 m

Draft - 2.05 m

Displacement - 110 t

Fuel Capacity - 20000 l

Water Capacity - 4000 l

Accommodation - 5 guest cabins, two crew cabins

Max Persons - 18

Engines - 2 x Cats C32 Acert 1900hp

Propulsion - line shafts

Speed - 23 knots max, 18 knots cruise, 12 knots economic

Range - 1350 nautical miles at 12 knots economic

Construction - Resin infused cored fiberglass hull.  Core-cell and Epoxy resins.

Project - Frank Mulder exterior, Vicem Design Team, Wetzels Brown Partners interior for hull 1

Certification - RINA short range charter class

www.vicemyachts.com

Web: Group Beneteau New Web Site

Groupe Beneteau is one of the most known global production boat builders, and now this world brand updates its corporate home website. Founded 1884 in Vendee by fully qualified ship builder Benjamin Beneteau, who sets up Beneteau boat yard building trawlers for fisherman. 24 years pass and as any builder who beats the age of time Benjamin sets provocation in motion when in 1910 he builds the first engine boat called "Vainqueur des Jaloux", Conqueror of the Jealous in English which sets a lot of drama and gets accused this is scaring the fish away. In 1928 Andre Beneteau son of Benjamin takes over yard management duties, and two years later he shows the way forward building "Le Jeannot" a faster design trawler which he christens Poursuivante, translated in English to Pursuer. It is 1945 the ending of World War II, which prompts Vendee and the fishing fleet of the area needing a total rebuild, and Andre pursues his creativity by presenting the first trawler boats with bridges. This is followed in 1955 with more tuna fisherman thinking creating the first live bait storage. In 1964 the third generation Beneteau boat builders Annette Beneteau Roux, brother Andre, and husband Louis-Claude Roux take the helm pursuing the road into recreational boats and the use of fiberglass as a building material. A year later passes and Beneteau exhibits for the first time at the Paris boat show presenting the Peches Promenade concept of fishing pleasure boats. 1967 Beneteau follows more its production instincts launching the Forban and Galion models which achieve great success and are followed by another break through of Baroudeur a pleasure cruiser with living aboard comfort. 1973 sees Andre Beneteau responsible for design present the 32 Evasion first two masted yacht from the brand, and two years later this is followed by what the critics call one of his best projects the Astroblade. Between this in 1974 Beneteau launches a still today model range, its first planning motor boat the Antares, and in 1976 the 30 First designed by Andre Mauric is presented. This also marking a line which is still as at today existent. 1981 sees designer German Frers present the 42 First, recognized at the time as one of the most stable sailboats. In 1982 Beneteau is recognized as the largest production boat builder of the time. A century has passed since its founding in 1984 and Beneteau goes public on the Paris stock exchange. This is followed by more production facilities two years later when Beneteau opens a new building plant in Marion, South Carolina USA. 1987 sees the launch of another line with the Oceanis designed by Philippe Briand, and another innovative 35.5 First with project by Philippe Starck and Jean Berret is launched. 1992 marks the creation of the Beneteau Group with the CNB marking the first acquisition, followed by O'Hara mobile home concept in 1994, Jeanneau in 1995, Wauquiez in 1997 which is sold in 2008, and IRM Leisure home builder in 2007. The company also forms new brands and this starts in 1999 with EYB Yacht Brokerage firm and SGB Finance, followed in 2005 by Beneteau Foundation, and the 2009 Monte Carlo Yacht Spa in charge of Motor Yacht over fifteen metres. Today Groupe Beneteau has six boat building brands: Beneteau, Jeanneau, Lagoon, Prestige, CNB, and the recent Monte Carlo Yachts. Beneteau Group also builds leisure and residential homes. Groupe Beneteau new website is available in French and English language and takes you around with the following buttons: Beneteau Group, Brands and Services, News, Contact, Investor Corner, Press Corner, and The Brands Direct Access.

www.beneteau-group.com

Project: Couach 2300 Open

Based on the same hull lines of the 2300 Fly, Couach presents the Open version project of the same model.  Presented with a sportier line the Couach 2300 Open should also present differences to the Fly version in the lower deck and main deck plan.  In the projcet renderings for example the engine intakes are located more aft, and the large view windows to midships are also featured more to stern.  Still Couach is quoting a three double cabins, and a two crew room as the Fly version for the interior accommodation layout. The hardtop of the 2300 Open will be of a semi extended nature covering half a huge part of the cockpit deck, and of the aft sunpad.  As Couach has been doing since very long time the 2300 Open is built with the use of Kevlar and Carbon.  Power is twin MAN 1200 or MTU 1500hp engines with ZF pods propulsion.  Top speed is 34 knots, and a cruise of 24 gives a six hundred nautical miles range. 

www.couach.com

New Model: Azimut 76 Magellano

The Italians have always been important innovators in the yachting industry, and Azimut since its inception has been a centre protagonist in this role from the South European peninsula.  The Magellano line from Azimut was presented in 2009 with the 74, and this new 76 updates this very important model with some interesting changes.  When the 74 Magellano was presented it represented an important statement from Azimut, and this was an Explorer yacht with the flare of the Mediterranean yacht outside and inside.  Three years to the launch of the first explorer Magellano 74, Azimut updates it, making important visible changes to its important explorer yacht style debutant.  Apart of a longer hull mostly thanks to an up down hydraulic bathing platform aft the new 76 has changed other elements from new hull window shapes, no tender garage aft for a larger crew area, a revised main deck with astern galley, and a lower deck with a standard four double cabins layout.  Power is twin MAN 1000hp with a 22 knots max, and a high speed cruise of 17 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 24.4 m (80ft)

Hull Length - 23.16 m

Beam - 6.1 m

Draft - 1.81 m incl props

Displacement - 64 t

Fuel Capacity - 7500 l

Water Capacity - 1200 l

Accommodation - 8 guest berths in 4 cabins, 3 crew in 2 cabins

Engines - 2 x MAN 1000hp

Propulsion - line shafts

Speed - 22 knots max, 17 cruise

Hull Shape - Semidisplacement Dual Mode

Project - Ken Freivokh exterior, Bill Dixon hull 

www.azimutyachts.com

Project: GTMM 27

As we have said in the past GTMM is a young US company venturing on its first models currently in advanced building stages, the 27 and 39.  We have shown you the 39 in the past now we show you the rendering of the entry level 27.  Although recently founded GTMM is a company with a lot of heritage and this particular new 27 model carries much of these roots.  The GTMM 27 in particular is based below waterline on the old legendary Magnum 27 deep Vee 24 degrees deadrise hull.  The GTMM 27 will be very custom to what regards its cabin, upholstery fittings, and hull color design.  So far no cabin details are announced but I do imagine the usual power sports boat cuddy layout with V-berth, and a medium sized shower head and galley upon entrance.  Power is Mercury racing from 525 up to 850hp with racng single propeller stern drive.  Estimated top speeds are 70 knots plus.   

www.gtmm.com

News: Galeon November 2012

BERLIN BOAT SHOW

Galeon will take part in the Berlin Boot and Fun Boat show taking part from the 23 till 28th November.  Galeon will be present in hall 4.2 stand COSWe.  Three Galeon sport cruiser model will be present at the show; 325 HTS, 330 HT, and 385 HTS.

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POWERBOAT OF THE YEAR
550 Fly the newest in the third generation Galeon Yachts has been recognized by one of Europe's largest boating magazine Boote.  The 550 Fly received a nominee in the most prestigious category over 45 feet, showing the very best standard Galeon has reached in the last years. 
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NEW APP FOR IPAD

A new updated Galeon Yachts App update is available for free.  This new App is a free dowbload and is available from the Apple Store under 'Galeon Yachts'. The App gives full access to all the Galeon models with description, layout and technical data.  A virtual sampler and company presentation are also available in the App.   

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www.galeon.pl

New Model: Calafuria 25 Big Game /Fish

This new Calafuria is a further evolution of the 25 series so far produced in the Big Game and Fish models.  Measuring eight meters plus in overall length this model uses to best the spaces outside with a small comfortable cabin.  The cabin features a comfortable Vee berth and a separate shower head.  The split level cockpit deck also surprises for its unusual sport fish plan plan of going down in the helm midships part.  The radar arch of the big game fish is also removable.  Hull one had a complete teak deck with also the interior and the helm having a tradition finish.  The 25 big Game is also available with more fisherman options like trolling valves, hard top, and tuna tower. The 25 Big Game /Fish is powered by a single 210hp Cummins engine with reliable easy to maintain line shaft propulsion, and top speeds of 28 knots. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 8.5 m (27.8ft)

Hull Length - 7.39 m

Beam - 2.85 m

Draft - 0.60 m

Displacement - 3400 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 460 l

Accommodation - 2 berths

Max Persons - 8

Engine - 1 x Cummins common rail 210hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 28 knots max

Construction - fiberglass with Isoftalic resins

Certification - CE B

www.calafuria.it