Boat Collision in Argentario Leaves One Dead

A collision between a thirteen meter sport cruiser and a sailing boat of fourteen meters in length between Giglio island and Argentario, at about 17:25 of 23 July, left one man dead, one lost woman, and four injured.  Immediate the assistance of the Coast Guard who departed Porto Santo Stefano with three boats, a team of scuba divers, and a helicopter from the Fire Fighting squad for a search and rescue operation.  The dead person is reported to have an age of 59 years named Andrea Giorgio Coen from Rome, with the four injured persons and lost sixty year old woman all being onboard the sailing boat being of Italian nationality.  One of the injured was in grievous conditions taken to the hospital of Grosseto.  The four young Danish man of 25 years old on the sport cruiser, are reported to be uninjured.  At one point the sailing yacht was sinking with some news reported it sank, but the yacht was saved and seized moored with the sport cruiser by the Coast Guard for inspection.  According to initial investigation the Fairline Sport Cruiser involved in the collision was running on autopilot at around thirty knots.

The sport cruiser in this collision is a Fairline Targa 43 as designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 1997 till 2005 in about 300 units.  The Targa 43 was a replacement to the Targa 41 and was replaced with the Fairline Targa 44. 

The sailing yacht in the collision is a Beneteau First 45F5 named s/y Vahine.

Sport Cruiser Wrecked by Fire at Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee

Two people were saved as a sport cruiser of nine meters in length went ablaze near Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee at 08:18 morning time of Saturday 23 July.  Chattanooga firefighters responded to the blaze with Squad 19, Fireboats 6 and 10, Tanker 22, Engine 22, and Battalion 3 Blue Shift, as the two people onboard jumped in the water.  The fire was controlled, as the boat was towed away from the lock, and then sunk.  The two people who jumped in the water were collected by a working boat in the area, and were later taken to a hospital with the extent of there injuries not being reported.  The cause of the fire is not reported.

New Model: Canados Oceanic 143 Tri-Deck

On June 29, 2022 Canados launched its largest build to date with the innovative and versatile Oceanic 143 Tri-Deck. Introduced in 2013 the Oceanic line has seen the stakes in Canados order book increase, ever since the first 90 model appeared in 2014.  Presented as the Oceanic 140 project in 2014, the hull and main deck of this unit was actually completed in 2018, only for it to continue finishing works in 2020.  The Canados Oceanic 143 Tri-Deck features an interior with five double guests cabins, including an owners floor with two deck terraces.  Crew accommodation is for eight persons in four cabins including a captains cabin.  Innovation is a key aspect to the Oceanic 143 in all areas, from the Displanning hull shape with bulb and two steps, to the three engine set up with the ability to turn the central unit off and running only with the side engines consuming only forty liters per hour.  The Canados Oceanic 143 Tri-Deck is powered by triple 2400hp Cat engines which allow her to reach a top speed up to 24 knots, a fast cruise of 19, and long range ability from sixteen to eighteen knots, and 950 to six thousand nautical miles respectively.  The Canados Oceanic 143 Tri-Deck will have its World debut in September 2022 at the Cannes boat show.

Technical Data:

LOA - 43.45 m (142.7ft)

Waterline Length - 36.9 m

Beam - 8.22 m

Draft - 2.10 m at propellers

Displacement - 225 t unloaded, 270 t loaded, 385 gt volume

Fuel Capacity - 32,000 l

Water Capacity - 4,500 l

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

Engines - 3 x Cats C32-B 2400hp

Propulsion - line shafts

Speed - 24 knots max, 19 knots fast cruise, 16 economic, 8 knots long range

Range - 950 nm at sixteen knots, 2250 at twelve knots, 4000 at ten knots, 6000 at eight knots

Hull Shape - Displanning with bulb and twin-step to reduce friction

Construction - Vinilester resin with E-glass, super structure in Kevlar and Aramat

Project - Arrabito hull, Giovanni Senatore - Canados naval architect lines, Michela Reverberi interiot

www.canados.com

Custom Sportfish Sinks then Recovered in Fort Lauderdale Marina

An unattended custom sportfish yacht of eighteen meters in length partly sank as it was berthed in Fort Lauderdale Marina, Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the early hours of Friday 22 July.  TowboatU.S Fort Lauderdale was called, coming  to the scene with three trucks, the Sunken Vessel Recovery Unit, and a crew of seven men an hour later to the call.  After deploying containment and absorbent boom to ensure no environmental damage, TowBoatU.S divers started rigging the sportfish with eight lift bags, and as these were inflated, slowly rose the yacht from the bottom. As the gunwales rose above the surface of the water, seven water pumps were put in operation to dewater the yacht. As the yacht was floated and derigged, she was towed to a local haul out facility for preservation and surveyor inspection.

The sportfish yacht in this sinking is a Buddy Davis 61 as designed by Donald Blount and Davis himself.  The Buddy Davis 61 was produced from the end eighties in fiberglass, up till the end of the noughties.  Buddy Davis is an important part in the cold-moulding evolution and the Carolina style sportfish boat and yacht.  Buddy Davis started to learn boat building in Winter 1967 and opened his company in 1973, which he sold in 2003 to Dr. Ira Trocki.

Pershing Super Sport Yacht Fire in Amalfi

A 27 meter Pershing super sport yacht titled m/y Cinque with eight persons onboard went on fire on the morning of 22 July, near the Li Galli islets off the coast of Amalfi.  Some swimmers alerted the coast guard off the fire who came with a rib to safe the eight persons onboard; a British family with four children and two Italian crew, to safety.  The coast guard later dispatched a helicopter to turn off the fire, which succeeded in the operation temporally, and avoided the yacht from total sinking immediately, with it sinking later in the day.  Cinque was reported on charted duty at the time of the fire.  No persons where injured in the fire beside the shock of the accident.

M/y Cinque is a 2000 Pershing 88 as designed by Fulvio de Simoni and produced from 2000 till 2004 in seventeen units.  The 88 was Pershing's flagship at launch and changed how sport yachts above and below 24 meters look. The Pershing 88 was replaced by the Pershing 90.

Sport Cruiser Fire in Sorrento

A sport cruiser went on fire in Piano di Sorrento while moored in its berth at around 0830 hours of Friday 22 July.  Upon seeing fire coming from the sport cruiser the marina personnel towed it out from its mooring, while the ferry ships Freecia D'Argento and Blitz helped in extinguishing the fire immediately.  No injuries are reported as no one was onboard at the time of the fire, which is suspected to have originated from a short circuit.

Some minutes later to this fire on the same morning, a super sport yacht of 27 meters also went on fire about three nautical miles away from this incident, making the news confusing. 

The sport cruiser in this fire is a Chaparral Signature 24 as produced from 1993 till 1997.  The Chaparral 24 was replaced by the more spacious and higher freeboard 240 Signature.

Project: Otam 90 GTS

Otam present the project for a 90 GTS set to launch in 2024.  Designed by Giuseppe Bagnardi, the 90 GTS is another version of the 80 Record hull as designed by Fabio Buzzi, which has been the successful story of the 80/90 Otam series which keeps on re-writing the manual what a custom boat really is, even though the basic foundations are those of the 80 Record boat, which smashed the Round Italy Venice to Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo to London, and Round Britain records in 2001.  The 90 GTS, if we include the 85 GTS should be the eight hull based on the 80 Record, though rightly so since upwards from the waterline this a total different yacht Otam is calling the 90 hull number one.  The first 90 GTS will mostly serve as a day and chase boat to the owners larger vessels, but Otam is already proposing various variations on the theme above from a soft top version, full or half-height windows, and single or double hull windows for the master stateroom at midships. The first Otam 90 GTS is to be powered by twin MTU 2600hp engines with surface drives propulsion with an estimated over forty knots top speeds estimated. 

www.otam.it

New Model: Ranger Tugs R-43 Command Bridge

Ranger Tugs from the USA present the new R-43 Command Bridge.  Based on the lines of the S-version, the new Command Bridge distinct itself for having a second helm flybridge up top.  The flybridge is accessed via molded steps to starboard, and features a helm station also to starboard, with a wet-bar with grill behind, and wrap around settee to port side.  Tender storage is also on the flybridge in the extended part aft.  Accommodation wise the Range Tugs R-43 offers a living main deck with an astern galley located to port side, with a dinette forward, and a J-shaped lounge with two relaxing sofas to starboard behind the helm station.  Down below the R-43 offers two cabins; owners room forward, and guest cabin at midships.  Further aft behind the second cabin with entrance from under the dinette, the R-43 also features an utility room; with a second large fridge freezer and laundry with washer drier.  Powered by twin Volvo 340hp with IPS pods the Ranger Tugs R-43 Command Bridge reaches speeds up to 29 knots and cruises at 23 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.25 m (46.9ft)

Beam - 4.27 m

Draft - 1.07 m

Displacement - 14514 kg

Fuel Capacity - 1135 l

Water Capacity - 454 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 340hp

Propulsion - Volvo IPS450 dual propeller forward looking pod drives

Speed - 29 knots max. 25 knots cruise. long range seven knots

Range - 1000 nm at seven knots

Hull Shape - semi displacement

Construction - Vinilester resin with foam filled structural system

Certification - NMMA

www.rangertugs.com

Project: Galeon 450 HTC

In the last two decades Galeon has been one of the most forward thinking boat builders, and after presenting the project for the 440 Fly, the Polish builder as it is usual present the HTC for hard-top-coupe variant. Designed as most Galeon's of the last two decades by Tony Castro, the 450 HTC replaces the flybridge with a glass filled sunroof forward of the coach roof, while an extension aft makes sure to cover the extended deck from too much sun or rain.  Below the Galeon 450 HTC will offer the three possible layouts of two or three double cabins, and master stateroom to midships or forward.  The 450 HTC like the 440 features the Galeon tricks; opening side bulwarks aft, and for moving the beam as forward possible with the tri-hexagon shaped bow.  The Galeon 450 HTC is powered by twin Volvo 480hp possibly in both line shafts or IPS pod drives. 

www.galeon.pl

Sportfish Cuiser With Six Persons Sinks in Cabo San Lucas

A sportfish cruiser of about ten meters in size called m/y Protocol with six persons onboard sank while sportfishing off Cabo San Lucas in the Pacific Ocean, on 1500 hours of eighteen July.  The sportfish cruiser had some technical problem, according to the Captain report coming after a 45 minutes Blue Marlin battle, and the boat taking too much water.  After all this Captain Alex Rogers and the five crew had to abandon the sinking boat and jump in the life-raft.  After this a storm arrived in the area with Cabo San Lucas closing its harbor and making person recovery more difficult. Hearing this Cabo San Lucas Sporfishing Community started a rescue operation, and Captain Pancho Bojorquez with a 24 meter super sportfish yacht eventually saved the six persons in the life raft.  

M/y Protocol was a Rampage 33 Express as produced from 2005 till 2008.  The Rampage 33 Express had a huge following due to its four meters plus of beam in a length just over ten meters.

The super sportfish yacht which saved the Protocol's crew is reported to be m/y Hooray a Viking 80 Enclosed Bridge with Skybridge from 2020.

New Model: Austin Parker 54 Mahon

Austin Parker continue to make its magic, and with the help of Fulvio de Simoni present the new 54 Mahon. If the perfect balance exists in mixing traditional and modern yacht looks along with interior and exterior comfort, the 54 Mahon gets pretty close to it.  The 54 Mahon offers a three double cabins lower deck, with an owners stateroom located forward to starboard which has nothing less to a full beam cabin in size and comfort.  All living, dining and galley is located on the main deck in the enclosed area, while exterior spaces offer two chaise lounging looking back with a central dinette located aft.  Tender storage is on the bathing platform in traditional style.  The Austin Parker 54 Mahon is powered by twin Cummins 715hp in line shafts or Volvo 725hp with IPS pod propulsion.  No speed data is yet communicated.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.50 m (54ft)

Beam - 5.10 m

Displacement - 22 t unloaded, 25 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 2000 l

Water Capacity - 600 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, one crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSM11 715hp, Volvo D11 725hp

Propulsion - line shaft, or Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Project - Fulvio de Simoni

Certification - CE A

www.austinparker.com

Hatteras Yacht Capsizes in LA Conner, Washington

A Hatteras  motor yacht of eighteen meters in length with a couple went aground and later capsized on the night between Sunday seventeen and Monday eighteen July in the Swinomish channel, La Conner, state of Washington.  Reports on this are difficult to find but some  are saying that the yacht hit the South side of the breakwater which with high tide is covered in water and difficult to navigate especially for inexperienced yachtsman not from the area, and after the impact rolled him to his side and capsized the yacht.  Latest news is that on 23 July a team of TowBoatUS was waiting for high tide in order to upright the yacht and tow it away for repairs.  The couple are reported unharmed in the accident.

The yacht in this accident is a Hatteras 58 Cockpit MY as designed by Jack Hargraves and produced from 1977 till 1981.  The 58 Cockpit MY was a replacement to the 58 Yacht Fisherman, and was replaced by the Hatteras 61 Cockpit MY.

Sportfish Runs Aground Leaving One Injured

An Ocean Yachts sportfish yacht of about seventeen meters in length was filmed running aground in the morning of eighteen July, in Fire Island, off the New York state in the Atlantic Ocean.  One of the crew, which was the passenger staying at the aft of the boat was injured and according to reports had to be taken to hospital.  The sportfish was in a delivery trip by a professional captain who from some unconfirmed news was reported as falling asleep at the time of the accident, with the sportfish yacht on the autopilot ending up beached at a speed of over twenty knots.  The extent of the damage has not been reported.

The sportfish yacht in this accident is an Ocean Yachts 56 Super Sport.  Produced from 1999 to 2002, the 56 Super Sport was a shortened cockpit of the 60 SS, and was replaced by the 57 in 2003.  The Ocean Yachts 56 Super Sport offered a comfortable interior with three double cabins, while twin Man 1050hp gave her a top speed up to 35 knots, and a fast cruise of 32.

Sport Cruiser on Fire in Agropoli

M/y Barone Zaza was the name of a twelve meter sport cruiser which went ablaze on the night of seventeen July around 2300 hours at Agropoli, to the South of Salerno.  At the time of the fire the sport cruiser was found strangely out of its mooring and with the owner who with a tender went to retrieve it finding a fire onboard.  At this time the owner towed the sport cruiser to the old wharf of the harbor of Agropoli, and called the Agropoli Coast Guard for assistance who with a fire fighting crew switched off the flames.  Suspect of a malicious fire is being raised in this accident since the owner has declared after the incident, that before he left she was safely moored and all battery switches where turned off, which from the initial investigations does not seem the case.  

M/y Barone Zaza is a Gari Freeway 43 from 1986 with a lot of modifications going it over the years from the addition of a radar arch, to a hard-top and a recent addition of a railing.  Designed by Enzo Ferro, the Gari Freeway 43 was a sportier version of the more cabin spacious Super Shaitang 43, with a standard interior of one cabin sleeping two plus two.  Gari or Gariplast or Cantieri dell Garigliano was a boat builder from Latina, to the South of Rome founded in late seventies, which had a commercial success in the eighties but went slowly declining in the nineties and closed its doors in around the noughties.

Project: Steeler Bronson 60

Steeler sport cruiser and yacht brand Bronson present the 60 project, a three cabin sport yacht of eighteen meters in length.  To be build on order and in alloy the Bronson 60 will feature a lower deck with three double cabins and two or three heads, with a saloon and L-shaped galley in between the cabins.  The Bronson 60 is offered in a hardtop, T-top, and a Flex-top versions, this last being a registered trade mark from Steeler. The exterior will be full walk-around with deep bulwarks, making easy use fore to aft of all deck, while a central sun-pad aft will hide a tender garage.  The Bronson 60 is to be powered by twin Volvo IPS pod drives or a choice for outboard propulsion.

www.steeleryachts.com

Viking Sportfish Hits Reef and Partly Sinks in Baja Mexico

A Viking sportfish cruiser of about fourteen meters in length hit a reef and then ended up beached in Baja of Mexico on the morning of seventeen July.  In order to prevent it from total sinking the sportfish cruiser was beached.  Operation to lift off the sportfish cruiser where underway on the same morning.  News on this accident are few, apart four photo shots which appeared on Facebook.

The sportfish cruiser in this accident is a Viking 46 Convertible, which was introduced in 2010 and produced till 2019.  The Viking 46 offered a twin stateroom layout, and replaced the 45, and was replaced by the 48 in 2020. The 46 Convertible featured Viking's signature warp-V shape hull closing at a medium twelve degrees deadrise, and powered by twin Man 1100hp reaches speeds up to 34 knots.

Patrone New Web Site

Patrone Moreno updates presents its new website. Starting in Ceriale, Savona, by Giuseppe Patrone who taking the title of specialized carpenter opens shop in 1922 and starts building Italian Ligurian style Fishing boats i.e. Gozzo with the traditional entry bow. Patrone's work captures the attention of many, which starts a chain of orders for Gozzo, Pilot-boat, and Yachts all build in wood until the sixties. In the seventies Patrone makes the move to fiberglass with glued wood finishes to keep the rich textures of his classic builds, a method still used as at today by the Ligurian company. Patrone has also in its history competed, winning for twenty six times the Italian national title sailing 12 Dinghy class in 1949. In 1984 Pier Michele and Ornella Moreno acquire the Patrone shipyard.  In 1990 Patrone launches the 25 its most successful model to date, which produced till 2008 will sell in over one hundred units.  Heir to the 1970 6.60 meter Nautilus the 25 will be replaced by the 27 Special in 2008.  In 2000 Patrone creates a new hit with the 42 Open model.  In 2013 Patrone buys other Ligurian Gozzo builder Scialino. Today Patrone Moreno produces fifteen different models, from three to thirteen meters, with the entry level being the 26 title winner Dinghy at 3.66 meters, to the 42 which is offered in three versions; Fly, Convertible, and Open.  Patrone Moreno latest new model is the 100 available in two Inboard or Outboard versions and celebrates the in the name the first century of activity of the Italian builder.  Patrone Moreno new web showroom is available in Italian and English and takes you around with the following buttons: About, Boats, Pre-Owned, Services, News, and Contacts.  Patrone Moreno is also on social media with link buttons at the left corner of the page taking you to its Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube pages.

www.patroneboat.com

New Launch: Feadship 42.50m Hull. 709

Feadship launches the 42.50 meter hull number 709 named Callisto. what the Dutch builder calls a textbook example of what is meant by the term ‘pure custom creation’. Built to a precise size to match her berth in the Mediterranean, Feadship #709 seamlessly balances the owners desire for a 42 meters 21-knot-fast superyacht with specific accommodation and outdoor entertainment wishes based on their rich experience at sea. The result is an exceptional one-off superyacht for repeat clients which sets a new precedent for bespoke luxury cruising below 500GT of volume.  The 42.50-metre Callisto was launched by the Feadship yard in Aalsmeer in the Netherlands at the start of April 2022, sixteen years after the delivery of the first Callisto hull number 671. This 65.20-metre Feadship is still used by the owners as a world cruiser and has been kept in premium condition ever since, including two refits at Feadship in 2014 and 2021. She was the first superyacht fitted with an ultra-advanced rudder-roll system and the owners set out to be equally innovative with their second Feadship called Callisto.

Technical Data:

LOA - 42.50 m (139.5ft)

Beam - 9.20 m

Draft - 2.30 m

Displacement - 499 gross tonnage (volume)

Fuel Capacity - 40,800 l

Water Capacity - 10.420 l

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

Engines - 2 x MTU 16v2000 M96L 2636hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 21 knots max, twelve knots cruise, eleven knots long range

Range - 3000 nautical miles at eleven knots

Construction - aluminum hull and super structure

Project - De Voogt exterior and naval architect, Sinot interior

www.feadship.nl

Fairline Yacht Destroyed by Fire in Peninsula

A 23 meter Fairline Yacht titled m/y Pegasus went ablaze at around 0300 hours of Friday morning fifteenth July in Gig Harbor, Peninsula, Washington.  Gig Harbor fire fighters were called at Harborview Drive to find the yacht well engulfed in flames, with the fast assistance from the water of West Pierce Fire and Rescue boat Endeavor able to contain the fire only to two boats, with a second neighbouring yacht to the starboard side also receiving burn damage. The Fairline yacht in the fire eventually sank, with the news being that no injuries where reported with both yachts being unattended at the time of the fire.

*Update June 2023*

The accident report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the Fairline yacht m/y Pegasus burned down due to oily rags containing raw linseed oil stowed in an aft compartment being the cause of the fire. 

The Fairline in this fire is a 2012 Squadron 78 Custom as designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 2007 till 2018 in 86 hulls.  The Squardron 78 Custom was an evolution of the Squadron 74 i arriving in 2007 with an extra large extended bathing platform aft, and launching the Yacht Division program involving all Fairline yachts upward of sixty foot.  Other improvements onward from 2012 was the change to square larger portholes, and the option of a hard-top.  A total of 115 Squadron 74 and 78 Custom in a fifteen year production run making it one of the most produced yachts in its size.  

The other damaged yacht in this fire is an Ocean Alexander 64 Pilothouse as designed by Ed Monk and produced from 2001 till 2011.  The Ocean Alexander 64 Pilothouse was an extended cockpit version of the smaller 58 introduced in the same year, and was replaced by the 65 Pilothouse in 2011.

Project: Alia 60 meter

Turkish super yacht builder Alia presents a 60 meter project, reuniting the build team responsible for the 54 meter Al Waab with Dutch studio Vripack for the design and naval architecture, and GCC-based SF Yachts that will serve as project manager and owner’s representative throughout the construction. The owner is an experienced yachtsmen who has owned several yachts of various sizes over the past decade. For this latest project he requested an Ice Class standard with which to travel around the world with his family.  The owner’s brief has focused on a high performance, go-anywhere yacht that can accommodate a large family for long periods at a time. With an interior volume of 810 gross tons and generous exterior spaces, the family members will be able to enjoy extended cruises without having to return to shore for provisioning or refueling. With the addition of an Ice Class hull, the yacht will be able to go anywhere, anytime. In addition, close attention is being paid to the technical and logistical requirements to ensure the super yacht is as easy to operate and maintain for the crew as possible. Unusually, for example, the spacious galley and crew salon-dinette is on the main deck forward, where there is also a technical room with access to the side-loading tender garage. A popular social area on board that benefits from the high volume is the sprawling beach club on the lower deck that has a massage room, dive store and steam shower in addition to a gym and chill-out zone. As on Alia 54 meter, semi-transparent side panels create a wind-protected area and further connection to the water. The lower guest accommodation comprises no fewer than six guest suites: two cabins with twin single beds and four VIPs with double beds. An elevator connects all levels from the lower deck to the sun deck. The master stateroom is on the upper deck forward to enjoy the best views high above the water. This suite includes a very large walk-in wardrobe and a dedicated owner lounge overlooking a private foredeck. The new Alia 60-metre project is scheduled for delivery to her owner in 2024.

www.aliayachts.com

New Model: VanDutch 56

Van Dutch presents the new 56 an update of the 55 model, and current flagship of this now Italian, Cantiere dell Pardo owned and build sport cruiser and yacht builder, although a 75 is apparently in initial construction and project stages.  Subtle and important changes differentiate the 56 from the 55, the most important being that the 56 is now powered by Volvo IPS pod drives, versus the line shaft of the 55.  She is indeed the first VanDutch to be powered by IPS, and considering the use of Pardo of the Volvo pod drives we might see more of this on future VD models.   Other changes are the large bathing platform now keeping the same beam of the hull, and also having a design detail which brings her out of the hull.  Outside this is what makes you differentiate the 55 from the 56. On the accommodation front the Van Dutch 56 is near identical, with the lower deck offering a two cabins Sleep version and an open plan Lounge Version.  In both versions if you convert the dinette forward and the lounge aft the sleeping accommodation is for four persons.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.90 m (55.4ft)

Beam - 4.52 m

Draft - 1.23 m

Displacement - 22.4 t

Fuel Capacity - 2350 l

Water Capacity - 390 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins or open plan layout

Engines - 2 x Volvo D11 625hp, D11 725hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 36 knots

Project - Mulder design exterior interior and naval architect

Construction - resin infused Vinilester resin

Certification - CE B

www.vandutch.com

Project: MJM 42

MJM present the project for the 42, a uniquely styled Carolina DownEast inspired cruiser and currently its largest in size model on offer, although the American shipyard did offer the 50z launched in 2014 and the 53z the outboard variant till 2021.  The MJM 42 is designed around couples living aboard; with all-weather hard-top, and all-conditions hull capability.  The MJM 42 will offer a galley-up design for all around views while entertaining and socializing, even underway, which coupled to the indoor/outdoor pilothouse opens for the enjoyment of your surroundings or closes for a climate-controlled protection area.  The lower deck of the MJM 42 will offer a forward master cabin, a dinette, and a cabin with a French berth at midships.  The MJM 42 is to be powered by both outboards twin Mercury 600hp, or stern drives diesel inboards twin 400hp or 440hp engines.  Top speeds are estimated up to 45 knots with the twin 600hp outboards. 

www.mjmyachts.com

Sport Yacht Fire and Sinking in Bordighera

A sport yacht of seventeen meters titled Sounjarello with one captain onboard went ablaze on 1700 hours of twelve July, and about thirty minutes later sank in between Bordighera and Ospedaletti.  The yacht was only one mile into its journey leaving San Remo direction to the South of France, when a fire struck it.  Immediate the assistance of the San Remo Coast Guard, who took the fifty year old captain to safety and later to the San Remo hospital for fumes de-intoxication.  

Sounjarello is a Riviera 565 SUV model.  Released in 2013 and based on the 53 Flybridge hull, the 565 was the second in Riviera's SUV line up which debuted with the 445 in 2012 and today features seven models from 39 to 64 feet.  The Riviera 565 SUV offered a three double cabins interior including a full beam owners cabin and was powered by twin Volvo 700hp engines with IPS pod drives, giving her a thirty knots top speed.  Eleven 565 SUV have been build in a three year production run, with the model evolving into the 575 SUV in 2016.

New Model: Rivera 465 SUV

Riviera, has proudly World Premiered the new 465 SUV at the opening of the 2022 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. Riviera's design team, in collaboration with 4D Designs, has excelled with the development of this new model which joins the exceptional SUV line-up including the 395, 445, 505, 545, 575 and 645. The 465 SUV offers a water-sports cockpit, covered alfresco deck that expands the saloon living space, three double staterooms, two generous bathrooms and multiple entertaining spaces in a sub-fifty-foot yacht. Luxuriously appointed with premium fabrics, designer lounges and plush carpet underfoot in the staterooms, she features high-gloss timber cabinetry throughout. Twin transom doors fold out parallel to the transom to allow the generous boarding platform to become part of the cockpit, creating one large water-sports or entertaining platform. In a dual-purpose water-sports and entertainer's cockpit, a wet bar is forward on the port side, including an electric barbecue, a sink with hot and cold water and storage. A joystick control is mounted on the port side coaming. A top-loading freezer and ice-maker is in a unit to starboard. Steps up from the cockpit lead to the alfresco deck, designed with lounges on either side. A folding timber dining table with drink holders is in front of the port lounge and an insulated icebox is underneath the seating. The starboard lounge can quickly and easily be converted to a day bed. A large awning window and central sliding glass door connect this space seamlessly with the galley in the saloon. One-way vision glass panels on either side provide valuable weather protection and privacy. The hardtop overhang includes a pair of electric sliding sunroofs. A hatch in the deck leads via a ladder to the engine room. With the awning window and saloon door opened, the alfresco deck provides approximately one third additional living space to the saloon. Adding breezeway or clears creates a large interior space for relaxation or entertaining. Walk-around decks on either side lead to the foredeck that welcomes with twin sun pads with adjustable headrests. Deck hatches provide light and air for the bathrooms and master stateroom below. An integrated bowsprit includes vertical anchor winch controlling a 27 kg Ultra anchor with 50 metres of 10mm chain. Stepping through the sliding glass door from the alfresco deck, a generous saloon provides guests with 360-degree views through wide opening side windows and a curved windscreen. The U-shape galley, aft on the starboard side, offers the discerning chef all of the appliances needed to create and serve sumptuous meals. It includes a dual element electric cooktop, combination microwave oven that includes a grill and a generous solid surface bench-top with a stainless-steel sink and mixer tap. Opposite is a dual-door 150-litre refrigerator and 50-litre freezer. Overhead cupboards are on either side. Forward on the port side, a large folding timber dining table is surrounded by a luxurious C-shape lounge that will seat up to six. Guests entertainment is offered via an electric-lift TV discreetly built into the dash forward on the port side. The helm, immediately forward of the galley includes twin leather sports seats facing a dash equipped with a tilt-adjustable sports wheel, comprehensive engines controls including a joystick, two 12-inch Garmin Glass Cockpit multi-function displays and a C-zone digital switching control panel. The 465 SUV includes three generous staterooms on the accommodation deck as well as a combination clothes washer and dryer cleverly placed under the stairwell and accessed from a starboard midships stateroom. The master forward offers a queen double bed. A full-height cedar-lined hanging locker is in the aft quarter to port. Additional storage is available under the bed. Hull windows on either side welcomes natural light and the deck hatch provides both light and fresh air when at anchor or a mooring. The en suite bathroom, aft on the starboard side, includes a separate shower stall, vanity and Vacuflush toilet. Natural light is introduced from a full-length window and light and fresh air come from a deck hatch. The two guest staterooms are amidships, each benefiting from large hull windows with opening portholes. The port side stateroom offers a queen double bed while the starboard stateroom provides twin side-by-side single beds. The second bathroom, on the port side between the master and guest staterooms, can be utilised as an en suite to the port stateroom. A door in the companionway allows access to the port bathroom for guests in the starboard cabin and for day guests. The 465 SUV is powered by twin Volvo 600hp with IPS pod propulsion. An 11kW generator is included to provide AC power with the option of a 13.5kW set. The Riviera 465 SUV features a GRP hull with independent compartments throughout, foam filled where appropriate for added strength and noise dampening. A watertight collision bulkhead is forward. The transverse fuel tank carrying up to 2,500 litres (660 US gallons) is set immediately aft of the midships staterooms and is coated in fire retardant resin. With a capacity for six adults sleeping on board, the designers have provided a generous 500-litre water tank and 151-litre holding tank. Siren Marine remote monitoring system is offered on all new Riviera yachts that provides peace of mind through real-time data monitoring and alerts so owners can enjoy their boating more knowing that their boat is safe and secure.

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.90 m (52.2ft)

Hull Length - 14.3 m

Beam - 4.76 m

Draft - 1.33 m

Displacement - 19340 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 2500 l

Water Capacity - 500 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D8 600hp 

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking IPS800 dual propeller pod drives

Project - 4D Designs Steve Ford

www.riviera.com.au

Project: Moonride Yachts 58 Ibiza

Following the success of the Moonride 58 Fly, first unit launched in the fall of 2021 with four units reported sold and under construction, the Italian builder presents the 58 Ibiza variant.  Based on the 58 Fly in everything and all but with an opening hard top replacing the flybridge.  The Moonride 58 Ibiza should offer little differences in technical details, from an interior with three double cabins, and Volvo 725hp with IPS pod drives powering the boat, up to a 37 knots of top speed.    

www.moonrideyachts.com

Sport Cruiser Saved from Sinking Near Savona

A nine meter sport cruiser with eleven persons onboard, eight adults and three children was saved from sinking on the late morning of Sunday tenth June, in the Baia dei Saraceni, to the South-West of Savona.  Immediate assistance came from the Italian coast guard, who after taking the persons to safety, starting procedure to safe the sport cruiser.  In the evening of Sunday, tenth June the sport cruiser was taken to safety at Finale Ligure marina facility.  The cause of the sinking are not reported.

The sport cruiser in this accident is an Airon Marine 325, as produced since 2002 so far in over two hundred units.  Airon Marino by Paolo Molinari is a semi custom builder from Lake Como founded in the mid seventies and  building about ten boats a year from twenty to fifty foot.

Motor Yacht Saved from Sinking in Malta

A 20 meter motor yacht with ten persons onboard was saved from sinking at around 0900 hours of Sunday tenth July in the limits of Munxar, near St. Thomas bay, Marsascala to the South East of the island of Malta.  The guests onboard went into panic as a passing by kayaker advised them  that the yacht looks getting low aft and is taking on water.  Immediate the assistance of the Malta Civil Protection and Sea-Patrol who took the guests to safety and with a high pressure water pump saved the yacht from taking further water and sink.  

The yacht in this saving is a 1990 Cantieri di Pisa Akhir 20 S as designed by Pier Luigi Spadolini and semi-custom build to order from 1990 till mid late nineties.  As Pisa models of that time the Akhir 20 S was offered in both fiberglass and or wood build option. The Akhir series from Cantieri di Pisa designed up until the early noughties by Spadolini was a trend setter in yacht design from the first 18 launched in 1972 to the S series which arrived with the 22 S in 1986.

Super Sport Yacht Sinks Near Bodrum

A super sport yacht named m/y Alien of 24 meters in length sank in unknown circumstances in Gundogan Kizilburun, to the North of Bodrum in Turkey on the morning of Sunday tenth July.  The super sport yacht had apparently anchored at night in the area, when in the morning the yacht started to take in water and later sank. Reports are saying that at the time of sinking the owner of the Super Sport Yacht was not onboard, with it being boarded by Turkish personality Hakan Sabanci and his girlfriend plus crew.  Hakan has apparently used this yacht for his Turkish vacation in previous years. 

M/y Alien is an Italian Yachts 80 Jaguar Sport as designed by Robert Angel and produced from 2009 till 2013.  Presented in 2009 the 80 Jaguar, was an evolution of FP Yachts Jaguar 24 Sport.  The 80 Jaguar was produced till 2013 when the 2008 founded Italian Yachts closed its doors accused of tax evasion. 

Powerboat with Four People Capsizes in South Haven

A nine meter powerboat with four persons onboard, started to sink and later capsized at the entrance which connects Lake Michigan to Black River, in South Haven, Michigan on 18:55 hours of July nine.  According to witnesses the powerboat entered the channel stalled and semi-sunk, with four persons onboard ending in the water as the boat raised its bow before it capsized and sank. The four persons where assisted by a nearby boater who threw life jackets, and then took rescued three people out of the water and onboard, with a fourth being helped out by people from the jetty.  The four people were uninjured. Van Buren County Sheriff Marine Police and South Haven Area Emergency Services responded to the sinking. A salvage operation has been organized to recover the powerboat.

The powerboat in this capsizing is a Wellcraft Scarab 30 Panther which was produced in around the mid eighties.

Gagliotta New Web Site

Italian Neapolitan builder Gagliotta updates its World wide web showroom to a new design. Not very known outside the Italian peninsula, this builder has great respect mostly attributed to the racing success of founder Salvatore Gagliotta. Founded in 1952 in Naples, Mergellina, Gagliotta starts producing his first prototypes, which are small fast boats based on a Hunt hull design. Years pass and in the sixties Gagliotta moves from a hand building method to a semi production fiberglass construction method, and in the same time starts to compete in the Offshore competitions.  In 1968 Gagliotta also receives an honourable mention on the renowned Italian Nautica Magazine, where the Budda Blitz cruiser competing in a race keeps following the faster boats, with top US powerboat builder and racer Don Aronow complimenting this feat saying that the only one European hull worth copying is that of the Naples built and designed Gagliotta. In the year 2000 the Naples builder introduces the 37 Gagliardo designed by Stefano Mango which is still in production as 37, changing with this model the philosophy concept of all the range evolving it from a fast sport boat type to a sportfish cruiser. Today four out of five models follows this design accept for the 2009 introduced Judel and Vroijlik 35 Lobster. The current Gagliotta range offers four models from 35 to 52 feet, and two ranges Fisherman three units and the entry model 35 Lobster.  In 2017 Gagliotta also announced two additional 48 and 42 Lobster projects but so far these have not materialized as at today.  The new Gagliotta web site is available English and Italian language takes you around with the following buttons; Home, The Shipyard, Fisherman, Lobster,  and Contacts.  Gagliotta is also on social media with side and bottom links taking you to its Facebook and Instagram pages. 
www.gagliotta.com

Production History;

Camaro SG mt. 12 1974-78 *wood production models

Camaro CM mt. 10 1978-80

Camaro SG mt. 13 1979-84

Camaro CM Special mt. 10.80 1980-86

Charade mt. 9.28 1982-88 *fiberglass production starts

Camaro Tris 12.00 mt 1985-

Camaro Even mt. 10.60 1987-

Camaro 31 1989-2000

Camaro 43 1998-

Gagliardo 37 2000-

Gagliardo 32 2002-

44 2006-

52 2008-

Lobster 35 2009-

Lobster 53 2025-