New Model: Rodman 44 Muse

The new Rodman Muse 44 is the compact model in the Spanish builder luxurious range, which recently received Best Development Project award at the World Yacht Trophies in Cannes. With a twelve-metre long hull, the Muse 44 respects the attractive modern style the rest of the range enjoys, with the marked superstructure lines, the three lateral windows and a lively sports character for a flybridge cruiser. The 44 maximises the available volume, enabling a highly attractive, functional, and comfortably spacious three cabin interior that matches that found in bigger boats. The 44 Muse is also innovative in it's propulsion system featuring Volvo's IPS system giving the best in marina handling, superior speed manoeuvring and greater interior accommodation. While the use of the IPS system is very common today it is still very rare seeing the POD propulsion used on any flybridge cruisers and yachts, but the fact that Rodman was among the first using it on the 41 IPS can give a reassuring guarantee that this project is well developed in its roots.
Technical Data:
LOA - 13.60 m (44.6ft)
Hull Length - 11.99 m
Beam - 4.26 m
Displacement - 14 tons (loaded)
Fuel Capacity - 1330 l
Water Capacity - 400 l
Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins
Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 370hp

Propulsion - Volvo IPS500 forward looking duoprop pods
Certification - CE B

www.rodman.es

Projects: Fashion 141, Fashion 112, Fashion 88, Fashion 72 Classic, Fashion 55 Tender

Fashion Yachts located in the glamorous Tuscany region in Italy, presents some important projects for the future, starting with this big 44 metre Super Yacht. As yet the builder provided little information accept for this exterior design which shows a two and a half decked flybridge super yacht. Fashion estimates speed of 30 knots with 2 x 2500 hp MTU engines. While 141 feet might seem big the yard has also in project 2 other bigger yachts of 166 and 192 feet, a very ambitious future indeed for such a young builder, who has already gained a lot of reputation with the smaller 55, 68 and 116 models. Second project for the Fashion line is this flybridge super yacht of 35 metres with 2 and half decks and an estimated top speed of 32 knots. The new Fashion 88 project follows the lines of the 116 model but in a more aggressive design. With an aft located living zone under a carbon, crystallised hard top which gives a strong and light weight construction for the super structure giving a safe navigation to the guests in the difficult conditions. A top speed of 40 knots is being estimated with 2 x 2400 hp MTU engines propelled with Arneson Surface Drives. The Fashion 72 Classic project is something unexpected of what this yard has presented since its origin a few years back, that is fast sport hard top yachts. In fact this is a project of a semi displacement flybridge motor yacht with generous horsepower of only 2 x 700 hp engines giving maximum speeds of 21 knots and cruising of 18 knots. The interior will be available in 3 and 4 cabins layouts. Based on the lines of the successful Fashion 55, the 55 Tender is a fast runabout aimed at the client who has a big superyacht or a villa by the sea and wants a big comfortable daily runabout sport yacht. The interior is based with a layout offering 2 cabins, one double for owner and a single for crew. Standard propulsion is a classic shaft drive style. A hidden jet bike garage is located forward just behind the anchor winch.

www.fashionyachtsgroup.it

New Model: Beneteau 37 Monte Carlo Hard Top

Following the success of the 37 Monte Carlo, the new Hard Top version presented in Autumn follows the bonus of this good looking sports cruiser but in an all weather coupe form, completing a full global offer to this model. Beneteau designer in charge P. Andreani added a nice looking hard top to an already great looking boat. The 37 Monte Carlo Hard Top retains all the other great qualities of the open version, like the spacious cockpit outside, the well planned interior, superior second guest cabin and Beneteau's exclusive Air Step technology giving greater speed and better sea capability.

Technical Data:

LOA - 12.10 m (39.6ft)

Hull Length - 11.31 m

Beam - 3.77 m

Draft - 1.10 m

Weight - 7470 kg

Fuel Capacity - 650 l

Water Capacity - 200 l

Accommodation - 2 cabins, 4/5 berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D4 260 hp, 300 hp

Certification - CE B

www.beneteau.com

Projects: Ferretti Custom Line 33 Navetta, Ferretti Custom Line 112 Next

The project for the new Ferretti Custom Line 33 Navetta will be launched in the coming Spring. Biggest yacht in the Navetta series from she will replace the successful 30 Navetta and follows the long standing collaboration of Ferretti with Zuccon design for the exterior lines. The new big Navetta follows themes showed in the just presented 26 model but has also design elements reminding of the much appreciated 30. She is like her smaller sisters a three deck motor yacht and will be offered in two different interior layouts of 4 cabins named or 5 cabins. The 5 cabin layout features the master stateroom on the main deck. Her semi displacement type hull will give top speeds of 19 knots and cruising of 16 knots, which gives an estimated range of 780 nautical miles. Engine options are 2 options, both MAN with the biggest twin 1550hp giving the before mentioned speeds, but smaller 1360hp are also available. The upcoming Ferretti Custom Line 112 Next, as the title suggest is the next interpretation of the successful 112 model with some very apparent changes aimed at continuing the leadership in the coming years. The immediately noticeable changes are the hard top up on the flybridge and huge cabin windows on the hull sides, aimed at giving spectacular views to the owner and his guests. Other important change is the free lounging area in the upper deck, flybridge area offering what is a big party socialising area to the owner and his guests. Based on a fast planning hull design, the flagship of the Custom Line should give top speeds close to 30 knots with a pair of MTUs of 2400hp each. She is certified and classed, as are also her smaller sisters in the Custom Line fleet to rigorous RINA A-1.1Y standards, showing the high level of construction Ferretti uses in it's range of super yachts.

www.customline-yacht.com

Boat Review: Intermare 36 Fly

Presentation
So after some critics from some friends that PowerYacht is too much of the bigger boats, although that is not the case as it is mostly the market which is pushing in that direction, I decided this month to have a better view of a medium sized flybridge cruiser the Intermare 36 Fly. Presented in the 2006 Genova boat show this new Intermare is an interesting entry medium level boat with an overall length of 38 feet. For interested parties Intermare also offers a hard top version named the 36 Cruise, obviously missing the flybridge and second helm station up top.
Accommodation

Medium sized family cruisers of 30 feet plus have been the building foundation of the Intermare brand in the last decade and the 36 Fly is all about being a comfortable family cruiser. It offers 2 cabins both with double berth, with the master stateroom located forward. A separate single shower head is located to port. The saloon located on the main deck features an L-shaped settee with a hidden counter top galley located opposite to the settee to port. The interior helm station with a single seat is situated forward of the L-shaped settee in the saloon area to starboard.

Being a Med based producer the exterior space is pretty good considering the small dimensions of the 36 Fly, offering a very spacious aft deck cockpit, a big bathing platform which can hold a tender and a comfortable fly bridge up top. The fly area is very smart offering a small c-shaped settee, sun pad and a single seated helm station.

Performance
Intermare is renowned for seaworthy boats, and the fact that this model uses tradition shaft driven engines confirms this. The Intermare is also very economical to run with the Yanmar engines which deliver among the best power to weight but also a very good power to consumption levels.

Positive

Aft deck cockpit space

Negative

Low safety railing in flybridge
Competition
As I said in my introduction this size of boat is very much pretty much abandoned by most of the builders, or to be precise by the companies who build a solid reputation around this size of craft in the eighties and nineties. Still if one looks closely at the market there is a handful of new comers but also some old builders who consider this size of utmost importance to there production. Here is what you have to look for:
DellaPasqua DC10S - classic squarish look, seaworthy, big inside with 2 heads
Jeanneau 36 Prestige - more space, similar in size and style

Portofino 37 Fly - gozzo evolution, bunk guest cabin, rich finish, deep around deck

Rodman 38 Yacht - big interior accommodation thanks to IPS propulsion

Sciallino S34 Flybridge - Gozzo modern function, interesting and spacious

Searay 36 Sedan Bridge - spacious, 2 huge cabins 1 head but owner walk in wardrobe

Sealine F37 - spacious, huge galley, 2 big cabins and also 2 heads
WILD CARD: Riviera 3600 Sport Yacht - hard top, patio door opens all, bunk 2nd cabin
Conclusion
The Intermare 36 Fly gives a lot of goods of form and function for an only 38 foot flybridge cruiser. Gone are the days when owning a boat this size was like having a ship, but I am sure that for people trading up this is still the case! Today there is less status symbolism in this dimension, so builders compete on the practical, trying to put a lot in the available size. Sure this was never easy and competition is always as heavy as it ever was. The 36 Fly wins the game if you want a sport looking flybridge boat that does not look heavy: extended fly, extended platform and spacious cockpit all say, I am made for the Med but this is not the only reason for having a look at this good looking flybridge cruiser.

Technical Data
LOA. 11.80 metres (38.7ft)
Hull Length. 10.48 metres
Beam. 3.65 metres
Draft. 0.80 metre
Displacement. 8 t
Fuel Capacity. 2 x 350 litres
Water Capacity. 400 litres
Person Capacity. 10 persons
Accommodation. 4 berths in 2 cabins, plus 2 berths in saloon, 1 head
Engines. 2 x Yanmar 353hp

Propulsion. direct line shaft  
Speed. 31 knots max, 26 knots cruising

Certification. CE B

www.cantiereintermare.com
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New Model: Doma 4

The new Doma 4 represents the third model from this young but very interesting Spanish builder, offering a versatile modern range of medium sized sports cruisers. Designed by the Barracuda Yacht and the Anders Design firms, the new Doma 4 model sits in the middle between the smaller 3 and bigger 5 model, introduced so far by this builder. It offers an interesting exterior design with a very innovative minimal style approach giving something different to customers looking for a hard top sports cruiser. Interior accommodation is a comfortable 2 cabin 2 head layout, with a covered if you want patio door upper saloon lounging area up top and a separate spacious galley down. Power is a shaft driven MAN engine option of 450hp or 550hp as optional. Performance is an estimated 35 knots of maximum with continues cruising speeds at 29 knots with the bigger option. The 4 model continues the policy for a high range of customization available for the client who chooses the Spanish builder, with a high range of colors available to personalize your boat as one would wish.
Technical Data:
LOA - 13.5 m (44.4ft)
Length - 11.95 m
Beam - 4.32 m
Draft - 1.07 m
Displacement - 12.8 T
Fuel Capacity - 2 x 750 l
Water Capacity - 2 x 250 l
Max Persons - 12
Engines - 2 x MAN D-0836 LE401 450hp, R6 COMMON RAIL 550hp
Performance - 35 knots top speed, 29 knots cruising
Range - 225 Nautical Miles
Hull Shape - monoedric vee with 17 degrees deadrise aft
Designer - Anders Design LLP, Barracuda Yacht Design
Certification - CE A

www.astillerosdealicante.com

Project: Cranchi 36 Pelican

Based on the hull design and lines of the new 36 Zaffiro, the new Cranchi 36 Pelican aims to recapture the success the Pelican sport fishing line enjoyed during the 80s. The new 36 Pelican is a winner in many cases, offering good accommodation inside with a comfortable 2 seperate double cabins and a transformable c-shaped dinette as is the case for the Zaffiro. The new Pelican enjoys a special sport fisherman friendly cockpit with design enjoyed for making an anglers life as easy as it gets. Hull design is by Aldo Cranchi and the project is by Cranchi Research Development Department. It has two engine options from Volvo offering the D4 engine in 260 or the optional bigger 300 hp format. Propulsion will be an economic and efficient stern drive configuration. The new 36 Pelican is an interesting project capturing both worlds in one boat, that of a sport fisherman in the cockpit outside and of a comfortable cruiser inside with it's well laid out interior.

www.cranchi.it

Project: Casa 64 HT

Cantiere Navali Casa is a young Italian builder located at the South of Rome and producing hard top open yachts of high quality, comfortable accommodation and top rated performance. Casa presents this very important project of there new 64 Hard Top, which will be the largest model produced to date, trying to follow on the success enjoyed with the 54 and 46 models. Measuring an overall length of 20 metres, the new Casa will have a versatile interior offering 2 different layout options. The 64 optional layout will be quite unique in it's competing size range, offering 4 guest cabins, without sacrificing any heads as also this version features 3 head similar in size to the 3 cabin version. Galley and crew cabin in the new 64 are located in a separate area mid-ships making for the best in privacy an owner would desire. Performance is an estimated top speed of 53 knots with a steady cruising of 46 knots and a range of approx 300 nautical miles, all this powered by latest generation twin MAN 1550hp Common Rail engines propelled with Arneson Drives transmission. The project for the new Casa 64 HT is a very interesting new entry in this highly competitively sized fast sport yachts segment, but I am sure with its innovative spacious 4 cabin interior it will give a good run to all the other renowned players. For the first pictures just say tuned here.

www.cantiericasa.it

Mochi Craft New Web Site

Mochi Craft presents its new World wide web show room.  Mochi was started in 1962 by Luciano Mochi Zamperoli and Renato Raffaelli as partner. In 1970 Raffaelli separates from Luciano and Mochi Craft is founded, this is followed in 1972 by moving the premises from Fano commercial harbour to the Pesaro industrial park.  Mochi boats are first build of marine plywood, with the switch to fiberglass construction coming in 1977.  In 1991 Luciano retires and gives leadership duties to Luigi Prosperi, a second in command to Mochi since the early eighties with a previous Iveco Fiat diesel engines sales experience.  Prosperi will manage Mochi till 1999 the year of its bankruptcy.  In 2001 Ferretti Group will purchase the Mochi Craft name, entering into the lobster down East cruisers and yachts market two years later.  From the late seventies up until the early nineties Mochi is one of the influential and important medium large Italian motor cruisers and yacht builders which set trends in the market not only in Italy but World wide.  From the beginning Luciano Mochi shows well thought commercial moves from entering with Renato, and winning the hardest and longest offshore Viareggio-Bastia-Viareggio race in 1968 with the production made Mochi Tahitian, to starting and produce only diesel powered boats. Other clever moves come in the eighties and the smart use of designers, like Fulvio de Simoni who penned the early eighties Dominator series, and is followed by Paolo Caliari who designs all models for ten years from 1984 to 94. Mochi last designers before the Ferretti Group era were the emerging Nuvolari Lenard, who will design three yachts from nineteen to 25 meters from 1995 to 99, with two other projects of a seventeen and a twenty meter which will be later produced by Dominator, which will take over some of the Mochi Craft assets and designs.  Paolo Caliari was the most important Mochi designer, with models like the 44 and 46 becoming icons at launch and a representation of the Italian yachting renaissance of the late eighties.  Another interesting Mochi strategy was that of corporative branding, started with the 1983 to 87 Mochi Comar corporation which will produce two models, to that of the Caliari Yacht off-shot which created the Puma, Coanda, and the CY series, this last selling four units of the 27 meter in between the late eighties and early nineties.  When Ferretti Group take over the Mochi name in early 2001, the design is trusted to Zuccon and Brunello Acampora for naval architecture of the traditional Down-East lobster cruiser and yacht series which debuts with the 51 Dolphin and is followed by the smaller 44 and larger 74 models in the space of a few years.  Mochi always launched important flagship models, from the C50 Fly in 1984 which debuts Paolo Caliari design partnership, to the largest ever Nuvolari-Lenard designed 25 Mega, which again put the Venice duo as main designers for the next four years.  Mochi currently offers five traditional lobster cruiser and yachts which start with the 44 Dolphin and go up to the 74 Dolphin, with the latest models being the new 54 Dolphin and the 64 Dolphin Flybridge.  Mochi new web site is available in Italian, English, and Chinese language and takes you around with the following buttons; Home, Company, The Fleet, News and Events, Dealer and Service Network, Pre-Owned, and Owner's Area.  Mochi is also on social media with a link taking you to its Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Telegram, and Pinterest pages.

www.mochicraft-yacht.com

Production History:

Super 8 Day Cruiser 1971-77

Super 8/m 1972-77

Super Tahitian 11.50m 1972-78

Dominator Flying 10m 1975-81

Dominator QS 9.50 m 1975-81

Dominator 8v 1978-82

Dominator Super 12m 1979-81

Dominator Torpedo 9.40m 1981-85

Dominator The Big 11m 1981-85

Tuxedo 12.50m 1981-86 (70+-) 

Dominator Super 12m 2a serie 1982-85

Dominator 35 1982-85

Dominator 33 1983-86

Comar 1000 1983-86

Dominator 38 1984-86

Comar Iperion 37 1985-87 

C50 Fly 1984-87  Paolo Caliari design 

C50 Open 1985-87

40 1986-88

33 Sedan 1987-90

33 FB 1987-90

46 1987-93 (40)

44 1988-94 (70+-)

47 Open 1988-92

Europa 12 m 1988-92

56 1989-93 *53 project

Caliari 70 1990-92

45 Open 1990-93

57 Open 1991-93

34 Dominator 1991-93

65 1991-94

43 1992-94

38 1993-95

18 Fly 1994-95

18 Open 1994-95

16 1994-99

14 1995-99

21 Classic 1995-99

25 Mega 1995-97 (7)  Nuvolari Lenard design

19 Sonic 1996-99

22.50 Axis 1997-99

51 Dolphin 2002-07  Ferretti Group ownership / Zuccon design

44 Dolphin 2004-18

74 Dolphin 2005-11

64 Dolphin 2006-18

64 Dolphin Fly 2007-18

54 Dolphin 2007-18

54 Dolphin Flybridge 2008-18

23 Long Range 2008-18

74 Dolphin Cruiser 2012-18

64 Dolphin Cruiser 2012-18

Projects: Sanlorenzo 44 Steel, Sanlorenzo SD 112

The famous San Lorenzo shipyard after presenting it's first Alloy Super Yacht last year follows with the project of the 44 Steel. As the title suggest the new Super Yacht from the Viareggio shipyard will be built in Steel. Little information is as yet available about the new project accept for the fact that it will be a three deck. Whatever the case if it will be as innovative and catching as the latest 40 Alloy we are for another threat this renowned yacht builder.

Another new line for San Lorenzo which was introduced in 2007 with the SD 92. SD standing for a semi displacement type hull yacht, giving comfortable but also a more economic speed compared to the planning line this builder is renowned for. The SD 112 unlike it's smaller sister is a three deck motor yacht and will have a 5 cabin interior for 10 guests. Crew accommodation is for 7 members in 4 cabins. Performance is an estimated top speed of 18 knots with continues cruising at 15 knots, powered by Caterpillar C32 Acert engines of 1622hp each. The SD 112 confirms similar characteristics to the SD 92 introduced in 2007 but in bigger more important dimensions. It will be curious to see if San Lorenzo will try to take the concept of a Semi Displacement Yacht in lower size range under 24 metres in the future.

www.sanlorenzoyacht.com