Super Yacht Crashes into Wharf

On the Saturday evening of ten August, super yacht Moatize smashed into Cairns Marina, in Queensland, Australia while attempting to moor.  The super yacht crashed into the trawler converted floating restaurant Prawn Star Cairns, which at the time was at the full sixty person capacity.  No one of the persons got injured, but some small boats to port side of Moatize did suffer an early demise. The captain of Moatize later reported that in doing a tight turn in entering the marina the starboard engine gear engagement got stuck in a forward position.  The floating restaurant Prawn Star Cairns had to close its doors due to the damage to its berthing pontoon, but the restaurant manager said re-opening should happen in a very short time.

Moatize is 45.6 meter super yacht build by British Pendennis in 1999 in aluminium, to an exterior design of Dubois and interiors by Redman Whiteley.  

New Model: Sirena 88

Turkish shipyard Sirena Yachts has launched its flagship, the 88, which is due to debut later this year at the Cannes boat show 2019. The 26 meter super yacht, is the largest yet ever built by the Turkish yard. The composite hull was fully vacuum infused, using E-glass and vinylester resin.  The hull naval architecture and exterior looks are by German Frers while the interior design is by Cor D. Rover. The Sirena 88 is a raised pilothouse design and will feature a five-stateroom layout with a main-deck master with panoramic views. The master suite will have a sitting area to port along with a foldout balcony. To starboard will be a combination desk and dressing table. Forward, the head features distinctive windows that curve into the overhead to serve as skylights along with a walk-in double shower and private toilet compartment. The comfortable layout below decks features an amidships VIP suite and forward luxury guest cabin with private head will have a pair of en suite double guest staterooms between. A full beam crew area insulates the guest accommodations from the engine room, and provides accommodation up to four crew with a private sitting room and two cabins. The main-deck social area will have a large formal dining table with seating for ten, served by a nearby galley.  Aft is a seating with facing U-shaped and straight settees for guests, and opens through wide doors on the sheltered aft deck, where another dining area stretches across the transom. Port and starboard stairs lead to the swim platform, served by an opening beach club built into the transom.  The flying bridge is a social space, where the upper helm is located forward to starboard. A bar will serve yet another formal dining table while aft groupings of settees surrounded by large cocktail tables, and a whirlpool spa tub.  The fore-deck social area will be protected from wind and ensure privacy with high bulwarks, while a dipping pool will be flanked by sun pad lounge areas to either side.  German Frers enhanced the use of resin infusion construction and generous use of carbon fiber to reduce weight and optimize the vertical and longitudinal centers of gravity. The Sirena 88 reaches speeds up to 25 knots with twin Man 1550hp engines, and the optional large fuel tank allows a range up to 2400 nautical miles at a 9 knots economic cruising speed.

Technical Data:

LOA - 26.81 m (87.9ft)

Hull Length - 23.95 m

Waterline Length - 23.94 m

Beam - 7.1 m

Draft - 1.80 m

Displacement - 82 t light

Fuel Capacity - 11000 l, 16500 l optional

Water Capacity - 2400 l

Accommodation - ten guests in five cabins, or 8 guests in 4 cabins, 3 or 4 crew in 2 cabins

Engines - 2 x Man V12 1400hp, V12 1550hp

Propulsion - line shaft with five blade nibral propellers

Speed - 25 knots with Man 1550hp, 9 knots economic cruise

Range - 2400 nm at 9 knots with optional large fuel tank

Construction - vacuum infused vinylester resin, cored hybrid carbon deck and super structure, gelcoat finish

Project - German Frers hull engineering and exterior design, Cor D.Rover Interior

www.sirenayachts.com

Project: Solaris Power Open 48

Norberto Ferretti and his team has embraced the Solaris Power concept at full throttle, and the Open 48 should be the second model to be presented in 2019, target to launch at the fall by the boat builder.  The Solaris Power Open 48 will share hull with the upcoming Lobster 48, with the main difference that the main deck is a full on open entertainment space from fore to aft.   The interesting part is that while the Open 48 has the deck of a big open center console, inside it still offers amazing spaces for two cabins two heads plus crew cabin layout.  An other optional layout exists where one can replace the guest cabin to port side with an L-shaped dinette and storage space.  The Solaris Power Open 48 will be powered by Volvo 435hp as standard or the optional 480hp, with top speeds being estimated at thirty knots with the standard engine and an optimistic 35 for the extra total 90hp of the option.

www.solarispower.com

Boat Crashes Into Sunset Bay Break-Wall in Irving New York

A seven meter cuddy sport cruiser with two persons onboard crashed into the break wall of Sunset Bay, near Hanover Town Park, Irving, New York at about 02:25 early morning time of Monday fifth August.  Chautauqua County sheriff deputies went to the scene only to find no one on and around the crashed boat.  Seeing this the County Sheriff started a search with multiple agencies; Sunset Bay Fire Department, Lake Erie Beach Fire Department, Erie County Air One, Chautauqua County Water Emergency Team, and the Chautauqua County Navigation Unit.  This search was called off after three hours as at 05:30 a forty year old who was passenger on the boat, and a 54 year old who was the helmsman were found.  Both boaters reported minor injuries and left the scene, as Chautauqua County Sheriff has opened an investigation on the collision, which also include charges for leaving the scene without reporting the crash.

The cuddy cruiser in this collision is a Larson 235 Hampton as produced from 1996 to 1999.  The 235 Hampton was a replacement to the 220 Hampton Cuddy and was replaced by the 220 Cabrio.

New Model: Sea Ray Sundancer 520

Sea Ray's Sundancer 520 is an evolution of the 510 model blending style and practical design into a truly exceptional modern sport yacht.  The new 520 incorporates more open spaces and a cockpit encircled by unobstructed views. The Sundancer 520 is offered in two or three cabins layout, with a lounge room to starboard having the option to be replaced as a third cabin with two in line parallel births.  The Sea Ray Sundancer 520 is powered by twin Cummins 600hp engines with ZF Zeus aft looking pod drives.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16 m (52.6ft)

Beam - 4.62 m

Draft - 1.33 m

Displacement - 19482 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 2354 l

Water Capacity - 492 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, or six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSC 8.3 HQ 600hp

Propulsion - ZF Zeus aft looking dual propeller pod drives

Hull Shape - modified Vee nineteen degrees deadrise at midships and closing at fifteen aft

Construction - infused resin with composite structural grid and exterior gelcoat finish

Certification - CE B, NMMA, USCG, ABYC

www.searay.com

Sea Ray Cruiser Ends Atop Break-wall in Sandusky

An eleven meter Sea Ray sport cruiser collided and ended atop the North break-wall of the Sandusky Yacht Club, in Sandusky, Ohio on Lake Erie at 22:40 of Saturday third August.  The Sea Ray cruiser had seven people onboard with two reported injured by the collision as they were assisted by Sandusky Fire Department.  The Sea Ray sport cruiser had important hull damage as it scraped with the break-wall on the collision. A man of 62 years old was reported at the helm and was accused of driving under the influence. 

The Sea Ray in this collision as a 370 Express Cruiser as produced from 1997 to 2000.  The 370 Express Cruiser and the 330 Express Cruiser brought a different design to the Sea Ray's EC line featuring sportfish lines with cruiser amenities.  The Sea Ray 370 Express Cruiser was a replacement to the previous 370 Express Cruiser.

Sea Ray Sport Cruiser Ends Aground in Muskegon Inlet

A nine meter Sea Ray sport cruiser with seven people onboard collided with the South pier of Muskegon Inlet, Lake Michigan on 22:20 hours of Saturday third August.  Muskegon Police reported to the collision with three of the seven passengers checking for mild injuries.  The cause of the accident are reported of being high tide, poor visibility, and probably a speed of fifteen knots.  Following the accident Muskegon Police blocked the pier sea-side walk with barricades.

The Sea Ray in this collision is a 300 Weekender, as produced from 1985 to 1989.  The 300 Weekender shared hull and design with the same period 300 Sundancer, but was powered by twin gas petrol engines on inboard line shafts propulsion.  The 300 Weekender came as a replacement to the 310 Vanguard Express and was replaced by the 310 Express Cruiser.

Project: Ava Kando110

Ava Yachts is the latest super yacht builder to come from Turkey, which seems to be an always growing power house for yachts over thirty meters in length.  Ava Yachts has a four model Kando range from 90 to 130 feet all in project stages, with the exception of the 110 which is in it's final completion stage.  The Kando110 is 34 meter super yacht, constructed of high grade steel hull and aluminum superstructure. Kando110 is characterized by a huge volume of 340 gross tonnage and a possible range of up to 6400 nautical miles.  Kando110 is engineered and designed by in-house team of Ava Yachts and is a long-range explorer superyacht currently being built in it’s yard located at Antalya FreeZone.  Kando110 features four decks and offers six double guest cabins including full beam, 27 sqm Owner’s Master suite cabin with full-height windows located at the fore main deck as well as 48 sqm lounge at the main deck and 48 sqm lounge at the upper deck with full height window glasses. Both lounges are provided with curved, polished stainless steel framed automatic sliding doors.  The interior will be finished with high gloss finished American Walnut in combination with Wenge and dark leather furniture, and satin wenge flooring mixed with carpet and off-white upholstery. They bring interior harmonious and soft-contrast ambiance.  Ava Kando110 is offered with twin Volvo 650hp Commercial Marine Engines, which will allow for top speeds up to 14 knots and a ten knots cruise. Ava Yachts Kando 110 is to be classed with Bureau Veritas Pleasure class.

www.avayachts.com

Super Yacht Fire in La Maddalena

A 34 meter super yacht has caught fire in North East Sardinia, in the archipelago of La Maddalena islands, near the island of Caprera on August 1 around 11:30 am.  The exact position of M/Y Princess Iluka was in the North of Caprera near the Punta Crocitta, and direction to Cala Napoletana.   The Coast Guard came immediately in the spot, led to safety the eleven passengers; six crew and five guests on-board and controlled the fire which resulted starting from the engine room due to a short circuit.  The passengers where taken to nearby Porto Massimo, with Princess Iluka later being towed in the same harbor.  The damage resulted limited due to the fast reaction of the crew and of the coast guard.

Princess Iluka is a 34.5 meter super yacht build of wood by Ray Kemp in 1979 and refitted to its current shape in 2010.  Another refit was made in 2018.  The current updated modern design comes from yacht designer Bernie Cohen and was applied in 2010.

To Charter or Not

July and August always mark the most busy time of the season, with everyone trying to find the time to enjoy a boat as much he can.  The owners who are paying bills all year round are trying to cash on the experience and cover some expenses, while those who got the boat bug in the Winter will try to charter it out, to feel the experience.  If the experience is right many times and after a few charters this ends up in a purchase.  

The charter offer has truly expanded in recent years what was up until a few years ago a market reserved for mostly twenty meter plus size and a charter time of about a week, now is a market offering all size and ranges and type of boats and daily charters in the hot cruising grounds has increased not by little.  While charter can be good to make return to some of the expenses a boat has, it is a catch to it.  

A charter boat will always has a stamp to it making it lose value in the used brokerage boat market, and the worst catch of it all is that many owners turn it fully into a business.  Meaning that the boat private use is finished and it becomes a full business venture.  Nothing wrong with this if it was one's plan all along, but if it was not think about it carefully before venturing into charter.