New Model: Overmarine Mangusta 165 REV

The first unit of the new Overmarine Mangusta 165 REV was launched in Viareggio on 25 July 2022. The name itself, Mangusta 165 REV highlights a revolutionary design and content features this line has introduced compared to the previous Righini designed 165, an extraordinary and hugely successful model itself, as confirmed by the sale of twelve units, eight in the original version and four in the updated E for Evolution series introduced in 2014. Built in composite material at Overmarine Viareggio, the 165 Rev is the second project developed by the shipyard’s engineering, headed by engineer Nicola Onori, and design firm Lobanov following the Mangusta 104 Rev, the first unit of which was delivered last year, and currently going into its fifth hull for delivery in 2025.  Lobanov and Mangusta as the model says present quite a Revolution in the 165 Rev for the curved shearline which hides a master stateroom in the main deck, an unedited feature for all the Viareggio builders Maxiopen line which has revolutionized the segment since the nineties, and has proved a huge success for Mangusta.  The interiors of hull number one of the 165 Rev, have been designed by Overmarine’s technical department architects with the Owner’s team under the coordination of Sales Manager Nicolò Strocco. The Mangusta 165 REV’s aggressive and sporty profile conceals the huge volumes the Owner and his guests can find onboard. A case in point is the magnificent full-beam, 92 sqm master stateroom located on the main deck, featuring large, floor-to-ceiling glazed surfaces flawlessly integrated in the hull. More ceiling high windows can be found in the salon, opening up toward the stern and on the sides, where two large fold-down balconies create a smooth continuum between this room and the outdoor areas. The entire lower deck is dedicated to guests, who will find accommodation in four guest cabins and one VIP suite. At the stern, the aft door opens to reveal a beach club conceived as a fully-equipped lounge area by the sea. The tender garage is located on one side. The huge forward area will allow guests to indulge in pure relaxation, thanks to a sunbathing area, comfy sofas, and an infinity pool that blends into the sea.  The Mangusta 165 REV’s is powered by four MTU 2600hp engines coupled to Kongsberg-Kamewa waterjets to push her to a maximum speed of 34 knots, noiselessly and without the slightest vibrations. Maximum care has also been devoted to consumption, which, speed remaining equal, has been reduced by around 30% against the previous series. The Veem gyroscopic stabilizers operate both at anchor and during navigation, allowing to cruise at ten up to twelve knots in the utmost comfort and at consumptions comparable to those of equally sized displacement vessels. The next Mangusta 165 Rev hull number two is currently under construction for a Summer 2023 delivery.

Technical Data:

LOA - 49.9 m (163.9ft)

Beam - 9.2 m

Draft - 2 m

Displacement - 110,000 kg, 499 GT *volume

Fuel Capacity - 40000 l

Water Capacity - 4000 l 

Accommodation - twelve guests in six cabins, nine crew in ten cabins

Engines - 4 x MTU 16V2000M96L 2600hp

Propulsion - Kongsberg-KaMeWa water jets

Speed - 34 knots max, 30 knots cruise twelve knots long range cruise

Range - 640 nm at thirty knots

Construction - composite fiberglass with single skin hull and cored sandwich upper structure

Project - Igor Lobanov exterior, Overmarine Engineering Nicola Onori, Overmarine interior

Certitifaction - RINA or ABS class, CE A

www.mangustayachts.com

Project: Cantiere Delle Marche RJ 155

Cantiere delle Marche is proud to announce the sale of RJ 155, a super explorer yacht to a repeat client. At 47 meters in length RJ 155 is to be the largest yacht to come so far for the Ancona based shipyard, which has become in less to a decade the first address to look in explorer super yachts from 25 to fifty meters in size.  A pure-bred explorer,  RJ 155 belongs to the fortunate RJ series of which already five units have been sold. Despite her elegant line she encompasses all characteristics of an oceangoing explorer yacht: robustness, seaworthiness, long range, generous interior areas for both guests and crew, plenty of storage spaces, fridges and freezers, high-end equipment.  With a robust steel hull and aluminium superstructure, RJ 155’s exterior lines bring the signature of Francesco Paszkowski who penned the entire series. Her interior design will be developed by Achille Salvagni who has been entrusted to design also most of the interior loose furniture. RJ 155 will be indeed a truly custom made yacht where the brilliant minds of these two multi awarded designers will prove once again Cantiere delle Marche to be the absolute leader in building the best and more beautiful Explorer vessels under 499 gross tonnage worldwide.  Her strongly sporty yet sleek appearance was achieved by Paszkowski combining the volume with proportions fluidity. The elongated overhangs of both Sun and Upper deck gives elegance to the profile while allowing the particularly large stern terraces to be almost entirely shaded so that ample veranda-like areas create a seamless connection between the interior of the yacht and its surroundings.  RJ 155 beauty doesn’t lie exclusively in aesthetics: with naval architecture by Sergio Cutolo of Hydro Tec ensuring seaworthiness, comfort and utmost efficiency. She will have a displacement of around 460 tons while the Gross Tonnage remains below 500. Stability will be granted by two couples of top performing electric stabilizers while vibrations produced by rotating machineries will be reduced drastically with the adoption of external thrust bearings.  RJ 155 is to be powered from twin 1200hp Caterpillar which will give a top speed of fifteen knots. Combined with fuel tanks of 65000 litres, RJ 155 as all expedition yachts built by Cantiere delle Marche, will have a remarkable range of above 5000 nautical miles at nine knots cruise. Spread across three decks plus a very large Sundeck, RJ 155 will accommodate up to twelve guests in five suites, four of which are on the lower deck amidships while the Owner suite is located on the main deck forward. The owners asked to have a large and super equipped gym by their apartment room. Extraordinary large outdoor areas entirely dedicated to relaxing and enjoying life en plein air are on both the main and upper deck stern section. Tenders are stored on the upper deck forward while an array of toys such as SUP, electric scooters, bikes, diving equipment are stored in the large lazarette accessed from the swimming platform, a signature feature on Marche's yachts since its beginning.  As is customary on all explorer yachts by CDM, RJ 155 will feature a textbook engine room with adjoining control room.

www.cantieredellemarche.it

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