Feadship Launches Much-Anticipated Megayacht Aquarius: Following a private ceremony at its Aalsmeer facility in the Netherlands, Feadship has launched the highly anticipated 92m megayacht Aquarius. The fully custom superyacht, reportedly owned by an American who has previously owned 50m and 60m yachts, will now embark on extensive seat trials and final outfitting before being delivered…
Monaco Yacht Show Has New Supercar/Luxury Car Deck Park: Every year, the spectacular event known as the Monaco Yacht Show gets bigger and bigger, and this year’s edition is no exception. The 26th annual Monaco Yacht show, opening September 28 and running through October 1, has several notable additions to its program, particular the Car…
August Yacht Sales Show Mixed Results: For the third consecutive month, brokerages reported incremental increases in yacht sales with figures up 1 percent from August 2015 at 2,902 boats sold. Sailboats led the way with a 3 percent volume increase as 527 boats exchanged hands. During July and August 2016, sailboat sales increase 4 percent,…
Andy Waugh Unveils 111m Megayacht Ascendance Design: British designer Andy Waugh Yacht Studio has developed a new 111m superyacht design that will be officially unveiled at the Monaco Yacht Show in late September. Named Ascendance, the design was created in conjunction with German yacht builder Nobiskrug. She uses a sleek and efficient grand design…
A Group presents New 110m Megayacht Project Acuore: The latest yacht design concept from the A Group is the 110m luxury yacht Acuore. Amongst its many amenities are a helipad, a beauty room and a hamman within a comprehensive full beam spa. A signature glass fin that adorns the top of project Acuore will become…
Major Yacht Shows Will See Considerable Tightening of Security: As visitors to the Cannes Yachting Festival already have experienced, security at large yachting shows has tightened considerably this fall due to terrorist events that have occurred in France and elsewhere. Even before the Bastille Day massacre on the waterfront in Nice, show organizers had begun…
Horizon to Debut E98 Megayacht in 2017: What happens when a manufacturer listens to customers who want a bigger superyacht but one that is not too big? The result is the Horizon E98 that Horizon CEO John Lu indicated is ideal for buyers who aren’t ready to purchase vessels of 110 feet or more. The…
Damen Sells First SeaXplorer Megayacht: Dutch shipyard damen has announced the sale of its first hull in its SeaXplorer range. Introduced last year at the Monaco Yacht Show, the SeaXplorer range consists of three Polar Code compliant models range in length from 65 to100 meters. The line was developed in collaboration with Amels, Eyos Expeditions…
165m Design Could Become Sister Ship to Azzam: Nauta Yacht Design has developed a stunning 165m design that builds off of the success of their massive yacht Azzam. GLEAM incorporates Nauta’s core design theme of light that encompasses the pursuit of the seamless connection between interior and exterior, which essentially blurs the boundaries via clever…
Mariotti Delivers The 155 Meter Superyacht Fulk Al Salamah: Italian shipyard Mariotti recently deliver the Omani royal yacht Fulk Al Salamah, with the vessel departing from Genoa to Muscat on her maiden voyage. She will join the 155m Lürrsen superyacht Al Said in the Omani capital as part of the country’s royal fleet. Originally named…