Yacht name: Mondango
Length: 170 ft • 52 m
Year: 2008
Builder: Alloy Yachts • # AY37
Design: Dubois Naval Architects

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • September 2009

Tags: 170, 2008

Yacht name: C II (C2)
Length: 257 ft • 79 m
Year: 2008
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen • # 6479
Design: Reymond Langton

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • March 2009
Photo: Klaus Gaeth • Lemwerder • December 2008

Following on from Andrei Melnichenko's "A" launched earlier this year, might CII herald a rush by prospective yacht owners to snap up the remaining 24 letters of the alphabet?

Klaus has just sent in shots of Abeking & Rasmussen's latest launch getting her finishing touches in Lemwerder.

Although a sister to Eminence, the exterior styling seems less curvy, with the characteristic Reymond Langton "darts" or "arrowheads" almost absent.

There is an interesting transparent enclosure on the sun deck in front of the mast - possibly a lift (elevator)?

Update: April 2009 - Superb new photo of C2 taken during the St Barths season, by Bob.

Tags: 257, 2008

Yacht name: Eminence
Length: 257 ft • 78 m
Year: 2008
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen • # 6478
Stylist: Reymond Langton

Photo O • Bremen • May 2008
Photo Thilo Klink • Lemwerder - Bremen • 12 April 2008
Photo monacoeye • Antibes • 20 July 2008

July 2008: Great new photos of Eminence.

Eminence, Abeking & Rasmussen's largest build to date was launched at the Lemwerder facility in March 2008. A sistership is under construction. She has now made her way down to Antibes.

Tags: 257, 2008

Yacht name: Amadeus
Formerly: Komet • One Eagle
Length: 230 ft • 70 m
Year: 1963 • Refit: 2006
Builder: Neue Jadewerft • Jade Yachts
Refit: Vripack
Refit stylist: Reymond Langton

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco • 28 April 2008
Photo: NT • Monaco • May 2008

May 2008: The restyled Amadeus pulled in to Port Hercule this evening.

Tags: 230, 1963

Model: Abeking & Rasmussen
Length: 78 m
Delivery: May 2008
Interior: Reymond Langton

Yacht name: Gloria Teresa
Length: 137 ft • 41.75 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Izar -> Navantia
Design: Reymond Langton

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • August 2007

If the exterior of Gloria Teresa and sistership Tuscan Sun seem familar, it's because exterior designer Andrew Langton was also the exterior stylist on Zenobia, Excellence III and Larissa at Donald Starkey.

Yacht name: Bravado
Length: 147 ft 4 • 44.9 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen • # 6465
Design: Reymond Langton

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • August 2007

Yacht name: Aviva
Length: 223 ft 11 • 68 m
Year: 2007
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen • # 6475
Stylist: Reymond Langton

Photo: monacoeye • St Tropez • 28 July 2007

Aviva is another of this year's fine major launches, this time from Abeking & Rasmussen. She left the Lemwerder yard in Germany in May 2007. Seen here yesterday on her maiden cruise to the Med, in St Tropez. The port was heaving with dozens of Mangustas, Leopards and ISAs for the annual Rodriguez Group show.

Aviva has an unusual "knife" bow, which allows for a larger superstructure and internal volume, and greater speed and fuel efficiencies.

Yacht name: Flying Eagle
Length: 154 ft • 47 m
Year: 2005
Builder: Bloemsma & van Breemen
Architect: Vripack
Stylist: Reymond Langton

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • Jan 2007

Tags: 154, 2005

Yacht name: Tuscan Sun
Length: 45 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Izar -> Navantia
Design: Reymond Langton

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show 2006