Menorquin Hits Concrete Circle on Entrance in Sardinia

A tradition sixteen meter Menorquin yacht crashed into a concrete circle before the entrance of Marina del Sole in Cagliari, Sardinia late night on Friday 29th August.  The traditional yacht was taking on water, due to the damage it caused to the bow area, and structural elements of the boat.  The Menorquin was fast rescued and avoided sinking and the day after was lifted out of the water, for assessment and repairs.  The Marina del Sole is located South East in Cagliari commercial harbour, while this concrete circle is located couple meters away from the South East looking breakwater arm. 

The Menorquin in this this collision is a 160 HT as produced from 2003 up to 2009.  The Menorquin 160 was also offered in the Fly flybridge version.  Menorquin was founded in 1978 by Juan Luis Sestre who sold to an investment fund in 2006 and close its doors in 2011.

Vicem New Web Site

Turkey's custom Vicem Yachts presents a new virtual World Wide web showroom. The story of Vicem starts in the 1980’s when a Turkish businessman from Vicem, Sebahattin Hafizoglu develops a passionate regard for the storied schooners of the Bosporus known as the Turkish Gulet. He boldly decided to reinterpret them for modern sensibilities, using Cold Molded wood and epoxy techniques. This leads to 1991 when Vicem is officially founded. Twenty five years plus later Vicem can claim delivery of over 150 boats, and collaborations with some of the most prestigious design firms in the industry; Frank Mulder, Art Line Interiors, Wetzels Brown Partners and Ken Freivokh. Today Vicem has five series; Classic, Cruiser, Vulcan, Sportfish, and Bahama Bay.  These total 24 different models which start from the 46 Classic, and go to the 46 meter Vulcan. Vicem new website takes you around with the following buttons; Home, Yachts, About Us, Events and News, and Contact.  Vicem is also present in social media with links to for its Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram pages just under the browser menu.

www.vicemyachts.com

Project: Wim Van Der Valk 30-metre Explorer

Building on Wim Van der Valk’s long experience in building explorer yachts, the Dutch shipyard is sharing the image of a brand-new concept for a 30-metre version. Combining an adventurous, rugged ambience with graceful lines and shapes, this stylish Explorer also features a wealth of interior space. With her fast displacement hull, this is a super yacht designed to travel at speed. While functionality usually takes priority over sleek looks on most explorer-type yachts, designer Guido de Groot has ensured a luxury feel is also present. 30-meter Explorer has the facilities of a luxury yacht, with the impressive beach club, hydraulic transom platform, full-beam master suite forward, four guest cabins on the lower deck, and plenty of space for crew. Styling-wise, this is still clearly an Explorer super yacht with forward negative windows in the wheelhouse, while the angled bow adds length and elegance. Another design element is the way the window graphics have been smoothly integrated within dark glass surfaces. As you would expect from a boat designed for taking a whole family, or groups of close friends on long adventures at sea, there is a considerable amount of interior volume available, including exceptionally high ceilings. The raised pilothouse design is very inviting inside and out, while a safety is assured in all weather conditions.

www.vandervalkshipyard.com

New Model: Azimut Magellano 25 Metri

Azimut launches the new Magellano 25 Metri, which after eleven years enters the modern explorer line from the famous Italian yacht builder into super yacht territory, and for a period will be the lines flagship.  Time runs and it seems like a short one from 2009 that Azimut launched the first Magellano 74, which was followed by smaller models, and then an upgraded and improved 76 in 2012, which for over seven years was the line flagship.  For many it seemed, Azimut never had interest into putting the Magellano into the above 24 meter super yacht size, in the end most yachts above this size always have an important range and live aboard commodities.  Then in Spring 2018 Azimut announced this Magellano 25 Metri project, which also introduces the range into a raised pilot house design, in order to extend further living commodities on the main deck.  Designed by Ken Freivokh the Magellano 25 Metri has a classic Italian flair outside, bringing the past into the future for looks alone with some exquisite live-aboard comfort details inside.  With four double guest cabins layout located all at the lower deck, the Magellano 25 Metri is all about maximum comfort onboard for long periods.  For this one can see the larger then usual cabins, full living and dining main deck, and spacious home size galley located forward to starboard side.  The Magellano 25 Metri also brings the carbon tech technology into the explorer range with the flybridge, garage, and hard-top all being laminated in this method which Azimut introduced in the 55S in 2012.  Powered by twin Man 1400hp or optional 1550hp engines, the Magellano 25 Metri reaches speeds up to 25 knots and can fast cruise up to 22 knots.  Engineered for maximum comfort and commodities the Magellano 25 Metri also features latest sound insulation systems, the BCool system which exchanges and sanitises the air flow, and a Hotel Mode which enables full onboard facilities use for up to eight hours without the use of a generator.        

Technical Data:

LOA - 25.22 m (82.9ft)

Beam - 6.35 m

Draft - 1.9 m

Displacement - 85.8 t full load

Fuel Capacity - 8000 l

Water Capacity - 1500 l

Accommodation - eight berths in four cabins, five crew in three cabins 

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

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 25 knots max 22 knots cruise with Man 1550hp

Hull Shape - semi-displacement dual mode with double chine

Construction - fiberglass with carbon fiber inserts in super structure

Project - Ken Freivokh exterior, De Cotiis interior, Pierluigi Ausonio hull and naval architecture, Azimut Research and Design

Certification - CE class A, NMMA, UNI ISO 8666 for data

www.azimutyachts.com

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Project: Evo Yachts R6 Open

Evo Yachts presents the project of the R6 Open which was planned to launch at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2020. Signed by designer Valerio Rivellini, the new eighteen meter sport yacht is the open version of Evo R6, the successful R-Line flagship launched last year, also at Cannes, from which it inherits the elegant design and flexible spaces.  Compared with the classic version, the new R6 Open features a steel roll-bar in place of the t-top, consisting of a suspended wing that connects the two uprights. The resulting design has sporty, flowing lines that perfectly convey a feeling of lightness. And this focus on lightness is also clear to see in the details, like the decision not to place the antennas on the wing itself, but in a raised profiles above it, so that they become an integral part of the structural design. A retractable bimini provides shade for the pilot seat and the forward section of the cockpit, which is fitted out with a big dining area and illuminated at night by courtesy lights on the roll-bar, in an evocative play of light. This outdoor area is joined by three more: from the spacious forward sunbathing area with facing bow seating, to the sunpad island in the beach lounge, and finally the modular swim platform in the stern, with its multiple uses.  Like all the models in the Evo Yachts range, the beach lounge area is the stand out feature on the boat, not least because of the yard’s signature “XTension” bulwarks system, which opens out sideways in a matter of seconds to increase the available space by 40%. The central sunpad is spacious enough to house a 2.85-meter tender beneath it.  The layout of Evo R6 Open is an invitation to socialise and relax in an immersive experience, at one with the natural environment. Despite being a pure open, the below deck area offers every comfort and plenty of headroom, with a layout that features a dinette, the owner’s cabin, two doubles for guests in the stern, and two bathrooms.  With two possible engine configurations, a pair of Volvo 600 and or optional 750hp with IPS pod propulsion the Evo R6 Open has a top speed of 35 knots and a range of 280 miles.

www.evoyachts.com

Sport Cruiser Explosion in Ponza

On the early afternoon at around 1400 hours of 26th August a gas powered Sport Cruiser exploded while taking on fuel in the Island of Ponza, and eventually burned up and sank. With three persons onboard, a couple and a daughter this was an avoided tragedy.  The fire started from an explosion in the engine compartment, which shot the daughter and mother in the sea, while the boat was refuelling at the Ponza Mare fuel station.  The man onboard who was in the cabin, shock jumped in the water just seconds after the explosion. The immediate operation of the Coast Guard was important to control the fire and move the boat away which had the Carloforte car ferry of company LazioMar some meters away at the time of the explosion.  The DMD Sea Service of Ponza eventually towed away the boat away from the Ponza harbour and let it burn down offshore.

The sport cruiser in this boat fire is a Mano 26.50 Cruiser powered by twin gas engines.  Mano was a company from Naples, Italy founded in 1990 with the company closing its doors in 2012.

New Model: Nordhavn 475

Nordhavn launch its new 475, a model based on the hull of the 43 extended and with a completely new deck and flybridge. The N475 represents the sleeker, elongated look of new Nordhavn's with the incorporation of an extended cockpit and boat deck, providing not only a more streamlined profile, but also allowing for greater space in the cockpit and more room up top for toys and a bigger tender. The N475 follows in the footsteps of the larger Nordhavn 52, 60 and 63, 68, 76, and 96 models, all which expanded upon existing hulls.  The Nordhavn 475 offers an interior with two cabins, master full beam cabin at midships, and guest cabin with three berths forward.  Living is on the main deck with a single deck galley saloon dining area, and three steps up taking you to the pilot house, which also features a captain single berth.  The Nordhavn 475 is standard powered by a single John Deere 180hp with line shaft propulsion.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.47 m (47.6ft)

Waterline Length - 13 m

Beam - 4.52 m

Draft - 1.6 m

Displacement - 28.3 t

Fuel Capacity - 4542 l

Water Capacity - 1135 l

Accommodation - five berths in two cabins, one captain berth 

Engines - 1 x John Deere 4045AFM85 M2 180hp

Propulsion - line shaft with ZF gearbox and four bladed propeller

Construction - solid fiberglass hull, Vinilester resin skin, coring sides with Klegcell foam-core

www.nordhavn.com

Lady MM Super Yacht Fire Outside of Sardinia

At 0600 hours on the morning of 25th August m/y Lady MM with Cayman Islands registry flag sent a distress call for assistance due to an onboard fire.  The distress call was picked by the Olbia Sardinia coast guard, with Lady MM reported location at fifty nautical miles to the East of Cape Comino.  The coast guard dispatched two fast Sar assistance boats, along a search and rescue helicopter departing Cagliari base.  At around 1100 hours the coast guard received information that the seventeen persons onboard Lady MM, eight guests and nine crew personnel have abandoned the fire engulfed super yacht with the tender, and have been escorted at the Siniscula harbour.  Lady MM was coming from the island of Capri heading Porto Cervo to the Sardinia Costa Smeralda World famous coast line.  Unfortunately Lady MM sank around 1730 hours.  

M/y Lady MM is an ISA Yachts 470 build 2003 with a steel hull and aluminium super structure to an exterior design of Walter Franchini with interiors by Janet Leroy.  ISA build eight of the semi-custom 470 series in between 2003 to 2008.  Lady MM which launched as April Fool entered ISA Yachts into super yacht building in 2003, with the yacht last refitted in 2013.  Lady MM was involved in a small fire while berthed in Naples in 2013.

Project: Riviera 50 Sports Motor Yacht

Australian luxury motor yacht manufacturer Riviera has unveiled plans for the new 50 Sports Motor Yacht that define the form, function and feel of the quintessential blue-water yacht. The Riviera design team in collaboration with 4D Designs in the 50 SMY, created a remarkably spacious new yacht brimming with unique features. This sophisticated new design draws on the heritage of Riviera’s larger and successful 64, 68 and 72 Sports Motor Yacht models. Among the key sports motor yacht design elements are a fore-deck that transforms from tender storage to sun-lounge, a sports cockpit, an all-weather mezzanine seating area that affords alfresco dining and entertainment, a stately three-sided glass-enclosed flybridge, and a full-beam master stateroom as centrepiece of a three-stateroom, twin-bathroom accommodation plan, all in a hull measuring just over fifteen metres in length. The exterior of the 50 Sports Motor Yacht is all about the harmonious marriage of the handsomely sweeping superstructure, unmistakably Riviera in its profile, with a sporty, large-volume hull form. The Riviera 50 Sports Motor Yacht can be powered from twin Volvo 700hp with IPS pod drive propulsion, or Man 800hp with a V-drive line shaft set up. Both engines should deliver top speeds of over 30 knots.

www.riviera.com.au

Tullio Abbate Sinks in Lake Iseo

The heavy rain which hit lake Iseo on Monday 24 August sank a Tullio Abbate twelve meter offshore style sport cruiser in thirty meters of water.  The sport cruiser was located in a yacht marina in Pisogne, on the North East part, and eventually had taken to much water in the back engine room part, to eventually sink.  It appears the bilge pumps where not working, and the cutting of the mooring lines accelerated the sinking.  Lake Iseo is one of five big lakes located on the Northern part of Italy, and also the birth place of status symbol boat builder Riva, with Sarnico located on the South Western tip of the lake.

The boat in this sinking is a Tullio Abbate Offshore 42 S, which the famous Lake Como based builder launched in 1981 to an own project.  Tullio Abbate boats are always synonymous with efficient and fast performing hulls, as the slim 3.45 meter beam indicates.