Five People Rescued from Monterey Bay Boat Fire

Five people were rescued when a 48 foot flybridge cruiser titled II Knotty developed an onboard fire when located two miles offshore to the Salinas River entrance, in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California at about 15:30 of Monday ten June. The U.S. Coast Guard and Monterey County crews rescued the five people, in a not so easy rescue due to the rough seas conditions, while Monterey firefighters contained the burning boat which was towed back and then fire extinguished before entering the Monterey Break Wall.  The fire of II Knotty was reported to have started in the engine room.

II Knotty is a 1985 Lien Hwa 48 Aft Cabin Motor Yacht, build in Taipei, Taiwan.  The Lien Hwa 48 was a long produced model, evolving into the Mark. II and Mark. III variants over the years with production lasting up until the mid nineties.

Project: Blu Martin HT 50

Blu Martin present the project for a new HT 50 model, a hard-top sport yacht of just over fifteen meters in length.  The Blu Martin HT 50 unites the comfort of a hard-top sport yacht with features of a walk around characterizing its main deck exterior design.  The Blu Martin will welcome guests onboard in a central sun-pad and aft looking L-shaped dinette making the aft area, with the exterior continuing forward offering a second fore sun-pad and a forward looking settee.  Inside the Blu Martin HT 50 welcomes you with a C-shaped dinette to starboard with a galley opposite, with the lower deck reserved to the two large cabins, with an owners stateroom located at midships.  The Blu Martin HT 50 is powered by twin Volvo 480hp with IPS pod drives, or 725hp and Cummins  715hp on shafts.

www.blumartinyachts.com

New Model: Buddy Davis 52 Euro Coupe

Buddy Davis present the 52 Euro Coupe a sixteen meter express sport fish yacht designed by the creative minds of the Davis Engineering Team.  The 52 Euro Coupe presents itself as a cross over model with a three part hard-top, build slightly wider and lighter, this express sportfish yacht comes injected with some European styling mixed the classic Carolina lines and unmatched sea-keeping abilities that have made Buddy Davis famous over the years. Layout below deck features two generous staterooms and two head accommodations.  The hard top covered cockpit offers a center line helm station with all-around visibility and a matching helm seat gives the copilot an equal sense of power, this followed by two luxurious side flanked L-shaped settees allowing guests to stay close to all the action, whether fishing or cruising. The aft cockpit of the 52 Euro Coupe is designed for serious fishing with its built-in bait well, fish box and freezer.  The Buddy Davis 52 Euro Coupe is powered by twin Man 1550hp with line shaft propulsion.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16 m (52.6ft)

Beam - 4.87 m

Draft - 1.32 m

Displacement - 18234 kg unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 3104 l

Water Capacity - 567 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins

Engines - 2 x Man V12 1550hp

Propulsion - line shafts

Project - Davis Engineering Team

www.buddydavis.com

Lake Mead Marina Fire Destroys Fifteen Boats

A fire which broke out at Las Vegas Boat Harbor Marina in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Las Vegas on 00:30 early hours of Sunday nine June has destroyed ten boats and damaged at least another five, from small jet skis to cruisers of up fourteen meters in length.  Two people sustained minor injuries in the fire, with LVBH crews, NPS, BC Fire, Henderson Fire, BLM, and Clark County responding and extinguish the flames at around 03:30 early morning time.  Following the incident the marina was still open to the public although R and I Docks were restricted to users as the investigation to what led to this blaze is ongoing.

Most of the boats in this fire seem to be small units, but we saw that a Meridian 34 Sedan Yacht sustained fire damage but survived, while a Sunseeker Portofino 46 was wrecked and eventually sank.

Manda Yachts New Web Site

Manda Yachts presents its new web site.  Manda Yachts arrived in 2022, at first presenting itself with the name Senses Yachts which was then changed to Manda Yachts in early 2023.  In Spring 2023 Manda launched its first S07 model, which was followed by the S05 in the fall of the same year.  Manda Yachts are designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli with the line currently offering three models from fifteen to 27 meters, which start from the S05 and continue to the still in project S09 flagship.  Manda Yachts are innovative yachts offering a large beach club stern area, which can be fitted to serve an astern master stateroom or saloon dinette area, something seen today and yachts of thirty meters and beyond.  Manda Yachts new web site takes you around with the following buttons; Home, Company, Yachts, and Contacts.  Manda Yachts is also on social media with bottom page links taking you to its Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Linkedin pages.

www.mandayachts.it

Production History;

S07 2023-

S05 2023-

Project: Cantiere Delle Marche RJ 102

Cantiere delle Marche has in mid February signed the sale of an RJ 102 to another Australian owner, marking its fifth new build sale in less to a quarter of the year 2024. The RJ 102 is the latest addition to the RJ family, developed in collaboration with Francesco Paszkowski. As of today Cantiere delle Marche has delivered one RJ 130 titled Nuri, and two RJ 115; Stellamar and Pazienza. Exteriors and interiors of these yachts are designed by Paszkowski with the upcoming RJ 155, the line’s flagship currently in built in Ancona, will feature sophisticated interior envisioned by Achille Salvagni. The RJ 102 profile is well-proportioned, sleek and elegant, underlined by an array of exquisite design details, from the sinuously curved stern to the slightly recessed windows, and the gently flared bow. The yacht will have a length over all of 31 meters and a beam of seven meters. The Owner asked for a four guest cabins layout with a multi-functional room that can turn into a fifth guest cabin. Owners and guest spaces are spread over two decks with an immense, partially shaded Upper/wheelhouse deck where to enjoy all sort of en plein air activities. The yacht encourages indeed outdoor living and a glance at the layout reveals that the exterior areas take the lion’s share while cozy interior spaces, which this time are designed by Giorgio M. Cassetta, are meant to provide the utmost comfort to the owner and his guests.

www.cantieredellemarche.it

New Model: Viking 82 Convertible

Announced on Viking’s sixtieth anniversary on first April the new 82 Convertible represents the Gretna New Jersey production sportfish specialist unyielding commitment to building a better boat every day.  Hull No. 1 of the Viking 82 Convertible is just completed and has been fitted with her custom Palm Beach Towers, hardtop and tuna tower installed and her freshly applied faux teak adorning the transom, salon bulkhead, mezzanine and raised toe rail.  The first hull of the Viking 82 Convertible is powered by twin 2635hp MTU engines and features the Advanced Viking Propulsion System, which utilizes struts and rudders with modified or “twisted” shapes that minimize hydrodynamic resistance, improving performance.  The first 82 Convertible is to debut in Viking's sea trial event, and after that will serve as a test yacht in the Demo program.

Technical Data:

LOA - 25.27 m (82.9ft)

Beam - 6.53 m

Draft - 1.75 m

Displacement - 70,147 kg

Fuel Capacity - 10,111 l

Water Capacity - 1609 l

Accommodation - ten berths in five cabins

Engines - 2 x Cat C32A 1925hp, C32B 2025hp, C32B 2433hp, MTU 12V2000 M96X 2002hp, 16V2000 M96L 2635hp

Propulsion - line shaft Advanced Viking Propulsion System with twisted struts and rudders

Speed - 42 knots max 36 cruise with MTU 2635hp

Construction - fiberglass, carbon fiber/e-glass hybrid, resin infusion with light Transfer Molding and variety of core materials

www.vikingyachts.com

Super Yacht Australia Runs Aground Again

The 56 meter Benetti super yacht Australia ran aground for the second time in less to eight months, ending on a sand bank in Wave Break Island, Gold Coast Broadwater, Australia at about 18:00 hours of sixth June.  Australia was assisted by a tug boat and freed at about 2000 hours of the same evening returning to the Southport Yacht Club marina from where it departed.  According to undisclosed reports Australia ran aground when it's captain was doing a channel route exercise in order to be able to do the same route pilot free.  After the grounding Australia is reported to have damaged one of its fin stabilizers.  M/y Australia ran aground just over seven months ago in Sentosa, Singapore on the afternoon of sixteen October 2023.

Australia is the last of four semi-custom Stefano Natucci designed Benetti 56M, delivered in 2012.  The current owner is Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer who has owned her since 2021.

Project: Patrone 45

The best is about to get better as Patrone present the project for the 45, as designed by Tommaso Spadolini, the same designer who designed the really nice 100 which debuted in 2022. The Patrone 45 follows on the same footsteps of the 100 combining the sporting soul of the open with cabin comfort, in a unique traditional Ligurian Gozzo look. A mix created according to the excellent artisan quality that has defined Patrone for more than a century. Patrone new 45 is a fourteen-meter flagship, traditional in looks open cruiser designed for those who want to spend the whole day outdoors without sacrificing absolute comfort in the interiors. When designing the project of the 45, Patrone and Spadolini started from the concept of conviviality on board to re-interpret the classic charm of the Ligurian gozzo in modern key. The result is traditional cruiser  that is not affected by the short-lived trends of fashion and that can offer an absolute sense of space, inside and out, with a wide range of customization options. Three cockpit solutions and five interior layouts confirms Patrone tradition of “tailoring” each boat to the needs of its owner. At the same time, great attention was also paid to ensure it is seaworthy: the hull is an evolution form and is to be powered by twin Yanmar 440hp engines in a V-drive transmission.

www.patroneboat.com

New Model: Nimbus 495 Flybridge

Nimbus has launched its largest build to date with the new 495 Flybridge model.  Announced as a 465 Coupe project in 2022, the Nimbus 495 Flybridge is a flybridge cruiser with a modern explorer look to it, and some interesting unique innovative features which makes liveaboard easier and confortable.  The stand out feature of the 495 Flybridge is definitely the large side door to starboard located behind the helm station, which opens for over a meter in size.  This door coupled with the stern entry door fully open, and sunroof give a unique open feel to a flybridge boat of just over fourteen meters in length.  The Nimbus 495 Flybridge is also an asymmetric design with the starboard side deck being a bit wider to the starboard, beside offering the difference from the large side door.  The 495 Flybridge also features a drop down window serving and closing the aft deck from cold or wind, and coupled with side cover will fully enclose the area in cold climates.  Accommodation in the Nimbus 495 Flybridge offers three double cabins, including of which is a full beam owners stateroom, a guest cabin forward, and third cabin with two bunk berths to starboard.  This third cabin can be replaced by an office, or a single berth utility room option.  The Nimbus 495 Flybridge is powered by twin Volvo 480hp with IPS pod drives for top speeds up to 27 knots and a cruise of 24.  Nimbus says the 495 Flybridge is also hybrid ready for the upcoming new Volvo option to come in the future, with options for both a Parallel and same propulsion set up with similar speeds, and or a slower long range Serial option this giving displacement up to fourteen knots max.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 15 m (49.7ft)

Hull Length - 13.7 m

Beam - 4.60 m

Draft - 1.20 m

Displacement - 14,600 kg light, 17,600 kg medium, 20,260 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 1700 l

Water Capacity - 520 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - six guests in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 480hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller pod drives

Speed - 27 knots max 24 cruise

Project - Joacim Gustavsson Nimbus Group

Certification - CE B10/C12

www.nimbus.se