The 2010 Superyacht IMAGINATION has been launched by the Italian luxury yacht building giant Benetti Yachts. Yacht IMAGINATION is 47 metres in length overall (or 154’20”) and a beam of 8.8 m and she was designed by Stefano Natucci with an interior design by Francois Zuretti.
Sparkman & Stephens is pleased to announce the expansion of their Design Department to Newport, Rhode Island. Yacht design, naval architecture, and marine engineering services will be offered at both the New York and Newport locations starting June 1st.
Oceanco’s motor yacht Y706 is 86.47 metres of striking design, with a scheduled delivery in 2010.
Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show exhibitors confirmed strong sales at the close of the four-day event this afternoon.
Each of the six winners of the motor yacht categories was eligible for this award, and their relative merits were debated by the judges at length. Put to the vote, the winner was clear – Superyacht Arkley, the 60-metre Lürssen was judged to be the winner of the prize being of a proven design and offering the performance and facilities that the majority of the panel admire in a long-range cruising yacht.
Yacht PEGASUS wins BEST REFITTED YACHT at 2010 World Superyacht Awards
Winner: PEGASUS
A Judges’ Special Rebuild Award was also given to Freedom, a historic 104ft Trumpy that was named in honour of the date and location of her launch on July 4th 1926 – just across the river from the spot where, exactly 150 years before, the American Declaration of Independence had been signed in Philadelphia.
The seven finalists in this class could be divided into sub-categories such as ultra-fast and medium speed vessels and a three-deck yacht with a semi-planing hull form, however the judges were almost unanimous in their selection of the Sanlorenzo 37.4 metre design, Yacht FX as the winner of this class.
BEST SEMI-DISPLACEMENT OR PLANING MOTOR YACHT 40M+
Judges’ Special Commendation: Motor Yacht Blind Date by Trinity Yachts
Adam Voorhees, a post-graduate from California, US, received the Young Designer of the Year Award 2010 for his impressive project, RA.
the Heesen-built 47-metre Celestial Hope that narrowly made her the winner while, it has to be said, being slightly less enthusiastic with exterior colour scheme! At the same time the judges wished to acknowledge the improvements in layout, level of equipment and build quality seen in Blind Date,
World Superyacht Awards 2010: Best Displacement Motor Yacht below 500GT is won by Motor Yacht Blind Date. Length: 47.00m Builder: Heesen Yachts Naval Architect: Heesen Yachts […]