January 27, 2012
Recent Launches
Heesen delivers its largest displacement project to date...
She’s the 55m ‘Serenity’. Photos: Hans Esveldt. Read more, see more >
Archive > Recent Launches
January 19, 2012
Recent Launches
The new Buizen 52...
It has been 15 years since the Australian bluewater-cruiser builder introduced a new model. Read more, see more >
January 14, 2012
Recent Launches
Heesen launches ‘Lady L’...
She’s YN15944, previously known as ‘Project Zentric’. Read more, see more >
January 06, 2012
Recent Launches
New Southerly 420...
She was unveiled first on press day at London ‘12. Read more, see more >
December 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Sessa Marine’s new C44...
She was shown for the first time indoors at Genoa ’11 and since been properly launched, sea-trialled and photographed. Read more, see more >
December 08, 2011
Recent Launches
Trinity Yachts’ largest-ever...
She is ‘New Horizon’, a six-deck steel/aluminium 74m full-custom motoryacht; and also happens to be the largest American-built superyacht to launch in 2011. Read more, see more >
December 07, 2011
Recent Launches
Benetti launches ‘FF1’ in Viareggio...
She is anotherBenetti Classic 121. Read more, see more >
December 07, 2011
Recent Launches
The latest addition to the Kiwi 40FC fleet...
She’s No3, the Hake Marine-built ‘Bodacious Dream'. Read more, see more >
December 02, 2011
Recent Launches
MY ‘Smiling T’ launches at Jade Yachts in Taiwan...
She’s a 28m explorer with a Birgit Schnaase interior. Read more, see more >
November 27, 2011
Recent Launches
Benetti's ‘Diamonds are Forever’...
She’s a 61m full-displacement motoryacht driven by twin Schottel propulsors. Read more, see more >
November 25, 2011
Recent Launches
The world’s sixth-longest private yacht...
Formerly knowns as the Swift 141 project, she has finally emerged from ADM Shipyards in Abu Dhabi as MY ‘Yas’; her LOA is 141m. Photos: Dick Holthuis Read more, see more >
November 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Trinity launches ‘Lady Linda’...
She’s a 57m all-aluminium semi-displacement motoryacht. Read more, see more >
November 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Ribbon Yachts’ first 45SC takes to the water...
Vripack handled her design, naval architecture and engineering work. Read more, see more >
November 10, 2011
Recent Launches
Perini Navi delivers ‘Clan VIII’...
She’s the company’s fourth 45m steel sloop and 53rd launch to date. Read more, see more >
October 27, 2011
Recent Launches
The Futura 53 flybridge catamaran...
Her hulls slide in and out to vary the beam from 4.80m-7.95m. Read more, see more >
October 17, 2011
Recent Launches
MY ‘Hakuna Matata’ splashes in Antalya, Turkey...
She is the second Peri 37. Read more, see more >
October 17, 2011
Recent Launches
The iconic J-Class 'Endeavour' is back afloat...
She was relaunched by Yachting Deveelopments after an 18-month refit programme. Read more, see more >
October 01, 2011
Recent Launches
The new Mangusta 72...
Overmarine's entry-level model is being shown for the first time at the 51st Genoa International Boat Show (October 1-9). Read more, see more >
September 29, 2011
Recent Launches
The first Oyster 100-01 SY ‘Sarafin’ has completed her sailing trials...
Once handover is complete she will spend the autumn sailing around the Balearics, before heading across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, where this Dubois-designed and RMK Marine-built super-sailer is expected to take part in the 2012 St Barth’s Bucket Regatta. Read more, see more >
September 12, 2011
Recent Launches
Pendennis christens ‘Vava II’...
At 96m she ranks as the largest private yacht to have ever launched in the UK. The client is America's Cup protagonist Ernesto Bertarelli, a minority shareholder in the Falmouth, Cornwall yard. Read more, see more >
September 02, 2011
Recent Launches
Eurocraft delivers ‘Baron Trenck’...
She’s a 43.5m explorer-style steel/aluminium motoryacht. Read more, see more >
August 31, 2011
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo’s new SL94...
She will be given her world press launch at Yacht Club de Monaco on September 23 and unveiled to the public first at the 51st Genoa International Boat Show, which opens just over a week later. Read more, see more >
August 22, 2011
Recent Launches
Wes Moxley’s Belize 52...
Kha Shing is the build partner. Read more, see more >
August 17, 2011
Recent Launches
Royal Van Lent launches fifth F45 Vantage ‘Helix’...
This one’s got a Sinot-designed interior. Read more, see more >
August 17, 2011
Recent Launches
SY ‘Hetairos’ completes her sea trials...
The Baltic Yachts-built 67m ‘Panamax’ ketch will soon compete in various big-boat regattas. Read more, see more >
August 08, 2011
Recent Launches
The latest Maiora 27DP…
MY 'Antarah' is the first of the recently facelifted model to launch. Read more, see more >
August 08, 2011
Recent Launches
The Fincantieri-built 134m ‘Serene’…
She’s the largest yacht ever built in Italy and one of the 10 largest in the world. She handed over at the weekend. Read more, see more >
August 05, 2011
Recent Launches
The new Sessa 45 is afloat...
Designed by Christian Grande, the new IPS600-propelled model combines an ‘open’ style accommodation with a simply massive flybridge. Note the aft-deck buttresses and screen between. Read more, see more >
August 04, 2011
Recent Launches
Perini Navi’s second Picchiotti-Vitruvius…
She’s the 56m (182ft) MY ‘Galileo G’; her construction time was 40 months. Read more, see more >
August 01, 2011
Recent Launches
The British-built Fairlie 55...
Hull No1 of this wooden ‘Spirit of Tradition’ model is now in-water at Port Hamble, Hampshire. And she is for sale via Ancasta. Read more, see more >
August 01, 2011
Recent Launches
MY ‘Why Worry’...
This 43m motoryacht was launched in Viareggio on July 26 by Rossi Navi, which completed this new-build project using former staff of the bankrupt Baglietto operation that started her three years earlier. Read more, see more >
July 28, 2011
Recent Launches
ISA launches ‘Papi Du Papi’...
Scheduled for delivery in September, she will put in a public appearance at the Monaco Yacht Show prior to her maiden cruise. Photos: Paolo Zitti. Read more, see more >
July 27, 2011
Recent Launches
Two new Princesses for Southampton ’11...
The British motoryacht builder will unveil the P98 Motor Yacht and P60; both flybridge models will be shown there publicly for the first time. Read more, see more >
July 14, 2011
Recent Launches
Nedship’s latest launch...
This 136ft motoryacht is now in-water in the duty-free zone in Antalya, Turkey, and, although has the name 'BaiaMare' on her transom, she is presently ‘available’. Read more, see more >
July 08, 2011
Recent Launches
Rossinavi’s 'Numptia' nears completion...
She’s a full-displacement, full-custom 70m that's for charter and for sale. Read more, see more >
July 07, 2011
Recent Launches
Riva’s new Iseo takes to the water...
At 27ft she’s the iconic Italian builder’s new range-baby. Read more, see more >
July 07, 2011
Recent Launches
FIPA Group’s AB Yachts has launched its latest AB140 in Marina di Carrara...
She’s MY 'Elizaveta'. Read more, see more >
July 01, 2011
Recent Launches
The world’s largest sailing catamaran...
The Burgess-marketed charter yacht 'Hemisphere', which began life in the States as Project Gemini at Derecktor's Bridgeport, Connecticut yard, is nearing completion at UK yard Pendennis; she has begun her sea-trials in June and will handover later this month. Read more, see more >
June 29, 2011
Recent Launches
Cantieri Estensi’s new trawler-style Maine 640...
This new model offers excellent stability and economy, as well as a turn of speed when required. Read more, see more >
June 29, 2011
Recent Launches
Mondomarine launches ‘Alexander Again’...
She’s an all-aluminium semi-displacement 49m motoryacht with a maximum beam of 9.00m and a wave-breaking bow. Her exterior styling is the work of Rome-based Giorgio Vafiadis and her interior was down to Luca Dini in Florence. Read more, see more >
June 28, 2011
Recent Launches
Three superyachts for three Russians...
That’s what Sanlorenzo’s Viareggio yard launched last week – the 46m ‘Reve d’Or’, the 40m ‘Scorpion’ and the 38m ‘Santa Anna’! Nice work. Read more, see more >
June 27, 2011
Recent Launches
Vitters launches the 140ft SY 'Sarissa'...
She’s an all-carbon high-performance lift-keel sloop. Photos: Albert Brunsting. Read more, see more >
June 24, 2011
Recent Launches
France's Ocea Shipyard launches the very elegant MY ‘Elisabet’...
She is one of the Les Sables d’Olonne, Vendée-based yard's Commuter 155 designs by Joubert/Nivelt. Read more, see more >
June 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Tacoma, Washington-based Citadel Yachts launches ‘Polar Bear’...
She’s a 102ft steel-hulled explorer yacht. Read more, see more >
June 22, 2011
Recent Launches
Naples, Italy-based Cantieri Palumbo launches MY ‘Prima’...
She’s a Sergio Cutolo-designed Colombus 177. Read more, see more >
June 19, 2011
Recent Launches
Venice debut for new Azimut-Benetti offerings...
Both the Azimut 45 and Atlantis 44 were premiered there on Saturday evening, June 18, before an invited audience. Read more, see more >
June 15, 2011
Recent Launches
Heesen launches motoryacht in iconic race-team livery...
She’s YN15437, the 37m ‘Aurelia’. Wonderfully different! Read more, see more >
June 10, 2011
Recent Launches
Privilège 745 No6...
She was craned in at the end of April. Read more, see more >
June 10, 2011
Recent Launches
Double celebrations at Sanlorenzo...
Simultaneous launches in Viareggio and Ameglia. Read more, see more >
June 03, 2011
Recent Launches
RMK Marine rolls out Oyster 100-1...
She went into the water on Wednesday. Read more, see more >
June 03, 2011
Recent Launches
Yachting Development’s ‘Antares III’...
She’s a Bill Dixon-drawn 100ft deck-saloon sloop; her handover is imminent. Read more, see more >
May 31, 2011
Recent Launches
The Feadship ‘Air’...
This 81m motoryacht is presently receiving her finishing touches at an unused container port just outside Amsterdam. The guest balaconies on her upper decks are certainly different. Read more, see more >
May 27, 2011
Recent Launches
Royal Van Lent hands over 'Tango'...
This stunning five-deck 77.7m Feadship was styled inside and out by Eisgaard Design. Read more, see more >
May 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Hakvoort’s YN 246 splashed...
She is now ‘Pamela V’. Read more, see more >
May 19, 2011
Recent Launches
Nobiskrug’s ‘Sapphire’...
This 74m was handed over in late April. Read more, see more >
May 06, 2011
Recent Launches
Delta Marine’s latest...
This 46m trideck splashed in mid-April and is presently being finished in time for the new season; having been financed by Caterpillar Financial Services, she’s ‘available’. Read more, see more >
May 04, 2011
Recent Launches
Ferretti’s new 720 afloat...
She was given her press launch in Rapallo, near Genoa, at the end of April. Read more, see more >
April 27, 2011
Recent Launches
Philippe Cabon’s latest carbon tender...
She was built at his Tender Shipyard for the Baglietto MY ‘Berkut’. Read more, see more >
April 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Southern Wind’s ‘Cape Arrow’...
She the third SW100RS. Read more, see more >
April 21, 2011
Recent Launches
Wider Yachts’ first launch...
The Wider 42 is all she was billed to be and more; her world premiere was on April 14 in Porto Carlo Riva, Rapallo. Read more, see more >
April 18, 2011
Recent Launches
Perini Navi’s SY ‘Fidelis’...
She’s the Italian operation’s 51st launch and its 10th ‘56m Series’. Read more, see more >
April 02, 2011
Recent Launches
SY 'Cartouche' hands over...
This first Blue Coast 95 will now be based in the Caribbean. Read more, see more >
March 29, 2011
Recent Launches
ISA launches ‘Liberty’...
She’s the first of three steel/aluminium 50m motoryachts in-build at the Ancona yard. Read more, see more >
March 29, 2011
Recent Launches
Koninklijke De Vries has launched ‘YN682’...
The 81m Feadship ‘Air’ is the first superyacht built under Annex 2 of LY2 to have a fully certified commercial helicopter pad. Read more, see more >
March 27, 2011
Recent Launches
Another Canados 116 launches...
She’s handing over to a European owner in May. Read more, see more >
March 23, 2011
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo’s ‘Bubu Forever’...
She’s the 15th SD92. Read more, see more >
March 22, 2011
Recent Launches
Turquoise-Proteksan launches ‘Talisman C’...
She’s a 72m with a H2-conceived interior and exterior. The official handover is scheduled for August. Read more, see more >
March 21, 2011
Recent Launches
JFA launches the all-aluminium 43m trawler-style trideck ‘22C’...
She’s a Vripack-design. Read more, see more >
March 19, 2011
Recent Launches
Proteksan Turquoise launches ‘Yogi’...
This 60.2m motoryacht was previously known by yard number ‘NB49’. Read more, see more >
March 18, 2011
Recent Launches
Leopard 27 No34 launched in Pisa...
She’s called ‘Oscar’. Read more, see more >
March 17, 2011
Recent Launches
CBI Navi’s ‘Aifos’...
The FIPA Group yard launched this 50m in Viareggio recently. Read more, see more >
March 16, 2011
Recent Launches
Heesen launches ‘Quinta Essentia’...
Previously known as YN14955, she was built for the owners of the two-year-old Heesen ‘Celestial Hope’. She is the Dutch yard's longest launch to date. Read more, see more >
March 11, 2011
Recent Launches
Trinity launches the 198ft MY 'Areti'...
Thus far she’s the American yachtbuilder’s longest creation. Read more, see more >
March 09, 2011
Recent Launches
SY ‘Annagine’ delivers from Dutch yard JOM...
She’s a classic Ron Holland-designed 34m sloop. Watch the video here. Read more, see more >
March 07, 2011
Recent Launches
With her sea-trials successfully behind her, Pendennis's 'Christopher’ is now on her way to the Caribbean...
This Ron holland-designed 46m retro-ketch will race in the 25th St Barth’s Bucket Regatta (March 24-27, ‘11). Read more, see more >
March 02, 2011
Recent Launches
Heesen launches YN15250...
She’s the all-aluminium semi-displacement Omega-exteriored and Remi Tessier-interiored 50m MY ‘Satori’. Photos: Dick Holthuis Read more, see more >
February 22, 2011
Recent Launches
Alloy Yachts slips the mighty ‘Vertigo’...
She’s the Philippe Briand-designed 67.2m super-ketch; at 837GT she's big! Read more, see more >
February 17, 2011
Recent Launches
Sacs’ Strider Zeta R...
She delivers around 52 knots thanks to 1,200hp MANs and Arneson drives. Read more, see more >
February 16, 2011
Recent Launches
The first Pershing with triple diesels...
She’s a 108 with three 1,940kW MTUs and Arneson drives. Read more, see more >
February 15, 2011
Recent Launches
Diverse Yachts hands over MY 'Black Pearl'...
She's a 199GT 14-knot Craig Loomes-drawn long-range motoryacht. Read more, see more >
February 14, 2011
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo launches the 14th SD92...
She’s MY ‘Lady Kathleen’. Read more, see more >
January 28, 2011
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo launches 46 Steel No2 ‘Carol’...
The first tri-deck Sanlorenzo 46 Steel is a finalist in the World Superyacht Awards 2011, organized by Boat International Media. Read more, see more >
January 14, 2011
Recent Launches
Pershing 115 No9...
Thanks to triple water-jets, twin 3,700hp MTUs and a 5,100hp-plus gas-turbine she has a top speed of around 52 knots. Read more, see more >
January 12, 2011
Recent Launches
Oceanco hands over 'Seven Seas'...
She’s the yard's 'Y706', the 86m Nuvolari & Lenard-designed motoryacht decorated by Molly Isaksen. Read more, see more >
January 10, 2011
Recent Launches
Diverse Projects’ ‘Black Pearl’...
The 31.5m long-range motoryacht splashed in Whangarei, New Zealand, on December 29. Read more, see more >
December 24, 2010
Recent Launches
Heesen’s YN15147 ‘Air’...
She is a 47m displacement design. Photo: Dick Holthuis Read more, see more >
December 20, 2010
Recent Launches
A perfect Christmas card shot!
Hallbery Rassy’s new flagship 64 takes to the water in a snowy Sweden... The HR64 will get its world premiere at Boot Düsseldorf 2011 (January 22-30). Read more, see more >
December 13, 2010
Recent Launches
Menorquin MLL 44 Toldilla...
She’s just 8.8m (29ft) -- we're not quite sure where the '44' designation comes in -- and the latest new model to join the Balearic-based builder’s 5-24m range of Balearics-style launches, motorcruisers and yachts. Read more, see more >
December 08, 2010
Recent Launches
Amels’ first Limited Editions 212...
The Dutch yard will deliver this 65.5m motoryacht in a few weeks’ time, well ahead of schedule. Read more, see more >
December 05, 2010
Recent Launches
Pendennis launches SY ‘Christopher’...
She’s a 46m Ron Holland-designed all-aluminium ketch. Read more, see more >
November 15, 2010
Recent Launches
RAL No2 ‘Sky Blu’...
She is the second of the Frauscher-built RAL limited edition series of five all-blue boats created by entrepreneur John Dodelande and artist Xavier Veilhan. She’s a 6.90m sterndrive-powered runabout. Read more, see more >
November 09, 2010
Recent Launches
Mulder’s ‘Remo’...
She’s one of the Dutch builder’s 76 Wheelhouse designs. Read more, see more >
November 04, 2010
Recent Launches
MCC launches the 46m ‘Mazu’ at Cheoy Lee...
She’s the second of the Marco Polo Series. Read more, see more >
November 04, 2010
Recent Launches
Derecktor Shipyard’s ‘Cakewalk’ put in an appearance at Fort Lauderdale...
She wasn't in the show officially, but available for view between the Convention Center and Bahia Mar sites, just across from the Sails Marina. By volume she's the biggest yacht ever built in North America. Read more, see more >
October 23, 2010
Recent Launches
The new Pershing 92...
She's based on the same hull as the Pershing 90 that she replaces. We love Pershing's new 'white pearl’, which is as distinctive in a sea of other whites as it is subtle. Read more, see more >
October 19, 2010
Recent Launches
SY ‘Cartouche’ launched at H2X...
She’s the first Blue Coast 95. Read more, see more >
October 12, 2010
Recent Launches
Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw launches No681, 'Lady Britt'...
This 63m Feadship is her Scandinavian owners’ first big yacht. Read more, see more >
October 01, 2010
Recent Launches
Sacs’ Strider Z unveils at the 2010 Genoa Int Boat Show...
This 17m sports-cruising RIB benefits from especially bold styling. Read more, see more >
September 30, 2010
Recent Launches
Metamarine’s TNT48...
She’s a high-performance cruiser based on a world championship-winning offshore racing hull. Read more, see more >
September 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Fincantieri launches the 134m MY ‘Serene’...
She numbers among the world’s top 10 largest yachts and is the biggest to ever launch in Italy by a very large margin. Read more, see more >
September 18, 2010
Recent Launches
Nobiskrug’s ‘Sycara V’...
She’s got an LOA of 68m. Read more, see more >
September 13, 2010
Recent Launches
Perini Navi’s 56m ketch ‘Melek’ has delivered...
She's the 50th yacht to join the group’s fleet. Read more, see more >
September 12, 2010
Recent Launches
Riva by Gucci...
This special edition Aquariva was unveiled at a reception on the eve of Cannes 2010. Read more, see more >
September 03, 2010
Recent Launches
All-new Fairline Squadron 42...
She’s the smallest flybridge model in the British builder’s portfolio. Read more, see more >
September 01, 2010
Recent Launches
Oceanco launches ‘Y706’...
She’s an 86m Nuvolari & Lenard-designed motoryacht decorated by Molly Isaksen. Read more, see more >
August 25, 2010
Recent Launches
Sunseeker 40 Metre Yacht to debut at the PSP Southampton International Boat Show 2010...
This new flagship aims to take the success of the 37 Metre Yacht, nine of which have been delivered to date, to the next level. Read more, see more >
August 24, 2010
Recent Launches
Nobiskrug delivers ‘Jamaica Bay’...
She’s a 60m traditional motoryacht with a canoe-stern and dark-mahogany interior. Read more, see more >
August 24, 2010
Recent Launches
SY ‘Imagine’ sailing ‒ and sailing fast!
The latest launch from Alloy Yachts in Auckland, New Zealand has completed her sea-trials. Read more, see more >
August 18, 2010
Recent Launches
Royal van Lent launches YN803...
She’s ‘Sirius’, the fourth F45 Vantage. Read more, see more >
August 18, 2010
Recent Launches
CMB’s just-finished 46m 'Mystic'...
She has a modern Birgit Schnaase interior that majors on modern macassar veneers. She will be at Cannes. And she’s for sale brand new. Read more, see more >
August 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Rigged and sailing: Ed Kastelein’s ‘Atlantic’...
The Dutchman’s 69m (227ft) LOA recreation of the legendary three-mast racing schooner has launched in Rotterdam on June 23 and her sea-trials are now complete. Read more, see more >
August 11, 2010
Recent Launches
Derecktor finally splashes 'Cakewalk'...
She’s the largest yacht ever to launch in North America. And she’ll be at Fort Lauderdale 2010! Read more, see more >
August 09, 2010
Recent Launches
The first Monte Fino 100RPH...
She was recently delivered by Taiwanese builder Kha Shing. Read more, see more >
August 04, 2010
Recent Launches
Delta Lobster 34...
The design comes from Amsterdam-based studio deVosdeVries. Read more, see more >
August 01, 2010
Recent Launches
The Alia 82 LK ‘Aiyana’...
She’s an Alan Warwick-designed 25m deck-saloon sloop. Read more, see more >
July 28, 2010
Recent Launches
Bilgin 123 Custom ‘Tee-Dje’...
She has a H2 interior. Read more, see more >
July 26, 2010
Recent Launches
Monte Carlo Yachts’ first launch...
Groupe Bénéteau’s start-up Italian motoryacht division revealed the first MCY76 in Venice, Italy, on Friday. Read more, see more >
July 21, 2010
Recent Launches
Sunreef launches ‘Ché’...
She’s the first of the Polish yard’s 35m 114 Double-Deck cat design and its largest launch to date. It's quite a year for the yard; in the spring it launched its second superyacht, the 102DD 'Ipharra'. Read more, see more >
July 19, 2010
Recent Launches
Royal van Lent hands over ‘Lady Christine IV’...
The 68m (223ft) Feadship is now bound for the Mediterranean; she will be at the 2010 Monaco Yacht Show. Read more, see more >
July 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Jongert’s ‘Lucia-M’ in-water...
She’s a 39m 30-knot all-aluminium motoryacht, styled inside and out by Guido de Groot. Photos: Evert J Bruinekool. Read more, see more >
July 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Burger Boat Co launches ‘Sea Owl’...
She’s a custom-built 142ft (43.3m) trideck motoryacht. Read more, see more >
July 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Palmer Johnson’s first UK-built motoryacht...
She went into the water on July 13 at Palmer Johnson UK, which is located at Hythe Marine Park/Solent Refit facility on Southampton Water. She was moved from shed using the yard's hydraulic computer-controlled Alladays transporter. For the next few weeks PJ170-01 will undergo her seatrials in the Solent before heading for her first season in the Mediterranean in early August. Read more, see more >
July 14, 2010
Recent Launches
A new Cerritender...
She’s pushed along by twin 300hp Suzuki o/bs. Read more, see more >
July 13, 2010
Recent Launches
Heesen’s ‘Willpower’...
She’s the 9th of the successful semi-custom 3700 Series model; the first of which delivered in ‘04. Photo: Dick Holthuis. Read more, see more >
July 12, 2010
Recent Launches
Milestone cat launches for Groupe Bénéteau...
It recently launched its 100th Lagoon 400 and its first 450. Read more, see more >
July 08, 2010
Recent Launches
Filippetti Yachts’ 'Biscuit'...
She’s a 95ft one-off raised-pilothouse flybridge motoryacht with a Hot Lab interior. Read more, see more >
July 02, 2010
Recent Launches
Boston Whaler’s latest...
She’s the 345 Conquest Open. Read more, see more >
July 02, 2010
Recent Launches
Jongert launches new 2400M...
She’s SY ‘Uisge Beatha’, the Gaelic translation of which is ‘water of life’. Read more, see more >
June 28, 2010
Recent Launches
Milestone launch for Leopard Yachts...
The Pisa, Italy-based yard has launched many yachts over the years, but on Saturday it launched a very special one, YN34/16 MY ‘Mariellina’. Read more, see more >
June 28, 2010
Recent Launches
Lürssen's 'Solemates' on sea-trials...
Originally commissioned by a repeat client and known as 'Project Katie Sue II', she hands over at the end of July '10. She's a pretty boat. Photos: Klaus Jordan. Read more, see more >
June 27, 2010
Recent Launches
'Lionheart' is afloat at last...
And the all-new Hoek-drawn ‘Super-J’ is available. Read more, see more >
June 27, 2010
Recent Launches
Floating football pitch...
Walcon Marine recently created one for a five-a-side tournament in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Read more, see more >
June 25, 2010
Recent Launches
Innovative JP54 — a Kiwi-built high-performance cruiser with a twist...
An interior module swings most of the interior weight to windward at the flick of a switch. Note the pivot point on the underside of the coachroof! Read more, see more >
June 22, 2010
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo’s ‘SL100 New’ No2...
She delivered recently from the Italian builder’s headquarters and planing-model yard in Ameglia. Read more, see more >
June 22, 2010
Recent Launches
Maori 50 No1...
The first of these day-boats/super-tenders is now in water and for sale. Read more, see more >
June 21, 2010
Recent Launches
New Mochi Dolphin 74 Cruiser...
The first one was launched to the press in Cattolica, Italy, today. Read more, see more >
June 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Perini Navi’s ‘Fivea’ hands over...
She’s a 45m and the group’s 48th launch to date. Read more, see more >
June 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Dutch Yacht Builders’ slip ‘Latitude’...
She’s a 43.5m semi-displacement trideck motoryacht. Read more, see more >
June 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Codecasa launches ‘Lady Lau’...
She’s a 65m five-decker and handover is scheduled for late July. Read more, see more >
June 18, 2010
Recent Launches
Alloy Yachts floats 'Imagine II'...
She’s another Dubois project for a repeat client. Read more, see more >
June 17, 2010
Recent Launches
Diano’s 31.2m ‘Crowbridge’...
Like the rest of the yachts launched from this Italian yard over the years, she’s all-wood. Read more, see more >
June 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Feadship launches YN801 ‘Lady Christine IV’...
She’s in-water outside the Royal Van Lent yard on Kaag Island. Read more, see more >
June 10, 2010
Recent Launches
McConaghy’s 'Singularity'...
She’s a 24m canting-keel sloop required to win on the maxi circuit, as well as cruise comfortably. Read more, see more >
June 10, 2010
Recent Launches
The 35th Shipman...
And the first sailboat to launch from Seaway’s new 18,000m² Monfalcone yard in Italy. Read more, see more >
June 09, 2010
Recent Launches
Codecasa launches the 45m ‘Framura²’...
Like the Codecasa 35S and 41S, this 45S is an Andre Bacigalupo-design. Read more, see more >
June 08, 2010
Recent Launches
Mondomarine’s ‘Manifiq’...
This semi-displacement all-aluminium 41m (135ft) is the yard’s 58th yacht and the only one of eight projects in progress to handover this year. Read more, see more >
June 07, 2010
Recent Launches
Didden Jachtbouw’s Koopmans 28...
Drawn by Dick Koopmans, she combines classic style with a quality build and versatility afloat. Read more, see more >
June 05, 2010
Recent Launches
Trinity Yachts delivers ‘Mi Sueňo’...
She’s a 57.9m all-aluminium semi-displacement motoryacht with a Patrick Knowles interior. Read more, see more >
May 29, 2010
Recent Launches
Hakvoort slips YN245...
She’s for sale; asking price now €19.75m. Read more, see more >
May 29, 2010
Recent Launches
HJB’s 'Calliope' is now in the water...
Her official launch ceremony will take place in June. Read more, see more >
May 28, 2010
Recent Launches
Aerion Express 33 goes ‘green’...
One of the iconic American day-sailers was recently delivered with a Mastervolt electric saildrive and lithium-ion battery installation; she motors in complete silence. Read more, see more >
May 27, 2010
Recent Launches
CRN launches the first of its new planing 124s...
This 27-knot motoryacht was fitted-out at the Ancona, Italy yard. CRN brand manager Marco Segato says two more have been sold and are already under construction. Read more, see more >
May 26, 2010
Recent Launches
New Mulder flagship...
The Dutch yard has launched its first Mulder 92 Flybridge ‘Mimi'. She’s its largest project to date. Read more, see more >
May 21, 2010
Recent Launches
ISA launches ‘Mary-Jean II’...
She’s got a modern Mark Berryman interior. Read more, see more >
May 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Palmer Johnson delivers ‘Vantage’...
She’s the seventh of the successful 46m (150ft) PJ150 Super Sport series. Read more, see more >
May 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo launches SD122 ‘Anastasia M’...
She’s the third of this 17-knot model to launch. Read more, see more >
May 19, 2010
Recent Launches
Moonen 97 No3 ‘Livia’...
This steel/aluminium displacement yacht has a René van der Velden exterior and a ‘New England beachhouse’ interior conceived by Art-Line. Read more, see more >
May 18, 2010
Recent Launches
Bilgin Yacht's 37.5m trideck 'LR Noor'...
She features a modern interior designed by Italian studio Hot Lab of Milan. Read more, see more >
May 12, 2010
Recent Launches
Tecnomar launches ‘Talal’...
She’s another of the Italian yard’s Nadara 43/45 tridecks. Delivery is for mid-June. Read more, see more >
May 10, 2010
Recent Launches
CRN launches 43m 'Kate'...
She is the sixth of the Ferretti Group’s Zuccon-styled composite ‘CRN43’ line. Read more, see more >
May 04, 2010
Recent Launches
Ferretti Yachts’ new 800...
Two-tone paint job and shark-gill styling give her a distinctive profile and there are quite a few treats inside too. Read more, see more >
April 30, 2010
Recent Launches
Codecasa’s distinctly sporty 65m ‘Family Day’...
This steel/aluminium motoryacht is the Viareggio, Italy-based yard's project ‘F71’; her launch party was on April 24. Read more, see more >
April 28, 2010
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo’s 4th 40 Alloy...
MY ‘Princess Claudia’ is another metallic grey one. Read more, see more >
April 27, 2010
Recent Launches
Amels’ Limited Editions 177 No1...
MY ‘Addiction’ has just passed her acceptance sea-trials three weeks ahead of schedule. Read more, see more >
April 26, 2010
Recent Launches
Kingship Marine's Magellan 110 No2...
Known by her project name ‘KS005’, she was rolled out of the shed and craned into the water for preliminary trials on April 14; she is scheduled to deliver this summer 2010. Read more, see more >
April 23, 2010
Recent Launches
Perini Navi launches ‘Fivea’...
This 45m sloop is the 48th in the yard’s super-sailer fleet and the third of the ‘45m Series’, designed by Ron Holland and the in-house design and engineering department. Read more, see more >
April 22, 2010
Recent Launches
BWA’s 40WL RIB...
This new model has a more sporty profile and larger sunbathing areas. Read more, see more >
April 21, 2010
Recent Launches
Proteksan-Turquoise launches ‘Baraka’...
This 58.2m motoryacht, previously known by the Turkish yard's project number ‘NB51’, went into the water on April 15. Read more, see more >
April 20, 2010
Recent Launches
Holland Jachtbouw's ‘Athos’ in-water...
With an LOA of 62m, this Andre Hoek-designed beauty now ranks as the world’s largest privately owned two-masted schooner. Read more, see more >
April 19, 2010
Recent Launches
Colombo’s 37 Alldays...
Her hull was defined by Brunello Acampora and his Victory Design studio and the exterior and white-oak interior were down to Nuvolari-Lenard. Read more, see more >
April 16, 2010
Recent Launches
Sunreef’s first 102DD launches in Gdansk...
Called ‘Ipharra’, this cat will really cut a dash once she’s rigged and sailing. Read more, see more >
April 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo’s 10th and 11th SD92...
They are respectively 'Lady Jane' and 'Genie 2'. Read more, see more >
April 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Amels launches 171 No6 ‘Bel Abri’ ahead of schedule...
Her first voyage will take her and her owners to the Norwegian fjords, after which she will be available for charter via Imperial Yachts. Read more, see more >
April 15, 2010
Recent Launches
Lürssen launches the 87m ‘PhoenixSquared’...
Previously referred to as ‘Project J24’, she was pulled by tug from her fit-out shed ahead of schedule on April 8; the official handover is summer 2010. Read more, see more >
April 08, 2010
Recent Launches
ISA’s largest − launched...
Commissioned in autumn ’07, this 63m was designed by Andrea Vallicelli, who worked in close co-operation with the yard’s in-house design and engineering teams. The interior was the responsibility of Patrick Knowles. Read more, see more >
April 08, 2010
Recent Launches
Sanlorenzo launches ‘Dandy Six’...
She’s a 33m SL108; she was built at the Italian builder’s main Ameglia facility. Read more, see more >
April 07, 2010
Recent Launches
Feadship’s third SL39 ‘Go’...
She launched at Koninklijke De Vries in Aarlsmeer, Holland, in March and should depart with her owners on her maiden voyage in late April; she’s notable for a FPA interior. Read more, see more >
April 06, 2010
Recent Launches
Northcoast 125 launched...
The composite semi-displacement raised-pilothouse motoryacht was craned into the water at the Tacoma, Washington-based yard on March 27. Read more, see more >
April 03, 2010
Recent Launches
Logos Marine launches ‘Meya Meya’...
MY 'Meya Meya': she’s a 35m raised-pilothouse motoryacht with a beam of 8m, styled inside and out by H2 Yacht Design; her construction's cold-moulded epoxy. Read more, see more >
April 02, 2010
Recent Launches
McMullen & Wing’s ‘Big Fish’...
She moved out from her construction shed on March 31 and is now in-water. The abundance of glass, the lack of bulwarks and the stainless steel guard rails make her rather special stylistically. Read more, see more >
April 02, 2010
Recent Launches
'PlanetSolar' launches in Kiel...
The world's largest solar-powered boat was built over 14 months at Knierim Yachtbau. She launched on March 31. Read more, see more >
April 02, 2010
Recent Launches
Vitters launches the 45m ‘Lady B’...
Designed by Ed Dubois’s team and featuring a Rhoades Young interior, she was pulled from her fit-out shed on March 27. And then moved by barge across the brackish Ijsselmeer and out into the tidal waters of the Waddenzee and the port of Harlingen, from where she will be rigged and sea-trialled. Read more, see more >
April 01, 2010
Recent Launches
Alloy Yachts’ top-secret AY41 revealed...
This is the first glimse of the Philippe Briand-drawn ketch with a Christian Liaigre interior that will soon be the largest-ever yacht to launch in New Zealand. Read more, see more >
April 01, 2010
Recent Launches
Sunreef 70 Power No2...
Just launched, 'Ondin' is built for a Chilean family wanting a long-distance explorer-cat for the South American coastline. Read more, see more >
March 31, 2010
Recent Launches
Jongert’s semi-displacement all-aluminium 3900MY ‘Lucia-M’...
The 39m was moved out of her fit-out hall and lowered into the water on March 30. Read more, see more >
March 26, 2010
Recent Launches
Southern Wind’s ‘Thalima’ sailing...
The Cape Town-based yard’s first SW110RS went into the water late January, was sea-trialed from mid-February and underwent a full photo-shoot in mid-March. Read more, see more >
March 24, 2010
Recent Launches
Oceanco delivers Sunrays...
Previously known as Project Y705, she’s got an LOA of 85.5m and exquisite exterior lines drawn by the late Bjorn Johansson. That striking hull colour is ‘teal’. Read more, see more >
March 23, 2010
Recent Launches
Christensen's latest...
She’s a 49m (162ft) trideck and like all Christensens she’s all-composite, hull and superstructure vacuum-infused. Her owner's the yard's biggest fan, John Rosatti. Read more, see more >
March 18, 2010
Recent Launches
The new Kokomo is now sailing off Auckland...
At 58.4m, not only is she Alloy Yachts’ longest and largest launch to date, but also she can claim title as the biggest yacht ever to launch in New Zealand. Read more, see more >
March 16, 2010
Recent Launches
YachtPlus No2 launched...
She’s called 'Ocean Pearl'. Read more, see more >
March 16, 2010
Recent Launches
Heesen ‘YN14750’ becomes 'Sky'...
She’s a full-custom, full-displacement 650GT project. Photos: Dick Holthuis. Read more, see more >
March 11, 2010
Recent Launches
ISA’s largest...
This 63m was just recently moved out of her fit-out shed at the Ancona, Italy-based yard; her launch should be ahead of schedule in early April. Read more, see more >
March 10, 2010
Recent Launches
Morgan 33 Dinghy's boat show debut...
The first one will be on display at the Nauta 2010, the 15th Salone Nautico del Mediterraneo, in Porto di Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy, over March 20-28. Read more, see more >
March 05, 2010
Recent Launches
The CNB86 ‘Spiip’...
Philippe Briand-designed, this ali-hulled/composite-superstructured beauty launched at Groupe Bénéteau's CNB operation in Bordeaux in October ’09. Her photo-shoot was completed just recently. Check out these pics. Read more, see more >