With the European summer upon us, everyone is more energetic and looks forward to long summer days spent cruising on their preferred luxury yacht, sunbathing or […]
The Vegesack Rowing Club hosted once again five teams competing in the Lurssen Rowing Regatta, running on May 11, 2012. This famous event was also attended by designers from the Terence Disdale as well as Reymond Langton Design offices, along with a few Lürssen employees.
As the first vessel equipped with Hull Vane to achieve a much more comfortable motion in heavy waves, the 42m luxury motor yacht YN 17042 is a wonderful fast displacement vessel, recently sold by Heesen Yachts and providing beautiful accommodation to 12 guests.
Luxurious vessels such as the 53.8m charter yacht Parsifal III or the 57.5m superyacht Twizzle and many others will meet once again to compete in this year’s Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, running from June 4 to 6 and hosted by the prestigious Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, situated in a fabulous yacht charter location – Porto Cervo in Sardinia.
The Asia Boating Awards 2012 recognized progression as well as growth of the prestigious Taiwan-based shipyard Horizon, having received the ‘Best Asian Yacht Builder (15m to 30m)’ prize.
Both the Singapore Yacht Show 2012 as well as the 4th Asia Pacific Superyacht Conference reported even greater success than in the previous years with a higher participation of exhibitors, visitors and yachts at the Singapore Yacht Show and a higher participation of delegates at this year’s Asia Pacific Superyacht Conference.
It was a huge success for the 31m luxury motor yacht Azimut Grande 105, presented for the very first time in Lebanon during this year’s Beirut Boat and Superyacht Show, taking place from May 16 to 20 at La Marina Joseph Khoury.
As a part of its expansion strategy into the architectural sector, Fastmount Ltd. has recently appointed Sugatsune as its new distributor in Japan.
The first vessel to finish the 300-nautical mile course of the 2012 Rolex Volcano Race was the Filip Balcaen’s 112ft superyacht Nilaya, followed by the Claus-Peter Offen’s 100ft sailing yacht Wally Y3K taking second place and the Sir Peter Ogden’s 60ft Mini Maxi yacht Jethou placing third.
Yesterday morning, the new Azzurra TP52 yacht by Audi was christened with the bottle of champagne by its godmother, HH Princess Zahra Aga Khan in the prestigious Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
In order to begin sea trials, the 73m luxury motor yacht Plan B (Project 422) has recently left the ADM Kiel yard in Germany. This exceptional vessel features exterior by Focus Yacht Design and interior by H2 Yacht Design, the same as its sistership, the megayacht Project 423, currently under construction.