New Model: Beneteau Swift Trawler 48

Beneteau presents the new Swift Trawler 48, an explorer flybridge cruiser which focuses on practical easy living and circulation and is built to seek new horizons. An evolution of the Swift Trawler 47 which launched in 2018, the 48 is mid-range explorer cruiser with a stylish profile which features the new stainless framed teak slat fashion plates, as featured on the Grand Trawler 62. Designed by Beneteau's Andreani the Swift Trawler 48 offers an aft cockpit which can fit a folding table and two directors chairs which together with the large bench seat maximizes the indoor to outdoor living space. The transom double gate opens onto a large swim platform with an optional hydraulic lifting system. A twenty squared meters flybridge adds more open air spaces for panoramic views. The flybridge offers dual seat with transform backrests either side of the pilot seat which allow plentiful forward facing seating during passage making or join with the dinette aft to eat and relax with a large dining table and a wet-bar. On the foredeck the optional sun-pad with lift up sections creates forward seating.  The Swift Trawler 48 also features an asymmetrical deck layout giving a wide and well-protected starboard side-deck. Andreani revisited the interior design and layout in the Swift Trawler 48, with an entrance inside with a main deck with an astern large fully-equipped L-shaped galley.  Forward of the galley is a spacious raised U-shaped dinette providing seating for up to eight with great views all around. To starboard is the helm station with an adjacent side door for easy docking and more air circulation. In the lower accommodation, the forward owner’s cabin features a double berth and plenty of storage, with an en-suite bathroom with separate shower cubicle to starboard. The port guest cabin has two single berths with an infill to transform into a double berth. This cabin also features an en-suite door to the portside day head. The starboard guest cabin has two portlights, a transverse double berth and a double door wardrobe that is large enough to take an optional washer/dryer in the base. The Beneteau Swift Trawler 48 is powered by twin Cummins 380hp, and or optional 425hp as optional.

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.74 m (48.4ft)

Beam - 4.5 m

Draft - 1.15 m

Displacement - 12200kg unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 1930 l

Water Capacity - 640 l

Accommodation - six guests in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSB 6.7l 380hp, QSB 6.7l optional 425hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 23 knots max 18 cruise, nine knots long range with 380s, 26 knots max with 425w

Range - 380 nm at 18 knots, 650 nm at 9 knots with 380s

Hull Shape - semi displacement

Construction - sandwich construction with counter molding, balsa core in super structure

Project - Andreani exterior and interior, MiCad naval architecture

Certification - CE B14/C16/D16

www.beneteau.com

Boca Chita Boat Yacht Collision Kills Two

A collision between a fifteen meter Azimut sport yacht and a five meter Key West open boat in South Biscayne Bay, Boca Chita Key, Miami-Dade County on 18:45 hours of Sunday 21 April killed two men.  The reason of the accident and who struck who are not reported, with both vessels having seven passengers onboard when the boats collided into each other.  The operator and a passenger of the small Key West boat where emergency transported to a hospital, and ultimately did not make it and died.  The Azimut as the picture above shows had damage on its starboard bow area, with the small Key West boat damaged on its port-side to aft.  Florida Fish and Wildlife are investigating the accident.  

The Azimut sport yacht in this collision is an Atlantis 51 model, as released in 2018 to a project of Neo Design of Salvetti and Biaggi.  Still in production today, the Azimut Atlantis 51 replaced the Atlantis 50 after five years of production.

Project: Castagnola Heritage 15

Castagnola presents the project for the Heritage 15, a sport yacht of fifteen meters in length as designed by Nauta with naval architecture by Francesco Rogantin.  You do not change a winning project and understandably Castagnola repeat the design and architecture of the Heritage 9.9 which debuted in 2020 to the larger Heritage 15, where it is all but very similar to the smaller sister, with the additional size offering more spaces both inside and out.  Nauta followed the path again of clean and timeless exterior lines, with a near identical exterior layout which now gets added with a T-Top and goes again for a double aft sun-pad with central corridor layout, which then offers a C-shaped dinette, and L-shaped galley wet-bar opposite to starboard behind the helm station.  The interior of the Castagnola Heritage 15 gets the most of the extra size now offering a two cabins two heads interior; forward owners suite, and a dinette which transforms to an additional berth in between the two cabins.   The Castagnola Heritage 15 is to be powered by twin Man 730hp with line shaft engines, with two thousand liters fuel capacity which according to the Italian builder will allow a safe range in between the main Western islands of Sardinia and the Balearics.  The Castognola Heritage 15 is to be constructed in what the Eastern Liguria boat and yacht builder calls WTS; Wood in Tech Skin, which is a cold molding construction method with mahogany strip planking infused in epoxy and fiberglass matts.  Being that a lot of Italian yacht builders were still immersed in wood construction up to the nineties, in both the Venice and Genoa area, I am still surprised how cold molding never got the success it has as the East of the USA.     

www.castagnolayacht.it

Tankoa New Web Site

Italian super yacht builder Tankoa presents its new web site.  Tankoa which means Scorpio in Genoese dialect was founded in 2007 by Giuseppe Orsi and his best friend, with the presidency of the company moving to Orsi sons, from Guido who was the President at founding to his sister Eva who took over Presidency since 2018.  Tankoa's main founder Giuseppe Orsi started his career as an engineer, becoming a businessman, and corporate executive taking over the helm of Finmeccanica in 2011.  But Orsi is also a passionate yacht owner, having entered yachting with the ownership of various super yachts, who from 1996 up to 2004 was also the owner of Baglietto shipyard.  The construction of the first Tankoa hull number C101, a super yacht as designed by Francesco Paszkowski started life in 2008 as a 65 meter project then delayed with the Global Financial Crisis which hit the world economies at the end of that year.  Eventually Tankoa C101 will be updated to a 69 meter in 2013 and launched in June 2015.  Tankoa is located from its founding in 2008 in Sestri Ponente in the center of Genoa's seven nautical miles break water protected harbor, next to Genoa's Christopher Columbus airport.  In December 2023 Tankoa took a lease agreement for the former Privilege super yacht yard in Civitavecchia which went bankrupt in 2015, increasing both production capacity and the possibility to build larger super yachts. Tankoa's aim has always been to be a boutique super yacht builder, with a business core in both custom and semi-custom builds, although the success seems more coming from the later, with eight of the yacht delivered coming from the semi-custom series yachts.  Tankoa has so far build eight super yachts from 45 up to 72 meters, with eight further yachts currently under construction, and it's most successful series being the fifty meter S501 platform which has been delivered in five units and currently featuring a sixth hull under construction.  Tankoa new website takes you around with the following buttons; Company, Excellence, Models, Fleet, Refit, Press, News, and Contact.

www.tankoa.it

Production History; (semi-production only)

S501 2017-22 (4)

S501 Evo 2023- (2

T450 2024- (2

Tankoa 70M C101 during launch on June 25, 2015

New Model: Sanlorenzo 44X-Space

Sanlorenzo has in mid Summer 2023 launched its first unit of the 44X-Space super yacht, the debutant of its new X-Space range, a series which looks to create a bridge between the Exp and Steel lines, a mix between exploring capability and important voluminous spaces. Designed by Bernardo Zuccon, Sanlorenzo main designer since 2018 the 44X-Space has a length of just under 44 meters, and offers four plus flybridge decks and a volume of 495 gross tonnage.  The interiors of the first 44X-Space are designed by Piero Lissoni, who presented five guest suites, with an upper third deck fully dedicated for the owner, and four additional guest suites on the lower deck. Crew accommodation is for eight in five cabins plus a lobby with L-shaped dinette, galley.  Four of the crew cabins sleeping seven are located on the forward part of the lower deck, while the captains cabin with adjacent small office and en-suite bathroom is located on the bridge deck behind the wheelhouse. The Sanlorenzo 44X-Space has a full displacement hull with bulbous bow which powered by twin Man 1450hp engines gives speeds up to fifteen knots, and a four thousand nautical miles range at ten knots cruise.  Sanlorenzo 44X-Space has so far sold in seven units, all ordered previous to the launch of hull one, with the Italian builder so far promoting the super yacht only with a YouTube video.   

Technical Data:

LOA - 43.70 m (143.4ft)

Beam - 8.80 m

Draft - 2.80 m full load

Displacement - 495 gt*volume

Fuel Capacity - 50,000 l

Water Capacity - 4000 l

Accommodation - ten/twelve guests in five cabins, eight/nine crew in five cabins

Engines - 2 x Man 12v 1450hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - fifteen knots max, twelve knots cruise, ten knots long range

Range - 4000 nautical miles at ten knots

Hull Shape - displacement

Construction - steel hull, alumimium super structure

Project - Bernardo Zuccon exterior, Piero Lissoni interior

www.sanlorenzoyacht.com

Projects: Viking 82 Convertible, Viking 82 Enclosed Bridge

Viking has delivered more then 110 yachts that are 80 feet or larger, including twenty-one of its 92 and an astounding 54 of the Viking 80. This new second generation 82 builds upon the success of the Viking 80 which debuted in 2015, pushing the genre to new heights. At over 25 meters in length over all, the Viking 82 Convertible presents a long, sleek and strong profile. Her gently sloping unbroken S-shaped sheer, double strakes and chines, deftly placed molded-in style lines and swept-back black metallic mask are unmistakably Viking. She shares stylistic refinements of the 90, including deckhouse window and hull portlights with chamfered edges and the latest hull-side engine room vent design. The 82’s hull sides also boast a prominent feature line that appears to flow through the tinted port light. The new 82 Convertible will more cockpit space and a larger mezzanine that allows for increased storage and a new extended lounge to starboard. Just under 230 square feet, the cockpit includes a transom door and lift gate, a transom fish-box/live well and full-length in-deck fish boxes with split lids to port and starboard. Accommodation plan in the Viking 82 Convertible offers a five-stateroom, six-head accommodation plan, with a full beam owners stateroom.  The Viking 82 is engineered for the installation of a Seakeeper gyro stabilizer, easily accessible via a single cockpit hatch on centerline with optional electric actuation. The new Viking 82 proves the attention the New Jersey sportfish yacht specialist puts into its design, development and production for the biggest convertible yachts in the world. Hull one of the Viking 82 will be an open bridge Convertible model with a Pamlico Blue gelcoat and a custom tuna tower from the subsidiary Palm Beach Towers. The first 82 Convertible will make its world debut at the 2024 Fort Lauderdale boat show in end October, and serve as a demonstrator for Viking.

The 82 as all Viking upwards from the 64 model is also offered in the Enclosed Bridge model, and or EB with sky bridge option. The 82 Enclosed Bridge offers a totally climate-controlled helm area and a luxurious second salon. Viking has been building Enclosed Bridge convertibles for 30 years, and this experience is unmatched in the industry, with constant evolution in design, ergonomics and comfort. If you like the salon-like features of an enclosed bridge but also want to run the boat from an open bridge occasionally, the 82’s Enclosed Bridge sky bridge option as pictured above provides the best of both worlds. The elevated bridge’s port-side console has a fully equipped helm with a recessed black acrylic panel for flush-mounted displays. Guests can enjoy the view from a forward L-shaped lounge. The sky bridge option has been immensely popular in both the large Viking 90 and 92 flagship models accounting to over half of the units produced with this layout.  The new Viking 82 is base powered by twin Cats 1925hp with optional engines going up to the powerful 2635hp MTU engines.

www.vikingyachts.com

Couple and Dog Escape Sea Ray Boat Fire in Rankin County

An eight meter Sea Ray sport cruiser with a couple and a dog onboard went ablaze near Rankin County, on the Madison side of the Reservoir, Mississippi on 13:13 hours of Wednesday seventeen April.  The couple and their dog were returning from a short cruise, when the boat backfired and then started smoking.  Seeing this they put their life jackets on and jumped into the water, and were then rescued by 3 On Your Side, with Reservoir Police, Reservoir Fire, and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks fighting the fire.  SeaTow also appeared on the spot and ultimately towed the boat near the Ranking boat landing slip to make fire extinguishing operations easier.  Ultimately the boat fire was extinguished with 26,000 litres of water.  The cause of the fire is reported to be a mechanical failure.

The Sea Ray in this fire is a second generation 290 Sundancer as produced from 1994 to 1997.  The second generation 290 Sundancer was a replacement and soft evolution of the first generation 290, replaced by a third generation 290 Sundancer in 1998, this recognizable by its forward looking radar arch.

Improve-it = Pardo 50

Pardo Yachts presents a 50 model entirely customized with Missoni fabrics, a project resulting from the collaboration of two pioneering brands of the Made in Italy: the historic Milanese maison founded by Ottavio Missoni in 1953 and Cantiere del Pardo, shipyard with artisanal and industrial roots dating back to 1973. Despite coming from very different industries, the two Brands share common values such as attention and commitment to luxury, aesthetics and unique creative design marked by a distinct overseas entrepreneurial spirit. The result? The elegant, clean lines of Pardo are broken by the movement of the iconic, colourful Missoni pattern creating a perfectly balanced combination. Two Italian synonyms of excellence with different styles but perfectly compatible and synergistic.  For the remaining the Pardo 50 is the same with four berths in two cabins below deck, with an option of a crew cabin, and is powered by twin Volvo 480hp as standard with options going up to 600hp with IPS forward looking pod drives propulsion.

www.pardoyachts.com

Project: Mulder Favorite Fast 70

Mulder present the project for a Favorite Fast  70, a remarkable evolution of the renowned Mulder Favorite line. This new luxury cruiser embodies the essence of an open “Fast” Mulder, adorned with a fixed bimini, redefining the boundaries of speed and design within the Favorite range. Crafted by Mulder, every inch of the Favorite Fast is a testament to meticulous attention to detail and super yacht quality.  The unmistakable Mulder touch is evident, making it instantly recognizable as a Mulder Favorite yacht. One of the standout features of the Favorite Fast is the fully integrated bimini roof design, seamlessly blending with the overall shape of the yacht and transforming it into a coherent sculpture. This design innovation not only enhances the yacht’s aesthetic appeal but also ensures a distinctive and stylish presence on the water. The emphasis on comfort aboard the Favorite Fast is evident with windbreaker side windows that serve as both a practical element and a beautiful design feature. These elements not only provide protection from the elements but also contribute to the  yacht’s overall aesthetic charm.  Designed for socializing and relaxation, the Favorite Fast offers different areas to entertain large groups of people. The upper deck cockpit comes with two layout options – one featuring a spacious seating area around the helm seat, and the other with a configuration of three helm seats, catering to diverse preferences. The Favorite Fast boasts a large owner’s cabin, featuring a forward facing king-size bed and a meticulously designed bathroom forward in the bow. This ensures a luxurious and private retreat for the owner, complementing the yacht’s overall opulence.  For added convenience, the Favorite Fast incorporates a dedicated crew area with its own exterior entrance, strategically separated from the guest seating areas. This thoughtful design ensures that crew operations remain discreet, allowing guests to fully enjoy their experience on board. The exterior of the Favorite Fast is a harmonious blend of functionality and sculptural elegance. The carefully crafted feature lines and shapes not only serve a practical purpose but also contribute to the yacht’s overall visual appeal, making it a true masterpiece in Mulder’s distinguished lineup.

www.muldershipyard.nl

Four Rescued After Sea Ray Runs Aground in Waikiki

Four people where rescued from an eleven meter Sea Ray sport cruiser which ran aground in an area known as Rockpiles off Waikiki, Honolulu on 11:40 morning time of Monday fifteen April.  Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguards responded first with their jet-ski assisting the distressed boaters, and taking them to shore.  No one was injured in the grounding with the US Coast Guard monitoring the sport cruiser for any fuel leaks.  In the meantime the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation is currently working with the ownership to remove the Sea Ray cruiser from the reef it is grounded on.

The Sea Ray in this grounding is a 40 Sundancer as produced from the fall of 2006 till 2009.  The Sea Ray 40 Sundancer was born as the 390 Sundancer, with name change introducing new hull windows serving the saloon living areaand larger t-top radar arch.  The 40 Sundancer was replaced by the full three part hard-top 410 Sundancer in 2012.