Luxury expedition yacht Big Fish has logged more than 28,000nm since her launch last July, including visits to Tahiti, the Galapagos, the Antarctic and Amazon. Her next stops include Sweden, Baltic, London, St. Petersburg, the Arctic Circle. The superyacht BIG FISH will also visit the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show this September cancelling her plans to navigate the Northeast Passage
Moonen Shipyards in the Netherlands is close to completing and lunching the fourth yacht in its much admired range of Moonen 97 steel-hulled displacement motor yachts. With sister ship motor yacht Livia being a finalist in the upcoming World Superyacht Awards, the yard is confident that a buyer will be found for the new Moonen 97 yacht by the time she is launched ahead of the sailing season.
After a very successful ‘awards’ year in 2010 Bill Dixon has got 2011 off to a flying start by being named ‘Yacht Designer of the Year’ at the Asian Marine and Boating Awards 2011. Dixon, who has worked with companies in Asia for nearly thirty years, has now won prestigious awards two years running from a continent which is rapidly developing its leisure boat industry.
Turkish superyacht builder Vicem Yachts, a leader in innovative and prestigious open and megayachts, continues its march towards excellence concentrating all production in their Antalya facilities on the Turkish south-east Mediterranean coast. This move is part of the new Vicem Yachts three year industrial plan started at the end of 2009.
Riviera is now putting the finishing touches on its newest model, the 53 Enclosed Flybridge motor yacht, as it nears completion for its world release at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show in May.
Marine blind and shading specialists, Oceanair, are introducing 5 new leather ranges to their existing comprehensive Fabric Collection. Superyacht clients will now have more options when sourcing the perfect material, colour and style for their leather Venetian blinds.
PHUKET, THAILAND – Following their partnership in 2010 on a 60 metre motoryacht, Asia’s leading superyacht builder Ruea Yachts has once again teamed up with Design […]
British Designer Alex McDiarmid, based in the South of France, is pleased to share the attached 46m motor yacht concept with you as a possible feature […]
The third SW 100 RS Sailing Yacht CAPE ARROW was launched by Southern Wind in Cape Town on the 22nd of April 2011 after few days of delay due to an exceptional strong wind, which did not allow a safe transportation from the yard to the harbour. The SW 100 RS hull n° 3 CAPE ARROW will leave Cape Town to the Mediterranean in approximately one month after the usual sea and systems trials.
Wally yachts will launch their 50m sailing yacht this year. The Wally 50 sail yacht is built entirely of advanced composites with a sloop rig and will become the largest sail yacht launched by Wally in all composites as requested by the client who wanted comfort and luxury without having to give up performance
With an in-water exhibition space that grows bigger from year to year, the Multihull Section of the 2011 Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes is a must-be-there event for all those who love cruising multihulls, both sail and motor. The largest shipyards in Europe and countries around the world are among the first to renew their participation and honour the event each year with a world preview of their new models.
Design Unlimited has once again teamed up with Ruea Yachts and naval architects BMT Nigel Gee to create a 75m motor yacht concept. This new superyacht design is an extension of the Ruea 60m Yacht Design concept created in 2010.