Project: Sanlorenzo 44m X-Space

Sanlorenzo present the new X-Space project with a 44 meter model.  Designed by Zuccon responsible for the exterior and Lissoni for the interior the 44m X-Space spreads around four decks, with the wheel house located on the upper deck, and a third deck fully dedicated for entertainment.  The new X-Space looks to be a bridge range between the Explorer and the SD range.  The X-Space will have a lot of glass especially in the third and fourth decks, which are to be fully surrounded in glass while in the lower deck Sanlorenzo kept its conservative window use approach.  The 44m X-Space will feature standard guest accommodation of ten guests in five cabins, and eight crew in four cabins.  The 44m X-Space is to be powered by twin Man 1450hp engines with top speeds being up to fifteen knots, and economic cruise at ten, which allows for a range up to four thousand nautical miles, before refuelling the 50,000 litres fuel capacity. 

www.sanlorenzoyacht.com

Deadly Collision on Lake Como

Another deadly collision this time on Lake Como, on 25 June.  A Sea Ray cuddy cabin sport cruiser and a stationary sport boat resulted in the dead of a young 22 year old Italian male.  The accident dynamics reported say the Sea Ray cuddy cabin cruiser helmed by a 21 year old Belgian girl with ten friends onboard advancing at planning speeds, collided with a stationery sport boat which had three young Italian men sunbathing on it.  In the collision a young 22 year old lost his life.  The Belgian girl is currently under arrest for the accident accused of killing the young Italian male.

The boat in this accident looks to be a Sea Ray cuddy cabin sport cruiser of about seven meters, most likely a 240 Overnighter model. Sea Ray has build over the years thousands of these six to ten meters cuddy cabins cruisers, which are popular on medium to large sized lakes, or in areas where cruising grounds are relatively at a close distance.  The Sea Ray Overnighter series was produced from late eighties till the mid 2000s. 

New Model: Azimut Grande Trideck 38m

At an online presentation reserved for the press, Azimut Yachts unveiled its new Grande Trideck 38m  flagship, the brand’s first yacht with three decks and an expression that continues to give the company its signature ability to innovate in terms of design, style and construction. Azimut Grande Trideck has three decks “plus one”. “Plus one” because Trideck has an extra deck in the stern in addition to the traditional three. The result is a cascade of four staggered terraces descending from the Sun Deck to the water’s surface. The launch of the new flagship also gave Azimut Yachts the chance to bring forward the introduction of A-Live, a cutting-edge multi-sensory immersive digital experience that makes use of 360-degree vision to allow online users to move around the yacht, and above all, to convey the sense of openness and contact with the water. Designed for a contemporary owner, looking for a context for conviviality in constant contact with the marine environment, the new Trideck has been designed in the name of flexibility. She was conceived on staggered decks to offer an unprecedented interpretation of the environments onboard, even inventing all-new spaces. The project was carried out by a tested team, consisting of the designers Alberto Mancini for the exteriors, Achille Salvagni for the interiors and Pierluigi Ausonio for the hull. From a design point of view, the greatest triumph was to create a yacht with a semi planning hull, up to six cabins, a widebody superstructure all while remaining under 300 GT in volume. Always guaranteeing light and dynamic external lines, Alberto Mancini directed the design of the Trideck. Starting from the insertion of a mezzanine staggered deck at the stern, the Sea View Terrace, new and wider spaces appear across the Trideck. This is the principle of “plus One”, a new design concept and a testament to Azimut  innovative capacity; the feature offers the owner four cascading terraces onto the sea, unique in function, size and flexibility. The layout innovation is felt right from the first step onboard. The Trideck welcomes her guests through a central royal staircase, which reaches to the quay from the half-raised Sea View Terrace.  It is thanks to this intermediate bridge that a sequence of four cascading terraces is created, which descend from the top down to sea level, each with its own specific function: the Sundeck, the Dining Terrace, the Sea View Terrace, and the Beach Area.  The Sea View Terrace is an open stage, a new cantilevered area that precedes the traditional cockpit. Raised above the surface of the water and conceived as a living room overlooking the sea, the floating platform keeps in touch with the sun and the water at once. With an open area of ​​about 30 square meters, the Sea View Terrace is fitted out with a large C-shaped sofa arrangement facing off the stern, designed to offer the owner a convivial and immersive entertaining area for guests.  The raised Sea View Terrace also has a second advantage. It gives height to the underlying Beach Area, usable in all its width also thanks to the separate garage for tenders and toys. With two meters of headroom and cut-outs in the sidewalls, this is not a space stolen from the garage but a true beach on the sea. During stops at anchor, the hinged transom opens to increase the available surface to more than thirty square meters. The Beach Area is equipped to connect guests directly with the sea, fully customizable in furnishing and served by a day head and wet bar.  In addition to the Sea View Terrace and Beach Area, Mancini’s project creates a more secluded outdoor area. On the Main Deck, a few steps below the Sea View Terrace, the cockpit becomes a Private Patio, a protected and reserved living area perfect for eating or lounging while moored stern-to. It is a hybrid area, located outdoors yet indoors, becoming the natural extension of the main salon and blurring the threshold for an even smoother transition.  The third terrace is the main outdoor dining area, aft of the Upper Deck, which develops around the square table of handcrafted natural teak with white lacquered inserts. The area is rounded off by corner sofas for aperitive and a series of furniture for the service.  Topping off the cascade of terraces is the Sun Deck, which comes with a large sunbathing area at the stern with freestanding furniture and a view overlooking the sea. There is a lounge area with opposing circular sofas, with a table for lunch in the centre and towards the bow, an American bar overlooks the horizon with a large barbecue.  On the Trideck, Mancini’s sporty touch, typical of his projects for Azimut, has evolved to approach the modern yet elegant lines of a true flagship. The clean lines dominate everything, from the large windows that create a continuous, uninterrupted surface up to the stern, to the sloping windshield that ends with a vertical bare-headed windbreak on the Sundeck.  With a modern stylistic language also seen in car design, Mancini lightens the external lines, restoring a feeling of dynamism, a difficult task considering the vast internal volumes on this 38-meter yacht. The designer sculpted the hull with a rib that starts from the stern, at the height of the exhausts and extends to the bow, moving and giving tension to the profile. The fairleads themselves are styled and incorporated to enrich the design.  As for the other models in the Grande Collection, Azimut Yachts relied on Achille Salvagni for the design of the interior spaces and furnishings. The designer fully embraces the cause of the shipyard: to offer the market a redefinition of the role of space, giving new functionality to the onboard environments.  Salvagni works on two levels: function and style. First of all, he carries out a functional rethinking of the interior spaces, for which he abandons the preconceived functions of each area. The goal is to transform the yacht into a place where the owner can live without constraints, in a more liquid and accommodating space. To this end, the interiors have been dilated and integrated with the external areas, to become extensions of one another, a harmonious continuum.  It follows naturally to move the main indoor dining area from the Main Deck to the Upper Deck: a solution that fully dedicates the main deck to a more relaxed, successful social area.  Salvagni does not limit himself to redefining the environments onboard, but also enriches them through a close attention to décor, favoring the tension between forms and the purity of the line, abandoning any ostentation at the same time.  By virtue of this principle, Salvagni has designed every single piece of furniture on board, choosing to remove the superfluous and let the pleasures of touch and shape give the living areas an ambience of wellbeing.  The perceived quality of the environment in its entirety is of the highest level, thanks to a skilful combination of materials, colours and finishes.  Access to the lounge from the Private Patio is smooth and effortless. Entering, one finds an airy, large, bright environment thanks to the floor to ceiling windows, with soft colours for the fabrics and the walls livened by glossy mahogany inserts that accentuate its elegance with contrast. Without the traditional formal dining area, the lounge is set up to encourage conviviality. The bar cabinet, featuring a top made of Carrara marble with a built-in table lamp, welcomes guests and serves both the lounge and the adjacent outdoor area. The heart of the space are some important pieces of furniture: the large enveloping sofas with soft and seductive lines; the armchairs with a unique design; and the coffee tables made in a full-mould metal bath. Every detail is designed with the attention that the flagship deserves, for example, the marble top of the storage unit integrated into the sofa that incorporates a wireless charger and the wooden floor laid in a herringbone pattern with brass inserts. Noteworthy are the circular elements embedded in the ceiling, a decoration that recalls the lunar craters and makes the white lacquered ceilings, already characterized by asymmetrical cuts, even more particular.  The first unit, at the specific request of its owner, has a high level of home automation. All the onboard utilities, lights, air conditioning, curtains, the latest generation audio and video system can be controlled from the tablets supplied, including a huge 77 “ultra-flat TV that comes out electrically from a special compartment on the Main Deck.  Forward on the Main Deck is the owner’s suite, full beam with large windows, and conceptually broken down into special regions, starting from the entrance as a lobby/dressing area. The main material is tay wood, clear and clean, contrasted against a polished mahogany. The floor is made of textured Cardoso stone. In this area too, the lights, as well as the furnishings, are special pieces designed by Salvagni. Among these stand out two large suspended dressers, illuminated from below by LED lights that accentuate the floating effect, the bedside tables embellished with brass inserts and the breakfast table suspended between two armchairs. Imagining the next expression of a growing trend, Salvagni begins to evolve the bathroom into a wellness area, cantered around the large freestanding tub which doubles as a rich design element. This new pleasurable area is accessible by a large auto-sliding door, not as an addition, but as a natural extension of the master suite. With the door wide open, the combined space becomes a temple of relaxation and comfort. And the build is a testament to Italian craftsmanship: the countertops are Cardoso stone, finished smoothly, and the seat in the shower was cut from a single block of the fine material, while the bathroom walls are embellished with mahogany elements. The large round central tub enriches the rest of the cabin, prominently located as a gravitational attention center that holds the space together.  The formal dining area is located on the Upper Deck. Formal, however, does not mean conventional, the sky lounge being conceived as a multipurpose area. Most of the time, people prefer to eat outdoors. The Sky Lounge on the Upper Deck is shaped as an intimate nook, with a huge cozy sofa and convertible table, an attractive spot to come inside after dinner, especially for movies, equipped with a 55” pop-up flat screen. When guests wish to dine indoors, the table can be raised and extended to serve as the main indoor dining, accommodating up to 12 guests.  The flexibility of the layout is further improved by the options offered to the owner. The first units ordered all request the sixth unprecedented VIP cabin positioned on the Upper Deck, therefore with a beautiful sea view thanks to the large window, while the captain’s cabin is located on the Lower Deck. More traditional layout solutions are also available, with an enclosed pantry and a captain cabin on the upper deck just behind the bridge and with a formal dining area in the fore part of the main salon.  The command area is a blend of elegance and technology, characterized by a futuristic helm that integrates all onboard systems with Simrad Command.  Further forward, there is a sprawling lounge area, with sun pads surrounding the circular whirlpool tub, a lounge area with opposing sofas and then a further sunbed area towards the bow, sheltered by a mini windscreen.  On the Lower Deck there are four en-suite guest cabins: two VIPs aft and two guest cabins forward.  The Azimut Trideck offers innovative design solutions, starting from the tonnage, which remains below 300 GT despite the generous interior volume. This is made possible thanks to the large beach area, which is kept partially opened. The extra space is therefore available for an expanded living area with a special focus on the full beam skylounge.  The first of the most significant elements of the Trideck from a technological point of view is the debut of the new second-generation D2P Displacement to Planning hull.  Designed by Pierluigi Ausonio together with the Azimut-Benetti Research and Development Department, the hull benefits from proprietary CFD software, FEM analysis and form optimizations to yield unrivalled results in terms of efficiency. The Grande 35Metri, featuring the first generation D2P hull was already best in class, and the second generation debuts on the Trideck with substantial improvements. Despite being 3 meters longer, 30 GT larger and 35 tons heavier, the Trideck consumes fuel at the same rate as her smaller sister at all speeds above 19 knots, and manages to be 15% more efficient at a cruising speed of fifteen. To put these results in context, when compared with a traditional hard chine hull, the improvement in displacement fuel efficiency reaches over 40%.  The D2P hull is based on the combination of three main elements: the double chine, which gives stability at displacement speeds while reducing drag at higher speeds; the bow wave piercer, increasing the hull length at the waterline, reducing displacement consumption and reducing pitching in rough seas, and finally the central skeg, that guarantees optimal course stability, especially in aft quartering seas.  The Trideck is the newest member of the Carbon Generation, with her entire superstructure laminated in carbon fibre for a 30% local reduction in weight and an absolute weight reduction of six tons. In this way, despite the increased volumes onboard, the Trideck’s low centre of gravity is preserved, guaranteeing excellent static and dynamic stability. The combination of the D2P hull and carbon superstructure mean a significant improvement in performance: lower fuel consumption, higher speed and longer range.  The Trideck features an advanced power management system by SeaEnergy, which allows the automatic optimization of onboard electricity consumption through a perfect balance of shore power and the generators (or only between generators when at sea) depending on the energy needs of utilities.  For even more freedom, owners can also add Hotel Mode to the Trideck. This means being able to relax, anchored in a bay with zero emissions and in total silence. With a lithium battery pack of about 130 kWh, the Trideck can operate the main onboard utilities with the generators switched off for up to 4 hours during the day and 8 hours at night.  The cruising comfort is improved by a highly integrated software called Argo, designed and supplied by CMC Marine, to automatically harmonises the movement of the electronic stabilizing fins with the autopilot, avoiding waste and ensuring smooth sailing.  Grande Trideck has a dual-motor option, standard twin MTUs 2400hp or optional 2600hp. The first model under test, with an engine of 2600 hp, recorded a maximum speed of 24 knots, a range of 700 miles at 19 knots, and at a cruising speed of 12 knots an autonomy of over 1700 miles.

Technical Data:

LOA - 38.22 m (125.5ft)

Beam - 7.98 m

Draft - 2.05 m

Displacement - 190 t full load

Fuel Capacity - 23000 l

Water Capacity - 4000 l

Accommodation - ten guests in five cabins, or twelve guests in six cabins, six crew in four cabins 

Engines - 2 x MTU 2400hp, 2600hp optional

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 24 knots max, 21 knots fast cruise, 19 knots economy fast, 12 knots economic long range with MTU 2600hp, 23 knots max 20 knots fast cruise with MTU 2400hp

Range - 700 nm at 19 knots, 1700 nm at 12 knots

Hull Shape - semi planning with wave piercer, and second generation Displacement to Planning

Construction - fiberglass with vinilester resin and carbon fibre (super structure is carbon fibre)

Project - Alberto Mancini exterior, Achille Salvagni interior, Pier Luigi Ausonio naval architect 

Certification - data UNI ISO 8666 

www.azimutyachts.com

Project: Nordhavn N71

The Nordhavn 71 is a brand new boat that will follow in the wake of the 80, providing her owners an elegant, modern, state-of-the-art passage-making explorer yacht. The N71 is a brand new hull, created especially for those who find themselves in the upper end of the mid-size range, who desire the aesthetic of one of Nordhavn’s larger yachts, but want the ability to manage without crew.  Indeed, with the first three hulls committed by former owners of Nordhavn 68 or 60 models, the N71 seems to be filling a void. Nordhavn co-owner and Chief of Design Jeff Leishman said the N71 is a modern response to the third generation Nordhavns that were built in the early 2000s. Styling, technology and creature comforts have all evolved since then. The Nordhavn 71 is available in two layouts: a three-stateroom layout with skylounge, or another that incorporates a fourth stateroom in place of the sky lounge. While decidedly smaller than the 80, the N71 mimics her twin model configuration, sleek lines and advanced level of engineering. She was designed with Nordhavn’s in-house Computational Fluid Dynamics program. As is the case with all long-range Nordhavns, she will have ocean-crossing capability and will be built to the strictest CE Certification standard for offshore use. The N71 benefits from more intuitive space planning, a stepped-up lighting schedule, a big dining room, spacious owners cabin and larger windows. She will also keep in step with newer Nordhavns being offered with a more complete spec, thus keeping costs and build time wrangled. The specification includes a credit for furniture so buyers can choose their own chairs, dining table, pillows and the like, resulting in a highly-individualized yacht.  She’ll be constructed by the craftsmen at the Ta Shing yard in Taiwan, where the 68 and 76 are built. Tooling is currently being fabricated and the first hull is expected to begin construction in January of 2022. The lead time of hull #1 will be 18 months but Leishman anticipates production will streamline down to 15 months with subsequent models. 

www.nordhavn.com

New Model: Airon Marine 50 Cinquanta

In the Spring of 2021 Airon Marine of Paolo Molinari launched its new 50 Cinquanta model.  A traditional open sport yacht and currently Airon flagship, the 50 Cinquanta comes as an update to the 4800 T-Top model, with the main visible difference outside; integrated hull windows now serving the lower deck.  But other difference in hull one of the 50 Cinquanta, was for an open main deck without patio door, and a more traditional three cabins lower deck with forward owners cabin.  Considering Airon Marine of offering a tailor made build and various options to buyers, the 4100 series is for example offered in four lower and three main deck layouts, these might be other options along the previous 4800 layouts.  The Airon 50 Cinquanta is powered by twin Volvo 480hp with IPS pod propulsion, no speed data is yet provided.   

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.70 m (48.2ft)

Hull Length - 14.7 m

Beam - 4.30 m

Displacement - 16 t

Fuel Capacity - 1100 l

Water Capacity - 450 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins

Max Persons - 14

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 480hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Certification - CE B

www.aironmarine.it

Two Killed in Collision Hit and Run on Garda Lake

Two Germans killed two Italians, a 37 year old male and a 25 years old female in a collision hit and run which happened in the night of nineteen June on Lake Garda in the North of Italy, in the South West Salo part of the lake.  The accident has strange circumstances as the two Germans onboard the Riva Aquarama mahogany cruiser declared in the police interrogation to not even notice to have hit the launch boat and to have killed the two Italians, continuing with there affairs on the lake, and after this also returning to there homes in Bavaria Munich in Germany.  The Germans onboard the Riva cruiser are currently detained in a prison in Brescia.

The boat in this accident is a Riva Aquarama a model produced from 1962 till 1996 in five versions.  A total of 769 Aquarama's where build in its 34 years production run; including the limited edition only one made Lamborghini, the seven produced 22 centimeters longer and 8.7 meters long Lungo, the slightly longer and more powerful Super Aquarama launched in 1963, and the Aquarama Special which was produced 1972 to 96  and is easily recognizable thanks to its sloop stern.  The  Aquarama was developed on the Tritone, and like its predecessor was twin engine powered with line shaft propulsion, and depending on engines reached speed from forty to fifty knots. The Aquarama is the most regarded motor boat of all time thanks for it being incredibly beautiful, making it the preferred of many VIPs today but also in the sixties and seventies, and Riva using this to clever market the boat.  The Riva wooden runabouts sport cruisers, which started with the Corsaro in 1946 ended with the Aquarama Special in 1996 hull #749.  Five years later to the stop in production this heritage was reignited by Riva with the fiberglass Aquariva designed by Mauro Micheli, launched in 2001 and still produced today in the Super version. 

Cigarette New Web Site

Iconic US powerboat builder Cigarette presents its new World wide web showroom.  Cigarette was one of the brands founded by at the time retired construction magnet Don Aronow. Cigarette debuted in 1969 with a racing 32 feet deep Vee hull featuring twin Mercruiser 475hp, and this hull expanded the Aronow fame of building winning boats from the start taking first at the Long Beach to Esenada Mexico race averaging 76 mph.  In three years time Cigarette with Aronow at the helm will win countless races including two World championships, three US titles, and breaking the record in the Miami Nassau race.  This success will continue with a dozen plus of other racers, winning countless races and titles all over the World.  Following this success of the Cigarette racing boat, the company presents its first production model the 28 Standard, which will be updated to the 28 Super Sleek a few years later.  In 1978 Aronow sells Cigarette to Halter Marine, with the idea of pursing horse racing and other stuff, but pass some time later on 188th street in Miami he founds Squadron XII experimenting with some 27 and 38 feet hulls.  Halter gives again opportunity to buy back into Cigarette for Aronow and with this he merges Squadron XII into the brand.  Don Aronow will buy back the remaining Cigarette shares but will sell the company in 1982 to Jerry Jacoby of Hawk engines, this featuring a clause that Aronow cannot build a deep Vee bottom till 1987.  Jacoby will sell Cigarette in 1984 to Jeffrey Friedman.  After the mid eighties Cigarette launches some important models still called as classics till today from the 35 Café Racer and the 38 Top Gun, this last selling 500 units as at year 2000 and as yet still in production.  The nineties will see Cigarette build the 42 Revolution 188 dedicated to its founding street, and 46 Rough Rider.  In 1994 CRT Inc founded by Bob Torter and Craig Barrie starts to head Cigarette.  In 1999 Cigarette introduces its first stepped hull this model will be the 38 Top Gun T/S.  In 2002 Cigarette is bought by Chicago businessman Skip Braver, who will sell in 2021 to John Ruiz and Lionheart Capital.  Today Cigarette builds a total of nine models divided into two lines; Performance Centre Console, and High Performance.  The smallest Cigarette is the long standing 38 Top Gun, with the flagship being the 59 Tirrana.  Cigarette new website takes you around with the following buttons; Boats, Our World, Store, and Contact.  Cigarette is also featured on social media on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube with link located at the bottom of the page.      

www.cigaretteracing.com

Production History;

28 Standard 1970-74

28 Super Sleak 1974-86

35 Awesome 1974-85

24 Fire Fox 1984-

35 Cafe Racer 1986-2000

38 Top Gun 1987- (600+)

31 Decathlon 1987-

31 Bullet 1987-2002

42 Revolution 188 1990-96

46 Rough Rider 1992-

38 Top Gun Evolution 1993-

20 Cacu 1995-

42 Tiger 1997-2000

36 Galdiator 2001-

42 Twin Step 2001-02

30 Mystique 2001-03

35 Mistress 2002

42 X 2003-

46 American Muscle 2003-

45 Maximus 2004 (5)

46 Strip Poker 2004-

30 Vice 2004-

39 Top Gun Unlimited 2005-

38 Top Gun GT 2006-

50 Marauder 2006-17

49 Grand Sport 2007-10

39 Top Fish 2008-

42 Huntress 2012-

49 Grand Sport II 2010-20

515 2018-

59 Tirrana 2020-

39 GTS 2021-

52 Thunder 2022-

Project: Seanfinity Y-9 Fastexplorer

Seanfinity presents the Y-9 Fastexplorer, an innovative new super yacht project which comes following the success of the T-4, T-5, and the just launched R-4.  The Seanfinity Y-9 represents a new Y for Yacht range for the Italian builder, and at 27 meter will also mean a new important flagship.  Currently the largest Seanfinity is the T-5 at just under fifteen meters in length, and was launched in the fall of 2020.  The Seanfinity Y-9 Fastexplorer promises to have an innovative under water shape which can run at fast speeds but also efficient and seaworthy in displacement mode.  The co-owners of Seanfinity; Vincenzo Tuccio the engineer behind the Top System surface drives, and naval architect Gianluca Caputi previous owner of the Golfo and Italcraft brands are both forward thinking naval architects.  So far very few details are available on the Y-9, apart the above rendering which shows a raised pilot house design, some wide body details, and I would say the choice to have a forward main deck master stateroom.

www.seanfinityachts.com

New Model: Rhea 34 Trawler Flybridge

Rhea presents the new Trawler 34 model. Coming from a design of Yann Chabaud, the new Trawler 34 follows Rhea heritage of building medium sized explorer cruiser, and presents itself as the entry level model of the Trawler range which features four models and goes up to fourteen meters in size.  At just over ten meters in length the Trawler 34 presents itself as a small ship with its symmetric design offering safe and secure walk around the main deck, thanks to its deep and wide bulwarks.  Accommodation the Trawler 34 offers two cabins sleeping four below deck, while on the main deck is a dinette which converts to a double berth, and an L-shaped galley behind the helm station to starboard.  On the technical side the Rhea Trawler 34 was designed with a reduced wake hull and draft, thanks to propeller tunnels.  The Trawler 34 is powered by twin Yanmar 250hp and a single Yanmar 370hp engine, both options being offered with line shaft propulsion.  A Sedan version with a reduced draft of just under ten meters, aimed at the inland waterways market of central Europe is currently in the works.    

Technical Data:

LOA - 10.40 m (34.1ft)

Hull Length - 9.96 m

Beam - 3.98 m

Draft - 0.70 m

Displacement - 8000 kg

Fuel Capacity - 2 x 440 l

Water Capacity - 400 l

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

Engines - 1 x Yanmar 370hp, or 2 x Yanmar 250hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 21 knots max with twin Yanmar 250hp, 19 knots with Single Yanmar 370hp

Hull Shape - semi planning with propeller tunnels

Project - Yann Chabaud

Certification - CE

www.rhea-marine.fr

Project: Viking 54 Sport Coupe

Viking presents the 54 Sport Coupe.  Part of the 54 series which now offers a total four different variants on the same hull, from the Open to the Converible. Accommodation is similar in the express sport yacht versions; Open, Sport Coupe, Sport Tower.  But it does differ from the convertible to optimize the design’s comfort and space.  The 54 Sport Coupe has the same three sided hard-top as the ST but without tower and any sportfishing amenities.  The Open, Sport Coupe and Sport Tower share cockpit and command deck layouts, providing an excellent use of space for fishing, diving, cruising and entertaining. The fourteen square meters cockpit boasts twin mezzanine seating with cooler storage below, easily converted into optional freezer space, along with drink coolers, in-deck fish and storage boxes, a transom live well and a transom door with lift gate. A single centreline lazarette hatch opens nearly 90 degrees for full viewability and access to the available gyro stabilization, as well as the steering, trim tabs and drain pumps. With its open aft bulkhead, the command deck gives you instant access to the cockpit. The centerline helm, with its pedestal seat on a raised platform, provides excellent visibility and is complemented by port double and starboard single companion seating. Three multi-function displays are flush mounted in a recessed black panel, contributing to the clean streamlined helm design. Aft of the helm, there is a convergence of practical and convenience features, including refrigeration and tackle and gear storage compartments. Plump cushions topping the port-side U-shape lounge, which surrounds a walnut table, will cradle your guests in comfort while providing ample height to take in the surroundings. To port, you’ll also find an L-shaped lounge with storage underneath.  Below, the important beam offers volumes of interior space including a choice of two or three cabins layouts. With either, the forward master stateroom is large and fitted with a queen-size bed, plenty of storage behind the horizontal grain walnut cabinetry and served with a private head. Additional staterooms are found on the port side, each with upper and lower berths. The head has private access in the two-stateroom layout, while guests share the head in the three-stateroom plan. Midship on the starboard side is a well-appointed galley with a full appliance package, walnut cabinetry, an engineered stone countertop and under-counter refrigeration/freezer units. Opposite the galley in the two-stateroom model is an L-shaped lounge and table. The three-stateroom version utilizes booth seating. The Viking 54 SC is standard powered by a pair of Man 1400hp, or optional 1550hp engines.

www.vikingyachts.com