Project: Whitehaven 7500 Flybridge

Whitehaven present the project for a new 7500 Flybridge model.  Elegant, and engineered to impress the Whitehaven 7500 Flybridge is every inch a covetable new-era motor yacht that takes the flybridge concept to the next level. Equally at home in open blue-water as a calm sunset anchorage, the 7500 Flybridge offers the perfect balance of engineering for performance and master craftsmanship for luxury aboard, with her striking external styling and hull glazing complimenting the spacious European-inspired décor and world-class finishes inside.  The Whitehaven 7500 Flybridge also comes with a European inspired cockpit design that delivers tender storage beneath in a garage, an abundance of entertaining space above and a seamless flow to the interior. This alfresco area comes complete with barbeque, sink, fridge/freezer as well as generous lounge/dining space.  The brilliantly designed saloon boasts a freestanding dining table for eight, lounge area, TV and large panoramic windows throughout. The exceptionally appointed aft galley, with full-size appliances, flows out to the spacious entertainer’s cockpit. Beautifully hewn timber stairs lead to the enclosed flybridge, a plush and high-tech skipper’s station, designed as an additional living and socializing space, complete with lounge and a pleasant aft deck with seating, table, sink and storage.  Below decks accommodation is equally impressive, with a four double cabins layout offering a full beam midships master stateroom.  The fourth cabin can be replaced with an additional storage or butler’s pantry, created specifically for the 7500 Flybridge and perfect for provisions and gear for long-range cruising.  The Whitehaven 7500 Flybridge is to be powered by twin Man 1650hp.

www.whitehavenmotoryachts.com.au

New Model: Majesty Yachts 62 M

For the Dubai 2024 boat show Majesty Yachts launched its new 62 M.  Building on the success of her predecessor, the Majesty 62, the 62 M is designed with the Maldivian market in mind, arriving on the scene as a Tropical Weekender: a compact yet spacious yacht dedicated for the requests of this growing market.  For this purpose the Majesty 62 M features a two large cabins below deck, and a main deck without lower helm, but all designed around chilling and lounging spaces.  The Majesty 62 M is powered by twin 1150hp Cat engines for top speeds up to thirty knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 18.78 m (61.7ft)

Beam - 4.98 m

Draft - 1.20 m

Displacement - 35 t half load

Fuel Capacity - 3796 l

Water Capacity - 568 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins, one berth crew cabin

Engines - 2 x Cat C18 1150hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - thirty knots max, twenty cruise, ten knots long range

Range - 802 nautical miles at ten knots

Construction - hand lay-up fiberglass with Isophtalic gelcoat, vinylester and polyester resins

Certification - CE B

www.majesty-yachts.com

Project: Solaris Power 60 Coupe

Solaris Power present the project for a new 60 Coupe, as designed by Brunello Acampora of the famous Victory design studio from Naples, Italy, the designer of all its models.  The 60 Coupe will use same hull as the 60 Open version set to debut at the end of this year, of which it will also share the spot as flagship and largest model to date of the Solaris Power range, although the Italian yacht builder did at some point have a project for a bigger 78 model.  Choice will be an important part of the Solaris Power 60 Coupe with the model being offered with three lower deck choices, of three or two double cabins.  The standard layout will offer a master suite forward, with two guest rooms amidships and a relaxing sofa in between the cabins with the guest shower head opposite.  A-cabin version is a different to the standard layout three cabin three head version, with the master stateroom moving at midships, and the third cabin moving to port side, with B-cabin version offering the same layout but with the third cabin replaced by an L-shape relaxing sofa in between the en-suite cabins.  The living on the Solaris Power 60 Coupe is all on the main deck, with an astern galley layout, L-shaped sofa further forward, and helm station to starboard.  Tender storage is in a garage underneath the sun-pad aft.  The Solaris Power 60 Coupe is to be powered by twin Volvo 600hp as standard, and optional 725hp or 1000hp engines with IPS pod propulsion.  Top speeds are estimated up to 27 knots with the standard engines, and go up to 36 knots from the large twin 1000hp option. 

www.solarispower.com

Super Sport Yacht Ends Aground in Port Ginesta Spain

A 24 meter super sport yacht tiled m/y Scandal with two crew onboard ended aground by the entrance of Molin Lars Marina in Port Ginesta, to the South of Barcelona, Spain on Sunday tenth March.  After the yacht ran aground the crew where airlifted to safety by a helicopter.  The yacht ended aground during maneuvering procedure while exiting after entering the marina because of strong winds and high seas, with an undisclosed testimony also stating that a bad trajectory also led to the yacht ending aground.  The yacht was reported leaking diesel fuel after the grounding, meaning it breached its hull and fuel tank, with a fuel protection boom not being possible to deploy because of the rough sea conditions.

M/y Scandal is a Tecnomar Velvet 83 as designed by Luca Dini and produced from 2005 to 06 in two units.  The Velvet 83 replaced the Velvet 24 model which debuted in 2001.  Velvet was Tecnomar fully enclosed hard-top sport yacht series from twenty up to 36 meters, produced from 1998 to 2011.

Hunt Yachts New Web Site

Hunt Yachts presents its new web site.  Hunt Yachts was founded in 1998, as the boat building subsidiary of C. Raymond Hunt Associates which started in 1966, following the exploits of its founder Ray Hunt who invented the deep-V hull in 1957 with the launch of his designed 23-foot launch as build by Bill Dyer in Rhode Island.  This hull shape then evolved into Richard Bertram's 30 Moppie which convincingly won the 1960 Miami-Nassau race, and changed and entered motor boating into its modern today era.  Prior to his motor boating exploit Ray Hunt had already made a name for himself in sail yacht design debuting with the Concordia 25 and 40 yawls in 1938, the International 110 in 1939, and then by designing the Americas Cup 12 meter Easterner US-18 in 1958, which was beaten to defend the cup by Columbia as designed by Olin Stephens.  Ray Hunt sail boat and yacht design will continue till 1996, a portfolio which includes; Concordia, International, O'Day, Paceship, Ranger, Tanzer, Cal, and Nautor Swan, and is joined by designing motor boats for Bertram, Boston Whaler, Burger, Camper and Nicholsons, Cruisers, Chris-Craft, Emocean, Four Winns, Grand Banks, Grady White, Grand Banks, Hinckley, Lyman-Morse, Palmer Johnson, Regal, Robalo, Royal Huisman, Sea Ark, Southport, Wellcraft, and probably some more.  The deep-V and Bertram, of which he was designer from before the companies debut in 1960 up to 1970, played an important role in the success Ray Hunt will have in motor boating design.  Hunt Yachts first model was a 33 foot single engine motor boat, the 33 Express which debuted in 1999 and was followed by the Surfhunter variant a year later.  In 2013 Hunt Yachts was acquired by the Hinckley Group.  Today Hunt Yachts offers four models of traditional down-East inspired looking yachts which start from 56 and go up to the 76, while its largest build to date was the Hunt 80 as produced in two units in 2015 and 19.  Hunt Yachts new website takes you around with the following buttons; Yachts, Experience, Yachtcare, and Contact, while bottom page buttons take you to the; FaceBook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin social media pages.

www.huntyachts.com

Production History;

33 Express 1999-2004

33 Surfhunter 2000-13

36 Harrier 2003-14

29 Surfhunter 2004-13

52 2009-17

29 Harrier 2009-

44 Express Cruiser 2012-

68 2014- *68 Express

25 Harrier Sport 2014-

32 Center Console 2015-19

80 2015-19 (2)

Ocean 72 2017-19

Ocean 55 Mk.II 2019-23 *54 Ocean project

76 2020- *Ocean 76 project

63 2020- *Ocean 63 project

56 2023-

37 meter Super Yacht Burns Down in Abacos

A 37 meter super yacht titled m/y Chanson had a fire while berthed at Bakers Bay Marina in the Abacos on the evening of eight March.  Unfortunately a voluntary fire fighter named Steve Jenkins who had grievous injuries when falling from the truck during this yacht fire, and was air-lifted to Nassau for treatment did not make it and later lost his life.  No other injuries are reported to crew, and other personnel, although it is not known if there was anyone onboard at the time of the fire.  The yacht's tender a center console of about forty foot was also lost and destroyed in the fire.  After the fire got extinguished the 37 meter super yacht partly sank, heavily listing to its port side and its stern fully submersed in the water.  Unconfirmed news are reporting the fire started from a Lithium Ion battery from one of the water toys.  So far there is little information about this fire, with the news broken first on social media and then on the Yachtforums website. 

M/y Chanson is a Delta Marine 124 from 1998, powered by twin Detroit engines for speeds up to seventeen knots, with accommodation for eight guests in four suites, and six crew in three cabins.  Produced from 1997 to 2003 in six units the Delta Marine 124  came out as an evolution of the 122 model which was launched some months earlier in 1997 and delivered in two units. Chanson was last sold in 2017, when it had an asking price of 4,500,000 US$.

New Model: Hargrave 116 Tri-deck

Hargrave has been synonymous with high end yacht design from the sixties and in super yacht construction since the end nineties, manufacturing over sixty super yachts above 24 meters since that time.  Now Hargrave has launched its latest super yacht the 116 Tri-deck titled m/y Rome Foxtrot and F118 during project stages.  This new 35 meters triple-deck design from Hargrave Yachts comes with full wide-body design forward offering a spacious five-stateroom layout, and an immensely spacious a full beam master suite to forward of the main deck. The Hargrave 116 Tri-deck also offers crew accommodation for eight; three cabins plus lobby to forward of the lower deck, and a captains cabin with double bed behind the wheel-house.  The Hargrave 116 Tri-deck is powered by twin 1900hp Cat engines for top speed up to twenty knots and a cruise of seventeen.

Technical Data:

LOA - 35.36 m (116ft)

Waterline Length - 31.3 m

Beam - 7.96 m

Draft - 1.82 m

Displacement - 210 t, 317 gt*volume

Fuel Capacity - 31608 l

Water Capacity - 4921 l

Accommodation - ten guests in five cabins, eight crew in four cabins

Engines - 2 x Cats C32 1900hp

Propulsion - ZF5000 gearbox with line shaft and five blade class S propellers

Speed -twenty knots max seventeen cruise

Construction - fiberglass with carbon fiber reinforced upper structure, Awlcraft 2000 paint finish

Project - Hargrave, Shelley interior

Certification - RINA

www.hargravecustomyachts.com

23 Meter Motor Yacht Goes Ablaze Off Virginia Beach

A 23 meter motor yacht titled m/y Savage with three persons onboard went ablaze while cruising just over two nautical miles off Cape Henry, Virginia Beach, southeastern Virginia on the early 03:30 hours of Friday eight March.  The crew called a Mayday and after putting the safety jackets jumped in the water, and were ten minutes later saved by a pilot boat.  After this Virginia Beach Fire Department with assistance by the area coast guard towed and fire fought the yacht to Fort Story, where the yacht was still smoking when it arrived in the early hours of the morning.  The cause of the fire are not reported.

At this time we cannot figure and have no information on the build and make of m/y Savage, what appears to be a cockpit motor yacht from around the eighties.

Project: Ocean Alexander Puro 35P

Ocean Alexander present the project for a new model with the Puro 35P set to debut the coming days.  The Ocean Alexander Puro 35P is a new departure for the Taiwan super yacht builder who for the first time collaborates with Italian Giorgio M. Cassetta for design with naval architecture by Andrea Agrusta of NavalHead.  The Ocean Alexander Puro 35P is a high volume 35 meter triple deck super yacht with semi-wide-body main deck, offering five spacious guest suites including of which is a master stateroom located on the forward part of the main deck.  Crew accommodation is for six located forward of the lower deck and also including a crew mess with galley and L-shaped dinette.  The Ocean Alexander Puro 35P is to be powered by twin Man 2000hp engines.

www.oceanalexander.com

Classic Motor Yacht Sinks in Ostia Italy

A twenty meter motor yacht with one person onboard sank just about one nautical mile in front of the Plinius Beach Club on the Duillio water front, in Ostia the beach city of Rome Italy, on the morning of seventh March.  The motor yacht with its 65 year old captain had just left the Tiber river direction fifty nautical miles South to San Felice Circeo, when just at the start of its trip it started to take in water from a hull breach, reportedly into its engine room.  The captain called for help and was assisted, saved and taken to shore by CP381 of the Guardia Costiera of Rome, with the yacht later sinking in nine meters of water.  No pollution occurred from the sinking, with a salvage of the yacht being organized.

The motor yacht in this sinking is a Sanlorenzo 20 as produced from 1984 to 87.  Wooden build and designed by Della Rolle the Sanlorenzo 20 came out as a replacement to the 19 model and was replaced with the fiberglass build 70 in 1989.