Yacht name: Blue Ice
Length: 150 ft • 46 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Palmer Johnson • PJ 150 #5
Stylist: Nuvolari & Lenard

Photos: NT • Monaco • August 2009

Wow, two more gleaming new PJ 150's arrive in Monaco, Blue Ice and Oneness.

Some differences in the porthole arrangements. Blue Ice resembles O'Khalila and Hokulani, while Oneness follows the Clifford II and Four Jacks styling.

length - year: 150 - 2009

Yacht name: Odalisque
Formerly: Claybeth -> Passage II -> Sophie B -> Paragon -> Danse -> Odalisque
Length: 115 ft • 35 m
Year: 1973
Builder: Feadship • Van Lent • #726

Photo: Robert Murray • Fort Lauderdale • February 2009

Nice to see a shot of this 1973 Feadship from Robert.

length - year: 115 - 1973

Yacht name: Nena
Length: 118 ft • 36 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Akhir • Cantieri di Pisa
Design: Carlo Galeazzi

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • August 2009

Nena was launched earlier this year. She is the first in the new Akhir 118 line and the first to feature a metallic grey hull. She continues the strip porthole design of Lazy Me, the Akhir 135 launched last year.

length - year: 118 - 2009

Yacht name: Temptation
Length: 123 ft • 37 m
Year: 2005
Builder: Palmer Johnson • PJ123 #1
Architect: Nuvolari & Lenard

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • Dec 2007
Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • September 2008

length - year: 123 - 2005

Yacht name: Elisea Nova
Length: 138 ft • 42 m
Year: 2009 ?
Builder: Ocean Concept

Another design I didn't recognise, flying the Stars and Stripes. Turns out it's from the Turkish yard, Ocean Concept.

length - year: 138 - 2009

Yacht name: Krista • Astondoa 96 GLX
Length: 96 ft • 28 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Astondoa

This smart green-hulled yacht was in port for the Football Supercup Final last weekend. It's the new 96 GLX from Astondoa - thanks José Maria for the ID!

length - year: 96 - 2009

Yacht name: Octopus
Length: 414 ft • 126 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Lürssen • # 13622
Architect: Espen Øino

Photo: monacoeye • Cote d'Azur • Summer 2006 & 2009
Photo: Bob Paylor • St Barths 2008 & 2009

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's enormous yacht Octopus couldn't be missed this summer in Beaulieu and earlier in the year in St Barths.

The helicopter lands easily on either end of the 126 m yacht. Octopus also travels with a bright yellow submarine.

length - year: 414 - 2003

Yacht name: Dilbar
Formerly: Project Opal
Length 361 ft • 110 m
Year: 2008
Builder: Lürssen • # 13648
Exterior: Time Heywood
Interior: Alberto Pinto

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • August 2009
Photo: Werner Fähland • Heligoland • 17 July 2008
Photo: GG • Bremen • 1 July 2008

August 2009: Nice to see Dilbar close up off the Larvotto in Monaco last week. Al Mirqab was right beside her.

May 2009: NT also got a great shot at the Grand Prix in May.

26 July 2008: D is for Dilbar …

18 July 2008: Very nice new photos of Opal from Werner on sea trials in Helgoland in the North Sea, and from GG in Bremen.

June 2008: Lurssen has launched the massive new build Project Opal. Looks a bit like Pelorus …

length - year: 361 - 2008

Yacht name: Slipstream
Length: 197 ft • 60 m
Year: 2009
Builder: CMN • # 801
Design: Andrew Winch

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • August 2009

23 August 2009: And here is Slipsteam slipping past the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco today.

To those of you tuned in to TMS, Ponting's just been run out out by Freddie Flintoff … And immediately after Clarke went too! With 6 wickets to go, now, there'll be a few Aussie crew out there having a bit of an uncomfortable weekend, I should imagine!

Launched March 2009, Slipstream is the biggest superyacht from Cherbourg-based CMN to date. Custom Line 60 sistership Cloud 9 has now also been launched and a third sistership is under construction.

length - year: 197 - 2009

Yacht name: Trident
Length: 214 ft • 65 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Feadship • # 800
Design: Donald Starkey Designs

Photo: NT • Monaco • August 2009
Photo: AS • Holland • July 2009

August 2009: And here she is in Monaco, captured in a great shot from NT. Captain AJ Anderson of Wright Maritime who brought Trident down to Monaco on her maiden voyage reports that she handled beautifully through the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.

July 2009: Trident, the new 65 m Feadship, heading down the canal …

length - year: 214 - 2009

Yacht name: Kalizma
Formerly: Minona -> Cortynia -> Odysseia
Length: 165 ft • 50 m (including bowsprit ?)
Year: 1906 • Rebuilt: 2006, with extra deck.
Builder: Ramage & Ferguson
Architect: GL Watson
Interior 2007: Dellatecnica

Photo: NT • Phuket • August 2009

Kalizma is the yacht that Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor and renamed after their three children Kate, Liza and Marie.

Following her refit and extra top deck, she has recently cruised in South East Asia, from Phuket to Hong Kong via Sarawak and Sabah.

Now there's a cruise that captures the imagination! The Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo still has an incredibly rich variety of bird life, and is a top destination for nature lovers from around the world…

Here's a shot of how she looked pre-refit in 1969…

length - year: 165 - 1906

Yacht name: Ocean Victory
Length: 248 ft • 76 m
Year: 2008
Builder: Feadship • #1001
Stylist: De Voogt

Photo: NT • Monaco • August 2009
Photo: AS • Amsterdam • November 2008

August 2009: Lovely shots of Ocean Victory in Monaco… Nobody styles this type of white yacht better than Feadship, here with a simple pinstripe. Great to see them producing beautiful new models with incremental differences in styling.

Nov 2008: Arjan just sent in these nice shots from Amsterdam of Feadship's October 2008 launch from the De Vries yard, Ocean Victory.

length - year: 248 - 2008

Yacht name: Fortune Elephant
Formerly: A Khaliq
Length: 115 ft • 35 m
Year: 1997
Builder: Alloy Yachts
Design: Warwick Yacht Design

Photo: NT • Phuket • August 2009

Now Thai based and named Fortune Elephant.

length - year: 115 - 1997

Yacht name: O'mega
Length: 270 ft • 82 m
Year: 1985
Builder: Mitsubishi
Original stylist: Giorgio Vafiadis

Photo: Tatiana Hughes • Monaco • Aug 2009 (top white)
Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 11 March 2007 (lower) • 2008 (middle)

Aug 2009: O'mega has had a major refit. New white hull, top deck remodelled and expanded, funnel exhausts replaced, new sat domes, new tender/lifeboat and davits, tinted windows around all decks, maybe more …

length - year: 270 - 1985

Yacht name: FX
Length: 123 ft • 37 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Sanlorenzo • SD122
Design: Francesco Paszkowski

length - year: 123 - 2009

Yacht name: iBoat
Length: 127 ft • 39 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Sanlorenzo
Design: Francesco Paszkowski

New Sanlorenzo 40 Alloy.

length - year: 127 - 2009

Model: Moonen 124
Length: 125 ft • 38 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Moonen
Architect: Stolk Marimecs System
Stylist: René Van der Velden
Interior: Art-Line Interiors

length - year: 125 - 2009

Model: Bandido 90
Length: 92 ft • 28 m
Year: 2009
Shipyard: Drettmann Group

length - year: 92 - 2009

Yacht name: Chrisco
Length: 98 ft • 30 m
Year: 2009
Builder: CNB
Design: Luca Brenta Design

New CNB 100 at this year's MYS.

length - year: 98 - 2009

Yacht name: Ludi
Length: 86 ft • 26 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Cerri

length - year: 86 - 2009

Yacht model: Admiral 42
Length: 136 ft • 41 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Admiral • Cantieri Navali Lavagna
Design: Sydac • Luca Dini Design

length - year: 136 - 2009

Helicopter tender to Lady Christine

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • September 2008
Tow photo: US Coast Guard • Maine • 1 August 2009
On land: Mary Offutt • Little Deer Isle, Maine • 3 August 2009

Update - 4 August 2009: Mary has just sent in photos of the wreck of the helicopter, taken yesterday. You get a good view of the sturdy inflatable buoys which kept the craft from sinking and allowed the helicopter to be towed so easily.

The main rotor is unseated and the rotor blades and engine casing are very beaten up, the pilot's door is missing, but the cabin of the helicopter looks remarkably unscathed.

Those are lobster pots in the background, in case you were wondering…

According to press reports, Scottish peer Lord Irvine Laidlaw, 66, who owns Lady Christine, was at the controls of the helicopter when it crashed. He was picking up passengers and returning to the yacht.

Breaking news - 2 Aug 2009: Lady Christine's helicopter tender, the one pictured above with personalised registration M-Boat, has crashed in the water in Maine, USA, yesterday afternoon, 1st August 2009.

The accident happened near Little Deer Isle in Penobscot Bay, Maine. The helicopter took off with four people on board, including owner Lord Laidlaw at the controls, from Lady Christine, which was anchored at sea. The four got out safely after the crash and waded ashore to the island. One eye-witness said that after seeing the helicopter spin down fast into the water she was amazed that anyone got out alive.

A spinning helicopter is often a sign of a rear rotor malfunction.

A small boat was sent out from the Lady Christine to collect the four passengers and return them to the yacht.

Fortunately, no-one appears to be seriously hurt. One person was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for a neck injury, but the injury was not considered serious.

"Salty Hebrew" left this eye-witness report on monacoeye.com below:

"I am a watchstander on the Training Ship State of Maine. Lady Christine pulled into Castine Harbor in Maine today. I watched her Heli tender take off as I was monitoring VHF Marine CH 16. 10 minutes after her takeoff, I witnessed a call to the USCG reporting that the heli tender went down in the water of a cove near Little Deer Isle, ME.....so.....Lady Christine is now missing her Heli =( as of Aug. 1st, 2009. "

The helicopter has now been towed to shore by the coastguard and the Environmental Protection Department are looking into containment methods for any resultant pollution that may exist. Photo here. About 30 gallons of fuel were on board when it crash-landed.

If you live nearby and have photos please send to monacoyachts@gmail.com and I'll post them on this page.

Yacht name: Lady Christine
Length: 182 ft • 56 m
Year: 2001
Builder: Oceanco • Y561
Architect: The A Group

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • September 2008

2010: New 68m Lady Christine launched from Feadship
August 2009: Lady Christine's helicopter crash landed in water in Maine. No serious injuries.
September 2008: Lady Christine has arrived for the show.

length - year: 182 - 2001