May 2007
Vava
30 May 2007 10:55 :Feadship
Yacht name: Vava
Length: 155 ft • 47 m
Year: 1996
Builder: Feadship • #773
Architect: De Voogt
Photo: Christophe Oliva • Valencia • 15 May 2007
Christophe Oliva sent in these nice shots of Vava while down in Valencia for the America's Cup. Team New Zealand have now reached the Louis Vuitton Cup final. The winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup will race against Alinghi at the end of June for the America's Cup.
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Fire rages above Monaco
29 May 2007 16:03 :News
A dramatic brush fire swept across the hillside above Monaco on Monday, endangering dozens of villas perched on the exposed mountainside above the Grande Corniche road. Smoke and flames were clearly visible from the port as tourists and Grand Prix crew alike looked on in horror…
Firefighters battled the flames for hours before finally bring it under control late afternoon using their famous Canadair waterbomber planes, which first scooped up sea-water in the bay below and then dropped it onto the flames.
Meanwhile, the motorway to Italy and the Grande Corniche were closed to traffic, creating huge jams between Monaco and Menton. According to local TV news yesterday, amazingly no houses were damaged and no casualties reported.
The following sequence of 15 photos shows the progression of the fire between noon and 2.30 pm. The first photo, taken at 11.42 am in Port Hercule, shows the fire has not yet started. In the second photo, taken at 12.13 of Floridian leaving, smoke is already visible. In the third photo, taken at 12.32, the fire is raging above the Grande Corniche. By 2.30 pm the fire has skirted the hillside and is moving down on a small group of houses along the road from the Vista Palace Hotel…
2007 Monaco Grand Prix
26 May 2007 12:47 :Events
Could Lewis Hamilton bring off the impossible and win the Monaco Grand Prix in his first year? He knows the track having won here in Formula 3 & GP2. The pressure will be on his McLaren teammate Alonso to prove himself the better driver, and the two Ferraris are hardly likely to sit back and watch.
The stands are up, the roads have been resurfaced, the cameras are in place and the yachts have arrived. In great numbers. Amevi, Kismet and Ferdy are all new launches. Princess Mariana, Indian Empress, World is Not Enough and Floridian are also here with literally dozens of others. Racing starts on Thursday with the main event on Sunday. I'll try to add to the album in the next few days.
Also we have confirmation that Aurora has been renamed Aurore. The World is Not Enough is now just World is not Enough. Zaza is now Elle. Princess Elena has had a refit and now has a blue hull.
World is not Enough
Yacht name: World is not Enough
Length: 139 ft • 42 m
Builder: Millenium Super Yachts
Architect & Stylist: Frank Mulder
Engines: 2 x 5400 hp Paxman diesels
2 x 4000 hp Textron Lycoming TF40 gas turbines
Top speed: 68 knots
Cruise: 50 knots
Photo: monacoeye • 22 May 2007 • Monaco Grand Prix
The fastest yacht of this size in the world returns to Monaco for the Grand Prix…
Ferdy
26 May 2007 12:44 :Codecasa
Yacht name: Ferdy
Length: 141 ft • 43 m
Year: 2007
Builder: Codecasa • F68
Photo: monacoeye • 23 May 2007 • Monaco Grand Prix
Ferdy is the latest yacht built by Codecasa and launched earlier in 2007. It marks the 50th yacht over 80 ft built by Codecasa since 1970. The horns went crazy in Port Hercule when AC Milan beat Liverpool 2:1 in the Champions League final on Wednesday !!
Flying Dagger
26 May 2007 12:44 :Codecasa• Andrea Bacigalupo
Yacht name: Flying Dagger
Formerly: Maria Carla
Length: 113 ft • 35 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Codecasa • C109
Architect: Andrea Bacigalupo
Engines: 2 x 2775 hp
Top speed: 34 knots
Photo: monacoeye • 22 May 2007 • Monaco Grand Prix
Princess Elena
26 May 2007 12:44 :Codecasa
Yacht name: Princess Elena
Formerly: Antares Star
Length 110 ft • 33 m
Year: 1999 (refit 2007)
Builder: Codecasa • C20
Photo: monacoeye • 22 May 2007 • Monaco Grand Prix
Princess Elena now has a blue hull after her refit…
Elle
24 May 2007 10:43 :Other MY• Gerhard Gilgenast
Zenobia
24 May 2007 10:35 :Abeking & Rasmussen• Donald Starkey
Nina J
24 May 2007 10:29 :Baglietto• Ivana Porfiri
Lady Sheridan
21 May 2007 23:16 :Abeking & Rasmussen• Donald Starkey
Yacht name: Lady Sheridan
Length: 190 ft 4 • 58 m
Year: Dec 2006
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen • # 6477
Stylist: Donald Starkey
Sisterships: Lady Sheridan • Kwikumat • Zenobia • Excellence III
Photo: monacoeye • St Jean • 20 May 2007
Photo: monacoeye • IYCA Antibes • 22 April 2006
Lady Sheridan is Abeking & Rasmussen's brand new release, which arrived in Antibes from the Lemwerder yard a couple of weeks ago. She looks like Zenobia but is a couple of feet longer.
Aurora
21 May 2007 23:14 :Perini Navi
Lady Moura runs aground in Cannes
20 May 2007 13:00 :Blohm Voss• Cannes Film Festival
Breaking news: It is being reported that Lady Moura has run aground off the Port Pierre Canto in Cannes. The incident appears to have happened Saturday afternoon. According to a post on yachtspotter, she sent out a distress message on VHF saying she had run aground off Port Canto. She was listing 5 degrees and leaking fuel. She was then pulled off the 4.5m sea floor by a tug after the orange floating containment barrier, visible in the photo above, was placed around her. Guests and luggage were off-loaded.
By coincidence I happened to be in Cannes this [Sunday] morning, unaware of the accident. In the above photo taken at about 10 am (which happened to be in the background of another shot) she seems to be still listing, and the anti-pollution barrier was in place.
The area around Cannes during this period is extremely busy. Typically there will be 30 odd megayachts moored in the bay, with another 50-100 yachts over 30 m in length moored in the two ports at either end. Added to this are countless smalled craft, speedboats and tourist barges. There is a lot of movement with even the very large yachts such as Lady Moura moving around during the course of the day.
Update: The fuel was mopped up very quickly and Lady Moura is now safely in Spain for repairs.
Photo: monacoeye • 20 May 2007 • Cannes Film Festival
News source: PMY forum and yachtspotter
2007 Cannes Film Festival
18 May 2007 15:35 :Events• Cannes Film Festival
The 60th Cannes Film Festival opened on Wednesday and runs from 16th to 27th May 2007. It's one of the top yacht destinations, with media companies chartering many yachts and others just coming for the parties. Who was the mystery starlet (above) posing briefly at the Palais des Festivals, on Thursday? Yachts attending included the Perini twins Selene and Santa Maria, Polar Star, Montkaj, Tatoosh, Lady Moura, Sarah and a strange prototype called Proteus.
Turama
15 May 2007 18:41 :Other MY• Conversions
Northern Cross
15 May 2007 18:35 :Marinteknik Verstads
Yacht name: Northern Cross
Length: 142 ft • 43.2 m
Year: 1991
Builder: Marinteknik Verstads
Photos: monacoeye • May 2006 • Monaco
Fizzy
15 May 2007 18:32 :Grand Prix
Seagull II
14 May 2007 18:44 :Other MY• Yellow Funnels
Yacht name: Seagull II
Length: 177 ft 8 • 54.2 m
Year: 1952
Builder: Uljanik
Photo: monacoeye • Antibes • 14 May 2007
A friendly-looking large classic yacht built in former Yugoslavia.
2007 Monaco Flower Show
13 May 2007 23:51 :Events
In May it's one event after another. Here's a shot of the Monaco Flower Show on the Casino Terrace …
Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 13 May 2007
Silver Whisper
13 May 2007 23:49 :Cruise Ships
Cruise Ship: Silver Whisper
Length: 610 ft • 185.9 m
Year: 2001
Speed: 21 knots
Passengers: 382
Gross Tonnage: 28000 GT
The cruise ships are back in town. That's The One behind…
Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 13 May 2007
Barcelona • Port Vell
13 May 2007 10:52 :Ports & Places
Le Ponant
Cruise Ship: Le Ponant
Length: 88 m
Year: 1991
Design: Michel Bigoin
Builder: SFCN - Société Française de Construction Navale
Passengers: 64 • Crew: 32
Operator: Compagnie des Iles du Ponant
Photo: monacoeye • Nice • May 2007
Le Ponant is the size of large yacht but is really a cruise ship. Often visits Monaco.
Breaking news - 5 April 2008
Three-masted mini cruise ship Le Ponant has been seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. France is looking into its military options with a regard to releasing the hostages.
No passengers were on board, but thirty crew, mostly French, were taken hostage.
The yacht was heading back from the Seychelles to the Mediterranean. It is a regular visitor to Nice and Monaco in the summer.
French Prime Minister François Fillon said, "it is a blatant act of piracy. We have relatively large military means in this area. We are mobilised to obtain the release of hostages as quickly as posssible."
France already has a military presence in neighbouring Djibouti.
Surveillance aircraft and ships from French-run anti-terrorist unit Task Force 150, part of Operation Enduring Freedom, have headed towards the area.
Although Le Ponant is the size of a large yacht, it can take 64 passengers, and works as a small cruise ship. It is operated by French company La Compagnie de Iles du Ponant, which is part owned by CMA-CGM, and mostly employs French crew.
The ship was designed Michel Bigoin, who also designed Phocea.
Le Ponant is one of few ships to cruise the Indian Ocean. The coast of Somalia is notorious for pirate attacks.
Revitality
11 May 2007 10:03 :Baglietto
Yacht Name: Revitality • 34m Fast Yacht #5
Length: 110 ft • 33 m
Year: 2005
Builder: Baglietto • # 10189
Photo: monacoeye • Nice • May 2007
Private Lives
Yacht name: Private Lives
Length: 121 ft • 37
Year: 2003
Builder: RMK Marine
Architect: Vripack
Photo: monacoeye • Nice • May 2007
Bob Paylor • 2008
Athena
Yacht name: Athena
Length: 295 ft • 90 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Royal Huisman • # 378
Design: Beeldsnijder • Dijkstra
Photo: monacoeye • Antibes • December 2005
Jim Clark, the owner of this three-masted schooner, is a keen sailor, also owns Hyperion and was a founder of Netscape and Silicon Graphics.
Athena was the world's largest private sailing yacht until the launch of Eos in 2006. Read More...
Borkumriff IV
Yacht name: Borkumriff IV
Length: 166 ft • 51 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Royal Huisman
Architect: Gerard Dijkstra
Photo: monacoeye • Antibes • 2007
HMS Echo
08 May 2007 20:39 :Navy• Hydrographic Vessels
Name: HMS Echo
Length: 90.6 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Appledore • Vosper Thorneycroft
Name HNLMS Snellius
Length: 297 ft 3 • 81.4 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Royal Schelde Vlissingen
Royal Netherlands Navy's latest hydrographic ship.
You may have noticed a couple of warships in Port Hercule, if you've been watching notari.tv. In fact they appear to be two hydrographic ships, one British and one Dutch.
Turns out Monaco is hosting the International Hydrographic Organization's 17th Annual Congress. This institution was founded by none other than Prince Albert I, and has its HQ in Monaco. There is a cartographic exhibition finishing today 10 May 2007 in the Auditorium Rainier III.
Port Hercule
08 May 2007 19:22 :Ports & Places
7 May 2007
14 March 2007: Similar work is underway on the Fort Antoine side.
11 March 2007: The quay assembly is complete on the casino side, including the old lighthouse jetty. The wet channel behind the quay has been filled in.
28 November: The whole quayside has been assembled. Now it's just a matter of filling in the back and smoothing over the gaps. Looking good…
25 August: The concrete block has been eased in to place, and looks like it will be the quayside.
23 August: A new arm has appeared on the contre-jetée (destined to be the future megayacht berthing area). I'm guessing it was built in France and was floated in, because it just appeared today. When the photo was taken they were tethering it with winches so this might not be its final resting place. That's Stargate, Moonlight and Moecca behind. (bottom photo)
St Barths Bucket 2007
06 May 2007 09:43 :Events
Bob's been busy at St Barths Bucket… Directly below are most of the entrants for this famous regatta which took place from the 29th March to 1st April 2007. Too many to list on the front page so they continue on to the May archive. Below that are more yachts from St Barths mostly taken around the event… Kaori came first in the overall rankings, in front of Avalon and Windcrest.
Photos: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • 1 April 2007
Destination Fox Harb'r
06 May 2007 09:43 :Alloy Yachts• Dubois Naval Architects
Yacht name: Destination Fox Harb'r
Formerly: Harlequin
Length: 134 ft • 41 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Alloy Yachts • AY25
Architect: Dubois Naval Architects
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • March - April 2007
Highland Breeze
06 May 2007 09:43 :Nautor's Swan• German Frers
Yacht name: Highland Breeze
Formerly: Eratosthenes
Length: 113 ft • 34 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Swan Nautor
Architect: German Frers
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • March - April 2007
Juliet
06 May 2007 09:42 :Royal Huisman• Ron Holland
Klosters
06 May 2007 09:42 :Perini Navi
Maltese Falcon
Yacht name: Maltese Falcon
Length: 285 ft • 87 m
Year: 2005/6
Builder: Perini Navi, Turkey • # 2056
Naval Architect: Gerard Dijkstra
Styling and Interior: Ken Freivokh
Owner: Tom Perkins • US venture capitalist
Photos: monacoeye • Monaco • 13 August 2006 - September
The Falcon has landed! This 3-mast dynarig is certainly the yacht of 2006 in my book. The design of the masts is visually stunning and very fast. It's by far the biggest Perini Navi ever built. The sails are tucked up within the masts. Top shot from MYS.
Patient Falcon
06 May 2007 09:41 :Other SY
Yacht name: Patient Falcon
Length: 93 ft • 28.3 m
Year: 1993
Builder: Able Marine
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • 1 April 2007
Seaquell
06 May 2007 09:41 :Alloy Yachts• Dubois Naval Architects
Virago
06 May 2007 09:41 :Nautor's Swan• German Frers
Elaldrea
05 May 2007 22:38 :Benetti Classic
Grand Coroto
05 May 2007 22:36 :Benetti Classic
Yacht name: Grand Coroto • Benetti Classic 115 • BC08
Formerly: Nanou
Length: 115 ft • 35 m
Year: 2001
Builder: Benetti
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
Bacchanal
05 May 2007 22:30 :Benetti Classic
Paradigm
05 May 2007 20:26 :Benetti Classic
Vent d'Est
05 May 2007 19:36 :Vitters• Dubois Naval Architects
Yacht name: Vent d'Est
Formerly: Red Dragon
Length: 141 ft • 43 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Vitters
Architect: Dubois
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
Zingaro
05 May 2007 11:37 :Derecktor• Sparkman Stephens
Tsalta • Westport 130
05 May 2007 11:34 :Westport
Top Marques 2007
05 May 2007 11:33 :Events
Titan XIV
05 May 2007 11:32 :Valdettaro
Timoneer
05 May 2007 11:31 :Vitters• Dubois Naval Architects
Sovereign
05 May 2007 11:29 :Broward Marine
Song of the Sea
05 May 2007 11:29 :Nautor's Swan• German Frers
Yacht name: Song of the Sea
Length: 113 ft• 34 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Nautor Swan
Architect: German Frers
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • 1 April 2007
Suakin
05 May 2007 11:27 :Hakvoort• Expedition Yachts
Serena helicopter tender
05 May 2007 11:27 :Helicopters
Sea Diamond
05 May 2007 11:26 :Abeking & Rasmussen
Yacht name: Sea Diamond
Length: 90 ft • 27 m
Year: 1956 (2004 refit)
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
Safran
05 May 2007 11:25 :Other SY
Yacht name: Safran
Formerly: Kingfisher • Skandia
Length: 60 ft • 18 m
Year: 1999
Builder: Marten Yachts
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
Safran was originally built for Ellen MacArthur as Kingfisher. Sailing single handedly she came second in the Vendee Globe 2000-1, then with Nick Maloney first in the EDS Atlantic Challenge 2001. Latest Route du Rhum skipper Marc Guillemot has now handed Safran back to the MacArthur team as he awaits delivery of a new, lighter Safran.
Rara Avis
05 May 2007 11:25 :Other SY• Philip Rhodes
Pelican
05 May 2007 11:24 :Other Photos
Bird name: Caribbean Brown Pelican • Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis
WIngspan: 6 ft
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
A wonderful bird is the pelican. His bill will hold more than his belican…
Tender to Paraffin
This Tender to Paraffin is built by Hinckley - from the comments below, a Talaria T36.
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • April 2007
Moon Maiden II
05 May 2007 11:17 :Other MY
Yacht name: Moon Maiden II
Length: 128 ft • 39 m
Year: 1975
Builder: Beykoz
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
Limitless tender
Limo Tender to Limitless from Cantiere Motonautica Serenella
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • March - April 2007
Lady Jenn
05 May 2007 11:13 :Palmer Johnson• Tom Fexas
At Last
05 May 2007 11:12 :Heesen• Gerhard Gilgenast
Kingfisher
05 May 2007 11:11 :Feadship
Yacht name: Kingfisher
Length: 143 ft • 44 m
Year: 1987
Builder: Feadship • #754
Photo: monacoeye • September 2007
Keewaydin
05 May 2007 11:10 :Palmer Johnson
Fly One • Farr Nauta 93
05 May 2007 11:06 :Southern Wind• Farr Yacht Design
Flying Magic
05 May 2007 11:05 :Jongert
Yacht name: Flying Magic
Length: 97 ft • 25 m
Year: 1992 (refit 2000)
Builder: Jongert
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • 2007
Extraordinary
05 May 2007 11:04 :Other SY
Dreamland
05 May 2007 11:03 :Nautor's Swan• German Frers
Cyclos III
05 May 2007 11:02 :Royal Huisman• Ron Holland
Yacht name: Cyclos III
Length: 139 ft • 42 m
Year: 1990 (refit 1997)
Builder: Royal Huisman
Design: Ron Holland
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket • March - April 2007
Chippewa
05 May 2007 11:02 :Nautor's Swan
Campai
05 May 2007 11:01 :Southern Wind• Ron Holland
Bossy Boots II
05 May 2007 11:01 :Intermarine USA
Yacht name: Bossy Boots II
Formerly: Mia Elise
Length: 136 ft • 41 m
Year: 1999
Builder: Intermarine USA
Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • April 2007
Attessa helicopter tender
05 May 2007 11:00 :Helicopters
Arietta • Westport 112
05 May 2007 10:59 :Westport
Arabella
05 May 2007 10:58 :Palmer Johnson
Annastar
05 May 2007 10:58 :Burger Boat
Aiglon
05 May 2007 10:57 :Abeking & Rasmussen
Aeolian
05 May 2007 10:57 :Holland Jachtbouw
Millenium
03 May 2007 10:26 :Heesen• Omega Architects
White Star
03 May 2007 10:17 :Trinity Yachts
Yacht name: White Star
Length: 155 ft • 47 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Trinity Yachts • # 29
Photo: monacoeye • Cannes • 22 April 2007