It has been a great success for the Mike Slade’s luxury charter yacht ICAP Leopard, taking Line Honours at the popular RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race for the second time.
Monohull Line Honours for the 2013 RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race went to the Farr 100 charter yacht ICAP Leopard.
Measuring 63 feet in LOA, the luxury trimaran yacht Paradox completed the RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race in less than two days. She will be followed by charter yacht ICAP Leopard that will claim Monohull Line Honours.
Luxury vessels built by Princess Yachts celebrate a great success in the Far East. The Princess 32M superyacht has won the Hurun Report’s annual Best of the Best Awards for ‘Best Production Motor Yacht 30m Class’ in China, while The flagship Princess 40M yacht Imperial Princess has been announced as a finalist for the 2013 World Superyacht Awards.
It has been another great success for the well known UK shipyard, Princess Yachts, at this year’s Dusseldorf Boat Show. Luxury motor yacht Princess 98 was the biggest vessel displayed at this popular event.
All of the luxury superyachts participating in the recently concluded NZ Millennium Cup were powered by Southern Spars’ rigs. This year’s overall winner has become the 30-metre sailing yacht Zefiro.
Three luxury vessels designed by the prominent UK studio, Dubois Naval Architects, have participated in the recently concluded NZ Millennium Cup. These include the last year’s winner, Silvertip yacht, that took second place this year.
Introduced earlier this month, the latest 35-metre Rayburn superyacht boasts beautiful exterior styling by renowned Ron Holland. She is currently under construction.
This year’s prestigious Dubai International Boat Show will start on March 5. The event will host 30 new exhibitors from all sectors, as well as 19 of the world’s most spectacular superyachts, that will be displayed in the Superyacht Pavilion.
The respected Dutch shipyard, Heesen Yachts, has recently sold its all-new 55m superyacht YN 17255. Designed by Frank Laupman from Omega Architects, she features a highly innovative fast displacement hull form, developed by Van Oossanen Naval Architects.
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, February 20, is expected to see the first finishers of the 2013 RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race. One or two records will be presumably broken.
Central Yacht has become owner’s representative for the build of the new 56-metre Benetti superyacht FB266. She is a sister ship to the FB260 yacht Lady Candy. Her delivery is scheduled for April 2015.