New Model: Hunt 68 Express Motoryacht Sedan

Hunt has just recently launched its current largest build the 68 Express Motoryacht Sedan. The Hunt 68 is a design from deep Vee hull pioneer firm C.Raymond Hunt, who presented as the smaller models a down East lobster boat inspired yacht with incredible sea-keeping, and luxurious accommodation. The 68 Express will feature a standard three double cabins layout with full beam owners cabin, an office space, and a crew cabin quarters aft. The living of the 68 Express is all to be located on the main deck featuring an open plan galley with adjacent bar, L-shaped salon which can convert to a galley, and a sofa. Tender stowage will be located on the bathing platform to aft. Standard power is twin Cats 1150hp with line shaft propulsion, these giving top speeds of 28 knots. But other engine options also include smaller Cat 1036hp only available with ZF pod drives, and larger 1600 and 1900hp engines. Apart shats, and ZF pod drives, the 68 is also available with Jet drives.   

Technical Data:

LOA - 22.24 m (72.9ft)

Hull Length - 20.8 m

Waterline Length - 18.4 m

Beam - 5.95 m

Draft - 1.65 m

Displacement - 49.6 t half load

Fuel Capacity - 5905 l

Water Capacity - 1845 l

Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins, 1 crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Cats C18 1150hp, C32 D 1600hp, Cats C32 C/W 1900hp, Cats C18 1036hp with ZF pods only

Propulsion - line shafts, jet drives, or ZF forward looking dual propeller pods

Speed - 28 knots, 25 knots cruise half load

Construction - Vacuum bagged PVC core above and below waterline, epoxy skin coat with vinylester resins

Project - C.Raymond Hunt and Associates

www.huntyachts.com

Project: Alen Yacht 68

Alen Yacht has joined forces with renowned international architects Foster and Partners to create the project for a new 68 flagship. Merging innovative technology from land construction with boat building expertise has created a fast, agile craft combining the elegant social spaces of a cruising sport yacht with the fun of a day boat. The Alen 68 has twenty per cent more volume than most comparable sport yachts, creating more walk-around deck space and a scope for fresh design thinking. In a break with tradition, the flowing contours of the hull are not hidden by furniture but exposed to reveal the smooth lines of the yacht. This creates space for a flexible interior with a layout of three cabins, or a loft style interior with one owners stateroom to midships. Alen is offering two different design choices for both main and lower deck layouts. Finishing choices are a refined palette of materials including bleached oak, white leather and white onyx. Power comes from twin MAN 1550hp engines with estimated top speeds of 45 knots.

www.alenyacht.com

New Model: Princess V48 Open

Launched during the 2013 Cannes boat show, the V48 Open is a more Summer sunny days version of the fully enclosed hard top version, with a main deck dedicated to outside entertainment and sun worshipers. But Princess thought to do other important differences in this new model apart removing the patio door, adding a sun-pad to aft, and changing the main deck layout. That on itself is already a lot of stuff! On the outside and visible is a lighter looking hard top and that bit longer bathing platform which adds a couple of extra inches to the overall length. But the 48 Open also features a tad different layout below with the most notable being the C-shaped settee instead of the L-shape, and the central entrance to the full beam owners stateroom. Less noticeable is also a longer worktop to the galley, this also gaining some extra floor space because of the change to the midships cabin. As the fully enclosed hard version the V48 Open is powered by twin Volvo 435hp with IPS pod drives, with speeds estimates being a 34 knots max.

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.8 m (51ft) incl pulpit

LOA - 15.5 m exl pulpit

Hull Length - 14.0 m

Beam - 4.11 m

Draft - 1.14 m

Displacement - 13700 kg medium load

Fuel Capacity - 1325 l

Water Capacity - 364 l

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

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 435hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller pod drives

Speed - 34 knots max

Project - Bernard Olesinski Certification - NMMA, ABYC

www.princessyachts.com

Project: Otam 100 Millenium

Otam has recently presented the project for a new flagship the 100 Millennium. At 100 feet in length the new big Otam captures the aggressiveness of its smaller sisters, but presents in its some first solutions for the Otam brand; as a full walk around bulwark protected side decks, sport fly-bridge, and a fore-deck dinette. As in all Otam's even the small 45, customization is key and so is it on the 100 Millennium. The fore deck for example is offered with another different layout featuring three L-shaped dinettes, and two sun-pads. The lower deck standard plan features four double cabins with the usual layout of full beam amidships owners stateroom, forward VIP, and two twin berth guest cabins in between. But even here Otam offers a five double cabins more charter friendly plan, with two VIP suites amidships replacing the large owners stateroom on the standard layout. Crew accommodation features two cabins which share a shower head. To starboard side of the crew cabins at midships is also an L-shaped galley and dinette. Power is standard twin 2600hp MTU or optional triple units of the same engines.

www.otam.it

New Launch: Bayliss 84 B16

Sportfish are the last type of yachts to be set into the size bug. At 84 feet hull number B16, latest to come from North Carolina builder Bayliss, extends this builder size by extra four feet from its previous larger built. But do not worry this want be the largest Bayliss for long as the company is currently building a larger super sportfish yacht with the in production B19 measuring ninety feet. Based on the hull of the previous Bayliss flagship eighty feet B15 but extended, the completely custom build 84 feet B16 features a five double cabins lower deck, with a day head on the main deck, center console style helm on the fly-bridge, and a mezzanine cockpit. Bayliss B16 also features a novelty for the Bayliss family, and that is for having view windows in the full beam amidships owners stateroom. Power for B16 is from twin 2600hp MTU engines delivering top speed of forty knots. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 25.6 m (84ft)

Beam - 6.40 m 

Draft - 1.72 m

Displacement - 58967 kg

Fuel Capacity - 11356 l

Water Capacity - 1703 l

Accommodation - 10 berths in 5 cabins

Engines - 2 x MTU M94 2600hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 40 knots max

Construction - jig cold moulded; wood fiberglass in epoxy resins

www.baylissboatworks.com

Project: Grand Banks 55 Aleutian RP

Grand Banks Yachts announced at its 2014 Worldwide Dealer Meeting a new addition to the Aleutian series of raised-pilothouse explorer yachts, with the introduction of the 55 RP. The 55 Aleutian RP will build off the success of the Grand Banks 53 which made her debut in 2010. The two extra feet are readily apparent, from more space in the cockpit and flybridge, added length in the acclaimed utility room, and an all-new dedicated transom locker that will accommodate up to four large fenders. Other features on board the 55RP will include a second transom door for cockpit access, integrated wing engine control stations, comfortable aft staircase to the flybridge, a large swim platform that can be equipped with a Sealift tender lift system, and expanded provisions for galley storage and seating. The 55 Aleutian RP will also boast a progressive, new interior created by Ardeo Design, Inc, that incorporates more materials and textures to create a lighter and warmer interior ambiance. The standard power offering aboard the 55 Aleutian RP will be twin Cummins 715hp engines, with a projected cruise speed of 20 knots and a max of 24. Optional engine offerings will include both Volvo and MAN diesels with horsepower up to 800. The first hull of the 55 Aleutian RP is slated for completion at the end of June and will ship to Australia, while the second hull will be heading to its home in Florida at the end of July and will be making its international debut at the 2014 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

www.grandbanks.com

Improve-it = Galeon 445 HTS

Launched in 2013 the Galeon 445 HTS is one of the latest models to be presented in what the Strazyn builder likes to refer its third generation series of models. Now Galeon as it does in all its models shows variety in the finishing, and recently launched a 445 HTS completed in a dark walnut wood interior, complimented with Alcantara walling and leather upholstery. This latest wood interior is an addition to the first hull which was finished in oak. As is standard from Galeon these choices are made by the owners during the order of there boats, and many times the Polish builder shows us its custom finish skills.    

www.galeon.pl

Project: Timeless 18m Ocean Club

During Dusseldorf boat show 2014, Timeless Group a German company associated with the construction and selling of luxury property presented the concept of the 18m Ocean Club. Designed by the renowned Slovenian Jacopin brothers company Seaway Group, the 18m Ocean Club presents itself as a luxury explorer yacht fully dedicated to entertainment. In fact the Ocean Club surprises for its dinettes two on the main deck interior saloon, two on the flybridge, and one in the aft deck. Accommodation will be for four double cabins. The eighteen meters explorer yacht will also offer other unusual options as a DJ booth on the main deck. Another characteristic which seems to be hard to find in recent new models but found in the 18m Ocean Club will be an internal stair case which leads from the main deck to the fly-bridge. Power will be twin 600hp engines.

www.timeless-luxury.com

New Model: Cutwater 30 Sport Top

Cutwater 30 Sport Top is a fresh take on the previously released models from this fairly young brand part of the Fluid Systems Group. The Sport Top evolves the 30 model with an open aft deck and a three sided hard top which is not fully enclosed, meaning that it features no patio door separation bulk head. This design decision for the 30 Sport Top increases the feeling of space on the main deck, with the cockpit being uninterrupted from the helm down to the stern. While the 30 Sport Top does not in real terms change much the layout, both the cabins with separate entrance but added with a privacy door are still there, as is the main deck with a dinette and the galley to port side. What this new design does for the 30 Sport Top is bring a functionality user type change, dedicated more for Summer days and full on entertainment.

Technical Data:

LOA - 10.46 m (34.9ft)

Hull Length - 9.14 m

Beam - 3.05 m

Draft - 0.73 m ex props

Displacement - 4626 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 681 l

Water Capacity - 302 l

Accommodation - 4 berths

Engines - 1 x Volvo D6 370hp

Propulsion - shaft with protection skeg keel

Hull Shape - stepped hull with tapered intake tunnels

www.cutwaterboats.com

Project: Azimut 77S

The 77S project is one of three new models Azimut will launch in 2014, all announced to dealers during the 2013 Genoa boat show. With this latest addition to the S range Azimut and designer Righini follow the steps of the 55S launched in 2012. Same style bow, similar side windows in both lower deck and coach-roof, and most important on the technical side the repeat use of triple Volvo IPS pod propulsion. In this case the 77S is to be powered by triple Volvo 900hp engines with the large IPS1200 pod drives. While the exterior profile will make people who like modern lines fall in love with the new 77S, this new Azimut has a lot going for it also in its clever layout plans as designed by architect Galeazzi, which thanks to the pods and further aft located engines, features impressive spaces. Apart four spacious double guest cabins all with en-suite heads the 77S also surprise in the layout of its main deck; this having a large saloon, and dining table for eight. A separate C-shaped galley is located below in between the cabins. To amidships in behind the owners stateroom, and to fore of the engine room is two crew cabins sleeping four persons and sharing a shower head. As is standard in recent Sport Yachts of this size and similar to the smaller Azimut 72S, the 77S will also feature a sport fly-bridge this having a central helm, passenger companion seat to starboard, and a sun-pad looking aft aft.   

www.azimutyachts.com