Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2020 i Boat International US Edition

I had an alarming conversation with a yacht owner based in the Galápagos as we were finishing up this issue. To be honest, I hadn’t thought much about the island group during the pandemic, but his words were unequivocal: they need help. Tourism is everything to the Galápagos – yachting tourism, especially. What was set to be a bumper year, with dozens of superyachts stopping by on their way to New Zealand for the America’s Cup, has turned into one of the worst years imaginable for the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Checking AIS as we were going to press, I saw just one solitary sailing yacht heading for the islands. The future of this exceptional marine environment is under threat, now more than ever as a vast fleet of long-line…

RADIANCE €7.9 MILLION The 121ft sailing yacht has been listed for sale at Fraser. Built in aluminum to a design by Dubois, she was delivered in 2010 and most recently refitted in 2019. NASHWAN $9.75 MILLION The 140ft motor yacht has been listed for sale by Camper & Nicholsons International. The Gulf Craft Majesty 135 was delivered in 2015 and sleeps 12 guests. MOON GODDESS $2 MILLION The 114ft motor yacht has been listed for sale by Camper & Nicholsons International. Built by Danish Yachts to a design by Espen Øino, she was delivered in 2006. LADY JJ $8.25 MILLION The 112ft motor yacht has been listed at Ocean Independence. She was built in GRP by Westport to a design by Jack…

TELAR CHAISE BY PAOLA LENTI If you want a pop of color for your deck – but the freedom to change your mind – free-standing furniture by Paola Lenti is the go-to. New sunlounger Telar comes in varnished stainless steel with fixed rope braid. We love the acid yellow and apple green color scheme. €3,378, sabrinamontecarlo.com GATSBY CHAISE BY SUMMIT This collab between renowned furniture designer David Jenkins and Summit offers 30 degrees of positioning. In a playful twist, if you remove the wheeled base it turns into a rocker for afternoon naps with added glamour. $9,250, summitboutique.com BALTIC SUNLOUNGER BY SIEBENSEE Crafted from solid teak and stainless steel, the Baltic sunlounger from German yacht-furniture specialist Siebensee offers low-key elegance on deck. The finish is custom, with a choice of…

The latest limited-edition Hermès signature Arceau wristwatch, designed by Henri d’Origny back in 1978, is a tribute to Canadian nature and wildlife. Available in two variations, the dial features either a polar bear or a snowy owl, drawn by British artist Alice Shirley. Both are enclosed in a white gold case framed by 82 diamonds and come with a blue strap. Only 24 of each were made, so snap them up quickly. Arceau Into the Canadian Wild, POA, hermes.com…

They say that all publicity is good publicity, and that was certainly the case for Ford back in 1994 when a remarkable 95 million viewers tuned in to watch one of its vehicles being pursued by up to 20 police cars at a stately 35mph along the I-5 freeway in Los Angeles – with former American football star O.J. Simpson in the back seat. The Ford in question was a white Bronco SUV and it came to be the star of the slow-speed chase, causing renewed interest in a 30-year-old model that was caught in a downward sales spiral. But even the notoriety of the Simpson case couldn’t revive long-term interest in the utilitarian Bronco, and two years later it was axed from the range. Fast forward a quarter of…

CHAUFFEUR OR CHEF? Definitely chef. I used to own restaurants and love Italian food. SPEED OR STYLE? Preferably speed with style. It’s been the ideal behind all my boats. WHAT’S YOUR IDEA OF LUXURY? Having lots of space! I have a big house but people say to me “When you get older you need to go smaller.” Instead I’m going to buy a castle so I can have even more space. HOW MANY WATCHES? Two. A Rolex plus a strong sailor’s watch, although it’s so old I’m not even sure what brand it is. FAVORITE BEACH? These days, Turkey has the most unspoiled coast. FIRST THING YOU PACK? My reading glasses. I can recommend the Scott Cookman book Atlantic: The Last Great Race of Princes, which details the yacht’s win…

“A lot of clients are looking for indoor-outdoor space. People want more informality and places where they can relax, but doing it at this scale was probably ahead of its time,” Adrian Chisnell says of the main salon concept. “We designed this with some trepidation because we knew it would be incredibly difficult to achieve. But Benetti, being Benetti, took it on, and it is an astonishing feat of engineering.” Aside from the main salon door, which fully retracts, four sections of glass of three panels each slide open and stack out of view inside dedicated storage spaces. Each section represents “three tonnes of glass and steel that store in one small area”, says Alessandro Lazzerini, the yacht’s project manager. Curtains and blinds do the same disappearing act. In all,…

To say that it’s been a strange year for yachting is an understatement, and nowhere has this been more clearly reflected than in this year’s salary survey, undertaken by BOAT International’s sister publication, Dockwalk. Of the agencies, captains and crew who took part, the changes due to Covid-19 were clear – crew are moving jobs less than usual, choosing to keep the roles they have rather than risk uncertain positions elsewhere. It’s not all doom and gloom, however. Agencies see these rough waters as a blip, the effects of which should lessen if and when things return to normal, and there’s a silver lining too. There’s speculation that guests spending longer on board as a result of the pandemic may choose to increase their budget and invest in experienced staff.…

A key part of the plan for Ace is not on the boat at all: it’s the 219ft Damen support boat Garçon (left), whose build was also overseen by the Moran team. The pairing offers, as Winch puts it, “a service culture taken as close to perfection as [the owner] felt he could achieve”. Garçon helps in obvious ways, such as offering crew on rotation some respite, or with storage of toys and tenders. She also simplifies and improves life on the mothership. Take the foredeck, which features a helipad, but which is also the social hub of the yacht. Flying guests in and out from here would be “an intrusion into privacy and the passive life on the yacht,” says Winch. Having the chopper land on the support vessel…

Perched on a dramatic hillside looking out over the rugged coastline and deep blue waters of the Ionian Sea, the secluded Ultima Corfu offers nearly 11,000 square feet of tranquility and privacy. Bridging the gap between five-star luxury hotel, private home and charter, this seven-suite villa, which opened in the summer, comes with its own 79ft yacht. It can host up to 14 guests in pure-white Grecian interiors divided between two levels to make the most of the 180-degree views. Take the glass elevator down to the waterfront terrace and gaze across at the Greek and Albanian coastlines from the two-level infinity pool or the sunbathing areas carved out of the rocks. Once you’ve dined on a feast prepared by the villa’s private chef, step on board the Ultima Beach…

Ray Main Trained as an architectural photographer, Ray moved into lifestyle, food and travel in the 1990s. He now divides his time between London and India and his work can be found in more than 100 books. For this issue, he shot IJE’s interiors (page 52). The best thing about IJE? When you’re on a boat that’s 354ft long and has so much grace, space and pace, what’s not to like? Biggest challenge in shooting it? Getting the proportions right, and even in the southern Pacific there is still the weather to contend with. I really felt for the poor crew having to wipe down the whole boat after the shortest of showers The first place you’d go in IJE? Reine in Norway. I love where these new boats are…

QUEEN ANNE €14.9 MILLION The 151ft motor yacht, listed for sale at Fraser, has had a further price drop of €2.1m. Built by Gentech, she was launched in 2013 with her most recent refit in 2019. BLUE $6.9 MILLION The 102ft classic Feadship, listed for sale by Ocean Independence with Merle Wood & Associates and delivered in 1969, has had a further price reduction of $1m. KISMET €169 MILLION The 312ft motor yacht, for sale with Moran Yacht & Ship, has had a massive €16m price drop. Built by Lürssen to a design by Espen Øino, she was delivered in 2014. APHRODITE $12.9 MILLION The 130ft Westport motor yacht, listed for sale at Northrop & Johnson, has had a price reduction of…

Any horophile is likely to be enthused by the prospect of a watch featuring a tourbillon escapement, a split-seconds chronograph, a perpetual calendar or a moon-phase display. Few individual complications, however, are as guaranteed to pique the interest of a true connoisseur quite so readily as a repeater – the mechanism that gives an audible indication of time through a system of tiny hammers and gongs. In 1687, London watchmaker Daniel Quare was granted the first patent for a quarter repeater watch, giving the number of quarters past the hour on demand. The first minute repeaters – sounding the exact number of minutes past the hour – were developed in the early 1700s in Germany and Britain. Repeater watches were originally made to keep track of time in the candlelit…

Founders Bruce Ribay and Guillaume Galloy started NOMA (which stands for Noble Materials) with the intention of changing people’s perspective on recycled materials. Their philosophy is that luxury entails being responsibly made, and to prove their point they collaborated with top designers such as Martino Gamper, Studio Jean-Marc Gady and Charlotte Juillard to create furniture and accessories from repurposed materials. For each piece, they calculate the exact percentage of recycled materials that go into the production. For these Juillard-designed Ghan coffee tables, that figure is 92.8 percent – they’re made from oak found in a railway-sleeper factory, a recycled plastic top and a brass spacer. Also check out Sam Baron’s vases and candleholders created from abandoned stone blocks discovered at a Portuguese quarry. noma-editions.com…

LOA 354' 4" LWL 309' 1" Beam 47' 7" Draught 14' 9" Gross tonnage 3,367GT Engines 2 x 2,880kW MTU 4000 M73L Speed max/cruise 21/16 knots Range at 14 knots 6,500nm Generators 4 x Cat C18 465kW Fuel capacity: 96,422 gallons Freshwater capacity: 22,454 gallons Tenders 1 x 46' VanDutch 40; 1 x 34' Novamarine; 1 x 46' custom tender Owners/guests 22 Crew 28 Construction Steel hull; aluminum superstructure Classification LY3 Naval architecture Pierluigi Ausonio Exterior styling RWD Interior design Benetti Builder/year Benetti/2019 Viareggio, Italy t: +39 0584 3821 e: info@benettiyachts.it w: benettiyachts.it…

Rebecca Taylor Henning was on vacation in St Martin and having dinner with her family when she began eavesdropping on the table of yacht crew next to her, hearing the angst of a stewardess who was falling in love with the mate and deliberating whether to tell the captain. “It was Below Deck unfolding before my eyes,” says Taylor Henning, who worked on yachts as a second stewardess and mate before making a career in television. Befriending that crew was the impetus she needed to pitch a reality-television show centered around superyacht crew. It was an opportunity that US production company 51 Minds couldn’t pass up. And just like that, the carefully constructed veil of privacy that surrounds superyachts was breached. Many in the close-knit yachting world were none too…

LOA 278' LWL 224' 5" Beam 45'2" Draught (full load) 12'4" Gross tonnage 2,732GT Engines 2 x MTU 16V 4000 Speed max/cruise 16.5/12 knots Range at 12 knots 6,500nm Generators 1 x MTU 12V 2000 M50A;2 x MTU 8V 2000 M50A Fuel capacity 46,633 gallons Freshwater capacity 8,798 gallons Tender 1 x 32ft Hinckley 1 x 32ft Zodiac 1 x 19ft Ski Nautique Owners/guests 12 Crew 28 Construction Steel hull; aluminum superstructure Naval architecture Lürssen Exterior styling Winch Design Interior design Winch Design Project manager Moran Yacht & Ship Builder/year Lürssen/2012 Bremen-Vegesack, Germany t: +49 (0) 421 6604 166 e: yachts@lurssen.com w: lurssen.com For sale (Ace and Gar•on) eastwindyachts.com…

The owners of Severin*s were willing to forgo the drama of a split-level suite with large windows for both bedroom and bath – which was the original layout for the new Baglietto – in order to have all the family cabins grouped together. That did not mean, however, that they didn’t want their space to be special. Designers Francesco Paszkowski and Margherita Casprini responded by reshaping the entire suite and radiating the various elements – office, a walk-in wardrobe, sitting area and spacious bath adorned in coffee-brown marble – off of a central point. The cabin itself now is round, which is both intriguing and cozy at the same time. Since the suite would lose the privacy afforded by a long and offset or angled entrance corridor, the designers devised…

NOVEMBER 11-13, 2020 MONACO FESTIVAL OF YACHTING Join BOAT International at the Festival of Yachting in Monaco from November 11 to 13. Combination tickets provide access to sailing industry insights at the Life Under Sail conference and the latest trends and technologies at our Explorer Yachts Summit. Limited tickets are available now at boatint.com/festival-of-yachting 2021 THE WORLD SUPERYACHT AWARDS Nominations are now open for the World Superyacht Awards 2021 and the Design & Innovation Awards 2021. Early entries are encouraged to allow ample time for the judges to visit the yachts between September and October. More information on both awards programs can be found at boatinternational.com/ luxury-yacht-events…

As of early August, we are into day eight of training in New Zealand. The move for NYYC American Magic from our US base has required a monumental effort from the entire team. It has taken us three months to get to this point. Without question, though, we could not have done it alone. We have received great support from the US Ambassador to New Zealand, Scott Philip Brown, the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and countless other wonderful folks who all helped get us sailing again. NYYC American Magic team entered the country under a border exemption. The arrival procedure is strict: every passenger is escorted out of customs, screened for Covid-19 with a temperature check and a health examination and then driven to local accommodation.…

Caran d’Ache was the pseudonym of Russian-born, naturalized French 19th-century cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré. It comes from the Russian word karandash, meaning pencil Each pencil is infused with Mizensir’s “Alps Spirit” fragrance, with notes of patchouli, nutmeg and orange evoking the “splendor, authenticity and purity” of the mountain range The set includes four HB graphite pencils made of ayous and poplar wood, with lead derived from 100 percent natural materials Iconic Swiss brand Caran d’Ache, famous for its art and writing supplies, has collaborated with Mizensir, a fellow Geneva-based family business run by perfumer Alberto Morillas and his wife The Scented Pencils of “la Maison Caran d’Ache” ed. n°9, $35, carandache.com…

The “manta ray wings” are fashion plates that descend from the top of the deck towards the bulwarks but don’t quite touch them. “We don’t have much of a signature style in many ways, but there are some go-to signature features that we’ve put on a few boats,” Adrian Chisnell of RWD says. “They are very much a feature on this yacht.” Fashion plates are useful in several ways. “They help with windage, they hide vents or staircases and it’s also a good place to put your name,” he says. Designed in this manner, “they give the superstructure a lightness because they appear to float. They have a very elegant and simple form; it takes the visual weight out of things because you have this disconnection to the bulwark.”…

Ace seems an apt name for a yacht that shuffles her decks with charismatic success. This 278ft Lürssen, delivered in 2012, is instantly recognizable, from the sweeping arches that her designer Andrew Winch likens to the “fantastic power of a wave”, to what everyone refers to as her “eyes”: two neat oval balconies emblazoned with the yacht’s name in stainless steel. You know just by looking at her that she’s something different. But since she’s always been a private yacht, with her interiors off limits to the media, few have seen just how different... until now. “Ace reflects her passionate and enthusiastic owner,” says Robert Moran, president of Moran Yacht & Ship, and it’s certainly clear that such a boat could only come about with a strong character to shape…

If you want to spend a night ashore before your charter, the closest luxury hotel to Ocean World Marina is Casa Colonial Beach & Spa in Puerto Plata. A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Casa Colonial is part of a holiday complex with a golf course. Dominican designer Sarah Garcia gave the 50 suites a touch of British colonial style, with poster beds and mahogany blended with light linens. Tropical gardens surround the hotel’s two buildings, which are steps away from Playa Dorada. The centerpiece of the main building is the bar with high ceilings, arches and soothing lighting. Two restaurants serve locally sourced ingredients and international dishes. The hotel spa offers a wide variety of treatments, from body wraps to massages and facials, and it also…

WRAP IT UP When there’s a drop in temperature on the aft deck, keep cozy in one of Shaku’s irresistibly soft scarves. Mumbai-born Shakera Tayub’s love of the natural world in both India and Britain informs her designs, which are made in Italy’s “City of Silk”, Como, from the finest-quality silk threads and printed with premium non-toxic dyes. We love the floral yellow and black stole (right). €395, shaku.co.uk AMAZON ADVENTURE Aqua Expeditions will launch the 205ft Aqua Nera for whole-boat charter on the Peruvian Amazon in November. Explore the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve then dive in the plunge pool before settling down to Amazon-inspired dishes by Peruvian chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino. From $212,679 for 40 guests for four nights, aquaexpeditions.com OPEN FOR BUSINESS St Lucia’s Marigot Bay has reopened as…

Its position looking west over the Mediterranean to Nice, combined with the dramatic topography of the cape below Mont Boron, makes Cap de Nice one of the area’s most lovely – but lesser known – neighborhoods. Sean Connery bought the property in the 1970s and lived here until the 1980s; other nearby residents on Mont Boron include Elton John and David Furnish. Having the glitz of Nice so close – the airport is a 20-minute drive away and Port de Nice is less than a mile across the water – is a clear advantage. “If you have a yacht,” says de Mallet Morgan, “you are also in a very convenient location. You can walk from the villa to the yacht, or it’s just a couple of minutes by car.”…