Some of the global superyacht industry’s most important players have signed up for the 3rd edition of the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show (ADYS) – the region’s only exhibition exclusively dedicated to the superyacht industry – and are predicting exciting new sales opportunities, concept launches and regional premieres for the event.
The merger of the German Drettmann Group and the Turkish Sunrise Yachts has resulted in the Drettmann Sunrise Group, which has created a totally new option for all yacht owners and would-be owners. The new company will roll out its eagerly awaited market presentation in January 2011, adding new impetus to the international yacht market with its European design, innovative ideas and a wealth of accumulated experience.
To add to the cocktail of fresh thinking for CMN, the talented team at Eidsgaard Design of London have added their forward looking design values to the 65m project ‘Panache’ designed on a highly successful CMN hull platform. Peder Eidsgaard describes his vision as “confidence in style, flamboyance and courage”.
In response to growing demand for megayacht designs, Zuccon International Project is drawing on years of experience in the field to strategically expand its staff and set up an in-house team dedicated specifically to research and development in the area of maxi-yacht designs. The studio is working with CRN of Ancona, which has built many of its yachts and is currently completing the new 80 metre vessel that will be Zuccon International Project’s biggest superyacht so far.
Vicem Yachts, Turkish builders of luxury classic motor yachts and mega-yachts, opens 2011 with the new worldwide debut of its third line of yachts: the Vanguard Line. Composed of the Vanguard 45 and the Vanguard 33, the new Vanguard Line is a perfect blend of timeless elegance, performing naval architecture and state of the art production technology. The new line of yachts boasts Vicem in-house design department styling for the exterior and the interior, while the hull and naval architecture were developed by legendary yacht designer Michael Peters.
As the primary distributor for the Ferretti Group brands in North America, Allied Marine has recently expanded its operations in the North East with the opening of a new office in Newport, Rhode Island.
The extraordinary carbon-fiber machine USA 17 is being loaded onto the freighter M.V. Star Isfjord this week for the long delivery trip to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. The freighter carrying both USA 17 and her extraordinary 223ft wingsail is scheduled to leave Valencia on January 29 or 30 for the 7,900-nautical-mile passage to the Bay Area.
Just this Saturday, January 22, in Düsseldorf, Germany, the Sun Odyssey 409 was honoured with the prestigious title of “European Yacht of the Year 2011” Selected by a jury composed of the biggest European magazines in the marine industry, this trophy is a handsome reward for the new Jeanneau model.
On Saturday, January 22, in Düsseldorf, Germany, the NC11 was honoured with the prestigious title of “European Powerboat of the Year 2011.” Selected by a jury composed of the biggest European magazines in the marine industry, this trophy is a handsome reward for the new Jeanneau model.
During its circumnavigation of the world entirely without fossil fuels, using only the power of the sun, MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar is currently visiting the Galápagos Islands. The world’s largest solar boat anchored in the harbour of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal, today, Tuesday, 25 January 2011, around 9.00 hrs a.m. local time (15.00 hrs UTC).