Superyacht News

Plymouth based boat builder, Princess Yachts have shown their support of St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, a local hospice, in many ways over the years but in sponsoring their Midnight Walk this year the charity are simply tickled pink!

Princess decided to mark the start of the Midnight Walk’s promotional activity by displaying a Princess V39 in Plymouth city centre finished in the charity’s event colours – bright pink! The special edition model will be used as the centre piece for St Luke’s awareness drive for the walk when she is displayed in City Centre Plaza Plymouth on Saturday 23rd March.

For example, you can make a Portofino-Montecarlo trip and be back in less time and with less stress than in your sports car. From Rome to Porto Cervo, only an helicopter may be faster. But then, you won't have the same fun, and it won't take you for a swim!

Last week, on March 14th, saw in the morning the launch at Viareggio of the second Benetti Crystal 140' BY002, Luna. An event held on the grounds of the Azimut-Benetti Group's Lusben shipyard, located adjacent to the Benetti headquarter. Following the usual preliminary steps, including the traditional breaking of the bottle on the hull, the yacht was lowered into the water, a ceremony attended by Owner, technical personnel, workers, and all Benetti Management and Staff involved in building this magnificent vessel that stands out for its modern and innovative design.

The Ferretti Group iconic brand, Riva, launches the 122' Mythos, it's latest flagship. Riva 122' Mythos is the largest aluminum planning luxury yacht produced by the shipyard and it transfers perfectly the flair and the clean, elegant lines of all Riva models belonging to a new line made entirely in light aluminum alloy.

Feadship has welcomed home the 71.60-metre Feadship Utopia for a range of maintenance activities and technical upgrades. Originally launched in 2004, this is the second time Utopia has returned to Feadship for a refit, the first being a successful project in 2007 to personalise the yacht to her then new owner's requirements. "The main reason to come to Feadship for a refit is to retain the essence of how the boat was built and ensure she remains of the highest pedigree possible in the world today," says Utopia's captain, Kevin Paul Collins.

Through the Azimut Brazil, the consecrated brands Azimut Yachts and Atlantis now have a specialized Dealer Network to provide excellence to the Brazilian demand.

The Feadship fleet welcomed the 57.60 m custom mega yacht Larisa. This luxury yacht was built for an owner with experience with the aim to upgrade to the world's leading luxury yacht brand. The Larisa's interior was left in the hands of Bannenberg & Rowell Design.

The 13th Azimut Benetti annual Yachtmaster event finished on February 28th. The event, which took place in Leghorn, celebrated the 140th anniversary of the shipyard (1873 – 2013) and was created for the Captains of the Benetti/Azimut fleet of over 100' mega yachts.

The Wally 55 is the ultimate open sports cruiser and makes no secret of it. Its lines are overtly sporty and it has four powerful but efficient Volvo IPS600 engines, giving a top speed of over 40 knots. While you enjoy the pure performance, your guests can stretch out on the plentiful seats and daybeds on the unusually generous deck space, sheltered by the oversized wraparound windscreen. The Wally 55 has a hydraulic swim ladder (which doubles as a 'passerelle') making it a wonderful place to chill out by the sea. 

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However, thanks to the clever design concept developed by lAG Yachts, the format of the IAG127' is flexible enough to allow easy customization to an individual owner's requirements for their private use.

This 55 meter superyacht was created by designer Christian Grande; with its muscular and tight lines, it's ready for an owner with an earnest desire for speed and the strong sensations this mega yacht will bring.

Heesen Yachts has sold the first 55m steel fast displacement motor luxury yacht, the YN 17255. The mega yacht was sold due to a very beneficial collaboration with "Bilderlings Wealth", a family office that represents the client and takes care of the management of the project. This impressive yacht will be delivered to her owner in Summer 2015.

The Union Internationale Motonautique, or UIM for short, launched the UIM Environmental Award as a way of inspiring and recognizing high quality in innovation, development and application of technologies which are environmentally friendly. The 2012 edition had a winner and three special mentions and the trophies were given at the annual UIM Awards Giving Gala on Saturday, February 23rd 2013 at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco with the attendance of an international crowd of 400 VIP guests from 25 different countries to honor over 70 World Champions of Powerboat racing.

Tanguy de Lamotte crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe on Sunday at 10hrs 58min and 10 seconds (French time). He finished in 10th place with a race time of 98 days 21 hours 56 minutes and 10 seconds. He has travelled 28,160 miles on the water at an average speed of 11.9 knots.

Less than 50 miles to the northwest of La Corruna, Spain Alessandro di Benedetto on Team Plastique is now counting down the final miles to finish his Vendée Globe, expecting to cross the famous line off the Nouch buoy on Friday morning. The conditions for his finish will not be easy.

Tanguy de Lamotte (Initiatives Cœur) is forecast to cross the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne between 9 and 10 (French time) on Sunday, February 17. It would give him a race time of around 98 days, 21 hours. But he will not be able to relax until he is home. He faces an upwind finish with more breeze than was expected – 15-18 knot easterlies – and in these conditionsthe rudder and daggerboard damage to his boat suffered on Sunday February 3 makes stability an issue. He will need to tack once more to the finish but the damage means both tacks are complicated.

Alloy Yachts, Perini Navi, Royal Huisman and Vitters Shipyard have joined forces to co-sponsor the Superyacht Regatta being held in San Francisco during the America’s Cup. The four yards were willing to support the Boat International event being held during the America’s Cup, to ensure the regatta would be just that – A Great Regatta.

We would like to invite our customers to gather in San Francisco to join us in this special once in a lifetime event the 9th, 11th, and 13th September 2013.