Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2019 i Boat International US Edition

There’s a lot of noise around ocean health at the moment and it can be a little overwhelming. Is it plastics, acidification or overfishing that does the most harm? Is the solution to the plastic problem one of culture, recycling or lobbying? Should we try to save coral reefs or cod? And so on. It is our view at BOAT International that we need to quieten the noise and harness what we do best. That is why in this issue we have focused on storytelling, celebrating those on the front line of ocean conservation, from the first female PADI instructor in the Maldives to the scientists developing micro-algae for use in the rapidly expanding aquaculture sector – just two of the winners of this year’s Ocean Awards (page 70). We…

Inflated asking prices have been blamed for the sluggish sales results in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 – but there is a silver lining to this particular cloud. Just 89 sales were recorded during this period, a significant drop from the 112 in Q1 2018, and the lowest figure since 2016. March was particularly lethargic, with 28 sales, down from 42 in March 2018. Industry figures were quick to link the slower brokerage sales to asking prices, particularly in the 35m to 45m (115ft to 147ft) market. Cromwell Littlejohn, Northrop & Johnson’s commercial director, says: “We’ve got several clients making offers, but it seems a number of boats are overpriced and the owners aren’t budging.” Fraser sales broker Maarten Ten Holter agrees, describing many asking prices as “way too…

NEW TO THE MARKET HAMPSHIRE I €19.95 MILLION The 185ft motor yacht has been listed for sale by Cecil Wright & Partners. Built in 2001 by Feadship to a De Voogt design, and refitted in 2016/17, she has an interior by RWD. ROX STAR €7.95 MILLION The 130ft ketch-rigged sailing yacht has been listed for sale at Engel & Völkers Yachting. Built by Oğuz Marin, she was delivered in 2015 with an interior by K-architectes. SAMBA €15.5 MILLION The new 114ft motor yacht has been listed for sale by Thompson, Westwood & White. Built by Princess with naval architecture by Bernard Olesinski, she is now ready for delivery. DIANE €9.9 MILLION The 141ft motor yacht has been listed for sale at Edmiston & Company. Designed by Stefano Natucci, she was…

BORN-AGAIN FABRIC Studioart, known for its innovative leather designs, has announced the launch of a collection of rugs focused on sustainability. The eco-friendly Pezzara collection is made entirely from recycled fabrics and leather pieces that would otherwise be wasted. Choose from three patterns or a standard monochrome version available in 18 shades, as well as an embroidered or two inch-wide leather edge in a range of colors. The company takes a responsible approach to leather manufacture and reduces waste by turning leftover leather scraps into accessories. From €2,700, studioart.it SALVAGE OPERATION When it comes to sustainable wood flooring, Woodworks by Ted Todd has every angle covered. The company began in 1993, reclaiming wood floors and timbers from dilapidated factories and cotton mills in the north of England. These resourceful practices…

CHEF OR CHAUFFEUR? A chef, absolutely SPEED OR STYLE Style FAVORITE BEACH? I’d say the Exumas. They’re absolutely beautiful with gin-clear water FIRST THING YOU PACK? My passport. I don’t pack much. I am not into clothes HOW MANY WATCHES? None FIRST BOATING MEMORY? Probably being on Contraband in 1953 IDEA OF LUXURY? I think the last great luxury in the world is anchoring FAVORITE CAR? My favorite car is a scooter! I live on scooters. I have one here, I have one in Charleston and I have one in Newport…

My wife Sharon and I are both native Oklahomans and we grew up boating on freshwater lakes. My first boat was a flat-bottom rowboat when I was seven. There were two coves where my parents allowed me to row and at that age I felt I had all the freedom in the world. Once we married, we bought our first ski boat, then a series of watersport boats and express cruisers when the kids came along. Being on the water is a ritual for us and a place to connect with family and friends. We rented a house and a center console in the Abacos for 10 years, but some Tulsa friends turned us on to yachting in the Exumas and we caught the bug. We first bought an 85ft…

The judges Sir Charles Dunstone Chairman of TalkTalk and Royal Museums Greenwich, London Professor Callum Roberts University of York, UK Chris Gorell Barnes Marine conservationist and digital entrepreneur Professor Alex David Rogers Science director, REV Ocean; former professor of conservation biology, University of Oxford, UK Professor Annette Broderick Professor of marine conservation, University of Exeter, UK Romain Troublé Executive director of Tara Expeditions Foundation Sofia Blount Lawyer and keen supporter of environmental causes Frederikke Magnussen Co-founder, A Plastic Planet and Ocean Family Foundation Co-chairs Sacha Bonsor Editorial director, BOAT International Charles Clover Executive director, Blue Marine Foundation…

In January 2018, after almost 15 years’ research, Austrian company Silent Yachts delivered Silent 64, a 64ft solar-hybrid ocean-going catamaran, to its owner. It was a huge step towards developing a completely emission-free yacht, for even sailing yachts tend to rely on diesel or gasoline engines and onboard generators. Not this one. In 2018 it completed a 38-day, 5,567-nautical-mile voyage from Cartagena in Spain across the Atlantic to West Palm Beach in Florida, evidence that solar-powered vessels are now capable of covering considerable distances. With a configuration that can be adapted to accommodate up to six cabins (there is also a larger Silent 80 model), a garage for toys and sufficiently sophisticated satellite communication systems for the yacht to remain online 24/7 even in the middle of the ocean, it…

Wise to the knowledge that the “world’s oceans are the lifeblood of The Ocean Race,” the organizers of the 2017-18 Volvo-sponsored contest, a triennial 45,000-nautical-mile round-the-world yacht race for boats with professional crews of between seven and 11, pledged to do everything they could “to inspire sailors, race fans, partners, stakeholders, host cities and sponsors around the world to join us in our quest for cleaner seas.” Hence the Ocean Race Sustainability Programme. This strove to minimize the footprint of the teams (which were compelled to sign up to the United Nations’ #CleanSeas pledge) and their boats and sponsors, not to mention the 94,200 corporate guests they entertained at the dozen Race Villages, where single-use plastics were discouraged, thus obviating the use of almost 400,000 plastic bottles. Great care was…

The far south of the South American continent, the remotest reaches of Chilean Patagonia are home to several species of endangered bird. Among them are southern rockhopper and macaroni penguins; striated caracara, a kind of raptor; and gray-headed and blackbrowed albatrosses, both now critically endangered. They have suffered catastrophic declines in population owing to the climate change-driven decline in stocks of the squid on which they feed and fishing gear in which they become caught. The creation in January 2018 of the Diego Ramirez-Drake Passage Marine Park, however, should help ensure their survival. The 25th marine protected area in Chile, the seventh in Patagonia and the largest such park in South America, it extends over 55,749 square miles and a stretch of ocean with a rich biodiversity of its own.…

Nice to have but seldom used, superyacht balconies are becoming a little more user-friendly. The owner’s balcony on Elaldrea+ (top left) was made by Italian nautical engineering specialist Fratelli Canalicchio. Its upper section is a window that opens upwards, while below a section of superstructure slides outwards from the yacht’s side, complete with teak sole and automatic handrail system, all deployed at the touch of a button. The window can be used on its own, and for added effect the shipyard has installed sliding glass panels to cover the opening to prevent air conditioning escaping or bugs coming in, but preserve the full view as if the window was open.…

“WHEN I SHOWED ESPEN THE PLAN FOR THIS ROOM,” SABRINA SAYS, EYES TWINKLING, “it was a case of… [sharp intake of breath] ‘Mais non! Darling, you can’t have something like this!’ So I said: ‘You don’t have to come in here. This can be just for me.’” We are standing in a cavernous, windowless spa, surrounded by soft-colored hydrangeas in the form of a spectacular, shimmering, floor-to-ceiling mosaic, designed by Sabrina’s own studio and made by Sicis, the Italian company famed for popularizing the ancient art. There is a hairdresser’s chair, a massage table, mirrors and cabinets full of face creams and oils. “Of course, my husband now loves to have a massage in here!” This is the only room that caused any contention in Espen and Sabrina Øino’s makeover of…

Nestled unobtrusively on the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio shoreline, the recently renovated Hôtel Casadelmar showcases the island of Corsica’s verdant beauty. Five acres of perfumed gardens afford privacy and space to the French politicians, musicians and sports stars who visit, while each of the 31 rooms offers a sprawling vista of the sea and mountain villages beyond. The interior is just as impressive, with tasteful artworks and sculptures adding pops of color to the rosewood-and-glass decor. Anchor out, arrive by tender at its private jetty and grab a cocktail to accompany the Med sunset, followed by dinner at the island’s only two-Michelin-starred restaurant. Head chef Fabio Bragagnolo emphasizes fresh local produce in his spectacular dishes: hazelnuts, game, honey and cheese all feature heavily. And if you overindulge, don’t worry: Casadelmar’s gym…

PRINCESS GRACE SUITE, HÔTEL DE PARIS MONTE-CARLO, MONACO The ultimate vantage point for superyacht spotting in Port Hercules, this new 10,500 sq ft suite (below) – featuring two terraces and a private pool – displays personal pieces from the princess, including her artwork, favorite books and family photographs. montecarlosbm.com PENTHOUSE SUITE, HOTEL CALA DI VOLPE, SARDINIA Live like James Bond (the hotel’s bar was used in The Spy Who Loved Me) in this secluded 2,700 sq ft penthouse (right) with a sprawling rooftop terrace and large pool, as well as views of the celeb-laden yachts in the bay below. marriott.com PENTHOUSE SUITE, HÔTEL MARTINEZ CANNES, FRANCE The hottest booking in town for the Cannes Film Festival, this 10,700 sq ft seventh-floor suite (above) is a haven for paparazzi-shy Hollywood A-listers.…

Simon Ward Simon joined BOAT International as production editor in 2018 after six years at the UK edition of Wired magazine. To get him up to speed on the superyacht lifestyle, he was dispatched to Hôtel Casadelmar in Corsica to sample its Espa spa and Michelin-starred restaurant (page 125). What was your favorite part of the Corsica trip? Just tuning in to its relaxed pace of life. Sitting in Casadelmar’s herb-scented gardens with a sundowner after a spa afternoon is the definition of relaxation Tell us about a great place you’ve been to by the water Mirissa on Sri Lanka’s south coast has everything: friendly people, gorgeous food and astounding wildlife. We spotted blue whales, dolphin pods and green turtles hatching on the beach, all in the same afternoon Any…

Held at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London, the second annual Ocean Talks will bring together inspirational experts from around the world to discuss what the yachting community can do to help ocean conservation. Highlights will include the unveiling of advanced explorer yacht Alucia2 , Dr Mark Spalding presenting the state of our oceans today, and a panel on plastics chaired by record-breaking sailor Dee Caffari. Ocean Talks also seeks to match research scientists with yacht owners able to host them or their scientific equipment on board. To find out more and to register your interest in attending, visit ocean-talks.com #OceanTalks…

Manufacturers of all kinds of products are leaving a lighter environmental footprint than ever before SMART SKINCARE Emma Strenner on the clever products that will make your bathroom cabinet more ocean friendly GET PHYSICAL WITH YOUR SUNSCREEN Be sure to scour the ingredients list and look out for oxybenzone, a harmful chemical sunscreen ingredient that is known for bleaching and altering the DNA of coral. There are plenty of non-chemical sunscreens, which work by deflecting the sun’s rays. Look for zinc and titanium oxide-based formulas that leave out this harmful ingredient. Clinique SPF50 Mineral Sunscreen Fluid for Face, $28.50, clinique.com FROM THE OCEAN Single-use plastics are public enemy number one, so opt for brands that are tackling the issue head on. Ren has introduced the “ocean plastic bottle” for its…

Adecade ago, Mohamed Nasheed, then president of the Maldives, held an underwater cabinet meeting on the sea bed, communicating by means of whiteboards and with gestures, to highlight the threat of global warming to the low-lying archipelago. Not surprisingly, images of the meeting were broadcast across the world. You might assume in a country where an entire cabinet was versed in the use of scuba equipment that female divers might be the norm. In 2018, Zoona Naseem became the first Maldivian woman to become qualified to train instructors and beginners as a PADI-certified course director – no little achievement in an Islamic country where women are still confined to their homes. As president of the Dive Association of the Maldives and co-founder of the Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre, she was…

Based at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, where it was set up in 2008 by Graham Edgar, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Reef Life Survey (RLS) is a non-profit citizen-science program. Volunteer divers are trained to collect scientific data and survey trends in reef biodiversity, the results of which are uploaded on to a freely accessible website to enable marine scientists to benefit from its work. In its first decade of operation, 269 volunteer divers from nine nations took part in 11,941 surveys across 3,300 sites in 54 countries on all seven continents. This has enabled the recording of more than a billion records of species abundance, which have been cited in 77 published scientific papers. “The marine environment is out of…

In August 2018, the British environmental campaigner and former maritime lawyer Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans since 2013, completed a 49-day, 327-mile swim along the English Channel from Land’s End to Dover. His mission was to mark the start of a global campaign to win protection for at least 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030, as well as to raise awareness of plastic pollution. But it was also to flag up the fact that of the 290,000 square miles of seas around the UK, only 2.7 square miles are protected from exploitation. Pugh describes it as “Outrageous. We can do much, much better. [And] doing the right thing has to start at home.” In three decades of endurance ocean swimming, Pugh has witnessed what he calls…

In October 2018, actor Gillian Anderson delivered a petition of more than 350,000 signatures to the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office, demanding the creation of the Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, which, at 700,000 square miles, would be the world’s largest marine protected area. Consensus was needed by all 24 members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. In the end, Russia, China and Norway voted against it. As Frida Bengtsson, who led the Greenpeace campaign, said at the time, “This was an historic opportunity to create the largest protected area on Earth, safeguarding wildlife, tackling climate change and improving the health of our global oceans. Twenty-two delegations came to negotiate in good faith but, instead, proposals for urgent marine protection were derailed by interventions that barely engaged…

There is no coming back from the beach club – everyone wants one. On this size of boat, however, it can be a small and cavernous space, says Horacio Bozzo, who chose the area as his favorite feature on Elaldrea+. “It gives you the feeling of being outside in a shaded area rather than in an enclosed space,” he says. “We achieved this by opening the space to a huge swim platform, emphasizing an indoor-outdoor feeling by adding skylights and ample windows in the transom door, and keeping the floor as level as possible.” Even the cleats recess in the 248ft2 platform and three small steps lead to the interior portion of the beach club, which is furnished with comfortable furniture.…

“If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you’re already dead,” says Russell Crowe’s Maximus in the 2000 blockbuster Gladiator. And so ran the thinking of Ron Gibbs when he named his Sunseeker 131 Elysium, after the Ancient Greek concept of a heavenly paradise. And like any decent depiction of heaven, Elysium is heavily influenced by the mind of its beholder. Gibbs took Sunseeker at its word when it said its Bespoke program offered “a clean canvas” for yachts of more than 100ft – with the result Elysium is comfortably the most customized of all the 14 Sunseeker 131s delivered to date. An experienced owner, with four Sunseekers from 50ft to 115ft already…

Few maritime stories capture the imagination as viscerally as the mutiny on the Bounty. Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian set Captain William Bligh and 18 loyalists adrift in HMS Bounty’s open launch after Christian and the rest of the crew rebelled during a five-month stopover on the island of Tahiti. The men had settled in a little too comfortably to the paradise they had found and resented a return to the drudgery of naval life. In 1961, when Marlon Brando came to play Christian in the film Mutiny on the Bounty here in French Polynesia – more than 100 islands scattered across 1,200 miles of the South Pacific – he saw the allure. And whereas Bligh chose to sail 3,500 nautical miles to safety, Brando decided not to leave – and…

TIVAT, MONTENEGRO Where is it? With opulent Venetian Renaissance-inspired architecture, the Regent lies at the heart of one of the Med’s youngest superyacht hubs in Montenegro’s mountain-encircled Boka Bay. What’s the hype? Porto Montenegro is now a firm favorite with the Med yacht set, and a constantly updated events calendar – spanning sailing regattas and polo tournaments, fashion shows and concerts – ensures there’s always something to lure boats back. What to have? The Regent’s dark wood, candlelit spa takes over a floor in the hotel’s Aqua Wing and offers Aromatherapy Associates body and face treatments. Start your journey in its thermal suite – take your pick from the hammam, steam room and sauna before rejuvenating in the spa’s experience shower. Then opt for the hotel’s signature massage, which starts…

In the heart of town, Marina di Portofino has 14 superyacht berths, and Marina Genova, which can accommodate yachts up to 425ft, is 17nm away. Portofino’s piazzetta, with designer boutiques, bars and restaurants, is a short walk away or can be reached by boat from the villa’s jetty. Portofino is an ideal location for scuba-diving enthusiasts. The surrounding area is a marine park and the sunken sculpture of Christ of the Abyss is less than 3nm away.…

Van Aubel decided to use Swarovski’s white opal because, unlike most crystals, it doesn’t refract the light but collects it inside instead Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel, whose work promotes energy efficiency, won Swarovski’s Designer of the Future award in 2017 with a prototype for the Cyanometer. The light was launched in Milan in April The Cyanometer is available as a wall lamp, a floor lamp or as a pendant light The LED lights can be dimmed from 100 to 10 percent brightness The piece is named after the 18th-century instrument used to measure the blueness of the sky. The light it produces varies in color from blue to orange, mimicking the 24-hour cycle…

LOA 162' 7" LWL 155' 8" Beam 27' 9" Draft (full load) 7' 7" Gross tonnage 499GT Engines 2 x 531kW Editron Danfoss EMPMI540-T4000 Speed max/cruise 13/11.7 knots Range at 10 knots 5,000nm Generators 4 x 350kW CTM/MAN Fuel capacity 13,740 gallons Freshwater capacity 2,640 gallons Tender/sub 1 x 26' Ecolux 850 Ecoline Marine 1 x 10' 6" U-Boat Worx SYS3 sub Owners/guests 10-12 Crew 11 Construction Aluminum hull and superstructure Classification RINA – C ✠ Hull O Mach Ych Unrestricted Navigation, EFP(Y), COMF(Y), AUT-UMS(Y), Green Plus (Y), Compliance LY3 Naval architecture Wider Engineering/ Sydac Exterior styling Fulvio De Simoni Interior design Ideaeitalia Builder/year Wider/2018 Ancona, Italy t: +39 071 201166 e: sales@wider-yachts.com w: wider-yachts.com…

Almost three-quarters of Scotland’s inshore commercial fishing fleet consist of creel boats: vessels of less than 30ft that fish using a method that is environmentally friendly, species-selective and produces very little by-catch. They bring fish to the surface alive and unharmed, so that egg-bearing females and juveniles can be returned to the sea. The most familiar type of creel equates to what is more commonly known as a lobster pot. As national co-ordinator of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF), Alistair Sinclair works to promote sustainable fishing and support the inshore creel and hand-dive industry. These have included a proposal to ban trawling the seabed in inshore waters, and campaigns against harvesting of kelp and the damage caused by fish farms. “We are deeply concerned by the lack of fish…

This year, the judges felt that there was no obvious winner for this award. However, they highlighted the work of two projects that, while using existing technologies and therefore not sufficiently innovative, had huge potential to be beneficial to the marine environment. As such they have been given joint recognition in the form of Highly Commended. Whether they are wild or farmed, carnivorous fish require other fish to feed on. But with aquaculture being the world’s fastest-growing food sector, the need for feed – sustainable sources of protein that do not adversely upset the food web of marine ecosystems – is becoming ever more pressing. “In 2014, for the first time, 50 percent of seafood consumed by humans came from aquaculture,” says Dr Anne Kapuscinski (pictured right and above). “It…

Daniela Fernandez (pictured right) was a student at Georgetown University when she set up the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) in 2014. “I saw a large misalignment between the people who were having conversations in high-level institutions such as the United Nations and young people, who were just not part of the conversation,” she says. She was still a freshman when she was invited to a meeting at the UN, and there it struck her too that “a lot of the topics that were coming up were about the ocean’s problems. There were no talks about solutions.” Five years on, during which time SOA has raised $3 million, the Silicon Valley-based non-profit is active in more than 130 countries, where it supports 1,000-plus “ocean-impact” projects and has been described by Forbes…

To small children, the shallow pool on board Elaldrea+ seems like an ideal ocean – briny and buoyant but seaweed- and jellyfish-free. As they splash in this protected environment, adults can witness the fun from the comfort of a large and springy sunpad close enough for them to intervene if play gets a bit too rambunctious. This detail and many more were imagined and sketched out on paper long before the first steel was ever cut. Everything about this thoroughly thought-out 160ft Benetti is about family, including its hard-to-pronounce moniker, a compilation of names. The owner commissioned the boat after a long, happy relationship with his 115ft Benetti Classic, Elaldrea. Launched in 2002, the owner’s first Benetti was a semi-custom yacht built in fiberglass. Her successor, a full-displacement vessel in…

Quite early in our conversation over lunch, Elysium owner Ron Gibbs casually mentions that he’s negotiating over three new 160ft yachts. We were here to discuss how much of his own vision he’d poured into the Sunseeker 131, so I’m surprised, to put it mildly, to hear that he’s already thinking about the next project. “I’m looking at hull No 2 of the Sunseeker 161, being built by Icon,” he explains. “Also a Heesen and a custom Mercedes yacht.” The Sunseeker he likes because the yard already knows how he thinks, making the build process less fraught. The Heesen speaks for itself, and the Mercedes would be a custom project with Gibbs’s own Silver Arrows Marine business, which builds the striking 46ft Arrow 460 to Mercedes-Benz styling. Elysium is on…

DAY AND NIGHT Relive the French Riviera’s 1960s golden age with sleepwear specialist Hesper Fox’s first foray into resort wear. The Mimosa Collection – packed with easy-wear linen pieces, silk prints and classic silhouettes – is perfect for making the most of long sunny days. We love the Acacia cotton dress (left). $447, hesperfox.com SEA AND BE SCENE Hôtel Byblos has expanded from its base in Saint-Tropez with a new beach club at Plage de Pampelonne. Designed by Francois Frossard, it boasts a restaurant serving up light Mediterranean fare, 100 sunbeds on the beach and a strict no-plastic policy. byblos.com TREATMENT TREAT The first upscale medical spa in the Maldives has opened at the Anantara Kihavah with treatment rooms above the lagoon. Try the Last Day Detox, which includes a…

What is it: A fun-packed 243 footer from CRN, which toy fanatics will surely agree is an aptly named yacht. She was delivered to her Australian owners in 2017 and recently sold by Burgess. Why we love it: Cloud 9 comes packed with design pedigree, with Zuccon International Project penning the exterior and Winch Design creating the interior. Design genius: Flexible thinking on the hoof. Her commissioning owner walked away mid-build, leaving Zuccon just a few months to rethink the layout for her new Aussie buyers. Perfect for: Owners not afraid of charter – she quickly became one of the most successful big charter yachts out there. Browse our gallery of the best superyacht aft views boatint.com/ aft-views…