Sunseeker Yacht Partly Sinks in Haulover

A 22 meter Sunseeker motor yacht partly sank while berthed in a Marina at Haulover, Miami on the late morning of 24th January.  According to reports on social media, the Sunseeker yacht had a sea-cock failure in the forward part of the hull, leading to it partly sinking, with a short video snap showing as rescue operations are underway by Fast Response Marine Towing and Salvage on the Instagram channel Oldhatfishing.  A day later to the accident, on the 25th January the Sunseeker yacht is filmed again, this time by Wavy Boats YouTube channel as its being towed out of Haulover Inlet and into the Atlantic Channel again by Fast Reponse, probably taking her to a yacht yard for repair.

The Sunseeker yacht in this sinking is a 74 Manhattan as designed by Don Shead and produced from 1999 up to 2001.  The 74 Manhattan, was a new entry into Sunseeker's line up as a filler between the 84 and upcoming 64 Manhattan.  In 2002 Sunseeker updated the 74 Manhattan with the Mk.2 version, additional side profile window, and three vertical hull side windows added to serve the midships master stateroom, with the model replaced by the first generation 75 Yacht in the fall of 2003.

The Wandering Hillybilly Aquila Power Cat Ends Aground

A sixteen meter Aquila power catamaran of the YouTube vlog The Wandering Hillybilly and titled with the same name, ended beached in Mountain Trunk Bay, to the West of Virgin Gorda Island on the afternoon of 23 January.  A Vlog on the The Wandering Hillybilly documented the incident, which happened because the yacht broke from its swing mooring, while the owner, i.e. Alan and five guests just swam to shore for a meal at the Sugarcane Restaurant.  As Alan arrived to the beach, who was the last of the group to make the ten minute swim to shore, the guests advised him that the yacht was following him. Seeing this Alan jumped back to save the Aquila catamaran, which at this time was just about ten meters from the beach.  With high risk Alan managed to get onboard, and as soon as he was on his way to the flybridge to save the Power Catamaran, disaster struck as the hull hit the seabed.  Alan still tried the last hope, firing her up and with the starboard engine tried to move her away from the beach, but all was too late, as the yacht was already grounded and beached.  A great moment came after all this with Alan and his guests managing to tie The Wandering Hillybilly in order to avoid her from hitting the rocks located just a meter to aft.  The day later Alan with help from Aquila dealer MarineMax salvaged the power catamaran, taking her to a boat yard in Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda, some three nautical miles South from the beaching accident.  Unfortunately the damage to the Aquila Power cat was more extensive then anticipated, a few holes in the hull, both P-brackets punctured in the hull, severely bent rudders and propellers, and engine room filled with sand and sea-water.

The Wandering Hillybilly is a 2022 Aquila 54 Yacht power catamaran as designed by the Jacep and Jernei Jakopin brothers and produced since 2021.

New Model: Sacs Rebel 50G

In the fall of 2023 Sacs debuted its new Rebel 50G model.  Designed by Christian Grande the Rebel 50G is one of the most complete maxi-ribs ever made, which escapes the narrative of a day boat with over-night accommodation, not because it cannot do that part of use, but also because can also be used as a yacht.  A fully enclosed fifteen meter hard-top the Rebel 50G offers a main enclosed living area with dinette and galley with its lower deck offering two double cabins; master cabin forward, and a twin berth cabin at midships.  An option exists to have the forward cabin replaced by an open entertainment area with J-shaped lounge to port side.  The options on the Sacs Rebel 50G do not stop here, with four options also available for the aft cockpit deck; garage/sun-pad, stern lounge, forward lounge, and free standing.  The Sacs Rebel 50G is powered by twin Volvo 725hp engines with IPS pod drives for top speeds up to 36 knots and a cruise of 28.

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.30 m (50.2ft)

Beam - 5.05 m

Draft - 0.83 m, 1.30 m with propellers

Displacement - 23 t

Fuel Capacity - 2 x 940 l

Water Capacity - 450 l

Max Persons - eighteen

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, one cabin with convertible open lounge

Engines - 2 x Volvo D11 725hp

Propulsion - Volvo IPS forward looking dual propeller pod drives

Speed - 36 knots max 28 cruise

Range - 260 nautical miles at cruise

Hull Shape - V-shape

Construction - fiberglass with D-shape foam filled tubes

Project - Christian Grande

Certification - CE B

www.sacsmarine.com

PowerYachtBlog Best of 2024 Nominated

Project: Tornado 43 WA

Tornado present the project for the 43 WA, a walk-around sport cruiser designed by Michele Frese.  In this size the Italian builders seem have taken the bug for offering walk-around centre console sport cruiser, with Tornado being the most recent to enter this segment. A walk around centre console has the ability to use all fore to aft deck with easy usage, but also having a decent lower deck accommodation sleeping four.  The Tornado 43 WA will offer a deck with a central sun-pad layout which is followed by an L-shaped dinette, and then the helm station located central offset to starboard.  The fore deck will feature a forward V-shaped sun-pad, while another interesting feature will be the drop down bathing platform aft, which goes down in a three steps movement, making it easier and more comfortable to go down in the water.  The Tornado 43 WA will also be flexible for its power and propulsion choices, offered in four options, which start from twin Volvo 440hp on stern drives, and go to twin FPT 550hp on shafts, and then to 600hp with surface drives or same power gas power Mercury outboards.

www.tornadoyachts.it

New Model: Manda Yachts s05

Manda Yachts arrived in the scene in 2023 first with the s07 model in May at the Venice boat show, and then it followed it four months later with this new s05 which debuted during the Genoa boat show.  A project of Ceccarelli, Manda is an interesting new offer in the market, with a particular design which is difficult to categorize, feeling an explorer with a sport attitude.  Depends how you want to see it, probably Manda is both these things, although this new s05 probably is a bit more sporty, especially if spec'd with the bigger engines which give her a 32 knots top speed.  But forgetting speed aside Manda Yachts is a particular living yacht, with both the exterior and interior feeling spacious and liveable like a high end loft by the sea in just fifteen meters of length.  Manda Yachts s05 also comes as the bigger sister with the free aft deck which joins with the interior lower deck saloon, and while this is not something new; Sanlorenzo SX, BlueGame BGX, and Evo Yachts V-line have all been there before Manda, the s05 takes the credit for offering this in just fifteen meters of size.  The s05 offers a main deck covered with a T-top for the living part, this offering an L-shaped dinette to port side with wet-bar exterior galley and helm opposite to starboard, which is followed by a sun-pad aft and to fore deck and a forepeak forward looking settee.  The s05 lower deck uses about 70% of the space and is offered in three lower deck layout choices, with the standard plan featuring a two cabins two head layout with master cabin forward, and twin L-shaped bunk guest cabin to port side.  A single cabin option also exists, with the option of having a dinette area for four in replacement to the second cabin, and smaller L-shaped sofa.  The Manda s05 is offered with IPS propulsion only and powered by standard twin Volvo 480hp for up to 24 knots speeds, and larger 550 to 600hp engines option.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 15 m (49.2ft)

Beam - 4.82 m

Draft - 1.50 m

Displacement - 16,000 kg dry (approx.)

Fuel Capacity - 1800 l

Water Capacity - 550 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, or two berths in one cabin

Max Passengers - fourteen

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 480hp, D8 550hp, D8 600hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 24 knots with 480hp, 32 knots max with Volvo 600hp

Construction - fiberglass with monolithic bottom, sandwich for hull sides.  Upper structure in infusion and carbon/glass hybrid

Project - Ceccarelli

Certification - CE B-14/A

www.mandayachts.it 

Ferretti Yacht Destroyed by Fire in Angra dos Reis Brazil

A seventeen meter Brazilian made Ferretti yacht titled m/y Nannaj 1 went ablaze in Ilha da Jipoia, Ilha Grande Bay, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janiero, Brazil at 14:45 of Saturday twenty January.  Soldiers from the Angra barracks responded to the blaze which was extinguished just after 1700 hours.  No one was injured in the fire, with the amount of persons onboard the yacht and what caused the blaze not being reported.  The yacht was wrecked in the fire but it did not sink.

Nannaj 1 is a South American made Ferretti as designed by Zuccon and based on the 550 model as produced in Italy from 2004 till 2007.  The South American Ferretti's are distinct for having a larger and different aft deck stern layout.

Fratelli Aprea New Web Site

Fratelli Aprea presents its new website. Fratelli Aprea was founded in 1890 by master ship wright Cataldo, in the gulf of Sorrento.  Fratelli Aprea focus for a century has been that of building custom to order and repairing wooden traditional Gozzo small and medium size fishing boats.  An important turn around for Fratelli Aprea comes during World War II, when Franco Aprea decides to put used Jeep gasoline engines in a Gozzo, following the commissioning of boats by the US Army for a special mission. Fratelli Aprea enters fiberglass boat production in the nineties, with a key difference to the competition who build similar boats for using a semi-planning hull with a deep V-section forward, rather then a planning shape.  Today Frattelli Aprea offers eleven models of the Sorrento line which start from the pure gozzo looking 7,80 Tradizionale / Open and go up to the Sorrento 50 Cabinato.  In 2023 Fratelli Aprea also debuted its new Brunello Acampora designed Lancia centre console with traditional line series, which debuted with the 52 model, and is planned to feature four other models from ten to 22 meters in size.  Fratelli Aprea new web site is available in Italian and English language and takes you around with the following buttons; Home, Company, Gozzo Sorrentino, Design, Models, Charter, Service, Usato, and Contacts. Fratelli Aprea is also on social media with a button at the right bottom of the page taking you to its Facebook, and Instagram pages.

www.fratelliaprea.com

Production History;

Sorrento 7,80 Tradizionale / Open 1987- 

Faraglione 7,80 Semi Cabinato 1989-94

Sorrento 7,50 Open Cruise 1993-

Sorrento 7,50 Semi Cabinato 1995-

Sorrento 7,50 Cabinato 1997-

Sorrento 36 Semi Cabinato 2000-

Sorrento 36 Open Cruise 2001-

Sorrento 32 Semi Cabinato 2002-

Sorrento 32 Hard Top 2003-

Sorrento 32 Open Cruise 2004-

Sorrento 36 Hard Top 2005-

Sorrento 50 Cabinato 2007-

Lancia 52 2023-

Project: Alia Yachts 43m raised pilothouse

Alia Yachts in Turkey has started construction of a new 43-metre project with aggressive exterior lines by long-term design partners Omega Architects. In build for a client based in Miami, the design is styled around the relaxed, open-air lifestyle in Florida and the Bahamas. Omega has deliberately kept the profile low-rise and sleek with a menacing pelican-beak bow, helped by the raised pilothouse layout spread over two-and-a-half decks. With ample al fresco areas that include lounging and sunbathing on the aft deck, the foredeck, and the sundeck that also has a hottub, the new design takes the raised pilothouse configuration and stretches it to 42 metres and 380GT. The all-aluminium vessel has a shallow Bahamas draft and a Fast Displacement Hull Form known as FDHF by Van Oossanen, another of Alia’s Dutch design partners. The FDHF outperforms conventional displacement and semi-displacement hull forms at low, cruising and maximum speeds by providing high efficiency throughout the power curve. The interior comprises four guest suites on the lower deck, a master stateroom with walk-in wardrobe on the main deck forward. The lower deck further houses space for 7 crew as well as a very nice sized gym and side-loading tender garage. Sliding glass doors on both sides of the main saloon means there’s always a fresh breeze flowing through the interior. The interior design is by newcomers Yodezeen, a pair of designers from Kyiv with a studio in Miami. Powered by twin MTU 2600hp main engines, the yacht with have a top speed in excess of 22 knots and a range of 3,200 nautical miles at twelve knots. She is scheduled for delivery in summer 2024 and will make her debut at the autumn boat shows.

www.aliayachts.com

B is for Build Classic Riva Sinks

B is for Build vlog classic twelve meter Riva titled m/y B is for Boat sank on Thursday eighteen January in Riverplace Marina, Portland, Vancouver.  The cause of the sinking as reported on B is for Build YouTube vlog was a raw water inlet pipe in the engine room which froze due to cold weather, and a water filter cannister which cracked open with the ice.  B is for Build made two videos about the sinking, the  first going into the news about the sinking, and the second showing the re-float of the classic Riva.  B is for Boat was floated back in it's berth, with the plan being to take her to a boat yard, and Chris promising a rebuild of his classic Riva sport cruiser. 

B is for Boat is a 1990 Riva 43 Tropicana as designed by Giorgio Barilani, and produced from 1989 to 1997 in 53 units.  The 43 Tropicana shared hull with the 42 Malibu and 42 Caribe, with all this coming from a length extended 38 Bravo hull released in 1979.  B is for Boat was repowered in Spring 2021 with twin petrol gas LSX 750hp from previous Cummins 420hp diesels.

New Launch: Codecasa Classic Yacht 24 hull F242

Codecasa Shipyards are pleased to announce the launching of the Classic Yacht 24, hull number F242 and titled by its ownership as m/y Vero. The launching of this classic looking Codecasa was made on Monday eighteen December 2023 in Viareggio. This beautiful classic inspired yacht is a unique and customized model built with love and passion exclusively for an Asian client introduced by Camper and Nicholsons. Codecasa hull F242 features classic looking lines and a timeless elegance, and is the result from Italian designer Luca Dini. The hull was designed by Names Studio of Francesco Rogantin in collaboration with Codecasa Shipyards and guarantees excellent performance. Powered by twin Man 1550hp engines Codecasa Classic Yacht 24 can reach maximum speeds of 25 knots and has a range over two thousand nautical miles at nine knots. The interiors feature a saloon and the owner’s stateroom on the main deck deck, with three en-suited guest cabins on the lower deck.  Two crew cabins with twin berths are located aft.  This project was initially presented by Cantieri di Pisa in 2016 as the Kitalpha 22, with the first unit announced sold in the Cannes show of that year.  Financial difficulties for Cantieri di Pisa meant the Kitalpha 22 construction never passed the initial project phase with Codecasa taking on Luca Dini project on 2020, extending it by two meters and modifying it to become the Classic Yacht 24.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 24 m (78.7ft)

Beam - 6.50 m

Draft - 1.40 m

Displacement - 90 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 10,000 l

Water Capacity - 2,000 l

Accommodation - eight guests in four cabins, four crew in two cabins

Engines - 2 x Man D2862LE426 V12 1550hp

Propulsion - line shafts with Detra propellers

Speed - 25 knots max, nine knots long range cruise

Range - two nautical miles at nine knots

Construction - aluminium 5083 H111/H381

Project - Luca Dini exterior, Francesco Rogantin hull shape naval architecture

Certification - Rina C Hull Mach Y unrestricted service

www.codecasayachts.com