New Model: VanDutch 56

Van Dutch presents the new 56 an update of the 55 model, and current flagship of this now Italian, Cantiere dell Pardo owned and build sport cruiser and yacht builder, although a 75 is apparently in initial construction and project stages.  Subtle and important changes differentiate the 56 from the 55, the most important being that the 56 is now powered by Volvo IPS pod drives, versus the line shaft of the 55.  She is indeed the first VanDutch to be powered by IPS, and considering the use of Pardo of the Volvo pod drives we might see more of this on future VD models.   Other changes are the large bathing platform now keeping the same beam of the hull, and also having a design detail which brings her out of the hull.  Outside this is what makes you differentiate the 55 from the 56. On the accommodation front the Van Dutch 56 is near identical, with the lower deck offering a two cabins Sleep version and an open plan Lounge Version.  In both versions if you convert the dinette forward and the lounge aft the sleeping accommodation is for four persons.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.90 m (55.4ft)

Beam - 4.52 m

Draft - 1.23 m

Displacement - 22.4 t

Fuel Capacity - 2350 l

Water Capacity - 390 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins or open plan layout

Engines - 2 x Volvo D11 625hp, D11 725hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 36 knots

Project - Mulder design exterior interior and naval architect

Construction - resin infused Vinilester resin

Certification - CE B

www.vandutch.com

Project: MJM 42

MJM present the project for the 42, a uniquely styled Carolina DownEast inspired cruiser and currently its largest in size model on offer, although the American shipyard did offer the 50z launched in 2014 and the 53z the outboard variant till 2021.  The MJM 42 is designed around couples living aboard; with all-weather hard-top, and all-conditions hull capability.  The MJM 42 will offer a galley-up design for all around views while entertaining and socializing, even underway, which coupled to the indoor/outdoor pilothouse opens for the enjoyment of your surroundings or closes for a climate-controlled protection area.  The lower deck of the MJM 42 will offer a forward master cabin, a dinette, and a cabin with a French berth at midships.  The MJM 42 is to be powered by both outboards twin Mercury 600hp, or stern drives diesel inboards twin 400hp or 440hp engines.  Top speeds are estimated up to 45 knots with the twin 600hp outboards. 

www.mjmyachts.com

Sport Yacht Fire and Sinking in Bordighera

A sport yacht of seventeen meters titled Sounjarello with one captain onboard went ablaze on 1700 hours of twelve July, and about thirty minutes later sank in between Bordighera and Ospedaletti.  The yacht was only one mile into its journey leaving San Remo direction to the South of France, when a fire struck it.  Immediate the assistance of the San Remo Coast Guard, who took the fifty year old captain to safety and later to the San Remo hospital for fumes de-intoxication.  

Sounjarello is a Riviera 565 SUV model.  Released in 2013 and based on the 53 Flybridge hull, the 565 was the second in Riviera's SUV line up which debuted with the 445 in 2012 and today features seven models from 39 to 64 feet.  The Riviera 565 SUV offered a three double cabins interior including a full beam owners cabin and was powered by twin Volvo 700hp engines with IPS pod drives, giving her a thirty knots top speed.  Eleven 565 SUV have been build in a three year production run, with the model evolving into the 575 SUV in 2016.

New Model: Rivera 465 SUV

Riviera, has proudly World Premiered the new 465 SUV at the opening of the 2022 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. Riviera's design team, in collaboration with 4D Designs, has excelled with the development of this new model which joins the exceptional SUV line-up including the 395, 445, 505, 545, 575 and 645. The 465 SUV offers a water-sports cockpit, covered alfresco deck that expands the saloon living space, three double staterooms, two generous bathrooms and multiple entertaining spaces in a sub-fifty-foot yacht. Luxuriously appointed with premium fabrics, designer lounges and plush carpet underfoot in the staterooms, she features high-gloss timber cabinetry throughout. Twin transom doors fold out parallel to the transom to allow the generous boarding platform to become part of the cockpit, creating one large water-sports or entertaining platform. In a dual-purpose water-sports and entertainer's cockpit, a wet bar is forward on the port side, including an electric barbecue, a sink with hot and cold water and storage. A joystick control is mounted on the port side coaming. A top-loading freezer and ice-maker is in a unit to starboard. Steps up from the cockpit lead to the alfresco deck, designed with lounges on either side. A folding timber dining table with drink holders is in front of the port lounge and an insulated icebox is underneath the seating. The starboard lounge can quickly and easily be converted to a day bed. A large awning window and central sliding glass door connect this space seamlessly with the galley in the saloon. One-way vision glass panels on either side provide valuable weather protection and privacy. The hardtop overhang includes a pair of electric sliding sunroofs. A hatch in the deck leads via a ladder to the engine room. With the awning window and saloon door opened, the alfresco deck provides approximately one third additional living space to the saloon. Adding breezeway or clears creates a large interior space for relaxation or entertaining. Walk-around decks on either side lead to the foredeck that welcomes with twin sun pads with adjustable headrests. Deck hatches provide light and air for the bathrooms and master stateroom below. An integrated bowsprit includes vertical anchor winch controlling a 27 kg Ultra anchor with 50 metres of 10mm chain. Stepping through the sliding glass door from the alfresco deck, a generous saloon provides guests with 360-degree views through wide opening side windows and a curved windscreen. The U-shape galley, aft on the starboard side, offers the discerning chef all of the appliances needed to create and serve sumptuous meals. It includes a dual element electric cooktop, combination microwave oven that includes a grill and a generous solid surface bench-top with a stainless-steel sink and mixer tap. Opposite is a dual-door 150-litre refrigerator and 50-litre freezer. Overhead cupboards are on either side. Forward on the port side, a large folding timber dining table is surrounded by a luxurious C-shape lounge that will seat up to six. Guests entertainment is offered via an electric-lift TV discreetly built into the dash forward on the port side. The helm, immediately forward of the galley includes twin leather sports seats facing a dash equipped with a tilt-adjustable sports wheel, comprehensive engines controls including a joystick, two 12-inch Garmin Glass Cockpit multi-function displays and a C-zone digital switching control panel. The 465 SUV includes three generous staterooms on the accommodation deck as well as a combination clothes washer and dryer cleverly placed under the stairwell and accessed from a starboard midships stateroom. The master forward offers a queen double bed. A full-height cedar-lined hanging locker is in the aft quarter to port. Additional storage is available under the bed. Hull windows on either side welcomes natural light and the deck hatch provides both light and fresh air when at anchor or a mooring. The en suite bathroom, aft on the starboard side, includes a separate shower stall, vanity and Vacuflush toilet. Natural light is introduced from a full-length window and light and fresh air come from a deck hatch. The two guest staterooms are amidships, each benefiting from large hull windows with opening portholes. The port side stateroom offers a queen double bed while the starboard stateroom provides twin side-by-side single beds. The second bathroom, on the port side between the master and guest staterooms, can be utilised as an en suite to the port stateroom. A door in the companionway allows access to the port bathroom for guests in the starboard cabin and for day guests. The 465 SUV is powered by twin Volvo 600hp with IPS pod propulsion. An 11kW generator is included to provide AC power with the option of a 13.5kW set. The Riviera 465 SUV features a GRP hull with independent compartments throughout, foam filled where appropriate for added strength and noise dampening. A watertight collision bulkhead is forward. The transverse fuel tank carrying up to 2,500 litres (660 US gallons) is set immediately aft of the midships staterooms and is coated in fire retardant resin. With a capacity for six adults sleeping on board, the designers have provided a generous 500-litre water tank and 151-litre holding tank. Siren Marine remote monitoring system is offered on all new Riviera yachts that provides peace of mind through real-time data monitoring and alerts so owners can enjoy their boating more knowing that their boat is safe and secure.

Technical Data:

LOA - 15.90 m (52.2ft)

Hull Length - 14.3 m

Beam - 4.76 m

Draft - 1.33 m

Displacement - 19340 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 2500 l

Water Capacity - 500 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D8 600hp 

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking IPS800 dual propeller pod drives

Project - 4D Designs Steve Ford

www.riviera.com.au

Project: Moonride Yachts 58 Ibiza

Following the success of the Moonride 58 Fly, first unit launched in the fall of 2021 with four units reported sold and under construction, the Italian builder presents the 58 Ibiza variant.  Based on the 58 Fly in everything and all but with an opening hard top replacing the flybridge.  The Moonride 58 Ibiza should offer little differences in technical details, from an interior with three double cabins, and Volvo 725hp with IPS pod drives powering the boat, up to a 37 knots of top speed.    

www.moonrideyachts.com

Sport Cruiser Saved from Sinking Near Savona

A nine meter sport cruiser with eleven persons onboard, eight adults and three children was saved from sinking on the late morning of Sunday tenth June, in the Baia dei Saraceni, to the South-West of Savona.  Immediate assistance came from the Italian coast guard, who after taking the persons to safety, starting procedure to safe the sport cruiser.  In the evening of Sunday, tenth June the sport cruiser was taken to safety at Finale Ligure marina facility.  The cause of the sinking are not reported.

The sport cruiser in this accident is an Airon Marine 325, a model produced from 2002 and still in production as at today.  The Airon 325 features an open accommodation layout sleeping five persons plus a dinette, and shower head, and is powered by twin diesel engines from 170 to 220hp or gas petrol up to 320hp.  Top speed is to about 35 knots with the large diesels option.  Airon has sold so far about two hundred 325's, which considering it is a semi custom boat builder, that is a lot. 

Motor Yacht Saved from Sinking in Malta

A 20 meter motor yacht with ten persons onboard was saved from sinking at around 0900 hours of Sunday tenth July in the limits of Munxar, near St. Thomas bay, Marsascala to the South East of the island of Malta.  The guests onboard went into panic as a passing by kayaker advised them  that the yacht looks getting low aft and is taking on water.  Immediate the assistance of the Malta Civil Protection and Sea-Patrol who took the guests to safety and with a high pressure water pump saved the yacht from taking further water and sink.  

This motor yacht is a Cantieri di Pisa Akhir 20 S from 1990.  Designed by Pier Luigi Spadolini, the Akhir 20 S has an interior with three double cabins, and a crew cabin, and powered by twin Man 1100hp reaches speeds up to thirty knots.  The Akhir 20 S was semi-custom build to order from 1990 till mid late nineties and was offered as all Pisa models of the time in both fiberglass and or wood build option. The Akhir series from Cantieri di Pisa designed up until the early 2000s by Spadolini was a trend setter in yacht design from the first eighteen meter model launched in 1972 to the S series evolution which launched with the 22 S in 1986.

Super Sport Yacht Sinks Near Bodrum

A super sport yacht named Alien of 24 meters in length sank in unknown circumstances in Gundogan Kizilburun, to the North of Bodrum in Turkey on the morning of Sunday tenth July.  The super sport yacht had apparently anchored at night in the area, when in the morning the yacht started to take in water and later sank. Reports are saying that at the time of sinking the owner of the Super Sport Yacht was not onboard, with it being boarded by Turkish personality Hakan Sabanci and his girlfriend plus crew.  Hakan has apparently used this yacht for his Turkish vacation in previous years. 

Alien is an Italian Yachts 80 Jaguar Sport designed by Robert Angel.  Presented in 2009 the 80 Jaguar, was an evolution of FP Yachts Jaguar 24 Sport, with accommodation for eight guests in four cabins with two crew cabins sleeping four, and was powered by twin MTU 1800hp which with surface drives propulsion gave her top speed up to 42 knots max.  The 80 Jaguar was produced till 2013 when Italian Yachts founded in 2008 closed its doors accused of tax evasion. 

Powerboat with Four People Capsizes in South Haven

A nine meter powerboat with four persons onboard, started to sink and later capsized at the entrance which connects Lake Michigan to Black River, in South Haven, Michigan on 18:55 hours of July nine.  According to witnesses the powerboat entered the channel stalled and semi-sunk, with four persons onboard ending in the water as the boat raised its bow before it capsized and sank. The four persons where assisted by a nearby boater who threw life jackets, and then took rescued three people out of the water and onboard, with a fourth being helped out by people from the jetty.  The four people were uninjured. Van Buren County Sheriff Marine Police and South Haven Area Emergency Services responded to the sinking. A salvage operation has been organized to recover the powerboat.

The powerboat in this capsizing looks to be a Wellcraft Scarab 30 Panther which was produced in around the mid eighties.

Web: Gagliotta New Web Site

Italian Neapolitan builder Gagliotta updates its World wide web showroom to a new design. Not very known outside the Italian peninsula, this builder has great respect mostly attributed to the racing success of founder Salvatore Gagliotta. Founded in 1952 in Naples, Mergellina, Gagliotta starts producing his first prototypes, which are small fast boats based on a Hunt hull design. Years pass and in the sixties Gagliotta moves from a hand building method to a semi production GRP construction way, and in the same time starts to compete in the Offshore competitions. In 1968 it also receives an honorable mention on the renowned Italian Nautica Magazine, where the Budda Blitz cruiser competing in a race keeps following the faster boats, with top US powerboat builder and racer Don Aronow complimenting this feat saying that the only one European hull is worth copying is that of the Naples built and designed Gagliotta. In the year 2000 the Naples builder introduces the 37 Gagliardo designed by Stefano Mango which is still in production as 37, changing with this model the philosophy concept of all the range evolving it from a fast sport boat type to a sportfish cruiser. Today four out of five models follows this design accept for the 2009 introduced Judel and Vroijlik 35 Lobster. The current Gagliotta range offers four models from 35 to 52 feet, and two ranges Fisherman three units and the entry model 35 Lobster.  In 2017 Gagliotta also announced two additional 48 and 42 Lobster projects but so far these have not materialized as at today.  The new Gagliotta web site is available English and Italian language takes you around with the following buttons; Home, The Shipyard, Fisherman, Lobster,  and Contacts.  Gagliotta is also on social media with side and bottom links taking you to its Facebook and Instagram pages. 
www.gagliotta.com