Katya
24 Dec 2009 11:38 :Delta
Marine• Recent
Launches
Photo copyright: Robert Paylor. Do not copy. Image: St Barths, December 2009.
Yacht name: Katya
Length: 151 ft • 46 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Delta Marine • # 151-037
Delta Marine’s new launch Katya, seen here in St Barths for the Christmas season.
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Man of Steel
Photo copyright: Robert Paylor. Do not copy. Image: Ft Lauderdale Boat Show, October 2009.
Yacht name: Man of Steel
Length: 164 ft • 50 m
Year: 2008
Builder: Heesen • # 13750
Design: Omega Architects
Man of Steel, the 50m launch from Heesen, was launched mid October 2008, seen here at the 2009 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show.
Sycara IV
Photo copyright: Robert Paylor. Do not copy. Image: Ft Lauderdale Boat Show, October 2009.
Yacht name: Sycara IV
Length: 151 ft • 46 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Burger Boat • # 500
Design: Burger Design & Ken Freivokh
Architect: Burger & Bruce King
The star of this year’s Fort Lauderdale was Burger Boat’s Sycara IV, which made its debut at the show. This retro 1920’s fantail cruiser will be used by owners Ray and Elsie Catena to explore the United States - the Great Lakes and Intracoastal Waterways. It is currently in St Barths for the holiday season.
Vitruvius
Photo copyright: Robert Paylor. Do not copy. Image: Ft Lauderdale Boat Show, October 2009.
Yacht name: Vitruvius Explorer
Length: 164 ft • 50 m
Year: 2010
Builder: Perini Navi - Picchiotti • C 2134
Interior: Perini Navi
Exterior Design: Vitruvius
Architect: Briand Yacht Design
A model of Perini Navi’s first motor yacht, Vitruvius, due for delivery in 2010, and built under the Picchiotti brand which is owned by Perini Navi. A second 55m Vitruvius Explorer is under construction, to be completed in 2011. A third 73 m Vitruvius is in early stages of development.
Candyscape II
Photo copyright: monacoeye.com. Do not copy. Image: Monaco, November 2009.
Yacht name: Candyscape II
Length: 203 ft • 62 m .
Year: 2008/2009
Builder: VSY - Viareggio Superyachts
Architect: Espen Øino
Candyscape II, the first build from Viareggio Superyachts, commissioned by the Candy brothers, arrives in Monaco …
Hurricane Run
Photo copyright: monacoeye.com. Do not copy. Image: Monaco, November 2009.
Yacht name: Hurricane Run
Length: 176 ft • 53 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Feadship • # 677
Design: De Voogt
Interior: Terence Disdale Design
Photos: monacoeye.com • Monaco • Summer 2009
Hurricane Run was named after the famous racehorse - like Thunder Gulch and High Chaparral.
Luna
10 Nov 2009 00:40 :Expedition
Yachts• Under
Construction• Recent
Launches• Roman
Abramovich• Gigayachts
Yacht name: Luna
Length: 377 ft • 115 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Lloyd Werft • SBN Stahlbau Nord
Photos: Thilo Klink and Cristian Eckardt • October 2009 • Bremerhaven
15 October 2009: First pictures of Luna (do not copy!), the massive explorer yacht nearing completion at Kaiserdock I …!
See comments below, for indications that this may be Mr Abramovich's replacement for Le Grand Bleu.
Also photos of the Genoa Boat Show, and many more of the Monaco Yacht Show still to come. Stay tuned …
Vicky
10 Nov 2009 00:40 :Baglietto• Recent
Launches
Alinghi 5
10 Nov 2009 00:40 :America's
Cup
Yacht name: Alinghi 5
LWL: 90 ft • 27 m (LOA about 120 ft)
Built: Villeneuve, Switzerland
Architects: Rolf Vfroljik and Alinghi design team headed by Grant Simmer
Photo: LM • Genoa • September 2009
The new Alinghi 5 was flown down to Genoa from Geneva (over the Alps?!), suspended beneath a helicopter, after initial tests on Lac Leman. This shot was taken by Leandro at the Amico yard soon after it arrived. That's Azzurra II in front and Cuor di Leone behind.
As it stands, the 33rd America's Cup will see Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi team (Société Nautique de Genève) challenged by Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle team (Golden Gate Yacht Club) off the East coast of Australia in February 2010. Alinghi will be sailing their 90 ft sloop-rigged catamaran and Oracle sailing a similar-sized trimaran, BMW Oracle Racing 90.
Controversially, Alinghi's winches are electrically powered.
Given the insane amount of legal manoeuvring that has characterized this race, one can only assume the legal challenges are not yet over.