Project: CRN 40 meters Conero

CRN presents a new line of yachts whose names recall the great tradition of the shipyard, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2013; Conero, build in the seventies from the Ancona builder. Designed by Zuccon, CRN is presenting two projects of this new Conero line a 40 and a 44 meters. A displacement super yacht with bulb, made of steel and aluminum, forty meters in length and a beam width of of eight, within five hundred gross tonnage, whose project design was developed by CRN Engineering and designed by Studio Zuccon International Project.  The project includes the most important features that identify the CRN super yachts worldwide: a transatlantic range, designed and manufactured to the high standards that are recognized worldwide by the nautical industry; RINA and MCA classification, large internal volumes and a balcony in the Owner's suite. The Conero strongly features the use of glass, in large windows that improve the quality of life on board and guarantee constant direct contact with the sea.

www.crn-yacht.com

New Model: Fairline 48 Squadron

Presented by Fairline in surprise at Southampton boat show, was the new 48 Squadron.  This last to come Fairline model is the second of the 48 hull platform, which launched in mid Summer with the Targa Open.  A 48 Targa GT with an enclosed hard top is next, with Fairline bringing three different models using same hull and similar layout below, all powered by Volvo IPS pods, and built with resin infusion technology.  The main difference here between the Targa Open and this 48 Squadron is the enclosed saloon in the main deck, and the flybridge up top.  As is usual form Fairline the Squadron offers a spacious flybridge, which you reach from the integrated stair case to port side.  Up top as is a standard since years now Fairline layout; large L-shaped settee, wet-bar to starboard and a dual seat helm station to port.  The saloon of the 48 Squadron offers a C-shaped settee, L-shape passenger settee to port side, and a helm to starboard.  The galley is located below, and opposite is a C-shaped dinette with the choice to have this as a twin bunk berth cabin.    

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.38 m (50.5ft)

LOA - 14.73 m ex bathing platform

Hull Length - 14.35 m

Beam - 4.33 m

Draft - 1.18 m

Displacement - 13.7 t dry

Fuel Capacity - 1350 l

Water Capacity - 440 l

Accommodation - 4 berths in 2 cabins, or 6 berths in 3 cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 435hp

Propulsion - Volvo IPS600 forward looking dual propeller pod drives

Construction - longitude and transverse moulded stringers, Polyurethane foam core for deck

Project - Fairline Design Team 

www.fairline.com

Project: Hodgdon 41 Onyx

DeBasto Designs and Hodgdon release an innovative design concept, the 41 Onyx. A beautiful, stylish design, 41 Onyx is as easy to operate as to look at. From touch screen controls to remote monitoring, Onyx sets a new standard of technology applications in a yacht of this size. A host of innovative features such as a self-deploying integrated fender system, built-in dock line handling and user-friendly features such as hybrid electric propulsion and joystick steering bring owner operator convenience to a new level. If the sophistication of the features alone is not enough to impress, consider the level of luxury aboard. A generous open plan space below features a large berth, wrap around settee, galley and head with a surprisingly creative dual opening skylights above.  On deck, with a flair for the dramatic, the open air concept semi-enclosed deck lounge opens even more to the outside world with a multiple panel sliding skylight roof overhead. Integrated monolithic furniture runs nearly the full length of the available space offering ample stylish seating and lounging.  Both interior and exterior furnishings are client-tailored luxury weather and stain resistant fabrics from the Interiors Division of Loro Piana.  The concept of Onyx is not simply about style, it is also about execution, with standards befitting the world of superyachts where the demand for quality is second to none. To achieve such a standard, Luiz DeBasto turned to Hodgdon for the answer who have a nearly two hundred year pedigree that includes some of the world's finest superyachts and superyacht tenders. Hodgdon 41 Onyx is expected to be built in very limited quantities for only the most discriminating of owners.

www.hodgdonyachts.com

New Model: Princess 52

Its been billed as one of Princess's most astonishing latest new models in this size for years to come, this is the 52 which replaces a good seller from the British Plymouth based boat builder the 50 Mk.3.  The 52 is not just a cosmetic replacement though, it is a totally new yacht taller and half a foot wider, and the layout part is full of improvements being substantial and complete. The most important change is definitely the astern galley on the main deck, a first for Princess, who located cooking duties in a more social area which joins saloon and cockpit.  But another important difference that is if you compare the 52 with the last version of the 50, is also that the third cabin is also not of a bunk layout. Exterior wise the changes of the 52 continues from nice all around views wrapping the saloon, to large view windows below serving the large midships owners stateroom. The Princess 52 is so good compared to the old 50 Mk.3 that even though its just a little bit bigger I am sure many owners will consider a move up as soon they board on one.      

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.66 m (54.8ft) inc pulpit

LOA - 16.3 m exl pulpit

Beam - 4.75 m

Draft - 1.25 m

Displacement - 24,600 kg half load

Fuel Capacity - 2400 l

Water Capacity - 609 l

Accommodation - 6 guest berths in 3 cabins, 1 crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Volvo D11 625hp, D11 670hp, D11 725hp, Cat C12 A 715hp

Speed - 32 knots max with Volvo 725hp

Project - Bernard Olesinski

Certification - NMMA, ABYC

www.princessyachts.com

Project: Monte Carlo MC6

This should be one of the most awaited unveiling to come in the coming year as Monte Carlo shows the design of its forthcoming yacht, the MC6, due to be launched at the end of 2014. A 58 feet flybridge motor yacht the MC6 confirms the development of the revolutionary range in the luxury segment, as desired by Beneteau Group and top designers Nuvalari Lenard validating all the strong points of the Monte Carlo Yachts brand, in particular the solutions and attention to detail, which set Italian made yachts apart from the others.  This model is the last link to join both MCY and the smaller MC models, offering quality living space and combining quality materials, it is indeed a final step before going into the 65 model, entry level of the yacht range. In perfect harmony with the philosophy of the range, the flybridge is home to a large terrace, spacious sunbathing platforms, a roomy saloon with up to ten people capacity, comfortable seating to enjoy time on the water and total protection thanks to the carbon T-top.  The main, entirely open deck allows fluent communication between the kitchen, located at the heart of the living space, the vast saloon and the central cockpit. With its strong, timeless design, the MC6 offers original solutions in its class: three suites cabins all with en-suite bathroom, choice of beds configuration in both VIP and guest cabin, and, most of all, an owner suite at the rear with open plan en-suite bathroom.

www.montecarloyachts.it

New Model: Azimut Atlantis 50

Its the first new model which Atlantis presents under Azimut branding umbrella, this is the new 50 a further evolution of the 48, starter in fall 2009 of the new look era by Neo Design Team of Biaggi and Salvetti completed in 2012.  So far Azimut Atlantis 50 will not replace the 48, but will be an additional model with an extra one foot at the back of overall length, glass hard top instead of soft, patio door in lieu of fully open although this choice is still available, and third cabin with bunk berths in replacement of the lower deck saloon.  The Atlantis 48 have been a successful model for the Italian maker and the 50 hopes to strengthen its grip further, even with the new competition coming from known British builders which should make choosing an open hard-top modern looking of around the fifteen meter mark very interesting to any buyer. The Azimut Atlantis 50 unlike the competition though is powered by the tried and tested long standing line shaft.  Interestingly Azimut Group Research and Design department has been among the biggest tester of the pod drives in Sweden and Italy, but its usage has been very sparse, something I never whole hardheartedly understood.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.19 m (53.1ft)

Hull Length - 14.34 m

Beam - 4.3 m

Draft - 1.27 m full load

Displacement - 20.5 t full load

Fuel Capacity - 1700 l

Water Capacity - 420 l

Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins, or 4 berths in 2 cabins, extra two berths in convertible saloon

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSC 8.3 600hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 33 knots max, 29 knots cruise

Hull Shape - Vee keel with medium 15 degrees dead-rise aft

Project - Neo Design Marco Biaggi and Filippo Salvetti, Azimut Yachts 

Certification - UNI ISO 8666

www.azimutyachts.com

Class 1 - Terracina Italy Grand Prix

RACE 1

Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri eased to their fourth win of the year with an untroubled flag-to-finish victory in race 1 of the Mediterranean Grand Prix in Terracina.

Behind the winners the fight for the podium was between LFF10 and Zabo-Isiklar but despite taking the chequered flag in second place, Luca Formilli Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella paid the price for destroying a turn buoy on the opening lap.

The Italians incurred a 25-second post-race penalty, which combined with the 20-second time compensation given to Ugur Isik and Christian Zaborowski, dropped them to third.

The Victory duo grabbed hold of the race from the start to lead by seven seconds at the end of the start lap increasing the gap to 26-seconds by mid race, going on to close out the win and complete the 11-lap, 53.06Nm race in 32:04.84s. 

The only slight controversy surrounding the defending Champions emphatic win was a 25-second post-race time penalty given to them for passing a mark of the course on the wrong side. But despite the penalty they still managed to win by almost 15-seconds.

Zabo-Isiklar and LFF10 continued their post-qualifying duel and produced a sensational opening two laps trading places, racing side-by-side just inches apart.

Isik and Zaborowski led at the end of lap one but by less than two-tenths of a second, then immediately conceded the position at the first turn with Formilli Fendi and Carpitella passing them on the inside.

The Italians were then able to pull away opening up a 23-second lead as they took the chequered flag in second spot. But it was the opening lap that would prove costly, the additional 25-second penalty costing them the runners-up slot. 

For Christian Zaborowski a third runners-up slot was a good result for the team after the work they have done on the boat and as much as they could have hoped for. 

Behind the top three LFF8’s Miles Jennings and Alfredo Amato ran a very solid and rather solitary race to finish well ahead of fifth placed FA.RO.ACCIAI, with Tarik Oktem taking his seat behind the wheel to join Giampaolo Montavoci in Poliform and picking up points in sixth.

MEDITERRANEAN GRAND PRIX – race 1

1. 3 Victory - A Al Zaffain (UAE) / M Al Marri (UAE) – 32:04.84

2. 91 Zabo-Isiklar - U Isik (TUR) / C Zaborowski (NOR) + 14.77s

3. 10 LFFendi10 - L Formilli Fendi (ITA) / G Carpitella (ITA) + 37.11s

4. 8 LFFendi8 - M Jennings (GBR) / A Amato (ITA) + 1:43.00s

5. 23 FA.RO. ACCIAI - G M Gabbiani (ITA) / L Nicolini (ITA) + 2:24.00s

6. 74 Poliform - T Oktem (TUR) / G Montavoci (ITA) + 2 laps

5 Team Abu Dhabi - F Al Mansoori (UAE) / R Al Tayer (UAE) - dns

RACE 2

Miles Jennings and Alfredo Amato produced one of the most popular and surprising results of the weekend with a simply sensational win in race 2 of the Mediterranean Grand Prix, which started to turn dramatically on its head as early as lap 8 of 15.

The Anglo-Italian duo were running strongly in fourth place ahead of Poliform and were then elevated to third when Luca Formilli Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella’s race ended on lap 8 with a broken torque sensor. Two laps later race leader Victory slowed to a crawl after breaking a propeller and were passed by Zabo-Isiklar with LFF8 now up into second place.

But on the final lap and with the chequered flag almost in sight Zabo-Isiklar ran out of fuel and Jennings and Amato swept passed them and into the lead to take the chequered flag and their first win in just their third Grand Prix together. 

Behind the winners Poliform’s Tarik Oktem and Giampaolo Montavoci also took advantage of Zabo-Isiklar’s misfortune, passing them in the closing stages to take the runners-up slot and their first podium together, with the unfortunate Zabo-Isiklar classified in third. 

There was drama right from the beginning when the start was aborted by an offcial on the pace boat which then suffered a technical failure. The boats waited out on the course for a replacement which sparked some calls from teams raising concerns about possible fuel issues.

From the start Victory immediately got the jump on pole-sitters LFF10 and started to open up a lead moving 20 seconds clear by lap 5. Behind them LFF10 and Zabo-Isiklar gave chase with Formilli Fendi and Carpitella maintaining a comfortable advantage when the torque sensor let go and their weekend came to a halt.

On lap 10 Victory hit trouble and slowed and Ugur Isik and Christian Zaborowski hit the front and looked to be on course for their first win together and Zaborowski’s first since 2006. But five laps later their cocerns about fuel became a reality and they stopped and were eventually towed back to the pits. 

With the top three boats in the Championship all running into trouble it was Jennings and Amato in LFF8 who benefitted the most and from a solid fourth at the mid-point ran out the eventual winners.

Fourth place went to Gian Maria Gabiani and Luca Nicolini in FA.RO. ACCIAI who maintain their consistent run of finishing in the points, with Victory classified in fifth. Despite Team Abu Dhabi’s efforts to get the boat ready to race, their participation lasted just one lap.

Today’s outcome keeps Victory at the top of the standings on 91 points with Zabo-Isiklar moving up into second place on 65, three points ahead of LFF10.

The teams now head to the Middle East and the UAE for the final Grand Prix of the year in Abu Dhabi on 5-6 December.

MEDITERRANEAN GRAND PRIX - race 2

1. 8 LFF8 - M Jennings (GBR) / A Amato (ITA) + 47:39.89s

2. 74 Poliform - T Oktem (TUR) / G Montavoci (ITA) + 51.52s

3. 91 Zabo-Isiklar - U Isik (TUR) / C Zaborowski (NOR) + 1 lap

4. 23 FA.RO. ACCIAI - G M Gabbiani (ITA) / L Nicolini (ITA) + 1 lap

5. 3 Victory - A Al Zaffain (UAE) / M Al Marri (UAE) - ret

10 LFF10 - L Formilli Fendi (ITA) / G Carpitella (ITA) - ret

5 Team Abu Dhabi - F Al Mansoori (UAE) / R Al Tayer (UAE) - ret

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - after round 3

1. 3 Victory Team - 91pts 

2. 91 Zabo-Isiklar - 65pts 

3. 10 FF10 - 62pts 

4. 7 HUB Team Australia - 60pts 

5. LFF8 - 52pts 

6. 23 FA,RO ACCIAI - 46pts 

7. 74 Poliform 34pts 

8. Team Abu Dhabi - 18pts

www.class-1.com

Project: Wim Van Der Valk 36.00 Continental Trawler Flybridge

An important project for this Dutch builder Wim Van der Valk founded in 1968, of a new flagship who received an order for it past Summer.  The Win Van der Valk 36.00 m Continental Trawler will be built in a steel hull and aluminium upper structure, and features a full displacement round bilge hull with traditional line shaft propulsion.  The design was trusted to famous dutch designer Guido de Groot, who for an explorer yacht presented a sleek look thanks to a two deck with fly-bridge layout. No layout has been mentioned of this new build but the standard form of the 36.00 Continental is a four double cabins layout with an owners stateroom amidships.  The main deck is all reserved for entertainment and relaxing with a separate pilot room located to fore.  A crew lobby with three cabins and a dinette is located aft.  Power for the Wim Van der Valk 36.00 Continental Trawler will come from twin Volvo D16, which so far are only featured in their commercial book.  Delivery is scheduled for 2015.

www.vandervalkshipyard.com

New Model: Astondoa 63 Top Deck

If you are looking for a yacht purely dedicated to entertainment in outdoor spaces may be this one is for you. Presented in Cannes the Astondoa 63 Top Deck is clearly trying to bring a fresh unedited approach to the sport yacht sector.  Here at PowerYacht when seeing the renderings of this new Astondoa which is a project from Luiz de Basto back past Spring, we did say the Spanish builder are up to something different.  The main characteristic of the 63 Top Deck is definitely the amount of space it has dedicated for outdoor space, that is a full floor from bow to stern.  This Top Deck, is a single level area offering diverse spots; from a large fore sun-pad, a bar lounge style behind the helm under the hard top amidships, and last a small jacuzzi pool to stern.  The exterior floor space on the 63 Top Deck also increases by about 20% size thanks to opening balconies, and expendable bathing platform aft.  Below the Astondoa 63 Top Deck also offers an interesting layout with two en-suite served guest cabins amidships, and a galley with a relaxed entertainment area to fore.  There is also a crew cabin with a shower head located in the side of the beach garage, which also features a nice day head to starboard.  This last is surely an unedited feature for a yacht measuring nineteen meters in size.  But in the end the Astondoa 63 Top Deck is an unedited yacht.         

Technical Data:

LOA - 19.12 m (62.7ft)

Hull Length - 18.9 m

Beam - 5.09 m

Draft - 1 m ex props

Displacement - 23,317 kg loaded, 21,000 kg unloaded

Fuel Capacity - 2460 l

Water Capacity - 662 l

Accommodation - 5 berths in 2 cabins, 2 berth convertible sofa, 1 crew berth 

Max Persons - 10

Engines - 2 x D11 700hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking IPS900 dual propeller pod drives

Speed - 36 knots top, 25 knots cruise

Range - 330 nautical miles at cruise speed

Hull Type - planning V-shape with spray rails, 13 degrees dead rise aft

Project - Luiz De Basto

Certification - RINA

www.astondoa.es

Project: Marlow 58E Explorer

Marlow show the project for the 58E Explorer successor to one of its most popular models, the well loved and accepted 57. Building on that heritage and taking full advantage of our proprietary Full Stack Infusion methods developed at Marlow Yachts the company says the new 58E should bring value added improvements in performance, internal and external volume while keeping the distinctive and well recognized style the US company China build yachts are known for.  The new 58 features a full beam master stateroom similar to the 57 with added volume for the port side guest stateroom, one of three sumptuous cabins. Careful engineering has resulted in a 40% gain in fuel capacity compared to 57-1. Enhanced engine room volume, lazarette and crew quarters make cruising a delight, allowing greater range and more options as to the destination. With a waterline length of almost 55’ her ride is superior to other vessels of similar overall length with significantly longer range at ocean crossing speeds.  58-1 also features the semi enclosed bridge introduced in 2010 on the 70 series and provides significantly improved weather protection for the incredibly spacious and luxuriously appointed flying bridge, without increasing bridge clearance required.  The aft deck on the new 58 has grown significantly and features a most civilized stairwell to the boat deck above, providing easy transit with cocktails and Hors d oeuvres or in offshore conditions. The new radius transom is stylish and increases lazarette storage volume by approximately 30% again versus the 57. 

www.marlowmarine.com