Superyacht International

“The Russians, the Russians, the Americans…” this is what Lucio Dalla sang in 1980, in his song Futura, devising a future of hope for two lovers who live in West and East Berlin. Lucio wrote the song in 1979, while sitting on a bench facing the sadly renowned Wall. Ten years later the Wall was blown down, twelve years later the Soviet Union collapsed; the western and eastern worlds seemed to have found a new balance, a pacific perspective for a life together beyond Khruschev’s 1963 missiles on Cuba and the nuclear threat they embodied. Or beyond Kubrick’s satirical perspective as shown in “Doctor Stranamore”, where Russian Ambassador Alexei de Sadesky is admitted in the Pentagon’s operations room to withdraw the nuclear armed B52 and then reveals that any hit…

Project-SAN stems from the cooperation between Turkish yard Alia and studios Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design and Lateral Naval Architects. It is a 45-metre yacht, entirely built in light alluminium alloy, standing out for her sporty design and outer spaces enhancing layout “The design of SAN began after long and in-depth conversations with her future owner on the desired layouts, functionality and style,” says Paul Costerus, partner and lead designer at the eponymous Sinot studio.“She features a fully open main deck all the way from the stern to the bow, without any major visual obstacles. The superstructure is constructed of full-height glass facades and has sliding doors both aft and forward.” The layout includes four guests cabins, and the owner’s suite all along the lower deck. As for décor, a minimal…

A new project is showing up for the historical yard Codecasa. After recently unveiling the charming 24-metre “Gentleman’s Yacht” and futurist “Codecasa Jet 2020”, it is now time for the new Maxi Open Falco 24, developed by the Viareggio yard with Andre Bacigalupo It is a 26-metre total length, 23.95 registration length, whose market niche includes big sized, highly performant composite made Opens. The one that has made Italian industry so booming and finely appreciated worldwide. Codecasa widely used their know-how in military boats for this yacht, along with Bacigalupo’s experience in building big, fast yachts. Falco 24 will be equipped with two 1920HP MTU engines, with Arneson surface transmission. Her estimated maximum speed is about 40 knots As for the layout, the yacht shows a typical maxi-open one. A warm living area and…

Austin Parker launched their first Ibza 85 unit. The new flagship, unveiled this time last year, is the result of the yard’s cooperation with Studio Fulvio Simoni Yacht Design. She basically sticks to the range stylistic features, a unique style that has grown more and more modern by mixing lobster boats traditional elements with definitely new ones Ibiza 85 stands out for her outer external spaces; the inner dining room totally opens up to become one whole with the cockpit, one 15-metre long room from the wheelhouse to the bathing platform. The layout of this deck includes a sunbathing area, with the tender garage right below; a dining area with its 10-guest table, hard top-sheltered kitchen, and a wheelhouse with ergonomic seats for pilot and co-pilot. The prow area, accessed…

Azimut simultaneously unveiled two novelties from the Grande collection: Azimut Grande 26M and Azimut Grande 36M. Both models clearly reveal their range features: innovative yet practical design solutions, to make a sailing experience as comfortable and thrilling as possible. The two boats were signed by Alberto Mancini, for two new interpretations of the solutions he had himself introduced in the Grande Trideck, sterting point of this new design philosophy. For Grande 26M in particular, its dimension being smaller, the designer invented the new Fold-Up Sea View Terrace to keep sea-contact unaltered. The terrace is obtained by opening the aft hold-door that, while moving upwards, changes into a natural extension of the cockpit. The latter, in turn, becomes a true terrace at sea, whose even and regular surface makes it suitable for…

Vanquish Yachts made themselves known to the market in 2012, with their range of medium size alluminium made Opens, as the purest Dutch tradition requires. Layouts are typically Mediterranean, with so much space for open-air activities. In these last ten years the yard’s offer has considerably expanded with new and noteworthy products. Besides the traditional Open line, the Dutch yard now produces composite-made boats, featuring the unique VQ11 and VQ16 Sports Line; virtually jet skies as liveable as a little boat, very appreciated by tender market. More recently, Vanquish Yachts have decided to venture into the “over 24” segment, with their VQ80 SF, the acronym standing for Sport Fisherman, and VQ115 Veloce, presented as the fastest alluminium yacht in the world powered by conventional engines. Her three 2600HP MTU, combined…