New Model: WallyPower 58

Making its first appearance during the Monaco Grand Prix, and then presented to the public during the Venice boat show at the end of May 2022, enters the WallyPower 58, an innovative evocative sport yacht from the inventor of the minimal wedged shape motor boat in 2003 with the ground breaking and daring 118 model. A natural progression and evolution of the outgoing 52 model, the WallyPower 58 as is the Wally trademark is an innovative sport yacht from aft to bow, and top to bottom. Unlike the 52 the WallyPower 58 takes design cues from the larger Wally models of the past particularly the 118 model, see air intakes in the hull sides.  The main innovation in the WallyPower 58 is the clean hull sides, with everyone going with large hull windows, Wally decides to change course and keep the lines clean with no windows, fitting in the hull two 4k cameras which show the view outside to the guests on the two; port and starboard screens mounted inside.  Other features of the WallyPower 58 are the drop down side bulwarks which double the extended aft open deck space to 25 sqm aft.  Another innovative feature is the bimini on the aft sun-pad, which comes out from a structural bottom part of the structure to sun cover guests in comfort.  Inside the WallyPower 58 is available in three versions; Guest with two cabins two heads with small saloon, Crew offering one cabin and a crew cabin to port side, and Double Saloon with one cabin with a double and two opposite saloons.  In all versions there is no galley in the lower deck, with this located to port side of the main deck opposite the starboard located helm station.  The WallyPower 58 is powered with triple Volvo IPS pod propulsion set up with three by 550hp engines as standard, and 600hp available as optional.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 17.3 m (56.9ft)

Hull Length - 17.2 m

Waterline Length - 15.6 m

Beam - 5 m

Draft - 1.7 m

Displacement - 24.5 t dry, 29.5 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 3000 l

Water Capacity - 450 l

Max Persons - 12/16

Accommodation - 4 guests in 2 cabins, 2 guests one crew cabin, or two berths  

Engines - 3 x Volvo D8 550hp, D8 600hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS700 or IPS800 pod drives

Speed - 30 knots cruses 36 max with Volvo 550hp, 32 knots cruise 38 knots max with 600hp

Hull Shape - warped modified Vee with spray rails and eighteen degrees deadrise aft

Project - Luca Basani 

Certification - CE A12/B16 2013/53/EU, modules B + F Rina Spa

www.wally.com

Project: Italyure 45

Following the success of its first model the Allure 38 launched in 2021 and since then delivered in eight units, the Italian Naples boat builder follows it with a project for a bigger 45. With this new larger 45 project, designer and naval architect Maurizio Marzocca follows the family feeling and the principles of the smaller 38, for a sport cruiser center console in a larger formula which offers more spaces everywhere.  The Allure 45 project was presented at the Naples boat show in February as a scaled model, with the first profile project born as shaft propulsion.  Still expect the Allure 45 to be like the 38, available also in stern drives and outboards.  The first Allure 45 is in early stages of construction and is planned to launch in early 2023.

www.italyure.com

Classic Alalunga Hits Mirabello Quay

A 22 meter Alalunga motor yacht crashed into the fuel quay of Mirabello marina at around 1830 hours of Sunday 12 June.  The reports say that the accident was done on purpose by the captain to save the yacht from sinking as it was taking on water on its way to entering the Spezia harbor. Unconfirmed reports are saying the yacht was taking in water due to a broken seacock, while others are reporting it hit something on the way into the Spezia harbor.  Thanks to this risky maneuver from the captain and immediate May-Day call for assistance, and help from the Italian coast guard and fire fighting squads of La Spezia the yacht was reported as saved from sinking at about 2200 hours of the same day.  

The yacht in this accident is a Spertini Alalunga 22 from 1980 powered by twin 900hp MTU engines.  Introduced in 1975 and produced till the end of the eighties the Alalunga 22 came from a design of Aldo Cichero and was build of wood and to custom order, and was an evolutionary innovative motor yacht in its time, with a four double cabins lower deck layout and two crew cabins. 

Web: Kadey-Krogen New Web Site

Kadey-Krogen presents its new World wide web showroom.  Kadey-Krogen starts its journey in 1976 with founders Art Kadey an experienced boat builder yacht charter and broker, and Jim Krogen a commercial designer.  Art Kadey identified an untapped segment in the market for a blue water explorer cruiser, and show it to Jim who developed the first model the Kadey-Krogen 42 which launched in 1977.  Build of fiberglass in Taiwan the 42 was inspired to commercial trawler boats of the time, and was followed in 1981 by the 38 Cutter a shoal draft island hopper cruiser, and the 36 Monatee in 1984.  In 1988 Kadey-Krogen builds its first yacht over fifty feet with the North sea fishing vessel inspired 54, which will be surpassed in size in 2000 with the 58.  The 54 will evolve into the 55 in 2008, and as at today the 58 is still the official Kadey-Krogen flagship even though the company have project plans for a 70.  In 2019 Kadey-Krogen introduces its new planning motor yacht line with the Summit brand and the 54 model.  Since 1976 Kadey-Krogen has build 678 yachts, and today has eight sales centres around the World.  Kadey-Krogen currently offers seven explorer cruisers and yachts models which start from the 44 AE up to the still in project 70 model, while the Summit line offers the 54 model which is set to expand with the 54 Coupe later on this year.  Kadey-Krogen new web site takes you around with the following buttons; Our Yachts, Passagemaking, Build Quality, Living Aboard, Our Story, Perfect Day, Ship's Store, Brokerga, Summit Motoryachts, Events, and Contact Us.  Kadey-Krogen is also in social media with links at the bottom of the page taking you to its Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube pages.

www.kadeykrogen.com

New Launch: Benetti 65m FB274

Benetti is proud to announce the launch of hull no FB274, titled M/Y “Zazou”, this a 65-meter full custom yacht with sleek and sinuous lines. The steel hull was painted at the request of the owner, a repeat Benetti customer, in an elegant carinthia blue color; and the superstructure is made with aluminum. The external lines are by Giorgio M. Cassetta and the interiors, as well as some of the external spaces, are by the Dutch studio Sinot Yacht Architecture and Design. The yacht, which accommodates 12 people in 6 double cabins, has one of the largest Sun Decks in its category with a gym, a 5-meter-long swimming pool and an outdoor cinema on top of another cinema area on the Main Deck. Two Caterpillar 2400hp engines allow the yacht to navigate autonomously for 5,000 miles at a cruising speed of twelve knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 65.40 m (214.5ft)

Beam - 10.9 m

Draft - 3.5 m

Displacement - 1,180 GT (volume)

Accommodation - twelve guests in six cabins, fourteen crew in seven cabins

Engines - 2 x Cats 3512 2400hp
Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - sixteen knots max, fourteen knots cruise, long range at twelve knots

Range - five thousand nautical miles at twelve knots

Hull Shape - displacement

Construction - steel hull aluminum super structure

Project - Giorgio M. Casetta exterior, Sinot interior

www.benettiyachts.it

Project: Versilcraft 45 Sportadventure

Currently undergoing finishing touches in Italy is the Versilcraft 45 Sportadventure.  The largest yacht ever build by Versilcraft, 45 Sportadventure is a triple deck super yacht with a steel hull and aluminum super structure construction, and is designed by Italian Spezia based Optima of Antonio Luxardo, who presented her with very clean minimal exterior looks. Inside the 45 Superadventure will feature a five double cabins sleeping ten layout, with the yacht just fitting in volume of 499 GT.   Versilcraft 45 Sportadventure is to be powered by twin 1600hp Cat engines which give a top speed up to fifteen knots, a cruise of fourteen, and a long range of up to six thousand nautical miles at eleven knots.

www.versilcraft.com

New Model: Vanquish VQ40 Sports Line

Vanquish presents its VQ40 Sports Line its new chapter in composite boat building which is to be followed by a larger sixteen meter VQ55 currently under going finishing touches.  Designed by Guido de Groot the Vanquish VQ40 Sports Line is a center console sport cruiser, with a lower deck cabin offering a double U-shaped berth and a shower head.  The Vanquish VQ40 is powered by twin Volvo 440hp engines which give a 45 knots top speeds, and or outboards from triple 300hp up to 600hp engines these last giving a top speed over 65 knots.   

Technical Data:

LOA - 12.15 m (40.5ft)

Beam - 3.82 m

Draft - 0.9 m

Displacement - 7.3 t

Fuel Capacity - 800 l

Water Capacity - 200 l

Max Persons - fourteen

Accommodation - two berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 440hp, outboards petrol gas from 3 x Mercury 300hp up 600hp

Propulsion - Volvo duoprop DPI stern drives, triple Mercury outboards

Speed - 45 knots with Volvos 440hp, 65 knots with triple Mercury 600hp

Hull Shape - stepped modified Vee

Construction - resin infused composite

Project - Guide de Groot exterior and interior, Bakewell-White hull shape naval architect

Certification - CE B12

www.vanquish-yachts.com

Project: Rizzardi GR Sessantatre

Rizzardi returns back to its roots of open sport yachts with the GR Sessantatre project.  The GR acronym stands for Gianfranco Rizzardi, the founder of the shipyard who started his successful boat building experience with the CR40 Open in the eighties, a success which had an important upward trend with the Top Line series introduced with the 53 in 1992 and followed with the 50 in 2000 which becomes in the years Rizzardi best selling model with some seventy units sold.  This GR Sessantatre is the direct heir of the 2003 presented 63 Top Line, the above rendering above gives a huge nod to the successful nineteen meter model, but also full respect of the TL design language, from the flush deck to the large air intakes located on the sides of the super structure.  Another technical detail which was always part of the Top Line was the traditional direct line shaft propulsion, with all the Rizzardi's Top Line from the 50 to the 73 always being equipped with this traditional propulsion set up.  Just as is usual with the Rizzardi the GR Sessantatre will be a semi-custom build with the standard layout offering three double cabins three heads and one crew cabin.  Power options are for standard Man 1200hp for top speeds up to 37 knots, and 1300hp for an extra knot of top end.

www.rizzardiyachts.com

Sport Cruiser Hits Reef and Sinks in Albania

A sport cruiser of about twelve meters in length, with four Italian crew onboard hit an unmarked reef and eventually sank in Capo Rodoni, Albania on the early morning of Tuesday seventh June.  The crew was saved by the Albanian maritime police and Italian Finance Patrol. The sport cruiser departed Slovenia some days ago, cruising way through Croatia, then Montenegro before hitting the unmarked reef in Albania.  Beside a shock no injuries where sustained to the two men, one woman and the small child onboard, who had to organize operations in order to recover and eventually repair the sport cruiser.

The sport cruiser in this sinking looks to be a Gobbi 38 Sport from the eighties.  Designed by Luca Taddei the 38 Sport was the company flagship when it launched in 1984 with production running till 1992.  The Gobbi 38 Sport offered an interior with two double cabins, spacious galley, and an L-shaped saloon.  She was powered by three engine options with V-drive shafts and or twin or triple engines stern drive, Volvo 175hp at first which became a 200hp in 1986 proving to be the most popular.  The Gobbi 38 Sport was first announced as a 36 Sport in 1983, and was a project ahead of its time being also available in a hard-top version.

New Model: Maritimo M600 Offshore

For the May 2022 Sanctuary Cove boat show Maritimo launched three new models using the same eighteen meter hull platform.  The first of these new models we present is the M600 Offshore, which marks the first model within the sensational new Offshore Series for Maritimo. With a long list of orders already secured for the Offshore flybridge variant since the series was first digitally revealed in 2021, the M600 Offshore takes ultimate blue water offshore cruising flybridge motor yacht.  The M600 Offshore has broad appeal both as a state-of-the-art fishing platform, with its specialty open water fishing attributes, or as a long range, high volume three stateroom, two ensuite luxury cruising motor yacht capable of inter-continental passage making.  The M600 Offshore features a carefully designed offshore cockpit, with open deck space and heavy consideration of fishing functionality combined with Maritimo’s experiences in flybridge cruising design.  The offshore cockpit provides an incredible ten squared meters of open deck space, featuring 2.4 meters length of open deck along the centerline between the aft transom wells and the forward mounted island entertainment module, providing ample area for sport fishing chair if desired.  Integrated into the cockpit space are large wing lockers, transom wells, in deck fish boxes, enclosed transom gate, rod holders, and flush gunwale capping. Beneath the cockpit floor and in deck fish boxes is a large lazarette storage area, accessible by day hatch or a large electrically actuated opening for gaining access to store large items such as diving gear.

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.62 m (61ft)

Hull Length - 18.4 m

Beam - 5.23 m

Draft - 1.52 m

Displacement - 33,600 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 4550 l

Water Capacity - 750 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D13 800hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Certification - CE A

www.maritimo.com.au