Superyacht News

A little detail, maybe, but today all competitors except Alessandro Di Benedetto and Arnaud Boissieres have made up a few miles on the leader. Even Tanguy De Le Motte, second before last, at 3230 miles or 6000 kilometers of François Gabart.

Imagine: You're in the middle of the South Atlantic, thousands of miles from the closest land, and you have to dive under your boat for over 30 minutes, in water that's at 12 degrees, where the ocean's depth is measured in kilometers. You don't have a choice, if you want to cut off the net that wound around your keel. Yesterday, that's what happened to Jean Le Cam.

Yesterday towards the end of the day Armel Le Cleac'h opened the festivities: a few hours after passing the Cape of Good Hope, he cut the Aiguilles cape longitude, synonym of entering the Indian Ocean.

At mid-day, after 24 days in the race, only 5 boats switched over from one ocean to the other... and keep up their fantastic cavalcade into the Roaring 40s.

Twenty-five days into the race, the competitors are now sailing in the Indian Ocean, which means five are still in the Atlantic South. Alessandro di Benedetto bringing up the rear, but not on the race's edge, so to say.

Race time: 13 days, 3 hours.

Position: 2,920 miles to the Cape of Good Hope.

Ranking: 1600hrs (French time)

 The Doldrums can continue to bite long after you have left them and Bernard Stamm (Cheminées Poujoulat) revealed on Friday that he has been struggling to keep pace in the lead group because he has been unable to use his genoa.

The large genoa sail would be the one out of the nine allowed in a skipper's sail wardrobe he would be using in these reaching conditions, with the boat heeled over 30 degrees.

The Jackal, Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire) is the new race record holder for the fastest Open 60 from Les Sables d'Olonne to the Cape of Good Hope, clocking a time of 22 days 23 hours 48 minutes and managing to knock an astounding 24 hours 2 hours and 22 minutes off the record set by Vincent Riou in the 2004 edition of the Vendée Globe.

Her exterior spaces have been designed with entertaining in mind with a wonderfully large cockpit dining area shaded below the vast flybridge, which can be specified with an optional hardtop to shelter it from the heat of the day. The foredeck provides a more secluded escape where a walk-through seating area creates the perfect place for a quiet aperitif.

This 63 meters megayacht, presently under construction at Livorno yard, made her first appearance last October when moved to the outfitting area of the yard. She won't be seen again until her official launch in 2014.

The new Tradition Supreme 108 (BK001), recently transferred to the outfitting area of the yard, follows the path of the successful Tradition 105. Designed by Stefano Righini, the 32.98 meters Tradition Supreme 108 has a composite structure, and for the first time in the history of the Benetti Class range, the sun deck, roll-bar and hard top are constructed using fiberglass-carbon composites, creating a considerably lighter,and stronger deck structure. Her three decks (peculiar in a 108' yacht), give a considerable increase in living space and on-board comfort and guarantee a more complete separation of guests and crew, safeguarding their privacy.

The Atlantis 58 was recently seen at the Fort Laudendale International Boat Show 2012./

The Triton Submarines were recently seen at the Fort Laudendale International Boat Show 2012.

Many of the world's largest and most advanced mega yachts were recently seen at the Fort Laudendale International Boat Show 2012, where they could be seen and tested by the audience.

The fifth Benetti Delfino 93', "Zaphira" (BD005), has been launched in October.

"Zaphira" is an irrefutable signal of this line's success, an excellent synthesis of Benetti's style and experience. As the third Delfino 93' launched in 2012, after "Azul" in April and "Ocean Drive" in June, "Zaphira" is easily distinguished by her magnificent blue hull and the ship's nameplate, created by the owner himself. BD005 has a semi displacement composite hull: with an overall length of 28.5 meters and a maximum beam of 7.03 meters, her external lines contain all the experience and style of Stefano Righini.

Developed by Judel Vrolijk naval architects with the interiors by Design Unlimited, Hamilton fully exploits the WallyCento box-rule to create a fast seaworthy sound cruiser-racer that benefits from the latest performance technology, respecting the Wally spirit.

Navis Luxury Yahcts Magazine was present at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show this year and had the chance to capture all the sophistication and luxury lifestyle present at the event.

The Superyacht Delta Arianna has recently been seen at the Fort Laudendale International Boat Show 2012.

Vicem Yachts with an important and strategic business expansion, enlarged its horizons beyond mahogany construction into high-tech composite construction with three new sleek, fast yachts for its Vulcan Line: VULCAN 46m sold in July 2012, VULCAN 32m/105' MY BRONKO I, that on November the 13th 2012 was ready for its technical launch (delivey expected end of November 2012), and VULCAN 35m/118' currently under construction, will appear in March 2013 for its launch.