Monaco Eye is building a multilingual yacht terminology database, which has had a fantastic response, we have been adding new languages and terms daily.

Contributors needed !

We're still missing a few languages, however. If you would like to contribute directly to this project, please email monacoyachts@gmail.com and put "Terminology" in the email header. I will add your email to the Google docs project. You will need a free Google account - if you don't have one yet, I can send you an invite. You will then be able to alter the document freely - adding, changing or removing terms or languages and inviting other people to join.

Keep abreast of the big events in the yachting year with the all-new Monaco Eye Yachting Calendar !!

If you run an event, or know of one, which you would like to see included on the calendar, simply leave a comment below the calendar with the details.

Photo credit: Fosters + Partners

The quay of the new port extension below the casino will be the location of a superb new building designed by Fosters and Partners and Joseph Iori Architects. Due for completion in 2012, the new YCM will house shops and public amenities, accessible to the public at quay level, with higher levels reserved for the YCM itself.

The rowing club and sailing school, which currently form a large part of the YCM's activities, and which are mostly used by Monaco schoolchildren, will be centered on the ground floor, with classrooms and lofts for Picos and Lasers. All spaces are air-conditioned, using a low-energy, sea-cooled refrigeration system.

In addition to uninterrupted views over the port, the inland side of the building will offer excellent views of the Grand Prix track. The building will also incorporate a small park on the roof of the sailing school, a restaurant terrace and a new Maritime Museum. This promises to be be the Principality's most interesting and sophisticated modern building by far.

In the illustration above, the old lighthouse and jetty wall have been reinstated, but this may be because the drawing was created before these structures were dismantled.

Submarine name: C Quester 2 • CQ2
Max depth: 50 m • 164 ft
Max speed: 4 knots, above or below the water
Length: 11 ft
Weight: 1.6 tonnes
Air supply: 2 1/2 hours + 36 hrs emergency supply.
Builder: U-Boat Worx

This surprisingly affordable Dutch-built two-person sub was on show at the MYS this year. At €174,000 ($246K) the C-Quester 2 can be yours for the price of a luxury sportscar. The one-man CQ1, which costs €94,000, is slightly smaller, weighs only one tonne, and is already being delivered to customers. The CQ2 pictured is Uboat Worx' own test model, and will be available spring 2008.

Pressure inside the capsule is set at one atmosphere, so no bothersome depressurization necessary - you can come up to the surface as fast as you like, with no fear of the bends. A four-day training course and an underwater pilot's licence is required, however.

The sub's batteries take about 12 hours to recharge and are plugged into a normal power supply. Could the CQ1 and 2 herald a new age of consumer submarine travel ?

Yacht name: Sunseeker Predator 95
Length: 28.8 m • 94 ft 4
Engines: Twin shaft up to 4000 hp or Triple Arneson up to 6000 hp
Top speed: 35 knots or 49 knots
Range: up to 400 miles

Yacht name: Sunseeker Predator 82
Length: 25 m • 82 ft
Engines: Up to 3600 hp (twin shaft drives) or 4800 hp (Arneson surface drives)
Top speed: 35 or 47 knots

… and a rotating glass sunroof !

Yacht name: Moneypit • Sedation • Gilara • Simply Devine • Sunseeker 82 Fly
Length: 82 ft • 25 m
Builder: Sunseeker

Yacht name: Bacchus
Length: 120 ft • 36.6 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Sovereign Yachts

Tender name: Seawater Convertible 410

Tender name: Protector RIB

Yacht name: Princess V53

Yacht name: Matokaoma • Jongert 2700 M
Length: 88 ft • 27 m
Year: 1997
Builder: Jongert

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • September 2007

Yacht name: Mangusta 107 • Bellissima CC
Length: 107 ft • 32.6 m
Builder: Overmarine

Yacht name: Mitseaah
Length: 155 ft • 47 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Pendennis
Design: David Pedrick • Liebowitz & Pritchard

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • September 2007

Tags: 155, 2004

Yacht name: Pure • Leopard 32
Length: 104 ft •  32 m
Builder: Arno • Ita-lYachts
Naval Architect: Andrea Bacigalupo

Yacht name: Royal Denship 82 Open

Yacht name: Sun Ark
Formerly: Magic One • Bonita
Year: 1995
Length: 120 ft • 37 m
Builder: Norship - Heesen • # 99.35
Design: Frank Mulder
Engines: 2 x 3500 hp & 1 x 2500 hp
Top speed: 50 knots

Sisterships: Moonraker • Impulsive • Sun Ark • AA Absolute

Tags: 120, 1995

Yacht name: La Mer

Yacht name: Sanssouci Star
Length: 175 ft 7 • 53.5 m
Builder: Husumer
Year: 1982

Yacht name: Sea Star
Length: 147 ft • 45 m
Year: 1964 • refit: 2007
Builder: Lürssen

Tags: 147, 1964

Air show

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

Yacht name: Julie Marie • Swan 100 • #7
Length: 99 ft • 30.2 m
Year: 2007
Builder: Nautor • Swan

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 16 September 2007

Yacht name: Ithaka • Jongert 2700M
Length: 88 ft • 27 m
Year: 2007
Builder: Jongert

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 16 September 2007

Yacht name: Happy Day
Formerly: Bamara …
Length: 103 ft • 31 m
Year: 1969 • Refit: 2005
Builder: Benetti • # FB 74
Design: Frederic Mechiche

Tags: 103, 1969

Yacht name: Daydream
Formerly: Magnifico III
Length: 140 ft • 42.6 m
Year: 1991 • refit: 2004
Builder: Christensen #8

Aeroplane name: Akoya
Builder: Lisa Airplanes

This ultralight aeroplane can land on the ground, water or snow.

Yacht name: Tethys • Couach 3300 Fly
Length: 35 m • 114 ft
Year: 2007
Builder: Couach

Yacht name: Christianne B
Length: 41.7 m
Year : 1986
Builder: Perini Navi

Yacht name: Stella Fiera • Benetti Classic 115 • # 1
Length: 115 ft • 35 m
Year: 1998
Builder: Benetti • BC01

Photo: monacoeye

Tags: 115, 1998

Yacht name: Baia Panther 80

Yacht name: Baia Atlantica 78

Yacht name: Baia One 43
Length: 13.3 m

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 17 September 2007

Yacht name: Blue Magic
Length: 105 ft • 32 m
Year: 2001
Builder: Baglietto • # 10175

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • October 2007

Yacht name: ThunderBall • Baglietto 34m Fast Yacht # 1
Length: 109 ft 9 • 33.45 m
Year: 2001
Builder: Baglietto • # 10176
Top speed: 34 knots
Engines: 2 x 2775 hp

Sisterships: Thunderball • My Space • Apache I • Amici per Siempre • Revitality

Yacht name: My Space
Length: 109 ft 10 • 33.5 m
Year: 2002
Builder: Baglietto • # 10178

Sisterships: My Space • Thunderball • Apache • Amici per Sempre • Revitality

Yacht name: Azimut 62S
Length: 62 ft 6 • 19.06 m
Builder: Azimut
Top speed: 34 knots

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 2006/7

Model: Azimut 105
Length: 105 ft • 31.40 m
Year: 2005
Builder: Azimut

Top: Basma

Yacht name: Felicta West
Length: 210 ft • 64 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Perini Navi • # 2035
Architect: Ron Holland

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 16 September 2007

Yacht name: Fleurtje
Length: 187 ft • 57 m
Year: 1960 (refit 2003)
Builder: Amsterdamsche
Architect: R Clark • Gerald Dijkstra refit

Yacht name: Kokomo
Length: 169 ft • 52 m
Year: 2006
Builder: Alloy Yachts • AY34
Architect: Dubois Naval Architects

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 17 September 2007

Yacht name: Antares
Length: 131 ft 3 • 40 m
Year: 2006
Design: Dixon Yacht Design
Builder: Royal Huisman

Yacht name: St Jean • Jongert 40 T
Length: 134 ft 6 • 41 m
Year: 1999
Builder: Jongert

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 16 September 2007

Thanks to FXMD for info.

Yacht name: Hamilton II • CNB 117
Length: 115 ft • 35 m
Year: 2005
Builder: CNB

Yacht name: Farandwide • SW 100 DS
Length: 99 ft • 30.2 m
Year: 2007
Builder: Southern Wind

Sisterships: Farewell • Illusion of the Isles • Farandwide • Fado

Yacht name: Ameena • Jongert 2900 M
Length: 95 ft 5 • 29.1 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Jongert

Yacht name: Open Season
Length: 94 ft • 29 m
Year: 2005
Builder: Wally
Architect: German Frers

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 2005 & 2007

Tags: 94, 2005

Yacht name: Silandra V • Swan 76

Name: Polarsyssel • Research vessel
Length: 164 ft 8 • 50.2 m

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 19-22 September 2007

Yacht name: Paraiso
Length: 153 ft • 47 m
Year: 1983
Builder: Feadship • #746
Naval architect: De Voogt
Stylist: Jon Bannenberg

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • July 2007

Tags: 153, 1983

Yacht name: No Escape
Formerly: Flying Dutchman
Length: 150 ft • 46 m
Year: 1999
Builder: Heesen • # 10446
Design: Omega Architects

Photo: monacoeye

Tags: 150, 1999

Yacht name: Mangusta 105 • Sealyon

Yacht name: Deja Too
Formerly: Amevi
Length: 171 ft • 52 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Amels • # 440
Design: Terence Disdale
Sisterships: Kiss The Sky • Tigre D'Or • Deja Too • Radiant

Photos: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show • 16 September 2007

Tags: 171, 2003

Yacht name: Nilo • Moonen 94
Length: 28.7 m
Year: 2007
Builder: Moonen