Many more yacht photos from St Barths…

Continued here…

Yacht name: Lady Kathryn III
Formerly: Silver Fox
Length: 145 ft • 44 m
Year: 2003
Builder: NQEA
Top speed: 26 knots

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 2006

length - year: 145 - 2003

Yacht name: Dolce Far Niente
Formerly tug: Clyde • Smit Salvor • Matsas Salvor & then yacht: Seawolfe
Length: 191 ft • 58 m
Year: 1957
Refit: 2002
Builder: Smit

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 191 - 1957

If you haven't seen this already, prepare to spend the next couple of hours not working doing some important web-based research…

As a preamble, I'm a big fan of Google Earth satellite imagery and even built a map of the Grand Prix circuit when it came out. Unfortunately, Google then updated their satellite maps and Port Hercule landed on the "fold" between two maps, which now doesn't look very good. Still you can see my map of Port Hercule here and of course, clearly see the decks of Atlantis II. Don't forget to zoom and drag. You can also click on the markers.

Now then, I'm not always a great Microsoft fan - they often seem to arrive late to the party and don't bring much. But with Virtual Earth they've completely blown away the competition! Unfortunately I can't post the images here, but here are some links to a few nearby ports:

Monaco
Antibes
Cap d'Ail
Genoa
Genoa 2
Genoa 3

You drag the map around to explore and can resize or flip to map-view on the left. The photos must have been taken in 2006 whereas Google Earth's maps are much older, which is why the new Port Extension is not visible.

In Antibes the two biggest yachts are Kingdom 5KR (top) and Carinthia VII (blue hull). In Monaco, Atlantis II (top), Lady Moura (middle), The One (left top). In Cap D'Ail, White Rose of Drachs. But there are dozens of others - if anyone wants to have a go identifying them, feel free commenting below. I guess it'll be too much work for me to cover all the ports in the world here (!) but if you find another good location please also paste the link into the comments section below. Have fun!

Yacht name: Griffioen
Length: 90 ft • 27.2 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Bloemsma & van Breemen
Architect: De Vries Lentsch Design
Interior: Felix Buytendijk

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 90 - 2006

Yacht name: Carpe Diem
Formerly: Imagine
Length: 150 ft • 46 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Trinity Yachts • # 17

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

Sisterships: Carpe Diem • My Iris • Cakewalk

length - year: 150 - 2002

Yacht name: Shalimar
Length: 118 ft • 36 m
Year: 1996
Builder: Benetti

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 118 - 1996

Yacht name: Quivira
Formerly: D'Natalin • Tejati • Sanora • Margie V
Length: 116 ft • 35 m
Year: 1979 - Refit: 2005
Builder: Benetti • FB131

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 116 - 1979

Yacht name: Lucky Seven
Length: 113 ft • 34 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Westport • # 7702
Architect: Jack Sarin

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 113 - 2002

Yacht name: Symphony II
Formerly: Perseverance
Length: 112 ft • 34 m
Year: 2000
Builder: Westport • # 7645
Architect: Jack Sarin

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 112 - 2000

Yacht name: Ubiquitous
Length: 113 ft • 34 m
Launch: 1998
Builder: Westport • # 7629

Photo: monacoeye.com • Monaco • June 2006

length - year: 113 - 1998

Yacht name: Ohana
Length: 154 ft • 47 m
Year: 1998
Builder: Admiral Marine Works
Design: Donald Starkey

Photo: monacoeye.com • June 2006 • Monaco
Photo: Robert Paylor • December 2006 • St Barths

length - year: 154 - 1998

Yacht name: Relentless
Length: 142 ft • 43 m
Year: 2001
Builder: Trinity Yachts • # 14

Photo: St Barths • 2006 • Robert Paylor

length - year: 142 - 2001

Yacht name: Savannah
Length: 101 ft • 31 m
Year: 1998
Builder: Alloy Yachts
Architect: Fontaine Design

Photo: Monaco • 5 August 2006

length - year: 101 - 1998

Yacht name: Sunrise
Length: 170 ft • 52 m
Year: 2000
Builder: Oceanco
Stylist: The A Group

Photo: Bob Paylor • St Barths • December 2006

A bird's eye view of Sunrise on a shimmering sea between Attessa and Altitude.

length - year: 170 - 2000

Yacht name: Wheels
Length: 115 ft • 35 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Horizon

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 115 - 2003

Yacht name: Midnight
Length: 122 ft • 37 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Fitzroy Yachts
Architect: Dubois Naval Architects

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 122 - 2003

Yacht name: Mariah II • Benetti Tradition 03
Length: 99 ft • 30 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Benetti • BT03

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 99 - 2003

Yacht name: Lys D'Ô

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

Yacht name: Lady Iris
Length: 107 ft • 33 m
Year: 1991
Builder: Burger Boat

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 107 - 1991

Yacht name: Lady Frances IV
Length: 103 ft • 31 m
Year: 2000
Builder: Broward Marine • # 550

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 103 - 2000

Yacht name: Kaleen • Westport 130
Length: 130 ft • 40 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Westport • #1517

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • December 2006

Sisterships: Gale Winds • Kaleen • Björg III • Arm's Reach • Corrie Lynn • Miss Sydney

length - year: 130 - 2006

Port Hercule was gripped by rally fever today as French hero Sébastien Loeb snatched the first rally of the WRC 2007 season in style. Citroen swept the board with rising star Dani Sordo taking second place. The Monte Carlo Rally is mostly raced over Friday and Saturday in the mountains a few hours' drive behind Monaco. But exceptionally this year, today, Sunday, a short final special stage was held around Port Hercule on the lower half of the Grand Prix circuit. Sébastien Loeb is something of a modern rally phenomenon having won the WRC championship for the last three years running, with Monegasque co-driver Daniel Elena. The rally doesn't attract the yacht crowd like the Grand Prix, but local yachts such as Atlantis II and Moneikos can be seen behind the track. I caught up with Loeb, Sordo and the Citroen team at the famous Rascasse restaurant just after Loeb had won the final stage and then again for the prize-giving ceremony…

Yacht name: Printemps
Formerly: Wheels
Length: 112 ft • 34 m
Year: 1987 • Refit: 1995 • 2003
Builder: Heesen • # 6932
Architect: Frank Mulder

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • January 2007

length - year: 112 - 1987

Yacht name: Betty Jane • Westport 112
Length: 112 ft • 34 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Westport • # 7707

Photo: monacoeye.com • Monaco • summer 2006

length - year: 112 - 2003

Yacht name: Lady Moura
Length: 344 ft • 106 m
Year: 1990
Owner: Nasser al-Rashid
Builder: Blohm & Voss
Photo date: 6 May 2006

A few more photos of Lady Moura from 2006 …

length - year: 344 - 1990

Yacht name: Santa Maria
Length: 184 ft • 56 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Perini Navi • # 2053
Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 2006

Added a couple of shots of Santa Maria from the yacht show…

length - year: 184 - 2004

Yacht name: Knickerbocker
Formerly: Ghost Dancer • Timoneer
Length: 120 ft • 36 m
Year: 1992
Builder: Palmer Johnson • # 210
Design: Sparkman & Stephens

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 120 - 1992

Yacht name: JeMaSa
Length: 164 ft • 50 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Hakvoort • # 236
Architect: Diana Yacht Design
Design: Espen Øino

Photo: December 2006 • St Barths • Bob Paylor

The recently launched JeMaSa from Hakvoort, spotted here with Le Grand Bleu…

length - year: 164 - 2006

Yacht name: Gale Winds • Westport 112
Length: 112 ft • 34 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Westport • # 7721
Architect: Bill Garden
Stylist: Greg Marshall

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 112 - 2006

Yacht name: Latitude
Length: 170 ft • 51.8 m
Year: 1973 • Refit: 2003
Builder: Maschinenfabrik

Photo: Bob Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

length - year: 170 - 1973

Yacht name: Andrea Cay
Length: 120 ft • 37 m
Year: 2002
Builder: ABD Aluminium Yachts
Architect: AG McIlwain
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007

A distant shot of the passagemaker Andrea Cay…

length - year: 120 - 2002

Yacht name: Scott Free
Formerly: Marathon • Christensen 157
Length: 157 ft • 48 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Christensen #29

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • December 2006

Sisterships: Privacy (155) • Nice N'Easy • Barchetta • Marathon

Christensen aims to make four semi-custom 157s a year. The first was Tiger Woods' Privacy, without a swim platform so a couple of feet shorter.

length - year: 157 - 2006

New name: Thirteen • Christensen 157
Yacht name: Barchetta
Length: 157 ft • 48 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Christensen #28

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • December 2006

Sisterships: Privacy (155) • Nice N'Easy • Barchetta • Marathon

length - year: 157 - 2006

Yacht name: Yeratel • Westport 130
Formerly: Vango -> Miss Sydney
Length: 130 ft • 40 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Westport • # 1505
Architect: Bill Garden
Stylist: Greg Marshall

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • January 2007

Sisterships: Kaleen • Björg III • Arm's Reach • Corrie Lynn • Miss Sydney

length - year: 130 - 2003

A busy end to a busy year. Monacoeye followed the yachts, turning its gaze southwards…

Continued here…

Yacht name: Turmoil
Length: 209 ft • 63 m
Launch: 2006
Builder: Royal Denship
Architect: Ole Steen Knudsen

Photo: Bob Paylor • December 2006 • St Barths

This is the latest and greatest of Royal Denship's expedition yachts. It's a replacement for the Vripack designed Turmoil. The other two Danish explorers Force Blue and Big Aron also visited St Barths on New Year's Eve.

length - year: 209 - 2006

St Barths is clearly the place the megayachts like to spend New Year's! This great shot was taken off Colombier just before Christmas by Bob Paylor. No prizes for spotting Rising Sun on the right. In the middle I can see Aviva II, Islander (two masts) and Renalo. But what about the others?

Update: Bob's sent in the quiz answers on the top photo. Just one or two two still missing… Meanwhile there is another one bugging him, below in front of Oasis.



Gustavia was heaving with megayachts on New Year's Eve. The season peaks on this night, which is the one night of the year the port authorities allow larger yachts to enter. The next day most will leave. Simply too many photos to post but here's a quick list for the record of those in and around the port for New Year's and the days preceding it. Many shots will appear in the comments section of the relevant photo page.

Turmoil, Renalo, Sunrise, Cristal, Tooth Fairy, Inspiration, Amazon Express, Ecstasea (St Martin), Big D, Snow Goose, QS Atlantic, Bravelove One, Force Blue, Te Manu, No Escape, RM Elegant, Sunrise, Attessa, Altitude, Leander, Haida G, Islander, Magna Grecia, Ranger, Zingaro, Big Aron, Lady Lola, Noble House, Paraffin, Le Grand Bleu, White Cloud, Rising Sun, Impetuous, Secret Love, Our Toy, Shergar, Her Honor, Kingfisher, Ability, Lady in Blue, Callisto, Dream, Touch, Braveheart, Never Enough, Talon, Four Wishes, Savoy, Serena M, Ohana, Achilles, Silver C, Orinoquia, Apogee, Rebellious, Battered Bull, Blind Date, Apoise, Relentless, Tiziana, Azzurra, Barchetta, Fighting Irish, Huntress, Hooter Patrol, Happy Days, Jamaica Bay, Continental Drifter III, Andale, Princess K, Katina, Va Bene, Arm's Reach, Tooth Fairy, Touch, Helios 2, Lady Dahlia, Allegria and Lone Ranger

Model: Benetti 88 SD
Length: 88 ft • 23 m
Builder: Benetti Sail Division
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Martin's Charter Yacht Exhibition • 2005

Thanks to Cuau for the ID…

length - year: 88

Yacht name: Shergar
Length: 152 ft • 47 m
Year: 1987
Builder: Lürssen • # 13503
Engines: Two 1100 kW diesels & one 4550 kW Allison gas turbine
Speed: 45 knots

Photo: Robert Paylor • December 2006 • St Barths

length - year: 153 - 1983