New Model: Arksen 85

 

Arken are delighted to announce the official launch of Project Pelagos, the first of its 85ft explorer super yachts. Launching from the Isle of Wight in May, the first Arksen 85 is privately owned and has hit the water for the first time ahead of her sea trials and ultimate handover to the client. The highly awaited Arksen 85 is a remarkably efficient long-range explorer, capable of taking on global adventures thanks to an important range of 6000 nautical miles at seven knots, or equally at home weekend cruising with family and friends. This pocket super yacht of 27 meters in size is first of two Arksen 85 in build, the second unit being called Project Ocean. Project Pelagos has been designed specifically with family life in mind, with an efficient hull design, and three-decks customised to the owners requirements. While the owner is keen to explore further afield with friends, the primary usage is for the family in the Mediterranean. The interior takes a more relaxed seating format on the main deck, providing a large, open-plan family space and preferring the al-fresco dining the warmer climates offer. Replacing the standard snug for a Captain’s cabin allows the vessel to retain the three guest cabins and owners’ suite.

Technical Data:

LOA - 27.3 m (89.5ft)

Beam - 6.9 m

Draft - 1.55 m

Displacement - 82.5 t half load

Fuel Capacity - 18,000 l

Water Capacity - 6,000 l

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, or eight berths in four cabins, 2 crew in one cabin

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSL9 330hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - fourteen knots max, eleven cruise, seven long range

Range - 6000 nm at seven knots

Hull Shape - semi displacement

Construction - aluminium

Project - Rob Humphreys exterior, Design Unlimited interiors

Certification - CE A

www.arksen.com

Project: Sanlorenzo SP92

It was a matter of time for Sanlorenzo to follow its ground breaking SP110 with a new sister, and here comes the five meters smaller SP92 project set to debut in 2024.  The Sanlorenzo SP92 follows the SP110 and the clever innovative vertical use of space in a super sport yacht which offers an un-edited way of using the two decks.  Another innovation in the SP series is also the use of free spaces in the exterior, not the first here, as Wally was a pioneer in this for its sailing yachts and later in its Power series.  Less is more is the evolving design theme in this second decade of the second millennium!  Sanlorenzo is giving no information for the SP92, but she will probably be available in a three or four double guest cabins layout plus two crew cabins as most sport yachts in this size usually are.  We do have some news on the engines though as the Sanlorenzo SP92 is to be powered by twin Man 2000hp with jet drive propulsion for speeds up to forty knots and a cruise of 35, and a range up to 900 nautical miles in a slow mode cruise.  

www.sanlorenzoyacht.com

Fast Furious Controlled Fire in Malta

A 44 meter super sport yacht titled m/y Fast and Furious had a fire at about 18:45 hours of Thursday fourteen September when berthed in Grand Harbour Marina, Vittoriosa, Malta.  The fire was reported immediately with Maltese fire fighters and police going into the scene and controlling the blaze.  No one was injured in the fire, which was put under control after some minutes.  At this stage it is not reported from where the fire originated, with the yacht having near to nothing visible damage of the fire outside.

M/y Fast and Furious is an AB Yachts 145 from 2016 with accommodation for ten guests in five suites, including a master stateroom on the main deck, and seven crew in four cabins.  Fast and Furious is powered by triple 2700hp MTU with jet propulsion, an AB Yachts specialization for top speeds up to 42 knots.  Fast and Furious is a one off and the largest AB Yachts build so far, although the Viareggio builder did offer a 166 project in around 2013 which never sold.

Genoa 2023 Boat Show Preview

Genoa opens its door for its 63rd edition on Thursday 21 and closing on Tuesday 26 September.  Genoa is the largest boat show in the Mediterranean and Europe, with the 2023 edition offering over a thousand boats on display, thanks also to the addition of an extra one hundred plus of berths added to the show this year, and nearly two hundred products.  The 2022 Genoa boat show had 103,812 visitors, making it the most attended water boat show, and second in the World.  Along with most of the novelties from Cannes arriving a week later to Genoa, the 2023 boat show will feature the following World firsts; Amer 950, Astondoa AX 8, CNT Domina RS, Italia Yachts 43 Veloce, Italyure 35, Manda Senses 05, Mig 45, and Tornado 50RS. 
www.salonenautico.com

The Genoa boat show debuted in 1962, the first edition held in 27 January had over 300,000 visitors and featured a total of 430 exhibitors from eighteen countries; 247 Italian and the rest international. The Fiera had in its second year doubled its exhibiting space, a theme of the show over the years who always upgraded its spaces, and recent big expansions coming with the Marina in 2006 which quadrupled water spaces, and the new Pavilion B designed by Jean Nouvel in 2009. In 1964 Genoa boat show became a member of IFBSO, with UCINA the Italian association of boat builders managing the show from 1966. This UCINA move marked the end of the Milan show which debuted in 1960 and had its last fifth edition in 1965. The Genoa boat show had a double edition in 1972; 29 January to seven February and one to ten December, while the 1973 edition was when it moved to its today known fall of the year October dates, with the show reduced to a smaller five day format in 2014 added by a day a couple years later. The Genoa boat show was one of the few shows which manged to do its editions during the 2020 and 2021 Covid-19 pandemic years.

Genoa Boat Show 1962 First Edition

Project: Airon Marine AmX 36 WA

Paolo Molinari Airon Marine shows that to present new projects and models you do not need to be a corporate giant, and in 2023 the Lake Como boat builder will debut not one, nor two, but three new models from ten to fifteen meters.  Airon Marine is a currently a name on the top of things and the project for the AmX 36 WA project shows more of this, bringing innovation and versatility in a ten meter day-sport-cruiser.   Airon Marine AmX 36 WA is a cabin sport cruiser, with easy to move walk-around spaces from stern to fore, a modern T-hard-top integrating and protecting the centre console, and last but not least opening side bulk heads aft which increase deck space. Down below the Airon Marine AmX 36 WA is also incredible comfortably considering its exterior spaces, offering sleeping accommodation for five persons, in a convertible U-shaped dinette forward, a three berth cabin at midships, with a galley, and spacious shower head in between.  The AmX 36 WA is also versatile to what is power choices from outboard to stern drives, starting from twin 230hp diesel up to 400hp outboard gas petrol's.  Currently under going final testing the first unit of the Airon Marine AmX 36 WA is powered by twin Yamaha 300hp outboards which should be followed by a second with stern drives.

www.aironmarine.it

New Model: Holterman 54 Commander

Holterman is currently collecting accolades for its futuristic looking and engineered X-treme range, but the Dutch boat builder looks back into its long standing Commander range and presents a new 54 model.  The new Holterman 54 Commander is based on the replacing 2017 launched 53, with the addition of an extended hard top covering half the cockpit, and an extended bathing platform aft. Other light modifications are the foredeck forward looking settee now more comfortable and added with a back rest.  Accommodation for the Holterman 54 Commander is for two double suites, a forward VIP, and a master room at midships.  The main deck offers an astern galley layout all in a comfortable flush floor.  The Holterman 54 Commander is powered by twin Volvo 180hp engines with line shaft propulsion with top speeds up to ten knots and a cruise of eight.  

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.60 m (54.4ft)

Waterline Length - 16.3 m

Beam -  4.90 m

Draft - 1.25 m

Displacement - 30 t unloaded, 35 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 2000 l

Max Persons - ten 

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, plus two additional converted berths

Engines - 2 x Volvo D4 180hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - ten knots max, eight knots cruise

Range - 944 nautical miles at cruise

Hull Shape - displacement round bilge

Construction - steel

Project - Trimm exterior and naval architecture

Certification - CE A

www.holtermanshipyard.nl

Pershing Yacht Burns Down in Dominican Republic

An unattended nineteen meter Pershing sport yacht went ablaze near La Romana in Dominican Republic on the afternoon of Sunday tenth September.  The yacht was unattended at the time of the fire, with the marina staff towing her out to avoiding damage to nearby yachts.  Videos on social media show the Pershing yacht as it is smoking from the engine room while in its berth, and then fully engulfed in flames outside the harbour.  The Pershing yacht became a total loss, and then sank.  La Romana is in the South of the Dominican Republic, and is 5/8 of the Hispaniola island, with the other 3/8s being Haiti to the West. 

The Pershing in this fire is a 64 model.  Designed as all Pershing's by Fulvio de Simoni the 64 debuted in 2008, offering a three double cabins and 46 knots performance from Man 1550hp engines and surface drives propulsion.  The Pershing 64 was a success for the famous brand also for its innovative patio door on the main deck which disappeared in the floor and created a seamless area with the aft deck.  The 64 was a replacement to the 62, and was replaced by the second generation 62 in 2014, although it was produced for an extra two years till 2016 due to demand.

Project: Azimut Fly 72

While some other brands keep delaying a new model, Azimut anticipates the market with the new Fly 72, a project announced just ten days before debuting at the 2023 Cannes boat show, which will debut along the two other Magellano 60 and Verve 48 Azimut novelties at the Cote d'Azur passarelle. The new Azimut Fly 72 replaces the fall 2015 launched 72 Flybridge after seven years of production, and continues the evolution of the Alberto Mancini era, which started with the 78 Flybridge in 2019. Three more Azimut to go for Alberto Mancini and transforming all the Flybridge range to his vision. The Azimut Fly 72 will also feature interior by Fabio Fantolino, a new name for the Italian builder, but also a first for the Torino and Milan based architect in the boating World. According to Azimut press release Fantolino will bring a transversal design language in the Fly 72, with the interior rendering showing clean modern furnishings. In the press release Azimut has not shared details of the Fly 72 accommodation, of which I would expect a standard four cabins layout and a crew cabin for two. Azimut is also quiet on the technical details, the outgoing 72 Flybridge is Man powered with shafts, but the 68 and 78 are Volvo IPS powered. So it will be interesting if Azimut will continue it's move into pods with this new Fly 72 model.

www.azimutyachts.com

Wally New Web Site

One of the most innovative boat builders and brands Wally presents its new website. Wally was officially founded in 1994, but the roots of the company started to take shape in 1991 when the founder and owner Luca Bassani was looking for a particular sailing yacht which he could single handle, and this ended up in creating an innovative custom project for himself. In 2003 Wally challenged itself again by launching the first Power model, the much talked about 118, designed by Lazzarini and Pickering and able to reach sixty knots. The revolutionary Power118 was launched in only one hull, and was soon followed by smaller Power models upwards of 45 feet. Since January 2019 Wally became part of the Ferretti Group, with the brand still managed by the creative mind of Luca Bassani.  Wally currently offers eleven fuel engine models, including of which are two fifty meters concepts.  The current range starts from the Tender43 and go up to the Why200 which debuted in 2021, with the latest model being the Why150 launched in Spring 2023. As for the sailing yachts which is where Wally made its name onward from 1994, the Monte Carlo residing Italian brand has launched over 45 custom builds from 37 feet up to 50 meters, with the current range offering four models from the eleven meters of the Nano37 to the Wind150 project. Wally new web site is available in English, Italian, Chinese, Spanish, French, and German languages and takes you around with the following buttons; Menu, Fleet, Being Wally, Wally Brokerage, News and Events, and Contacts.  Wally is also on social media with page bottom links, taking you to its Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo pages.  

www.wally.com

Production History: (Power models only)

Power118 2003 (1)

Tender 45 2003-18 (20+)

Power70 2005-07 (3)

Power47 2006-14

Power73 2007- *project Power70.4

Power64 2008- *project Power60

Power55 2009-14

Ace 26m 2012-16 (5) *project WallyShadow 24m

Power50 2015-18

Power52 2019-21

Tender48 2019-  FerrettiGroup ownership

Tender48 X 2020-

Tender43 2020-

Tender43 X 2021-

Why200 2021- (5

Power58 2022-

Power58 X 2023-

Why150 2023- (3

Why100 2024-

Power50 2024-

Sea Ray Ends Grounded in Mississippi River

A ten meter Sea Ray sport cruiser ended grounded in Pool3, Mississippi river, Wisconsin side, near St. Louis on the morning of ninth September.  The case of the grounding are not reported, although the indications are for error in navigation, with the sport cruiser hitting some of the unmarked wing dams.  It is also possible that the sport cruiser was in a delivery following a sale seeing that it has no title on the back.

The Sea Ray sport cruiser in this grounding is a late nineties 330 Sundancer, the second generation series, modified from the previous with port holes replacing the view window on the super structure and the radar arch now forward looking.  The 330 was replaced by the 340 Sundancer in 2000.