Project: Sunseeker 75 Yacht

Sunseeker presents the 75 Yacht project will make its world debut at the London Boat Show this January 2014.  The striking new yacht will be unveiled to the world at the 60th anniversary of the internationally renowned Boat Show. As the latest addition and new entry model to the Sunseeker Yacht range, the 75 is the embodiment of style that the Poole British brand is famous for.  The spacious nature of the yacht is continued in the interior thanks to its three double suites and twin bed guest arrangement. Accommodating up to eight guests, the 75 Yacht is ideal for entertaining and with each cabin featuring its own en-suite, guests have privacy guaranteed.  In addition, the main galley and dining area have been designed to maximize the spacious feel of the yacht. The main saloon area offers a sophisticated yet comfortable environment in which to relax and the careful design of the sofa encourages sociability among guests. However, the most notable feature in this area of the 75 Yacht is its Z shaped panoramic glazing and hull windows. This not only offers breathtaking views of the open waters, but also floods the main saloon with natural light and enhances the overall feeling of space. What’s more the main galley and dining area has been redesigned to provide additional space.  The interior design of the 75 Yacht has been completed to the highest standard to reflect the exclusive nature of the yacht. The attention to detail throughout features intricate details in the leather wrapped cabinetry. The outdoor entertaining areas of the 75 Yacht are just as impressive as those on the inside, as guests can take advantage of the impressive flybridge. Ideal for those who enjoy the thrill of the open air, this expansive outdoor area sports a new style wet bar area in addition to an inviting large seating area. Having increased engine room space made it possible for the 75 Yacht to feature larger Cat engines which makes it possible to to reaches top end speeds of 34 knots.

www.sunseeker.com

New Model: Rhea 47 Trawler

Boasting excellent autonomy and a comfortable passenger compartment, the new Rhéa 47 Trawler is an authentic long-range explorer cruiser. With outstanding performance in terms of consumption and autonomy, the 47 Trawler designed by Bertrand Danglade offers traditional looks with some nice design solution as the Portuguese bridge and the split level shear line which is an important part of the philosophy of this model. As regards the internal layout, the standard plan offers a fore owners cabins with en-suite shower head, and two guest cabins amidships which share a second shower head. The saloon is spacious with large windows that offer stunning views of the sea and features an adjoining functional galley.  An alternative layout is offered for both the lower and main deck.  The lower deck option can prove interesting for people planning long time aboard since this replaces the third cabin to port side with an utility room.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.8 m (48.5ft)

Length - 13 m

Beam - 4.80 m

Displacement - 14000 kg light 18000 kg loaded

Fuel Capacity - 3000 l

Water Capacity - 800 l

Accommodation - 6 berths in 3 cabins or 2 cabins

Engines - 2 x 350hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Project - Bertrand Danglade

Certification - CE B

www.rhea-marine.fr

Guy Couach 1926 - 2014

Guy Couach, who founded the Couach shipyard in France in 1962 to manufacture boats in composite materials, died January 6, 2014. He was 88.  Couach was the grandson of Albert Couach, who founded Couach marine engines in 1897. Guy Couach joined the family business as a young man and was among the first people to consider the mass production of motorboats, with work he began in 1946. In 1962 he founded Guy Couach shipyard, which built boats in composite. One of his earliest developments was the Aramat, a yacht built in 1970 from a Kevlar-based material.  Several hundred high-performance yachts have followed in the decades since. Nepteam, a regional investment group, bought the Couach yard in 2011. The facility continues to turn out composite boats from 65 to 164 feet LOA, including patrol and rescue boats for navy and coast guard operations.

Project: Hunt 25 Harrier Sport

Hunt Yachts is proud to announce the project of the 25 Harrier Sport. Sharing the same hull and solid engineering as the highly regarded Harrier series, the new 25 Sport is pure, unadulterated, Hunt.  Designed for maximum enjoyment and entertaining on the water and minimum maintenance, the Hunt 25 Sport is engineered to be both easy to own and put away at the end of the day, and as always with Hunt, great to run and ride offshore. Its rough water bred hull promises to deliver boaters excellent sea keeping.  Its cuddy cabin includes a berth and a head for the over nighter on the go. As practical as it is sporty and elegant, the 25 Sport takes on any assignment. It’s the perfect tender, sportfishing, chase, ski and wake-boarding boat, day cruiser, and dive support platform.  It features a three by seven feet sunpad aft to relax on. The 25 Sport is designed to look futuristic yet retro-classic. Comfortable contoured wraparound cockpit seating blends stylishly with a sixties Porsche inspired windshield and upholstered dash where a stereo and Garmin chart plotter are standard. A cockpit entertainment system includes an entertainment console with sink, refrigerator/freezer and trash can.  Built to last with modest care, the Hunt 25 Sport will also run just as well a generation from now as it does today. All-composite construction and intelligent engineering create a high-integrity hull and deck structure of great strength at moderate weight. Volvo sterndrive power from 320 to 430 horsepower is available.

ww.huntyachts.com

New Model: Henriques 50 Flybridge

Henriques makes an important decision for its line that to update, uplift and reintroduce its flagship the 50 Flybridge model. The new Henriques 50 Flybridge features a total redesign with new flybridge looks and an updated interior layout.  The below decks now feature three double cabins with an owners room having ensuite shower heads located amidships to starboard.  A bunk berth to port, and a fore cabin with a double french bed and a bunk is located to fore.  The main deck offers a standard sportfish yacht layout with a galley, C-shaped dinette, and an L-shaped relaxing sofa.  Engine power of the 50 Flybridge is twin 1015hp which gives a top speed of 36 knots and a 30 cruise.  Lower compared to some of the over 40 knots of other builders but the Henqriues 50 Flybridge and its not so heavy dry weight of less to 24 tons should also be an economic to run ride.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.76 m (55ft) incl pulpit

Hull Length - 15.2 m

Beam - 5.02 m

Draft - 1.42 m

Displacement - 23586 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 3785 l

Water Capacity - 567 l

Accommodation - 6/7 berths in 3 cabins

Engines - 2 x Cat C18 1015hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 36 knots max, 30 knots cruise

www.henriquesyachts.com

Cantiere Delle Marche New Web Site

Cantiere delle Marche which translates in English to the Yard of Marche presents its new web showroom.  This yachting brand started its foundation in 2011 when it launched its first pleasure yacht the 86 Darwin, and is to be followed by other builds and more projects in the future. Owned by the Cecchini family, Cantiere Delle Marche is a new reality in the super yacht industry which comes from an experience of over ten years in ship construction in its various faces, from internal fittings, to the building of commercial vessels.  Cantiere Delle Marche is an ambitions project and the yard offers eight models which start from 86, and go up to the still in project 130 Nauta Air. Cantiere Delle Marche new web site is available in Italian and English language, and takes you around with the following buttons; Cantiere Delle Marche, Darwin Class, Nauta Air, Read, and Home.

www.cantieredellemarche.it

Production History; (semi-production only)

Darwin 86 2011- (4

Nauta Air 90 2014 (2)

Darwin 102 2015- (4

Nauta Air 108 2016- (2

Deep Blue 141 2022- (2 *Custom 43m Acala project

RJ115 2023- (2

Flexplorer 146 2024- (3

New Model: Canados 108

Launched in the middle of summer, with a World debut happening at Cannes show, is the new Canados 108.  An important new model from the nineteen fifties founded Italian Rome boat builder which fills a gap between the last 2012 year launched 120 flagship and the 86 of the flybridge line.  For the exterior line of the new 108, the Canados design team presented a two and half deck super yacht with natural evolution looks from the 2004 launched 110 which eventually became a 116 and a 120.  The new Canados 108 seems to emphasize view windows and access from the main deck to the exterior being easy. Two doors per side offer direct access to the side decks. Another interesting feature is also the bulbs which increase space on the fore deck.   Hull one of the 108 had an interior designed by Christian Gatto, who presented a plan with the owners stateroom on the main deck, and four double cabins below.  Gatto used oak, teak, bamboo woods, with a leather material match up.      

Technical Data:

LOA - 32.7 m (107.2ft)

Beam - 7.26 m

Draft - 2.10 m full load

Displacement - 140 t full load

Fuel Capacity - 15000 l

Water Capacity - 2000 l

Accommodation - 10 berths in 5 cabins

Engines - 2 x MTU 16V2000 M94 2600hp

Propulsion - line shafts

Speed - 28 knots max, 24 knots cruise

Range - 480 nm at 24 knots cruise

Project - Canados, Christian Gatto for hull one

www.canados.com

Project: Camper and Nicholsons 80 Gelyce

Seems the Italian ownership of this brand Leonardo Ferragamo is presenting some interesting projects with a full line of down East inspired sports cruisers and yachts, and now also an important super yacht offered in design.  The 80 Gelyce presented here is the largest of the down east line and stands at the entrance to be called a super yacht. The names Gelyce here respects the philosophy of a power-boat, since these where in actual fact fast commuters who served the J-class competing in the Americas Cup in the nineteen thirties. The 80 Gelyce is mostly a project looking towards outside spaces, with also an interesting concept for the flash fore deck featuring a nice louging area which does not disturb the lines.  Below is space for three double cabins, including a full beam owners stateroom.  To fore is the galley, a large C-shaped dinette, and two double crew cabins.  Power is a standard more long range package of twin MAN 1000hp which gives a 22 knots cruise.  A fast option of twin 1622hp Cat engines raises max speed to 33 knots.

www.cnyachting.com  

New Model: Four Winns H290 Horizon

It seems to be an es-capable truth about boat building, that at some point you have to make it bigger.  We have seen it with all styles and now affects also bow riders who a few years ago seem to be stuck at under eight meters, I think we can bet you will see it in all. Four Winns H290 Horizon is a series of latest large bow riders which apart a full deck space use from fore to bow, also offer internal lower deck accommodation. It is not a lot, two berths in a french bed to starboard and a shower head to port. But still for an overnight stay if one feels the need to enjoy the sea to the full.
Technical Data:

LOA - 9.17 m (30.1ft)

Beam - 2.97 m

Draft - 0.91 m drives down

Displacement - 3990 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 454 l

Water Capacity - 76 l

Accommodation - 2 berths

Max Persons - 12

Engines - 1 x Mercruiser 8.2 MPI 380hp, 2 x Mercruiser 350 MPI 300hp, 377 MIP 320hp, Volvo V8-EVC 300hp, V8-EVC 320hp, V8-EVC 380hp
Propulsion - single or twin dual propeler stern drives Mercruiser Bravo III or Volvo VP

Hull Shape - stable Vee with 21 degrees dead rise

Certification - CE

www.fourwinns.com  

Best of 2013

2013 was not a bad year for the boating industry, especially compared to the not so hard to improve on 2012. Some countries started turning around from the previous couple years showing a more favourable legislation to boating.  The positive results for 2013 was surely the growth shown in super yacht sizes over 24 meters which looks not so far off from its best 2008 year, with some of the famous brands and popular models having orders going into 2015. Governments of Italy and Spain in 2013 also changed direction; Italy has removed its boating tax for boats till fourteen meters from twelve and divided by half that till twenty meters, with Spain trying to fix the mess it did with it's charter legislation from 2009 till 2013.  For 2014 we have Greece who seems to have come with a tax on yachts which includes even tourists on transit, while France introduces a new berth tax.  The neighbouring countries will be the ones rejoicing at these new taxes, with the bitter remaining on boaters.

PowerYacht 2013 best is the Prestige 750 which challenges conventional yacht design in this size, with two unique details. First is the floating owners stateroom forward, located in between the lower and main deck. The second is an astern galley on a yacht of 22 meters. Well done to Garroni, Prestige and Beneteau Group for challenging convention.

The others.

Astondoa 63 Top Deck. Spain's largest yacht builder go an unedited direction with this nineteen meter sport yacht, using its main deck from fore to aft to make it the ultimate party yacht.  The main deck offers a bar, a jacuzzi pool aft, and side bulkheads which drop down and add space.  

Baglietto MV13. Completely custom and build of alloy, this small thirteen meter Baglietto designed by Paszkowski is inspired to its historical important past from World War One and Two, and the Mas Torpedo boat. It is a pity it is just a one-off. 

Bavaria 420 Virtess. The German mass boat producer has set up nicely in the past decade for its sport cruisers in between eight to twelve meters size. Now it presents its first flybridge cruiser, with three double cabins and the usual competitive price synonymous with Bavaria. 

Carver C34. Its a new design direction for the 1954 founded USA boat builder in this ten meter flybridge cruiser with modern European inspired looks outside and use of space, but also traditional in its shaft propulsion set up.  

Cranchi 53 Eco Trawler LD. The market takes Cranchi into a new direction presenting its first explorer trawler yacht.  Its a spacious offer with green elements as solar panels fitted in the coach roof, and five options for the third cabin space.   

Ferretti 960. Space is reinvented, see aft deck and bathing platform layout but also a new record is set at over 29 meters and a load line of just under 24 meters. Competition of pocket super yachts with an LOA between ninety to one-hundred feet and a load line at 23.9 meters begins.  

MonteCarlo MCY86. Three years after the debut of the first Monte Carlo Yacht, the 76, Beneteau Group shows it means business, by presenting its first super yacht above 24 meters. 

Tiara 50 Coupe. The USA builder from Michigan always makes its own style in the genre, and here it does it again with this sixteen meter sport yacht full of classic contemporary design, including a feeling element of a down East lobster boat without being one.     

British hatrick. Fairline Targa 48 Open. Three new offers appeared in 2013 from the main British builders in this category of hard top fourteen meter sport-cruisers with IPS pod drives, and full beam owners cabin.  Of the three the Fairline's Targa 48 Open is the preferred for its weight conscious central positioned engines, and more spacious main deck layout.  Fairline will use the same hull for the similar patio door enclosed Targa 48 GT, and the flybridge Squadron 48.

PowerYacht wishes to all its followers, friends, readers, and visitors a Healthy and Prosperous 2014 year.