Azimut Yachts from Italy will be attending this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival, with three world premieres on display. These will include superyacht Azimut Grande95RPH, luxury yacht Azimut 77S, as well as motor yacht Azimut 50 Fly.
The overall winner of the J-Class in this year’s Superyacht Cup Palma has become luxury yacht Lionheart. This majestic vessel was built by Claasen Shipyards to a design by Andre Hoek, a regular race crew member of the Lionheart team.
Built by Palmer Johnson to a design by Nuvolari Lenard, the second PJ170 super yacht BLISS (Project Apollo) features four Seakeeper 26 units.
Antalya-based Sunrise Yachts has recently installed three Seakeeper 26 gyros on the 46-metre Heesen motor yacht Big Mak (ex Blowzy). The yard is also concurrently working on another Seakeeper project, a Palmer Johnson 45M yacht, scheduled for completion in August 2014.
The Feadship Heritage Fleet is organising a rendezvous for all of its classic yachts this upcoming weekend. It will be hosted by the Feadship Aalsmeer yard – the home base of the historic luxury yacht manufacturer.
New 105m super yacht concept has been proudly introduced by Abdulbaki Senol from Turkey. Featuring a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, it is powered by twin MTU 20V 4000 M73L diesels.
From July 1, 2014, the bespoke luxury yacht design firm, Ivan Erdevicki Naval Architecture & Yacht Design, Inc. will be known as ‘ER Yacht Design’.
Measuring impressive 110 meters in length, the all-new super yacht Primadonna concept, coded DP028, has been superbly penned by Hot Lab yacht & design, based on the Oceanco hull platform. The 1:50 scale model of Primadonna will be showcased at the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show in September.
The new 74-metre mega yacht CRN 131 is currently in build at CRN Shipyard in Ancona, Italy. Spanning over five impressive decks and a sub-deck, she will comfortably sleep 12 guests in total, plus 4 staff persons in 2 cabins, and 34 crew members.
Being hosted by the lovely Sicily yacht holiday destination – Trapani, the first edition of the Frers Cup started today with a dockside Welcome Party.
This year’s 49th Newport Bermuda Race saw sailing yacht Shockwave claim Line Honours, followed by luxury yacht Bella Mente and Caol Ila yacht, respectively.
So far, it has been an exceptionally successful 2014 regatta season for McConaghy-built yachts. These include Reichel/Pugh-designed sailing yacht Shockwave, which claimed Line Honours in the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race.