The 45.3 metre sailing yacht Cobra Sultan from the Turkish shipyard Cobra Yachting and Boatyard is due to be launched in August 2010. She will offer accommodation for 12 guests in 7 cabins.
On Saturday the 17th of July 2010 the prolific sailing superyacht builder, Perini Navi, launch their 50th yacht, the Ron Holland designed 56 metre superyacht Melek.
Sailing Yacht Zefira was launched by Fitzroy Yachts of New Zealand in June 2010. Superyacht Zefira is a very impressive sleek and powerful world cruising Dubois designed luxury yacht of almost 50 m in length with a sloop rig.
The 57.5m sailing yacht Twizzle was launched and named on Monday 12 July 2010 in Harlingen in Northern Holland and had her Mizzen and Main masts stepped the same day.
PIMEX, now in its eighth year, is a spectacular marine and lifestyle exhibition held at the Royal Phuket Marina Exhibition and Conference Centre in Phuket, Thailand from January 6 to 9, 2011, and set to be another major success.
Sailing yacht TWIZZLE is Royal Huisman’s first superyacht as styled by Redman Whiteley Dixon – with Todhunter Designers and the owners providing interior decoration – and the first yacht build as designed by the well known naval architecture Ed Dubois and the first sailing yacht with a flying bridge.
Jongert Shipyard launches their latest sailing yacht Uisge Beatha on the 24th June 2010. She is a Jongert 2400M aluminium sloop rigged yacht. Water of Life or Uisge Beatha Yacht was built for her Scottish owner, who after a worldwide search chose Jongert to built her.
Rating rule authorities in America and Britain have been commissioned to draft the rules for the next generation of America’s Cup yacht. In asking US SAILING and the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Seahorse Rating affiliate to write the rules, BMW ORACLE Racing and Golden Gate Yacht Club, winner of the 33rd America’s Cup last February, has ensured the process is neutral and independent.
There have been a number of superyachts launched during June 2010. Here are the biggest and best yachts CharterWorld have featured throughout the month.
The Sunreef 102 Double Deck IPHARRA is getting ready for her first charter with the owner and his party in the Mediterranean. The yacht has been meticulously checked and has gone through several sea trials on the Baltic Sea with its crew and Sunreef’s architects, engineers and technical specialists.
Yachting Developments currently have a 100ft composite performance cruising sloop under construction at its yard in Auckland. From the design board of naval architects Dixon Yacht Design the vessel is referred to as build number YD69, or by its project name “Meteor 100”