News: Tropicalboat Charters October 2011

RM ELEGANT

In length of 72.40m yacht RM Elegant is ranked amongst the most elite charter yachts, in a dynamic, futuristic and unmistakable profile. RM Elegant offers accommodation for up to 30 guests in 15 Suites with en suite facilities, 13 of these Suites converted to Kings or Twins. With a capacity for 100 guests while at anchor and 150 guests when berthed she is undoubtedly and exceptional venue! The RM Elegant is the perfect setting for a special occasion and thus with good reason she has become known as ‘The Party Boat’. Few charters occur without a party on board be this a birthday or some other special event. Many famous singers and bands are now regular entertainers. From MIPIM to the Grand Prix our attention to detail will ensure that your corporate event will be the talk of the show whether this is a one night event or a continuous stream of lunches, dinners and cocktails. Launching a film or product, raising money for charity the exclusivity of the RM Elegant lends you the prestige often required. Of course, upon a special license issuance, the yacht may facilitate over 30 guests for a coastal cruising. RM Elegant is a great yacht with an extensive range of entertainment capabilities and water toys, in commands of a highly qualified Master and crew (31 members). The yacht is capable of cruising in the Mediterranean and worldwide destinations in grace, safety and excellent performance. Classed as a "Passenger Vessel", is complying with SOLAS (category: "Passenger Ship") and USCG, as well as USPH regulations, making her unique in a worldwide cruising. The yacht is lying in Cap Ferrat during summer and in St.Marteen during winter.

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Project: Sea Ray 410 Sundancer

Sea Ray presents the project for the 410 Sundancer, set to be presented World wide at the coming Fort Lauderdale boat show.  The 410 Sundancer, is a hard top sports cruiser which continues this famous US builder trade mark design, and moves it to new heights, see large view window to the sides.  The lower deck accommodation plan offers two options.  The standard layout is that for a more US open layout with two saloons, one of which an entertainment area replacing the second midships cabin in the more European optional plan.  There is also a large owners stateroom to fore with en-suite head, large guest shower head to aft, and a spacious L-shaped galley.  Power will be from twin 480hp Cummins engines, powered with in line shafts, or ZF Zeus pods. 

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New Model: Grand Banks 76 Aleutian RP

Grand Banks presented the new 76 Aleutian RP in Italy at one of the largest World shows Genoa, its new two and a half deck flagship which extends this renowned builder size by four feet.  The 76 Aleutian RP is in fact based on the previous largest Grand Banks, the 72 of the same range, which now features six models starting at 53 feet.  Large spacious area characterize the new Grand Banks flagship with a split level saloon, separating dining and relaxing, from the pilot house and galley located on the raised half deck part.  Below is space for the cabin area, featuring four guest rooms, including the spacious full beam owners stateroom to midships.  There is also a choice of having the fourth cabin replaced by an office for the owner.  For the 76 Aleutian RP, Grand Banks also offers a wide variety of six engine choices from Cat and MTU, starting at 836 till 1723hp.  For those who like to go that extra faster the obvious choice would be the big Cats of 1723hp which give a top speed of 31 knots and a cruise of 25.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 23.62 m (77.6ft)

Waterline Length - 20.4 m

Beam - 6.05 m

Draft - 1.63 m

Displacement - 47174 kg empty, 54432 kg half load, 58968 kg full load

Fuel Capacity - 10769 l

Water Capacity - 1325 l

Accommodation - 8 berths in 4 cabins

Engines - 2 x Cats C18 Acert 1015hp, 1150hp, C32 Acert 1723hp,  MTU S60 836hp, 2000 8v 1267hp, 2000 10v 1620hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 21 knots max with MTU 836hp, 31 knots with Cats 1723hp

Range - 571 nm at 25 knots cruise with 1723hp

Hull Type - Full Length Keel

Construction - Epoxy barrier coat, gel coat finish, hand laid fiberglass with solid bottom and cored from waterline above, Hydrex resin skin coat in lamination

Certification - CE

www.grandbanks.com

Engine: John Deere PowerTech 6068SFM75 400hp

John Deere Power Systems is pleased to announce a redesigned PowerTech 6068SFM75 marine diesel engine that offers a power range of 249 up to 400 hp. The redesigned PowerTech 6068SFM75 joins the PowerTech 6090SFM75 550hp and 6135SFM75 at 750 hp to complete the John Deere high horsepower marine engine lineup. The new 6.8L marine engine represents John Deere's continued commitment to offer customers a complete lineup of marine engines rated for commercial fishing and high-speed recreational craft. John Deere's redesigned 6.8L marine engine is 229 mm narrower than the previous 6068SFM75 design, which offers a more compact engine for vessels with reduced clearances in the engine room. The 6.8L propulsion engine is due to hit the water in the fall of 2011, while the generator drive ratings will be available in 2012. The newly redesigned engine meets Environmental Protection Agency Marine Tier 2 European Union emissions requirements and is MARPOL Annex VI compliant.  The PowerTech 6068SFM75 in its M5 series has 6.8L of displacement and offers 400hp at 2800 rpm, in a 6-cylinder, electronically controlled, turbocharged and air-to-seawater after cooled marine engine.

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New Model: Broom 455

Since taking new ownership more or less a year ago, Broom has shown a relentless important project set to move its brand of very British looking motor cruisers forward.  This step could not have seen more importance at the latest Southampton, the United Kingdom's most important boat show where Broom presented two novelties an improvement and announced two further projects to launch for the coming year.  The Broom 455 is the latest development of the top selling 450 Mk,II with important modifications to this successful model.  The 455 is recognizable outside in the new large panoramic transom window, hydraulic submersible bathing platform, opening skylights in saloon, and a larger aft deck.  She is also now boasts a more spacious interior with a three cabin layout, and large owners staterooms to aft which can be mistaken for that of a bigger sized cruiser.  Power options start from Volvo 370 up to optional 500hp units, which takes speeds up to a max of 29 knots. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.75 m (47.9ft)

Waterline Length - 11 m

Beam - 4.6 m

Draft - 1.20 m

Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 370hp, D9 500hp

Propulsion - line shafts

Speed - 29 knots max

Construction - Brushed Isophatalic gel coat, hand laid chopped strand mat and woven rovings

Project - John Benett hull

Certification - Lloyd's approved construction

www.broomboats.com 

Project: Sasga 16

Sasga, the new Menorcan Island cruiser and yacht builder shows its second project with the 16 model.  So far Sasga, which is founded by previous Menorquin owners Sestre and Toledo, has presented two important projects, with both having lines coming from the Menorican Llauts, with a super structure which represents the future.  The Sasga 16 will be a three guest cabin boat, with a crew cabin to fore, living on the main deck and a galley below.  She can sleep including the convertible C-shaped sofa, and forward crew cabin on the main deck up to nine persons.  She will also offer a spacious flybridge, having an L-shaped settee, helm station to starboard, and sun pad to aft.  As all Menorcan Llauts designs, the 16 and 12 will both have a walk around deck, with spacious aft cockpit having an L-shaped to port.  Power is from twin 260 up to 370hp diesel engines.  With the large engine choice Sasga is predicting top speeds of 21, a cruise in the range of 12 to 18 knots. 

www.sasgayachts.com

New Model: Sealine C48

Sealine launched the new C48 at the Southampton boat show, what is a continuation of the 2007 minimal styling presented with the top selling SC35.  This latest Sealine is the second new model for 2011 following the SC42 presented in Cannes, and uses hull form from the SC47.  It is also Sealine first minimal design which has a patio door separating the aft cockpit with an internal saloon living area, and also features an enclosed hard top.  The C48 is in my records currently the smallest sport cruiser to be offered with this combination by a British builder, although to be fair Sealine did offer the SC39 with aft patio door and hardtop between 2004 and 07. The main deck with very natural light wrap around windscreen and  fully opening patio door aft offers a split level living area which features an L-shaped sofa, and four settee looking forward with the helm located to starboard side.  The lower deck presents itself two large cabins, third guest cabin with bunk berths, and L-shaped galley.  The owners stateroom is a full beam midships located with en-suite shower head.  A VIP suite is located to fore.  Power is from twin standard Volvo 435hp or optional Cummins 480.  Propulsion is in both cases pods, with Volvo IPS as standard, and ZF Zeus for the optional bigger Cummins option. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.55 m (51ft) including high low bathing platform

LOA - 14.9 m without high low bathing platform

Hull Length - 14 m

Beam - 4.48 m

Draft - 1.10 m

Displacement - 14500 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 2 x 750 l

Water Capacity - 505 l

Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins

Max Persons - 12

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 435hp, Cummins QSB 5.9 480hp

Propulsion - Volvo IPS600 forward looking dual propeller pods, ZF Zeus aft looking dual prop pods

Speed - 35 knots max with Cummins 480hp, 34 knots max with Volvo 435hp

Certification - CE B

www.sealine.com

Class 1 - Italy Grand Prix 2011

RACE 1

Victory’s Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir bin Hendi took a giant step towards retaining their European title after an imperious flag-to-finish win in race 1 of the Italian Grand Prix.

Leading from the start the defending Champions backed their pole position status to take their 24th career wins and their third of the season to extend their lead in the World Championship standings to 16 points over Spirit of Qatar 96, completing the 12 lap, 52,66Nm race in 34mins 5.39secs at an average speed of 171.65km/h.

But crucially, today’s flawless drive by Al Zafeen and Bin Hendi turns a five point deficit in the European Championship into a six points advantage - again over Spirit of Qatar 96, with Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani and Steve Curtis finishing in a disappointing fourth place.

Ali Al Neama and Matteo Nicolini gave the Qatari Team something to celebrate, taking their third podium and best result of the season, bringing Spirit of Qatar 95 home in second place, with Team Abu Dhabi’s Ahmed Al Hameli and Majed Al Mansoori producing yet another impressive performance to finish third and complete a Middle East sweep of the podium.

Nicolini’s second place was also some consolation for the Italian fans who watched as first Fendi Racing failed to appear on the start line and then saw Poliform limp out of the race after just three laps.

With the race leaders disappearing into the distance, widening the gap from 15 seconds at the end of lap 3 to 40 seconds by race finish, the Spirit of Qatar crew had to keep one eye on Team Abu Dhabi who maintained a relentless pursuit but were unable to close down their Middle East rivals finishing 10 seconds adrift, with Al Hameli taking his second podium from three starts in Class 1 and Mansoori his first.

Belgium’s Frank Hemelaer marked his Class 1 debut alongside Luca Nicolini in FA.RO. ACCIAI moving up from eighth at the end of the first lap to finish in a very credible fifth place for Team D’Alessio-Scam on their season-entry into the Championship. Relekta came out on top winning the battle of the Norwegian outfits, finishing in sixth place after Welmax retired on lap five.

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX, RACE 1 - results

1. 3 Victory - A Al Zafeen (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) 00.34.05,39

2. 95 Spirit of Qatar - A Al Neama (QAT) / M Nicolini (ITA) + 00.41,00

3. 5 Team Abu Dhabi - A Al Hameli (UAE) / M Al Mansoori (UAE) + 00.51,25

4. 96 Spirit of Qatar - H Al Thani (QAT) / S Curtis (ENG) + 01.07,87

5. 23 FA.RO. ACCIAI - F Hemelaer (BEL) / L Nicolini (ITA) + 1 LAP

6. 91 Relekta - U Isik (TUR) / C Zaborowski (NOR) + 1 LAP

7. 90 Welmax – B Jacobsen (NOR) / K Olsen (NOR) DNF

8. 74 Poliform - G Cappellini (MON) / G Montavoci (ITA) DNF

10 Fendi Racing - L Formilli Fendi (ITA) / G Carpitella (ITA) DNS

18 MITI Tech Power – S Sardelli (ITA) / N Giorgi (ITA) DNS

RACE 2

Victory’s Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir bin Hendi completed the perfect weekend winning race 2 of the Italian Grand Prix to clinch the 2011 Class 1 European Championship in an incident-filled afternoon which saw Italians Luca Formilli Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella crash out.

It was another masterful display by the Victory pairing to mark their 25th career wins and retain their title, dominating from the start and going 50 seconds clear of Team Abu Dhabi and a distant chasing pack when the race was red flagged and bringing out the pace boat after Fendi Racing’s day ended in dramatic fashion, hooking and then rolling on lap seven, both Fendi and Carpitella emerging from the escape hatch in the upturned hull unhurt.

The pace boat led the fleet round for two laps before releasing them, with Al Zafeen and bin Hendi, asked to do it all again, and they did, immediately opening up a commanding lead and going on to take their fourth win of the year by over 20 seconds, completing the 16-lap, 70.92Nm race in 54mins 38.70secs.

The laps under the pace boat took their toll on Team Abu Dhabi, with yesterday’s third placed finishers Ahmed Al Hameli and Majed Al Mansoori pulling to the inside of the circuit and retiring from the race with technical problems.

For the tens-of-thousands of Italian powerboat fans who crammed into Cernobbio and lined the shores of Lake Como, the disappointment of seeing Fendi Racing’s exit soon changed when Poliform’s Guido Cappellini – who considers the lake to be his! – and Giampaolo Montavoci emerged after the restart in second place followed by Spirit of Qatar 96, Welmax and Spirit of Qatar 95 – both the Qatar outfits seeing their European title hopes fading fast.

After the frustrations of yesterday’s retirement it was an impressive turnaround by the all-Italian outfit, whose second place was never under pressure, taking their best result of the year and moving into fourth place in the overall Championship standings.

For the Spirit of Qatar Team it was an afternoon of mixed emotions, with Ali Al Neama and Matteo Nicolini enjoying an eventful afternoon, running in second spot for the opening three laps but were down in sixth place when the race was red flagged, then eventually clawing their way back up to third, passing their teammates Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani and Steve Curtis on lap 11 - Welmax passed by both a lap earlier.

Whilst a good result for Al Neama and Nicolini, their second race podium of the weekend enough to move them into the runners-up spot in the European Championship, but at the expense of Sheikh Hassan and Curtis, who described it as ‘just one of those weekends when nothing went their way’ again missing out on the podium finishing in fourth place.

FA.RO. ACCIAI completed a more than satisfactory weekend on the team’s entry into the Championship, with the new partnership of Frank Hemelaer and Luca Nicolini again finishing well up in the points in fifth place. Welmax’s Bjorge Jacobsen and Kurt Olsen turned the tables on their Norwegian rivals to finish in sixth, ahead of Relekta’s Ugur Isik and Christian Zaborowski.

Today’s win for Al Zafeen and bin Hendi moves them into a commanding position in the World Championship standings and puts them 29-points clear of Spirit of Qatar 96 with the final Grand Prix of the season in Dubai on 8-10 December.

With 44 points on offer in Dubai the defending World Champions need just 15 as they bid to become the first Victory pairing to win the Grand slam of all four titles in a single season, the feat only ever achieved by Spirit Of Norway’s Bjorn Rune Gjelsten and Steve Curtis in 2003 and 2006.

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX, RACE 2 - results

1. 3 Victory - A Al Zafeen (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) 00.54.38,70

2. 74 Poliform - G Cappellini (MON) / G Montavoci (ITA) + 00.20,25

3. 95 Spirit of Qatar - A Al Neama (QAT) / M Nicolini (ITA) + 00.39,34

4. 96 Spirit of Qatar - H Al Thani (QAT) / S Curtis (ENG) + 00.48,76

5. 23 FA.RO. ACCIAI - F Hemelaer (BEL) / L Nicolini (ITA) + 02.13,28

6. 90 Welmax – B Jacobsen (NOR) / K Olsen (NOR) + 05.57,59

7. 91 Relekta - U Isik (TUR) / C Zaborowski (NOR) + 1 LAP

8. 5 Team Abu Dhabi - A Al Hameli (UAE) / M Al Mansoori (UAE) DNF

9. 10 Fendi Racing - L Formilli Fendi (ITA) / G Carpitella (ITA) DNF

18 MITI Tech Power - S Sardelli (ITA) / N Giorgi (ITA) DNS

UIM CLASS 1 WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP - after race 5

1. 3 Victory - 103pts

2. 96 Spirit of Qatar - 74pts

3. 95 Spirit of Qatar - 66pts

4. 74 Poliform - 40pts

5. 5 Team Abu Dhabi - 38pts

6. 91 Relekta - 23pts

7= 10 Fendi Racing - 19pts

7= 90 Welmax - 19pts

9. 23 FA.RO. ACCIAI - 14pts

10. 50 Parsonage Racing - 8pts

11. 69 ferskfisken.no - 5 pts

12. 18 MITI Tech Power - 4pts

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - after race 3

1. 3 Victory - 55pts

2. 95 Spirit of Qatar - 39pts

3. 96 Spirit of Qatar - 38pts

4. 74 Poliform - 24pts

5. FA.RO. ACCIAI - 14pts

6. 91 Relekta - 13pts

7= 5 Team Abu Dhabi - 12pts

7= 90 Welmax - 12pts

9. 69 ferskfisken.no - 5 pts

10= 10 Fendi Racing - 0pts

10= 50 Parsonage Racing - 0pts

10= 18 MITI Tech Power - 0pts

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Project: Mochi 64 Dolphin Cruiser

Mochi tweaks its third largest model with the presentation of the 64 Dolphin Cruiser project.  This model as all the traditional looking down East lobster Dolphin range from Mochi is a design of Brunello Acampora, from Victory Studios in Naples, Italy, collaborating with Ferretti Advanced Yacht Technologies department.  The new Cruiser of the 64 Dolphin is easily recognizable thanks to its larger more Mediterranean super structure which also features an extended flybridge which covers all of the aft deck.  But while at it the Mochi and Ferretti design teams have also rethought some selected areas from the interior.  The owners room located to midships has been revisited, and the main deck now also features a separate galley, a rethought helm station, and a PC desk area.  Furnishing have also been revisited now having lighter colored solid woods being used. Power is from standard MAN 1100 or optional 1224hp engines.

www.mochicraft-yacht.com

New Model: Horizon PC58

Horizon presents the first of the Power Catamaran range with the PC58 model launched in the middle of this year.  This model is the fourth Horizon with twin hulled catamaran shape and follows the Solar Powered SC46 and SC23, and the 80 Aquacat. The PC58 is a luxury power catamaran, which the Taiwan builder says should rise above previous multi hull yachts with a blend of elegance, stability and efficiency. A comfortable en-suite three-stateroom layout is featured along with numerous interior and exterior entertaining areas. The owners stateroom is a spacious affair located in between the two hull, and lower and main deck. The PC58 also incorporates the ZF Joystick Maneuvering system in addition to the ZF Fly-by-wire Steering system, making operation and handling a breeze. Power is from twin 600hp Cummins, which deliver a cruise speed of 20 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.22 (59.9ft)

Waterline Length - 15.24 m

Beam - 7.47 m

Draft - 1.35 m

Displacement - 35 t

Fuel Capacity - 3800 l

Water Capacity - 1500 l

Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSC 600hp

Speed - 20 knots cruise

Project - Winchester Design Group USA style, Lavranos Yacht Design New Zealand hull 

www.horizonyacht.com