Project: Moonride Yachts 58 Ibiza

Following the success of the Moonride 58 Fly, first unit launched in the fall of 2021 with four units reported sold and under construction, the Italian builder presents the 58 Ibiza variant.  Based on the 58 Fly in everything and all but with an opening hard top replacing the flybridge.  The Moonride 58 Ibiza should offer little differences in technical details, from an interior with three double cabins, and Volvo 725hp with IPS pod drives powering the boat, up to a 37 knots of top speed.    

www.moonrideyachts.com

Sport Cruiser Saved from Sinking Near Savona

A nine meter sport cruiser with eleven persons onboard, eight adults and three children was saved from sinking on the late morning of Sunday tenth June, in the Baia dei Saraceni, to the South-West of Savona.  Immediate assistance came from the Italian coast guard, who after taking the persons to safety, starting procedure to safe the sport cruiser.  In the evening of Sunday, tenth June the sport cruiser was taken to safety at Finale Ligure marina facility.  The cause of the sinking are not reported.

The sport cruiser in this accident is an Airon Marine 325, as produced since 2002 so far in over two hundred units.  Airon Marino by Paolo Molinari is a semi custom builder from Lake Como founded in the mid seventies and  building about ten boats a year from twenty to fifty foot.

Motor Yacht Saved from Sinking in Malta

A 20 meter motor yacht with ten persons onboard was saved from sinking at around 0900 hours of Sunday tenth July in the limits of Munxar, near St. Thomas bay, Marsascala to the South East of the island of Malta.  The guests onboard went into panic as a passing by kayaker advised them  that the yacht looks getting low aft and is taking on water.  Immediate the assistance of the Malta Civil Protection and Sea-Patrol who took the guests to safety and with a high pressure water pump saved the yacht from taking further water and sink.  

The yacht in this saving is a 1990 Cantieri di Pisa Akhir 20 S as designed by Pier Luigi Spadolini and semi-custom build to order from 1990 till mid late nineties.  As Pisa models of that time the Akhir 20 S was offered in both fiberglass and or wood build option. The Akhir series from Cantieri di Pisa designed up until the early noughties by Spadolini was a trend setter in yacht design from the first 18 launched in 1972 to the S series which arrived with the 22 S in 1986.

Super Sport Yacht Sinks Near Bodrum

A super sport yacht named m/y Alien of 24 meters in length sank in unknown circumstances in Gundogan Kizilburun, to the North of Bodrum in Turkey on the morning of Sunday tenth July.  The super sport yacht had apparently anchored at night in the area, when in the morning the yacht started to take in water and later sank. Reports are saying that at the time of sinking the owner of the Super Sport Yacht was not onboard, with it being boarded by Turkish personality Hakan Sabanci and his girlfriend plus crew.  Hakan has apparently used this yacht for his Turkish vacation in previous years. 

M/y Alien is an Italian Yachts 80 Jaguar Sport as designed by Robert Angel and produced from 2009 till 2013.  Presented in 2009 the 80 Jaguar, was an evolution of FP Yachts Jaguar 24 Sport.  The 80 Jaguar was produced till 2013 when the 2008 founded Italian Yachts closed its doors accused of tax evasion. 

Powerboat with Four People Capsizes in South Haven

A nine meter powerboat with four persons onboard, started to sink and later capsized at the entrance which connects Lake Michigan to Black River, in South Haven, Michigan on 18:55 hours of July nine.  According to witnesses the powerboat entered the channel stalled and semi-sunk, with four persons onboard ending in the water as the boat raised its bow before it capsized and sank. The four persons where assisted by a nearby boater who threw life jackets, and then took rescued three people out of the water and onboard, with a fourth being helped out by people from the jetty.  The four people were uninjured. Van Buren County Sheriff Marine Police and South Haven Area Emergency Services responded to the sinking. A salvage operation has been organized to recover the powerboat.

The powerboat in this capsizing is a Wellcraft Scarab 30 Panther which was produced in around the mid eighties.

Gagliotta New Web Site

Italian Neapolitan builder Gagliotta updates its World wide web showroom to a new design. Not very known outside the Italian peninsula, this builder has great respect mostly attributed to the racing success of founder Salvatore Gagliotta. Founded in 1952 in Naples, Mergellina, Gagliotta starts producing his first prototypes, which are small fast boats based on a Hunt hull design. Years pass and in the sixties Gagliotta moves from a hand building method to a semi production fiberglass construction method, and in the same time starts to compete in the Offshore competitions.  In 1968 Gagliotta also receives an honourable mention on the renowned Italian Nautica Magazine, where the Budda Blitz cruiser competing in a race keeps following the faster boats, with top US powerboat builder and racer Don Aronow complimenting this feat saying that the only one European hull worth copying is that of the Naples built and designed Gagliotta. In the year 2000 the Naples builder introduces the 37 Gagliardo designed by Stefano Mango which is still in production as 37, changing with this model the philosophy concept of all the range evolving it from a fast sport boat type to a sportfish cruiser. Today four out of five models follows this design accept for the 2009 introduced Judel and Vroijlik 35 Lobster. The current Gagliotta range offers four models from 35 to 52 feet, and two ranges Fisherman three units and the entry model 35 Lobster.  In 2017 Gagliotta also announced two additional 48 and 42 Lobster projects but so far these have not materialized as at today.  The new Gagliotta web site is available English and Italian language takes you around with the following buttons; Home, The Shipyard, Fisherman, Lobster,  and Contacts.  Gagliotta is also on social media with side and bottom links taking you to its Facebook and Instagram pages. 
www.gagliotta.com

Production History;

Camaro SG mt. 12 1974-78 *wood production models

Camaro CM mt. 10 1978-80

Camaro SG mt. 13 1979-84

Camaro CM Special mt. 10.80 1980-86

Charade mt. 9.28 1982-88 *fiberglass production starts

Camaro Tris 12.00 mt 1985-

Camaro Even mt. 10.60 1987-

Camaro 31 1989-2000

Gagliardo 37 2000-

Gagliardo 32 2002-

44 2006-

52 2008-

35 Lobster 2009-

Sportfish Yacht Sinks in Pensacola Pass

A sixteen meter sportfish yacht with nine persons onboard sank while entering the Pensacola Pass, on the morning of ninth June just after 1030 hours.  The yacht hit the USS Massachusetts artificial reef located one an half miles which in low tide is tricky and a navigational hazard, damaging its starboard rudder, and prop shaft to take on water and started sinking.  Hearing the MayDay Pensacola Coast Guard sent a thirteen meter Response Boat which was patrolling the area, who assisted the crew in just ten minutes after the call, and led all nine persons to safety.  The sportfish located near the Massachusetts still partly floating was a navigational hazard and was reported as lost on the twelfth July, that is until the yacht finally was found and salvaged on the morning of fourteenth July. 

The sportfish in this sinking is a second generation Ocean Yachts 50 Super Sport as produced since 2004.  The second generation 50 Super Sport replaced the best selling 48 Super Sport.

Yacht Fire in Papagayo Costa Rica

A motor yacht of about 22 meters in length caught fire while at anchor in Playa Panama, Guanacaste, Costa Rica on the afternoon of ninth July.  The fire was reported as starting in the engine room with the yacht fully flame engulfed in about five minutes.  The yacht was fully destroyed by the fire and later on sank.  The guests on the yacht are reported to having sustained no injuries and being safe.

The yacht in this fire is an Astondoa 72 GLX as designed by Nuvolari Lenard and produced from 1998 to 2007 in about forty units.  The Astondoa 72 GLX was replaced by the Christian Gatto designed 76 GLX in 2008, with a second generation 72 GLX released in 2014.

New Model: Maiora 30 Convertible

Maiora present the new 30 Convertible.  Based on hull lines of the successful 30 Walkaround, the 30 Convertible is the enclosed sky-lounge top deck, which includes the pilot house and an entertainment lounge area up top.  Fully wide body the sky-lounge offers fifty square meters of space featuring a dinette for ten persons, and relaxing sofa lounge.  The sleeping accommodation in the 30 Convertible offers five guest cabins with an owners suite on the forward part of the main deck.  Three crew cabins sleeping five or six persons are located forward of the lower deck.  The Maiora 30 Convertible is powered by twin MTU 2600hp engines which give her a top speed up to 28 knots, and a cruise of 22.

Technical Data:

LOA - 30.60 m (100.5ft)

Waterline Length - 23.9 m

Beam - 7.50 m

Draft - 2 m

Displacement - 115,000 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 13150 l

Water Capacity - 3200 l

Accommodation - ten guests in five cabins, 5/6 crew in three cabins

Engines - 2 x MTU 16v2000 M96L 2600hp

Propulsion - V-drive line shaft with ZF gearbox

Speed - 28 knots max 22 knots cruise 12 knots economic long range

Range - 800 nm at 12 knots

Hull Shape - planning modified Vee

Construction - fiberglass with Kevlar and carbon fiber reinforcements

Project - Quartostile and Maiora design team, Fossati interior

Certification - CE A, RINA Mach Y unrestricted pleasure

www.maiora.it

Performance Cruiser Ends On Reef in Garda Lake

A ten meter sport cruiser with two persons onboard ended on top of the Altare reef, near the Garda Island to the South-West of Lake Garda, on the night of seventh July just after 2300 hours.  Immediate the assistance of the Lake Garda Coast Guard which deployed two craft, the new Rescuerunner designed for shallow waters operation and GC A58 boats for help.  The rescue operation was difficult on the night due to the bad weather conditions, with winds up to 25 knots which generated waves over one meters in height, and consistent rain making visibility tricky.  With a synergetic operation of the two boats, Rescuerunner retrieved the two persons from the ten meter sport cruiser who then later put them on GC A58.  After a medical check up both crew appeared in good health and where released. 

The sport cruiser in this accident is a Performance 1001 as produced since 2020.  The Performance 1001 replaced the since nineties produced 907, of which it is an evolution, extended aft with the bathing platform and a modified cockpit layout.  Performance as the name says are high performing sport-cruiser powerboat mix which offer with the large engine option always speed above fifty knots.