Improve-it = Princess S80

Princess are proud to announce a world first, as they commission the very first MAN V12X 2200hp engines, installed on board a new Princess S80.  This milestone marks a bold new chapter in performance and innovation for both MAN engines and Princess. Producing an incredible 2,200 horsepower per engine, the V12X powered the S80 to over 35 knots during recent sea trials. Now offered as an exciting new option, the Man 2200hp redefines the new Princess S80 with two more knots of top speed to that of the Man 2000hp standard power.  This first Man 2200hp powered Princess S80 also featured the sport bridge T-Top option.  The Princess S80 debuted in Summer of last year, with the super sport yacht making its World debut during the 2024 Cannes Yachting Festival in September.  The Princess S80 which shares hull with the X80 and Y80 has so far sold in ten units.

www.princessyachts.com

Sportfish Boat Saved from Fire and then Sinking in Long Beach

A thirteen meter sportfish boat with one boater aboard and titled m/y Osprey was saved from a fire first and then a sinking at Downtown Marina, in Long Beach, California all this happening at around 18:30 of Thursday nineteen June.  Long Beach Fire Department assisted the fire, saved the lone boater aboard, and after this also saved the sportfish boat from sinking.  The fire department managed to stop the water intrusion, and after floating the boat, took it to a nearby dock for salvage.  The cause of the blaze is not reported, though the water intrusion came from the fire damage in the engine room.

The sportfish boat in this sinking is Topaz 44 Flybridge as produced from 1987 to 1989 in four units.  The 44 Flybridge replaced the 38 Flybridge and is Topaz largest build to date.  A name mostly associated with express sportfish cruisers, the original Topaz was founded in North Carolina operating from 1975 to 1991, restarting operation under new ownership in 1999, and in New Jersey.

New Model: Numarine 30XP

Numarine presents its new 30XP with the first unit launched in the second half of 2024.  The 30XP neatly fills a gap in the Numarine exploring range and, thanks to the diesel-electric hybrid propulsion, it has everything it takes to set a new path and the trend to follow. The Numarine 30XP accommodates ten guests in five en-suite cabins; four VIP cabins on the lower deck and an owner’s stateroom located on the main deck forward. It is here, in the privileged realm of the Numarine yacht owner, that the 30 XP delivers its best, with full-height windows and cut-outs in the sides to maximize the view of the elements: the Sea.  Another peculiarity of the Numarine 30XP is the semi-open area at the stern.  Three folding platforms expand the available space on the beach club deck to 43 square meters. Meanwhile, unrivalled headroom has been achieved in this part of the 30XP by lifting the aft end of the main deck by just three steps. The same, again in order to optimize spaces and volumes, has been done forward, where the wheelhouse has been raised according to the stylistic dictates of Can Yalman.  The Numarine 30XP is powered by twin Man 560hp for top speeds up to thirteen knots, a cruise of ten, and a three thousand five hundred nautical mile long range at eight knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 30.75 n (100.8ft)

Beam - 7.50 m

Draft - 1.8 m

Displacement - 150 t loaded, 208 gt*volume

Fuel Capacity - 19,000 l

Water Capacity - 2000l

Accommodation - ten berths in five cabins, five crew in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Man 560hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - thirteen knots max, ten cruise, eight long range

Range - 3500 nautical miles at eight knots

Construction - fiberglass reinforced plastic

Project - Can Yalman

Certification - CE A

www.numarine.com

Projects: Spirit Yachts P50 Coupe, Spirit Yachts P50 Sport

Spirit Yachts has unveiled its latest design, the P50 motor yacht. An exclusive new project from Spirit Yachts award-winning in-house design team led by Tom Smith, the P50 marries the style and sophistication of Suffolk based renowned sailing yachts with statement power boat characteristics to offer a luxury proposition. The Spirit P50 has two iterations, the P50 Coupé and the P50 Sport, to offer options for warmer and cooler climates, or day trips to adventures further afield. Spirit already has one of each design in build, with the first yacht due to launch spring 2026. The Spirit P50 Coupe rendered above is designed for northern Europe and cooler locations boaters requiring protection from the elements, offering a luxurious, enclosed saloon, and a fully equipped interior with two double cabins. The P50 Sport pictured below is designed for warmer climates and a swim-up lifestyle, with a large swim platform, a spacious cockpit with comfortable U-shaped seating, and reclining sunbeds on the bow for relaxing and socialising. Forward of the aft seating area is an open galley and cocktail bar for al fresco dining and entertaining. Both the P50 Coupé and the P50 Sport are built using Spirit’s proven wood-construction method to RCD Category B married with the latest technology. The yachts both have twin Volvo 440hp engines with IPS pod drives, which will give a top speed of thirty knots and a cruise of 22.

www.spirityachts.com

New Model: Cornate Explore 35

 

Cornate has in September 2024 celebrated twenty years of operation, with the company presenting the most cabin boat of its line as it debuts the Explore 35.  Designed by Angvil Ranvig and based for the most on the Chase 35 the Cornate 35 Explore 35 offers more cruiser comforts and comes with a T-Top protecting the racing style centre console.  The Explore 35 lower deck accommodation presents itself with a two plus two accommodation plan, with a V-shaped berth forward, double berth at midships, and shower head.  Offered with six engines options, the Cornate Explore 35 shows its fast heritage as even the economic to run and only diesel smallest engine choice of the twin Mercruiser 270hp with stern drives gives a top speed of 49 knots.  Other power options include two outboards of twin 300hp and or 400hp, and a Mercury racing of twin 520hp which give a fast seventy knots top speed. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 10.56 m (34.6ft)

Beam - 2.63 m

Draft - 0.75 m

Displacement - 3000 kg

Fuel Capacity - 400 l

Water Capacity - 100 l

Max Persons - ten

Accommodation - two plus two

Engines - 2 x Mercruiser TDI V6 270hp *diesel, 6.2L V8 350hp, 8.2 Mag 420hp, Mercury Racing 520hp, **outboards V8 Verado 300hp, V10 Verado 400hp

Propulsion - Mercury stern drives with duo-prop, Mercury racing, Mercury outboard

Speed - 49 knots max with Mercruiser 270hp, seventy knots with Mercury Racing 520hp

Hull Shape - stepped deep Vee with 24.5 degrees deadrise aft

Project - Egil Ranvig

Certification - CE B/C 

www.cornate.com

Two Boats Destroyed by Fire in Grove Isle, Miami

Two boats of eleven and twelve meters in length were destroyed by fire at Grove Isle Club and Resort, Miami with a blaze which started before 07:30 morning time of Tuesday seventeen June.  Miami Fire Rescue responded to the blaze, with the fire controlled in about ten minutes. The fire started on the elven meter Sea Ray sport cruiser and then went to a Galeon flybridge cruiser to its starboard. Two other nearby boats of ten and eight meters in length also sustained some fire damage.  The US Coast Guard was also on the scene to asses the situation, with no one injured in the fire as all boats had no people onboard.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The boat which started this fire is a latest version Sea Ray Sundancer 370, with the other wrecked boat being a Galeon 400 Fly.  The nearby damaged boats are a latest model Sea Ray Sundancer 320, and a Boston Whaler center console.

Project: Bellini Astor 58

Bellini is meaning business with its boat-yacht building industrial plan and after debuting the 36 Astor in 2024, follows it with the eight meter larger Astro 58.  Like the Astor 36 the Bellini Astor 58 is again a design of Brunello Acampora Victory design studio with Norberto Ferretti as project director.  The Bellini Astor 58 is again a center console walk around sport yacht with full bow to stern exterior spaces, drop down bulks heads which extend spaces in the aft sun-pad and bathing platform area making it become a bigger beach area when the yacht is at anchor.  An exterior galley is located behind the three seat central helm station.  Lower deck accommodation is for three cabins with three heads, two en-suite for the midships owners stateroom and VIP suite forward, with a third head serving the third cabin and as a day head.  An L-shaped saloon is located in between the cabins.  The Bellini Astor 58 is to be standard powered by twin Volvo 725hp with IPS pod drives, and or optional 800hp engines with the same propulsion system.  The Bellini Astor 58 is to debut in the upcoming Cannes Yachting Festival 2025 the coming September.

www.belliniyacht.it

New Model: Fjord 490 Open

Fjord presents the new 490 Open as debuted at the 2025 Mallorca boat show.  Designed by Marco Casali the Fjord 490 Open brings the novelty from the German owned sport cruiser and yacht builder of featuring optional drop down expanding bulkheads becoming terraces, that serve the aft sun-pad area.  Although not new in the center console walk-around genre, the 490 Open is the first Fjord to feature these, which makes it all interesting as the brand is one of the best sellers in the genre.  Like all other Fjord walk around center console the Fjord 490 is a full on fore to aft entertaining day cruiser first, with the usual layout of central aft sun-pad, opposite facing dinette, wet-bar and exterior galley, four forward facing pilot and passenger settees with offset to starboard helm station, fore-deck sun-pad, and two opposite settees to fore peak.  A novelty on the Fjord 490 Open is an aft looking mezzanine settee before the sun-pad and by the up and down bathing platform.  Down below the Fjord offers sleeping accommodation for four in area, with four lower deck choices available, which go from a second shower head option, to a separate forward cabin, a lower cabin galley, and a or U-shaped settee instead of the forward double berth.  The Fjord 490 Open is powered by twin Volvo 550hp and or 600hp with IPS pod drives with the large option give top speeds up to 34 knots.  The Fjord 490 Open is available in the outboard 490 Sport version, powered by triple Mercury 600hp. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.03 m (49.3ft)

Hull Length - 13.4 m

Beam - 4.58 m

Draft - 0.95 m

Displacement - 

Fuel Capacity - 1500 l

Water Capacity - 300 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins

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

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller pod drives

Speed - 34 knots max with 600hp, 31 knots with 550hp

Construction - Vacuum infused with isophthalic gelcoat and first layer Vinilester resin

Project - Marco Casali

Certification - CE B

www.fjordboats.com

BlueGame Boat Sinks Near Massa Lubrense, Sorrento

A Blue Game sport cruiser of twelve meters in length with two families totalling eight persons onboard semi sank near Grotta dei Colombi, at the Punta Campanella reserved area, Massa Lubrense to the West of Sorrento on the afternoon of Sunday fifteen June.  The eight persons onboard were saved by a nearby boater, who was in the area as the Bluegame cruiser started to sink, with this remaining mostly sank and its bow sticking out of the water.  Following the incident the Guardia Costiera and Port Captaincy tended to the scene along with Area Marina Protetta of Massa Lubrense environment police, with no pollution reported from the sinking.  The sport cruiser was reported that it started to take water from its drives, as an investigation is ongoing to find the exact causes of how this happened.  The BlueGame cruiser was recovered and taken to a boat yard for repairs on Monday 23 June.

The BlueGame in this sinking is a BG40 as designed by Luca Santella and Lou Codega for naval architecture and produced from 2011 to 2017.  The BG40 is Blue Game third model, introduced as an entry level offer, then replaced by the BG42.

Tiara Boat Hits Underwater Reef in Bosa Sardinia

An eleven meter Tiara express sportfish cruiser hit an underwater reef of the Bosa seawall, to the West of Sardinia before 18:00 hours of Sunday fifteen June.  The boaters were assisted by a rib, as they dropped the tender down.  The exact reason why the Tiara cruiser ended aground, are not reported, although it looks to be an error of navigation, as it hit the underwater reef close to the break water marker, and also tried to pass from the North part of the sea wall.  A plan to float the Tiara cruiser and take it to a yard for repairs was being organized on that same evening.

The Tiara in this grounding is a 3800 Open as produced from 2001 to 2008.  The 3800 Open was a replacement to the Tiara 3700 Open, and was replaced by the 3900 Open.