New Model: ISA Yachts GranTurismo 45

ISA Yachts, a Palumbo Superyachts brand, announces that the next model to be christened at the Ancona shipyard is the Granturismo 45 titled M/Y UV II. A superyacht with marked characteristics and stylistic features proper to the ISA DNA such as the side arches connecting the three decks, the round dining room on the upper deck and the great sophistication of the external lines. Palumbo Superyachts handled the naval engineering; Enrico Gobbi Team for Design designed the exterior lines, and Luca Dini the interior. Large windows that can be opened on all decks and a harmonious colour palette in shades of gold, sand and turquoise are the elements that characterize all the interior spaces. Below deck ISA GranTurismo 45 features four VIP suites, two with twin beds that can be joined together and two cabins with double beds, all with private bathrooms. The full-beam owner stateroom is located on the main deck forward and includes entrance hall with sofa and TV, bathroom with double sink, walk-in wardrobe and an exclusive balcony. A unique property of this area is the direct access to the forward outdoor lounge via a private staircase. Steel hull and aluminum superstructure, ISA GranTurismo 45 is powered by twin Cat 1318hp engines which give a top speed up to sixteen knots, a cruising of fourteen, and a long 3800 nautical miles at twelve knots.  ISA GranTurismo 45 also features a five meter tender garage with side-opening to starboard. ISA GranTurismo 45 will debut to the public in September  2023, first at the Cannes boat show and then later on in the month at the Monaco Yacht Show.

Technical Data:

LOA - 44.30 m (145.3ft)

Beam - 8.60 m

Draft - 2.05 m

Displacement - 425 gt *volume

Fuel Capacity - 53500 l

Water Capacity - 6000 l

Accommodation - ten guests in five cabins, nine crew in five cabins

Engines - 2 x Cats C32 Acert 1318hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - sixteen knots max, fourteen cruise, twelve knots long range

Range - 3800 nautical miles at twelve knots

Construction - high tensile steel hull aluminium super structure

Project - Enrico Gobbi Team for Design exterior, Luca Dini interior, Palumbo engineering

Certification - Lloyds 100A1 SSC Yacht Cross of Malta standard MCA LY3

www.isayachts.com

Sea Ray Boat in Towing Knocks Down Three Utility Poles

A Sea Ray sport cruiser of about eleven meters length pulled down three utility poles while under towing in First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on the late morning of Friday 23 June.  The accident brought the street to a closure with JPCandL and Verizon crew responding overnight to repair the downed poles and wires.  The wires have been reported to being for telephone services.  This was a lucky accident with the Sea Ray sport cruiser receiving minimal damage and no pole hitting or falling on it .

The Sea Ray in this accident is a 390 Sundancer as produced from 2004 to 2009, and renamed as 40 Sundancer in its last three years of production.  The Sea Ray 390/40 Sundancer was replaced by the 38/390 Sundancer.

Super Yacht Goes Aground in Aegina Greece

A 28 meter classic super yacht titled m/y Raider ran aground on the island of Aegina, to the South of Aegina marina on the morning of 23rd June. The event was fully filmed by renowned vlogger Sailing Doodles, who showed the events of the grounding, dropping the anchors and chain to reduce weight up to the pull out by the tug boat.  Raider was seen navigating in Poros ten miles South a day later so the speculation at this stage is that the damage minor and superficial.

M/y Raider is a Schichau-Unterweser 28.99 meter build in 1966 and designed by Willem de Vries Lentsch Jr.  Schichau-Unterweser was founded in April 1945 with the company merging in 1972 and 88 and then becoming the Schichau-Seebeck and closing its doors in July 2009. Raider has an older 1964 build sister-ship.

Boat Ends Aground in Unije

An eight meter traditional cruiser ended aground on the islet of Skojlic, just before Unije harbour in the night and morning of 23th June.  The dynamics of the accident are not reported, but this is a well marked area, with a high green marker, showing the island  before touching low water itself.  Removal and salvage operations of the traditional cruiser where being organized on Saturday morning.  This is the second accident in the area in less to a year when a classic twenty meter Baglietto motor yacht sank on the tenth August 2023 after hitting bottom.

The traditional cruiser in this accident is a Piculjan Rab 830, ah Italian fishing boats with modern design elements inspired traditional cruiser.  Piculjan is located on the island of Rab in Croatia and has been building boats since 1936.

Project: Feadship 36.5 m Bahamas

Here at PowerYacht we love it when some of the famous names in yachting go out of there comfort zone, and present something different to what they usually are doing in recent times.  This new 36 meter Feadship project Bahamas is just about that, as today the Dutch builder is very rarely seen going in under the forty meter mark. Last build under forty meters was launched in 2017, and before that it was 2008.  Project Bahamas was presented by Feadship during the Palm Beach boat show in March 2023, with some rendering shared on its social media platforms.  She comes from a design of Dutch firm De Voogt and Italian FM Nautica who do the interior.  To be built of aluminium Feadship project Bahamas is one of the modern takes from the renowned Dutch super yacht builder with seamless main and lower decks, creating a clean and minimal yet sporty profile, thanks to the use of clean lines without curves.  Feadship project Bahamas will also feature an extendable beach club aft, with a splash pool and side lowering bulk heads.  Accommodation will be for four double guest cabins, including of which is an owners stateroom forward of the main deck.  Feadship project Bahamas is also a very ecological concept in terms of materials used for its construction, with a proposal to make the floor made with a stone-marble-resin matrix replacing teak.  

www.feaship.nl

New Model: Itama 62RS

During the fall of 2022, Itama released the third version of its 62 model, now called the 62RS.  The Itama 62RS follows the 62S version which was presented in 2020, with changes for the interior layout and exterior dashboard.  The 62S debuted the central opening windshield with passageway for the 62, and now with this new Itama 62RS we have the following five soft changes; the galley has a new layout in U-shape without the central peninsula, walnut interior wood, optional to have the two midships cabins with double berth instead of twins, redesign of helm station with twin multipurpose displays and carbon fibre finishing, and cockpit table in teak.  For the rest the Itama 62RS keeps the same timeless line as designed by Marco Casali, which debuted in the fall of 2011, which in itself was an evolution of the FiftyFive presented in 2007.   

Technical Data:

LOA - 19.03 m (62.5ft)

Hull Length - 17.2 m

Waterline Length - 15.4 m

Beam - 4.75 m

Draft - 1.70 m including propellers

Displacement - 25,900 kg unloaded, 31,500 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 3250 l

Water Capacity - 700 l

Max Persons - fourteen

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, optional crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Man V12 1400hp

Propulsion - line shaft 

Speed - forty knots max, 37 cruise

Range - 255 nautical miles at cruise

Project - Marco Casali

www.itama-yacht.com

Project: Summit 62 Motoryacht

Kadey-Krogen new planning yachts brand continues to expand and after the 54 model, presents the project for an upcoming 62 Motoryacht model.  The Summit 62 Motoryacht just like its smaller sister comes again from a design of Michael Peters, who presented a practical conservative looking flybridge yacht with a three double cabins three heads layout. Like the 54 before it, and unusual from Michael Peters, the Summit 62 will have a planning Vee with central keel, which closes to a flat angle aft.  A very large owners stateroom will be located at midships with a walk-in wardrobe and a shower head to port side.  The living on the main deck is to be offered with an astern galley layout, with a dinette opposite the galley, and a relaxing couch on the raised part of the split level main deck.  The Summit 62 Motoryacht is to be standard powered by twin Volvo 1000hp on shafts, with options coming for the same engines with IPS pod drives propulsion, and or Cats 1000hp.  Estimated top speeds are for up to 32 knots. 

www.summitmotoryachts.com

New Model: Riviera 4600 Sport Yacht Platinum Edition

Presented in the fall of 2022, the Riviera 4600 Sport Yacht Platinum Edition comes as a replacement to the 4800 after five years in production.  Even though called the 4600 she is in reality a bit longer and wider to the outgoing model.  The new 4600 Sport Yacht comes straight out with the luxurious refinement of the Platinum Edition, a feature Rivera introduced in 2019 for the Sport Yacht range which today features three models.  The 4600 Sport Yacht welcomes you aboard the generous hydraulic swim platform, which is followed by a garage, designed to store a range of water sports equipment under the cockpit and can be accessed through an electrically operated door.  A new entertainer's cockpit has been created with a wrap-around lounge across the transom and port side with a timber dining table, and a wet-bar with barbecue located to starboard.  The airy saloon flows to the cockpit through a sliding glass door and awning window. A fully equipped U-shape galley is located on the port side of the saloon space, immediately aft of the helm. A servery and bar unit are opposite. The plush dining space is forward on the starboard side, featuring a large timber table surrounded by a luxurious U-shape lounge that will seat up to six people.  The Riviera 4600 Sport Yacht provides three staterooms and two bathrooms on the light-filled accommodation deck including a full-beam master amidships featuring full head height, a central king size bed and large hull windows that fill the space with natural light.  A two cabin version is also available, replacing the bunk third cabins with a L-shaped lounging sofa.  The Rivera 4600 Sport Yacht is powered by twin Volvo 600hp, with IPS pod drives.  At launch she was offered with the smaller 480hp Volvos and IPS combo but Riviera has since then removed these engines as standard, and with the dry weight of nineteen tons this was a correct call.

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.31 m (50.3ft)

Hull Length - 13.1 m

Beam - 4.70 m

Draft - 1.30 m includes propellers

Displacement - 19200 kg dry, 24 t approx. running weight

Fuel Capacity - 2100 l

Water Capacity - 620 l

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

Engines -  2 x Volvo D8 600hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 32 knots max, 24 knots cruise

Project - 4D Designs

Certification - ISO8666 for data 

www.rivieraaustralia.com

Super Yacht Vandalized in Ancora Marina Germany

A 32 meter super yacht titled m/y Lady M III was spray painted as a protest by green activists on the nineteen June in Ancora Marina, Neustadt, located in the North of Germany on the Baltic sea to the East of Hamburg.  The activists Letze Generation which translates to Last Generation filmed the activity on social media platforms and wrote a post for policy change against excess in consumption by the super rich.  

While everyone has a right to protest in liberal democracies, this is a total wrong way of passing a message.  Probably the emissions generated by all yachts all around the World is less to point zero one per cent, and this is just a stupid way to make a show out of nothing.  

M/y Lady M III is a 1994 Moonen 105 designed by Mulder.   While she is the only Moonen 105 build, she had a similar design to the smaller Moonen 83 which sold in five units, and the 80 and 89 one off units.

Sportfish Cruiser Ends Aground in Cape Hatteras

An eight meter express sportfish cruiser titled m/y Carol-Ina with four persons onboard ended aground in Outer Banks Beach, North Carolina's Cape Hatteras, right outside Hatteras Village on the early evening of Sunday eighteen June.  The Carol-Ina apparently lost power just 150 meters outside the breakers of the area, with the captain trying to hold her offshore on anchor, but with the wind and sea state failed, and unfortunately for the express sportfish ending beached in the Outer Banks.  The owner of Carol-Ina is currently working with the US Coast Guard in order to salvage and remove Carol-Ina from Outer Banks beach.

The Carol-Ina is a fully custom made Virginia Homemade boat with hull number starting with VAZ and build in 1979.