Sunseeker Sport Cruiser Fire in Delimara Malta

An unattended thirteen meter Sunseeker sport cruiser titled m/y Jean Marie under Malta flag had an onboard fire when berthed at Delimara, to the South East of the island of Malta, at 11:34 morning time of Tuesday twentieth August.  Civil Protection Malta responded to the fire, with the fire fighting boat m/v Manucca and Fire Stations 10, 1, and 5.  The fire was reported extinguished with the use of 50,000 liters of fresh water and 3000 liters of fluoro-protein foam.  The cause of the fire has not been reported.

The Sunseeker sport cruiser in this fire is a 44 Camargue as produced from 1998 to 2002 to a design of Don Shead and John Braithwaithe.  The 44 Camargue came out as a replacement to the 47 Camargue, and was replaced by the 46 Portofino.

Boat Collides Into Channel Marker in Richardson Bay

A traditional looking Sabre cruiser of fourteen meters in length titled m/y Wasabi collided with a channel marker referred to as a dolphin piling near Sausalito at the entrance of Richardson Bay, California for a story which was publicized by Latitude 38 on 25 October but apparently happened on the night of the nineteen August, as a Notice of the channel marker damage and not working was posted on the twenty August.  The traditional cruiser apparently crashed into navigational light #2 a dolphin marker which marks the entry into Richardson Bay.  Those onboard avoided major injuries, with the Sabre cruiser knocking over the pilings and launching the birdcage with markers and light onto the foredeck, and sustaining important bow damage from the collision, but still managing to make it to the marina on its own power.  

The traditional cruiser in this Sausalito collision is a 2015 Sabre 48 Salon Express.  Announced first as the 46, Sabre debuted the 48 Saloon Express in 2011, with a Fly Bridge version coming in 2016.

New Model: MJM Yachts 42

MJM Yachts has just launched the new 42 model.  The 42 represents the next generation in liveaboard express fast cruisers, embodying a Carolina Downeast inspired design, catering to couples seeking an experience centered around superior cruising comfort with all-weather, all-conditions capability.  Below decks the MJM 42 interior embraces an American nautical aesthetic, complemented by expansive hull windows that flood the space with natural light, with double berth forward, and a double at midships.  MJM 42 hull #1 has completed all her testing and has been delivered to her new owner.  The first unit was powered by twin Volvo 440hp coupled to duo-prop stern drives, which clocked a speed just above 39 knots.  The MJM 42 is also available with twin Mercury 600hp outboard engines with estimated top speeds above 45 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.22 m (46.8ft)

Hull Length - 12.9 m

Beam - 3.65 m

Draft - 1.06 m with drives and propellers

Displacement - 8814 kg unloaded, 11271 kg half load

Fuel Capacity - 1324 l *diesel stern drive, 1998 l *petrol gas for outboard choice

Water Capacity - 416 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, plus two in converted saloon

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 440hp, *Mercury V12 Verado 600hp

Propulsion - Volvo DPI duo prop stern drives, *Mercury outboard

Speed - 39 knots with Volvo 440hp, 47 knots estimated from twin Mercury

Hull Shape - modified-V with 18.5 degrees deadrise aft

Construction - C5 closed compressed clean oven-cured composite with E-glass and CNC-cut structural foam layers and epoxy dry stack vacuum

www.mjmyachts.com

Yacht Beached in Cayo Costa in Aftermath of Hurricane Debby

A twenty meter motor yacht titled m/y Front Page ended beached in Cayo Costa on Saturday eighteen August, following the aftermath of Hurricane Debbie.  According to some social media posts the yacht was deliberately beached in Cayo Costa Beach, Florida in order to save her from sinking, as it had sustained hull damage during the storm.  The yacht also lost its anchor, chain and windless during the storm.  Front Page is reported to be a liveaboard for two persons, although the yacht was reported abandoned in the South Gulf Cove canals the past March, and also heavily damaged by the Category 5 Hurricane Ian on its onslaught to Fort Myers in end September 2022.  Operations to re-float the yacht are apparently in progress.  Hurricane Debby was a Category 1 Hurricane which formed on August three and dissipated on the fourteen, which killed ten people, and caused estimated damaged of two billion US dollars. 

M/y Front Page is a 1985 Ocean Alexander 63 Motor Yacht Fisherman as produced in the eighties.

Project: Steeler Explorer 16M

Steeler present the project for an Explorer 16M model.  An explorer yacht which redefines luxury with its three-deck configuration and virtually full-beam living area and folding balconies. The seamless integration of indoor and outdoor spaces, thanks to glass-enclosed areas that can be opened or closed, provides ultimate comfort in any climate. Steeler says the small explorer will give a superyacht feel in just sixteen meters, with a platform design for unlimited cruising inshore and offshore.  The Explorer 16M will offer a lower deck boasting accommodation for three spacious bedrooms and two luxurious bathrooms, providing ample space and privacy for guests. The flybridge, accessible from the wheelhouse, is designed to be the ultimate entertainment area, perfect for socializing and enjoying breathtaking views.  A standout features of the Explorer 16 is its folding balconies on both port and starboard sides, which enhance the superyacht experience. These balconies provide additional outdoor space, perfect for relaxation and enjoying the surroundings with the entire main deck exuding a superyacht sense of space and luxury, that is unimaginable in a sixteen meter yacht.

www.steeleryachts.com

Sport Cruiser Ends Aground in Port Camargue

A nine meter sport cruiser with six persons ended aground at the entrance of Port Camargue, in the Montpellier region to the West side of South France, on the night of Saturday seventeen August.  The sport cruiser was assisted by the fire fighting emergency services who came to the scene to help the six boaters.  Five of the six boaters had light injuries from the impact of the sport cruiser, who is reported to have crashed into the marina break-water at planning speed.

The sport cruiser in this collision is a Four Winns 288 Vista as produced from 2004 to 2009. The 288 Vista came out as a replacement to the 298 Vista, with the model replaced by the V285.

Canados Yacht Saved from Sinking Near Panarea

A 21 meter Canados motor yacht was saved from sinking as it was near Panarea Island on the late afternoon early evening of Saturday seventeen August.  The Canados yacht was transporting eleven passengers when it started to take on water.  A nearby commercial vessel intervened, saving the passengers from the yacht first, as the Guardia Costiera CP 322 came on the scene, bringing also a mechanic onboard the Canados yacht.  Ultimately the yacht was partly beached for safely in Spiagga San Pietro.  Some unconfirmed reports said the yacht had a water intrusion from a seacock failure.

The yacht in this near sinking is a Canados 70S as produced from 1988 to 93 to a design of Spadolini.  The 70S was the second model in Canados fiberglass era which started with the 58 in 1987.  The Canados 70S was a replacement to the wood build 70, and was replaced by the 23 in 1995.

Benetti Super Yacht Collides Into Pontoon at St. Tropez

A one month old delivered 34 meter Benetti super yacht titled m/y Opus was filmed as it collided into a pontoon in a busy St. Tropez marina.  The exact date of the accident is not reported but the first sharing of the video was made on eighteen August on Yachts.Worldwide Instagram channel who re-shared a video filmed by other Instagram user James__Gaskin.  The yacht most probably had a throttle malfunction, and was filmed hitting the pontoon, with a later still photo showing the damage to the steel bow protection skeg.  No one was reported injured in the collision.

M/y Opus is the sixth unit of the Benetti Oasis 34M as designed by Redwood Whiteley Dixon for exterior, with Bonetti and Kozerski taking care of the interiors.  The Oasis 34M has been produced since 2022, coming out as a replacement to the Mediterraneo 116.

Neptunus New Web Site

Neptunus presents its new World wide web showroom.  Neptunus was founded in 1972, in Aalst, the Netherlands, a brand of the company Neptune Marine with its first model being the 107 model, a 37 foot double keel aft cabin cruiser which sold over three hundred units in a ten year plus production run.  In 1989 Neptunus moved part of its production to Canada at first starting a collaboration with a third party and ultimately by 1991 in its own facility at St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada, less to hour distance from the Buffalo airport.  Eventually by 1999 the production of all Neptunus yachts is moved to Canada, with Neptune Marine selling any interest in Neptunus by 2001.  Currently Neptunus has a 6600 square meter facility in St. Catherine, where it builds four models from 65 to 75 feet, with its latest model being the just 2024 launched 750SL model . Neptunus new website takes you around with the following buttons; About, 750 Series, 650 Series, Showroom, and Contact.  Neptunus is also on social media, with a bottom right link taking you to its Facebook page.

www.neptunusyachts.com

Classic Italcraft Yacht Burns Down Near Ostia Italy

A 21 meter Italian flagged motor yacht with eleven persons onboard of which six small children went ablaze as it was cruising four miles offshore to the beach of Capocotta, Ostia, Italy at 13:30 of Saturday seventeen August.  The Italian Guardia di Finanza which was closer to the yacht, gave the first assistance, with the Guardia Costiera CP836 following.  Following a medical check, the yacht passengers all turned out unharmed, and where later discharged at the Ostia yacht marina.  The yacht was reported departing Riva di Traino marina, and was mostly destroyed by fire although reports indicated it did not sink.

The yacht in this fire is an Italcraft C70, as produced from 1991 up to 96 in a couple of units.  The C70 is a tamed up to thirty knots version of Italcraft record breaking M78, which was the fastest large yacht when launched in 1985 clocking 58 knots.  This same hull was subsequently used for the hard-top Drago 70 model which launched in 2000.   

Cranchi Boat Destroyed by Fire in Ghadira Bay Malta

A ten meter Cranchi sport cruiser was destroyed by a fire in Ghadira Bay, Mellieha, Malta, with the blaze starting at about 22:30 of Friday sixteen August.  Fire fighters from the Civil Protection and Red Cross rescue workers intervened to control the fire, with the boat ending a wreck and sinking.  It is not understood if the Cranchi sport cruiser was un-attended or not at the time of the fire, or the boaters abandoned it when the blaze started as local media are giving conflicting reports of the event.  The cause of the fire is not reported, with the boat salvaged on Monday nineteen August by local company Polaris Marine Service co. Ltd. 

The Cranchi boat in this fire is a 33 Endurance as produced from 2002 up to 2005 to a design by Aldo Cranchi.  The 33 Endurance came out as a replacement to the 31 Aquamarina and was replaced by a new second generation 33 Endurance in 2008.

Hingham Sea Ray Cruiser and Sailboat Collision Injures Two Persons

A collision between an eleven meter Sea Ray sport cruiser and a six meter sailboat in Hingham Bay, off the coast of Grape Island in Weymouth, Massachusetts on 12:30 of Friday sixteen August left two persons injured.  The two injured persons where on the small sailboat, which partly sank as it crashed with the Sea Ray sport cruiser titled m/y Medona.  Both boaters on the sailboat, a man and a woman were taken to South Shore Hospital suffering from propeller strikes on there body, with the woman injuries being very serious.  The US Coast Guard responded to the collision with SeaTow coming later to the scene, and working to refloat the small sail boat. An investigation on the collision is ongoing.

The Sea Ray in this collision is a 380 Sundancer model as produced from 1999 to 2003.  The Sea Ray 380 Sundancer came out as a replacement to the 370 Sundancer and was replaced by the 390 Sundancer.

New Model: Ferretti InFynito 80

 

The first Ferretti InFynito 80 was launched in July at Ferretti Group’s new Ravenna production site. Acquired in March 2023, the shipyard will be fully operational from 2025 and is now home to five production lines for the Ferretti Yachts and Wally brands, with a daily workforce that already totals 200. InFynito 80 follows the InFynito 90 and has the signature characteristics of the range; environmental friendliness, unprecedented flexibility and innovative layouts including the iconic All-Season Terrace, a much-loved architectural feature and the winner of some prestigious awards. Other strengths include the yacht’s versatility, with a sundeck that can be open or semi-open, and the sheer size, above-average for the segment of the outdoor surface areas covered and protected by the hard top or superstructure. With a length overall of over 23 Ferretti Yachts InFynito 80 is the result of collaboration between the Product Strategy Committee led by Piero Ferrari and the Ferretti Group Engineering Department, with exterior design by architect Filippo Salvetti and interiors by Ideaitalia. InFynito 80 also features the range’s F.S.E.A. technology; Ferretti Sustainable Enhanced Architecture package of sustainability-driven, environment-friendly solutions. They include a fast displacement hull optimized to improve fuel efficiency and minimize environmental impact, a special focus on the use of green materials; such as natural fabrics, regenerated leather, recyclable materials, ecological water-based paints and lamellar teak with FSC 5 certification, and an integrated system that stores the solar energy collected by the photovoltaic panels installed on the hard top and on the roof of the All-Season Terrace in an Energy Bank. The interior design mood chosen for this unit is Contemporary, inspired by the fresh color tones of the sea. The upper deck on InFynito 90 is replaced on the InFynito 80 by a completely open sundeck, with a hard-top providing shade for the entire dining area and helm station. The stern area on the upper deck, reserved for sunbathing, is furnished with freestanding sun loungers. The main deck layout features a main salon with twin face-to-face sofas and a TV that swings down from the ceiling. The galley occupies the forward section of the deck, with a recessed electric window that looks onto the iconic All-Season Terrace, one of the highlights of the entire range. Sheltered by an extension to the superstructure for greater protection and privacy, this terrace is a comfortable private space containing a dinette or bar area and a generous sofa to relax on in the shade. The lower deck has four guest cabins, all with en-suite bathroom, sleeping a total of eight people. The crew area amidships can be entered privately from the walkway on the port side and contains two separate cabins sleeping three. The first InFynito 80 is fitted with the optional Man 1400hp engines and can reach a top speed of 22 knots and a cruising speed of 17.  As standard power the Ferretti InFynito 80 is powered by twin Man 1200hp which reduce both top and fast cruising speed by two knots.  The Ferretti InFynito 80 will debut at the Cannes 2024 boat show, the coming September.

Technical Data:

LOA - 23.70 m (77.9ft)

Hull Lenth - 23.6 m2

Beam -  6.32 m

Draft - 1.85 m

Displacement - 

Fuel Capacity - 

Max Persons - twenty

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

Engines - 2 x Man V12 1400hp, V12 1200hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 22 know max 17 cruise with 1400hp, 20 max 15 cruiser with 1200hp, 

Range - up to 1200 nautical miles at ten knots

Hull Shape - semi displacement

Project - Filippo Salvetti exterior, IdeaItalia interior, Ferretti Group engineering

Certification - CE A

www.ferretti-yachts.com

Project: Antonini Navi Evo-31 Exp

Antonini Navi the superyacht builder founded in 2020 by Gruppo Antonini Spa in partnership with Aldo Manna presents the project for Evo-31 Exp a 32-metre full custom Super Explorer Yacht. The contract of the Evo-31 Exp was signed in October with the keel laid in Januay 2024. This full custom 32 meter super yacht is another important milestone in La Spezia-based Antonini Navi’s remarkable story of growth, as well as a concrete and tangible demonstration of the great flexibility and expertise that attracted the seasoned owner in the first place. In October 2020, at the Genoa International Boat Show, Antonini Navi announced its launch to the world and presented a brand with a sharp focus on the construction of full-custom yachts. The company began by building metal structures for other shipyards and with time has gained the recognition and attention of potential customers. In just three years, the Shipyard has positioned itself as a competitive force in the world of yachting specializing in both full-custom yachts and third-party constructions under contract for leading shipyards. The financial solidity and deep-rooted, longstanding technological experience of Antonini Group, which has been working across the board in the global oil and gas and shipbuilding industries for over seventy years, have been essential ingredients for success. In more detail, this full-custom steel and alumimium Evo-31 Exp has been entrusted to Hydro Tec for both exterior design, naval architecture, and layout, while the interiors were done by Hot Lab in Milan, successfully realizing the owner’s dreams. Antonini Navi Evo-31 Exp is is to be powered by twin 715hp Cat engines with delivery planned for 2025.

www.antonininavi.com

Ferragosto Storm in Tuscany Coast, Worst Damage in Baratti

A summer storm of strong short intensity hit the Tuscany Coast with the worst of the damage coming in the Gulf of Baratti, Piombino, Italy on the early afternoon of the festive Ferragosto day, of Thursday fifteen August. With this sudden storm some half a dozen boats anchored or swing moored in the Gulf of Baratti ended beached, creating a bit havoc to the beach and to the surrounding areas.  This Summer storm which hit all the Tuscany coast from Pisa down to Piombino lasted for about an hour, with with speeds at thirty knots, and gusting up to forty knots.  Some other sail boats are also reported beached and partly sank in the area, while a nine meter classic Azimut sport cruiser with five persons onboard had to be rescued after it lost power near Cecina, with the Guardia Costiera rescuing three of the five persons and then helping in the towing to a safe harbor.

In Baratti the grounded motor boats are a mid to end nineties produced Gobbi 23 Sport as pictured above, and a classic Cantieri di Pisa Polaris of 13,20 meters as produced from 1961 to 1963 and pictured below.

Below is a classic eighties Azimut 28 which is assisted by the Guardia Costiera after it lost power near Cecina to the South of Livorno.

Canados Super Yacht Sinks in Sentosa Corsica

A 26 meter Canados super yacht titled m/y Manta under Italian flag with eleven persons onboard, sank near Cap du Sentosa, to the South West of Corsica at about 06:30 of Thursday fifteen August.  Manta was cruising its August family vacation in Corsica with its owners, the Magli family, with the owner Monica Magli, husband and captain being awake when a collision with an invisible reef breached the hull allowing a water ingress.  With the noise from the collision to the reef, the rest of the guests who where asleep or still in there cabins awoke, and left the yacht, some of them still in there pajamas on its liferaft.  Hearing the Mayday, a sailing yacht came for assistance first, with no success due to the reefs surrounding the area, which was followed by a catamaran who managed to collect the eleven passengers.  A voluntary organization Le Sauveteurs En Mer came following to the scene with a crew of seventeen, which included three divers and a nurse and apart helping the yacht passengers also assisted them with a medical check, with only one man, Monica's husband Alberto needing assistance as he broke a foot finger.  A recovery operation is being planned for the yacht with sinking area being banned for any swimming activities.

M/y Manta is a Canados 86 as produced from 2003 to 2017 in 46 units to a design of Marine Technology Services.  The 86 is one of Canados best sellers, appreciated for its sea qualities in rough seas, good speed, and accommodation.  The Canados 86 came out as a replacement to the 25, and was replaced by the 88 in 2018.  Canados also build smaller off shots of the 86, like the 82S which was the first hull of the series, and the 80 model.

The Magli family founded Bruno Magli, an Italian luxury house that specializes in shoes and leather goods for men and women from Bologna Italy, started in 1936, and opened its first factory in 1941, with the company being part sold to Bulgari fund management Opera in 2001, and since 2015 owned by the Marquee Brands.

New Model: Fjord 39 XL

 

Fjord debuts the 39 XL, a new entry level in its six model walk-around day cruiser line and a replacement to the 38 after four years in production.  Fair to say Fjord is the evolutionist of the modern European walk-around day cruiser which since the 40 Open appeared in 2008 has made good fortunes for the German owned Scandinavian name.  The new Fjord 39 XL is a bit wider and longer to its predecessor, with this extra dimensions giving space benefits in all areas; aft deck, helm station, and a more spacious lower cabin deck.  For example in the aft deck the 39 XL now offers a fixed sun-pad followed by opposite settees looking dinette which can sit up to eight persons.  The extra beam of the 39 XL also give an option for a three settee helm station from the standard two seats, with the hard top now also being longer and wider extending nearly up to the ship side rather then in the structure of the windshield.   Down below the Fjord 39 XL offers an open layout with double berth forward, furniture unit offering fridge and freezer plus storage spaces to port side on entry, and shower head to starboard which now also features an enclosed shower-stall.  The Fjord 39 XL is standard powered by twin Volvo 320hp with stern drives propulsion, with engine upgrades going up to 440hp and 45 knots speeds, with an option for IPS also being possible from the larger engines.  The same model is also offered in the 39 XP outboard version powered by twin Mercury 400hp petrol gas engines.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 11.97 m (39.3ft)

Hull Length - 11.5 m

Beam - 3.87 m

Draft - 1.11 m

Displacement - 

Fuel Capacity - 1140 l

Water Capacity - 200 l

Max Persons - twelve 

Accommodation - two berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D4 320hp, D6 440hp

Propulsion - Volvo DPI stern drives, or IPS pod propulsion

Speed - 45 knots max with twin Volvo 440hp

Construction - fiberglass with Isophthalic gel coat

Certification - CE B, ISO 8666 for data

www.fjordboats.com

Princess Yacht Saved from Sinking Near Marinella Olbia

A 21 meter Princess sport yacht was saved from sinking as it hit some reefs during navigation near Cala Sabina and the beach of Marinella, to the North of Olbia on the morning of fourteen August.  Italian Military and Guardia Costiera personnel rushed to the scene of the accident, saving the passengers first, and then investigating that no pollution from the yacht is coming out.  The Princess Yacht was reported to breaching its hull at the back, and was kept from sinking with big floating bags, with a towing to a yard for investigation and subsequent repairs being organized.  No injuries to the boaters was reported from the collision. 

The Princess yacht in this near sinking is a V70 as produced from 2004 to 2010 to a design of Bernard Olesinski.  When released the V70, was the largest Princess V series yet produced, with the model replaced by the V72 in 2011.

Formentera August Storm Grounds Boats in La Savina

A DANA which is not a storm name but a Spanish acronym for isolated depression at high altitude, hit the Balearic islands, with its stronger epicenter forming on Formentera, South to Ibiza at 10:20 hours on the morning of Wednesday fourteen August.  The storm which was stronger then forecasted had an average wind speed of fifty knots, with gusts touching one hundred knots of wind.  La Savina which was the most interested area boating wise, tossed and grounded a dozen boats around, with some boaters needing an emergency rescue to escape from the wreckage.

The most high profile grounding in this storm was the 2007 build Wally 100 s/y Wally Love which was also heavily listed to its starboard.  Of the motor boats aground videos showed a nineties build Sealine 310 Ambassador, and a late eighties Sunseeker 43 Thunderhawk.  While other videos showed an Azimut 43S, Benetti 35M Classic, Cranchi 41 Endurance , and a Zaniboni 38 Escalibur escaping from the storm.

Boat Yard Fire in Civitanova Marche Burns Classic Trojan Cruiser

A boat yard fire on the afternoon of Tuesday thirteen August at Piermanni waterfront in Civitanova Marche, Macerata burned a ten meter Trojan sport cruiser.  The fire is reported to have started at 17:20 hours, with the Trojan cruiser heavily damaged by the blaze which also damaged the boat yard tools deposit.  Fire fighting squads from Civitanova, Fermo, and Macerate tended to the fire turning it off at about 20:00 hours.  According to some reports the fire might have started from an arson, with the investigation now inspecting CCTV cameras in the area.   A fire also interested a boat yard in the same area, and a similar but a bit larger Trojan cruiser on 25 February of this year.

The boat in this fire is a Trojan 10M Express as produced from 1981 to 1989.  The 10M had two other variants the Mid Cabin, and the flybridge Sedan version, with Trojan reportedly selling hundreds of these.  The 10M started a new Euro designed inspired era for Trojan with the model replaced by the 10.8 Meter Express and Sedan models, which used the same Delta-Conic hull shape but extended in length.