Turkish builder Vicem currently have a Vulcan 35-meter tri-deck motor yacht in build at their new 25 million dollar yard in Tuzla, Turkey located an hour from Istanbul airport. The new Vicem 35m motor yacht measures 36.2 m (118′ 8″) in length and features Naval architecture by Mulder Design and interior design by Ken Freivokh.
Burger has announced that it has received a contract for the construction of a 98’ steel passenger vessel, called Chicago’s Leading Lady, for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, Chicago, IL. M/V Chicago’s Leading Lady is styled after the 1920s luxury cruising yachts such as the former Presidential yacht “Sequoia.”
Along with news that AB Yachts have secured an order for a new flagship model, the AB 166 motor yacht , AB Yachts will also launch an AB 116 motor yacht in 2011. The AB 116 yacht will be entirely custom built able to accommodate up to 10 guests in a 5 stateroom layout.
Balk Shipyard has started the comprehensive rebuild of the 36.40m explorer yacht Lars. Named after the Disney ice bear character, motor yacht Lars will take her owners on expeditions to the North Pole region starting with a maiden voyage from Spitsbergen to Nova Zembla in the spring of 2012. The project involves raising the superstructure and a wide range of other exterior and interior work.
Hurun Report, an important Chinese finance and lifestyle magazine, has awarded the Pershing 92’, the latest design of the Pershing fleet, a Ferretti Group brand among the world’s leading manufacturers of high performance open motor yachts from 15 to 35 metres, as one of the “Best of the Best 2011 Awards”. Since 2005 it has awarded prizes for excellence and the most representative international brands based on an annual survey involving more than 400 Chinese millionaires.
Mochi Craft Long Range 23 motor yacht, the most innovative large pleasure boat with hybrid propulsion, is the winner of the second edition of the UIM Environmental Award 2011, awarded by the Union Internationale Motonautique, world governing body for all powerboating activities, based in the Principality of Monaco.
The Cheoy Lee shipyard in Doumen, China have launched the latest motor yacht in their Bravo Series, hull number 4915. Cheoy Lee Hull number 4915 is a Bravo 95 series that has been customised with an extra fishing cockpit which has extended her overall length to 31.39 metres making her the new flagship of the Bravo Series fleet.
Making her American Debut at this year’s Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach, NISI 2400 motor yacht measuring 78ft, is the first model by NISI Yachts of this new semi-custom series, which embraces superior lifestyle experiences.
Heesen Yachts proudly announce the signing of two contracts for custom motor yachts. The sale of the first of these, YN 16551, a 51-metre, full-displacement vessel was completed in December 2010 to create an enviable total of 7 vessels sold during that year. The first sale of 2011 – Motor yacht YN 15850, a 50-metre, all-aluminium semi-displacement vessel – was completed in January 2011.
The latest Perini Navi sailing yacht SY 40 metre fast cruising cutter, C. 2180, hull was turned upright at the Perini Istanbul – Yildiz facility in Turkey. Designed by Perini Navi in collaboration with Ron Holland, this yacht is the first of the new Perini Navi fast cruising series that combines the typical characteristics of quality and comfort of a Perini Navi yachts, together with high performance in all wind conditions.
A huge festival of international yachting and watersports has just been celebrated in Düsseldorf. The 250,500 visitors from over 60 countries, 10,300 more than in the previous year, were an assurance of satisfied exhibitors and an upbeat mood in the exhibition halls at boot Düsseldorf 2011, which ended on Sunday, 30 January. For nine whole days in 17 exhibition halls, 1,571 exhibitors from 61 countries premiered boats and exhibited new watersports gear, boat equipment and accessories at the world’s biggest yacht and watersports show.
Italy’s Tecnomar are to build a new 37m (121’5″) motor yacht called Project ‘Maxima’ that will take 20 months to build after a sales contract is signed. The new build Project ‘Maxima’ motor yacht by Tecnomar is expected to accommodate up to ten guests in five staterooms with various layout options available. Project Maxima is to be built to RINA class and is also expected to be MCA compliant.