New Model: Tiara EX60

Tiara has in early October launched its first unit of its new EX60 flagship, in preparation for it to be presented at the upcoming 2022 Fort Lauderdale boat show.  With an overall length over eighteen meters, the new EX60 supersedes the previous 5800 Sovran as Tiara largest build to date.  The Tiara EX60 presents itself as a versatile sport yacht especially to what concerns its exterior entertainment zones, with four different options available; Alfresco, Aft Cockpit, Breakfast, and Adventure modules. These modules are options for the lower and upper two steps split exterior aft deck.  The Breakfast module for example changes the forward facing settee in the upper deck to a breakfast bar unit, while the Adventure changes the settee on the lower aft deck to a compartment with rod holders, live-well, and tackle storage.  Once inside the patio doors the Tiara EX60 features a C-shaped dinette to portside, large L-shaped galley opposite to starboard, helm station and companionway settee to starboard. A side door services the helm station to starboard, making single handed mooring more manageable.  Down below the Tiara EX60 offers a three double cabins layout, with an owners stateroom at midships served by an en-suite to starboard, a VIP forward, and a third twin berth guest cabin to starboard.  The Tiara EX60 is powered by standard twin Volvo 900hp, and or optional 1000hp with IPS pod propulsion.  Speed estimates are up to 36 knots for the standard power, with the optional engines giving an extra two knots of top speed. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.36 m (60.3ft)

Beam - 5.16 m

Draft - 1.22 m

Displacement - 24,200 kg dry

Fuel Capacity - 2649 l

Water Capacity - 568 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D13 900hp, optional D13 1000hp

Propulsion - Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 36 knots with Volvo 900hp, 38 knots with 1000hp *estimates

Hull Shape - modified Vee with fourteen degrees deadrise aft

Construction - resin infused foam cored sides and bottom, carbon fibre reinforced, Axalta Imron paint

Certification - USCG, NMMA, CE

www.tiarayachts.com

Improve-it = Sessa C48

For 2023 model year and beyond Sessa present an improved C48 for its headline sport cruiser just under fifteen meters in length, which was introduced in 2010 as an evolution to the much praised C46 launched in 2007.  The Sessa C48 gets improved with the addition of new hull side glazed windows which span the entire length of the hull.  Other improvements in the new C48 are the extended up and down bathing platform which adds 52 centimetres in length to the previous set up.  For the remaining the Sessa C48 keeps all the positives from Christian Grande 2010 design, which is still today one of the best looking exteriors in its class, along with the incredible cockpit with its large L-shaped exterior galley, and its twin large cabins lower deck layout.  Other improvement come from Volvo with the addition of twin 480hp engines versus the 435hp as available in previous years couple to IPS650 pod drives.

www.sessamarine.com

Princess Yacht Runs Aground in Tybee Island Georgia

A twenty meter Princess flybridge motor yacht titled m/y Grace ran aground on the Savannah river jetty, in the Port of Savannah in Tybee island, Georgia on the early morning of Tuesday eleven October.  The  yacht was reportedly running with two crew onboard, when it literally went atop the Savannah river jetty at planning speeds.  The following day on the afternoon of twelve October, a SeaTow salvage crew was emptying the fuel, and making preparations to float the yacht and take it to a shipyard when the tide rises. 

Motor yacht Grace is a 2003 Princess 65 mk.II, with four double guest cabins plus crew cabin interior and powered by the large twin Man 1050hp engines option which give her a top speed up to thirty knots.  Designed by Bernard Olesinski the Princess 65 mark. II entered production in 1998 and was replaced by the 67 in the fall of 2004.  The Princess 65 was a replacement to the 20M which never sold as expected, though the slightly larger unit was left in simultaneous production till 2002.

New Model: Fiart P54

During the Genoa boat show 2022 Fiart presented its new P54, a new second in size model following the 60 Cetera it launched in 2019.  Just as the Cetera, the Fiart P for Stefano Pastrovich 54 wants to be different to everything that the market is offering here in the sport yacht segment of sixteen meters it represents, yet at the some time competing with the latest modern looking open day sport yachts currently in the market.  For example unlike most of the competition who try to make the exterior as one big open space, the P54 offers three distinct area, a sun-chaise-lounge aft, a dinette with galley wet-bar in the middle, and a fore deck sun-pad solarium which can transform to a second forward dinette. Also unlike the latest competition the connection to the sea in the Fiart P54 comes from a transformable stern with a hydraulic opening bathing platform which shows a tender garage, and also goes up and down.  The Fiart P54 will also be versatile in the cabin layout offering the choice of two large cabins, or a three cabins version layout.  In both layouts the master stateroom remains at midships, with a third bunk cabin taking space from the forward VIP suite in the two cabin version.  The Fiart P54 also stands out in its size for offering a third day head, which can be ordered as en-suite to the third cabin in the three cabins version.  The Fiart P54 is standard powered by twin Volvo 725hp with IPS pod drives propulsion, which give a top speed up to 34 knots.  Engine choices go up to twin Volvo 900hp and IPS propulsion with the large engine giving an extra five knots of top speed.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.65 m (54.6ft)

Beam - 5.10 m

Draft - 1.1 m excluding propellers and or drives

Displacement - 20 t dry, 25 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 2900 l

Water Capacity - 1000 l

Max Persons - fourteen

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, or six berths in three cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D11 725hp, D13 800hp, D13 900hp

Propulsion - forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Speed - 34 knots max with 725hp, 39 knots max with 900hp

Range - 300 nautical miles at cruise

Project - Stefano Pastrovich

Certification - CE B

www.fiart.com

Project: Bavaria SR33

After the SR41 and SR36, Bavaria present the project for a new SR33 the newest member to come of the SR-Line, and set to launch and be presented in early 2023 at the Dusseldorf boat show.  Designed as the other two SR by Marco Casali with hull design coming from Micad, the SR33 replaces the Bavaria S33 model.  But do not be mistaken the SR33 is totally new sport cruiser upwards from the keel, wider and also longer to the model it replaces.  One of the hallmarks of the SR33 is the cockpit deck, with the unique and favourite aft sun-pad feature, which apart extending in length converts to an aft looking dinette.  Down below the Bavaria SR33 will offer an open layout with a double berth forward, a dinette with opposite galley, and a double berth separate cabin at midship.  The Bavaria SR33 is to be powered by twin Mercruiser or Volvo engine from 500 up to 700hp with sterndrive propulsion, with a single diesel 380hp option also being available. 

www.bavariayachts.com

Sportfish Explodes After Refuelling in Bermuda

A flybridge cruiser of about nine meters in length titled m/y Woodstock with one passenger onboard, exploded and then went ablaze just after refuelling at Dowling Marina, St. Georges, Bermuda around 1330 hours of Sunday nine October.  Videos on social media show the scene of the Woodstock exploding split second just after the captain turns on the engine. With the fuel station of Dowling Marina located near The Wharf Restaurant and Bar in a packed Sunday afternoon the drama was not ended, and an evacuation of sorts could not be made, as the wind kept on pushing the on fire Woodstock to the dock.  At this stage a sportfish of eleven meters titled m/y Tenacious with two brothers onboard towed Woodstock out of the dock, to Marginal Wharf, before the flybridge cruiser burned down and eventually sank at around 1440 hours.  Ten fire fighters and officers assisted and went to extinguish Woodstock from the flames, while the lone captain owner had minor injuries to his ankle as he jumped off the boat from the flybridge.

Woodstock the sportfish cruiser in this fire is a Trojan F-32, a model the famed US builder produced from 1973 up to 1992 in 2700 units. Still popular the Trojan F-32 sleeps four in a forward double Vee-berth with a convertible saloon, and is powered by twin Chryslers 225hp or optional 260hp gas engines on shafts.

The heroic sportfish m/y Tenacious which saved further damage to happen at Dowling Marina is a Luhrs 40 Convertible, produced from 2000 up to 2003.  The Luhrs 40 Convertible is an evolution of  the 380 which was born in 1991, main recognizable difference being the side windows being more curved.  The Luhrs 40 Convertible offers an interior with two cabins sleeping four, and is powered by Cat 420hp engines.  The 40 Convertible was replaced by the Luhrs 41 Convertible in 2004.

New Model: Horizon E90

Horizon Yachts has launched and delivered the brand new E90, second in size in its successful E Series line which spans from 23 to thirty meters in size. The new E90 is an evolution of the popular E88 model which launched in 2008 and sold in fifteen units and was a further evolution of the Horizon Elegance 87. The new E90 combines a performance-oriented hull with a streamlined superstructure and new underwater shape, with increased interior volume evident from the dock, a feature made possible by the yacht’s enhanced hull design that affords a six meter plus of beam. Borrowing an extremely successful feature from the Horizon Fast Displacement FD Series, this E90 is the first E Series yacht to be designed with the proprietary High Performance Piercing Bow, a design proven to afford excellent seakeeping and stability.  Titled m/y Lazy Daze the first E90 was launched in the Skylounge version and was built on spec for the American market, with a traditional four double guests cabins layout, and an aft crew cabin which sleeps four instead of the standard three berths.  Horizon E90 hull one is finished in white ash and silver oak wood combined with Able stonework for light and airy filled interior. Horizon E90 is standard powered by twin 1600hp Cats, with hull one ordered with the upgraded twin Man 1800hp. 

Technical Data:

LOA - 28.65 m (94ft)

Waterline Length - 25.4 m

Beam - 6.40 m

Draft - 1.64 m

Displacement - 88.07 t half load

Fuel Capacity - 10,220 l

Water Capacity - 1,890 l

Accommodation - eight berths in four cabins, three/four crew in two cabins

Engines - 2 x Cat C32A 1600hp, or Man V12 1800hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Hull Shape - semi-planning hull with HPPB high performance piercing bow

www.horizonyacht.com

Project: Benetti B.Now 50M

Benetti unveils the B.Now 50M semi custom project which opens a new chapter in the history of steel super yachts as build by one of the most famous super yacht names. This Benetti 50M is the smallest of four B.Now models with a length of 50, 60, 67 and 72 metres designed by RWD to meet the needs of the most forward-looking owners. B.Now stands out for the construction times of these super yachts reduced by around about a third thanks to Benetti’s advanced construction technology and share a sinuous hull whose profile dynamically marries the interior and exterior decks with large elongated windows. All four models can be built with the Oasis Deck®, a design solution enabling the outdoor space to be experienced conviviality and relaxation. The first B.Now 50M is to be titled Iryna, and will have a reported Traditional aft deck layout. Benetti first B.Now 50M will offer exclusive access to the water with a 36-square-metre beach club and an infinity pool that seems to be an extension of the stern deck. Nearly half the liveable surface area is outdoors, while the fully customisable interiors embody all Benetti’s traditional craftsmanship and quality, and being enriched by sophisticated detailing in palladium, one of the most precious metals in the world.  B.Now 50M will have a naval architecture by Pierluigi Ausonio Studio PLANA which will give her a top speed up to fifteen knots, and a range of 4500 nautical miles at twelve knots.  Currently Benetti has twelve B.Now 50M in build the latest unit to be delivered in 2026.

www.benettiyachts.it

New Model: Sanlorenzo SP110

Sanlorenzo presents its much waited new SP110, which launched in early Summer with World wide premier at the Cannes 2022 boat show past September. A project of over five years in the making, which was presented officially in renderings for the first time in May 2022 during the Venice boat show.  For its first super sport yacht above 24 meters Sanlorenzo left nothing to chance; with design by Zuccon, technical input by Tilli Antonelli, hull engineering by jet propulsion expert Marco Arnaboldi, and interiors for hull#One by Pierluigi Lissoni.  The new Sanlorenzo SP for Smart Performance 110 wants to rewrite the sport yacht segment, with the innovative vertical loft unbounding the main and lower deck split, and merging it with the aft deck lounge and beach area.  There is something fresh and different about the Sanlorenzo SP110, looking classic yet very modern and at the same time fluid and warm.  For this and the Vertical loft the Sanlorenzo SP110 is the super sport yacht above 24 meters of the year, and probably of the past ten years or so.  Sanlorenzo SP110 super sport yacht rewritten, chapeau! 

Technical Data:

LOA - 33.04 m (108.2ft)

Waterline Length - 21.15 m

Beam - 8.2 m

Draft - 1.30 m

Displacement - 102 t, 229 GT volume 

Fuel Capacity - 12,000 l

Water Capacity - 1500 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, or eight berths in four cabins, five crew in three cabins

Engines - three x Man V12 2000hp, V12 2200hp 

Propulsion - water jets 

Speed - forty knots max, 33 knots cruise, thirty knots economic fast with triple Man 2000hp

Project - Zuccon exterior, Pierluigi Lissoni interior, Tilli Antonelli concept, Marco Arnaboldi hull

www.sanlorenzoyacht.com

PowerYachtBlog Best of the Year 2022

Project: Sealine S390

Sealine present the S390 project, the sport version of the 390 series hull released with the C390 in 2020.  Unlike its fully enclosed sister the S390 offers a large cockpit deck offering just short of five square meters of lounging space.  Designed like all latest Sealine by Bill Dixon the S390 is an open sport cruiser, with a three part hard top extended to cover all the aft deck.  The aft part of the hard top in the S390 opens forward for fifty percent, which open the cockpit to sun-lovers. The forward of the hard top is also available with a soft-top sliding roof, or with two hatches as standard. Down below the Sealine 390 is offered with two cabins sleeping five, with an option to replace the third berth in the midships cabin with a cabinet.  Other options revolve around the lower deck with a standard large shower head no galley lower deck as standard.  Here the options revolve around an optional L-shaped lower deck galley to starboard and smaller shower head, and or a choice of a storage room in replacement of the L-shaped galley.  The Sealine S390 is to be powered by twin Volvo 320hp as standard and optional 380hp, with Volvo duo prop stern drives. 

www.sealine.com