Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2021 i Boat International US Edition

As I write this, our cover boat, La Datcha, is in the Maldives, on her way to the Kamchatka Peninsula, a vast, largely empty wilderness hanging appendix-like off the edge of Russia. The region is home to bears, tigers, orca – and more than 300 volcanoes, which provide some of world’s most extreme heli-skiing. As a place to shake down your new explorer yacht, and test all its toys (twin helicopters and Triton submarine, to name a few), it doesn’t get much better than that. But beyond the headline features, it’s the more prosaic aspects of a boat like this that really amp up its functionality in far-flung places: the substantial mud room for getting cold-weather gear on and off, vast wastewater tanks for cruising in no-discharge zones and sufficient…

THE EXPLORER’S TENDER BOAT asked design studios to send their concepts for an explorer yacht tender for high latitudes, meaning it had to have autonomy and built-in redundancy. It could be larger than a traditional tender but not exceed 65ft. Below are two concepts from H2 Yacht Design and Radyca. EXTENDER 65 H2 Yacht Design’s Extender 65 concept relies on hydrogen as the power source and works on land with airless tires on hydraulically operated foldable wheels. An articulated platform facilitates water access (so it could be used as a diving tender) and has seating capacity (with views) for 12. h2yachtdesign.com CYBERTENDER Radyca’s Cybertender takes inspiration from a hypothetical collaboration with Tesla. This electric amphibious tender is in carbon fiber and has the capacity to carry other amphibious vehicles and…

NEMO For diving, treasure hunts or just exploring underwater, a simpler unit can be an advantage. Nemo is no slouch, though — it has a 4K video and 16-megapixel stills camera, app control and four thrusters, and works down to a depth of 330 feet. $1,799, aquarobotman.com DTG3 NAVIGATOR A premium version of Deep Trekker’s mini ROV, this is designed to withstand commercial use. It will shoot 4K video and eight-megapixel stills, and is sensitive in low light — just as well, because it’s rated to a depth of 650 feet. It also includes underwater GPS and precision thrusters. $27,499, deeptrekker.com PIONEER This capable Norwegian design dives down to 500 feet and runs for two hours between charges. It is a leisure version of a commercial chassis with full HD…

For 20 years I was a boat captain and I became friendly with one of the clients who was interested in buying the yacht if I stayed on. I told him it was not possible as my wife wanted me to quit the business – and besides, my dream was to build a yacht in Indonesia, for which I needed an investor. I was very lucky as he loved my design and gave me a big budget, so I built a beautiful yacht based on the traditional Indonesian phinisi from the 1920s – a mix between a Dutch schooner and the local phinisi, with big rigging. Lamima is 214ft long and wide beamed. When we cruise, I like to be in the big net in front of the bowsprit. It…

STCW Code A-VI/4-1, Proficiency in Medical First Aid (PMFA) A four-day operational- level course where crew learn how to deal with diverse medical emergencies at sea, including dislocations, fractures, spinal injuries and how to control bleeding. STCW Reg VI/4 (4-2) Proficiency in Medical Care, (PMC) The next level up is a five-day management-level course, where crew members learn to participate in the synchronized provision of medical care on board, evaluating and providing care to those with illnesses and injuries. The crew pick up essential knowledge about medical supplies and equipment and refresh their PMC knowledge every five years. Medical Care Person in Charge (MCPIC) A five- to seven- day management-level US Coast Guard, STCW compliant course that allows medical care to be co-ordinated with radio medical advice until the patient…

Can autonomous ships legally operate between countries or in international waters without specific treaties? Can a computer legally be a ship’s master? Who gets sued if an AI-run ship damages something? Bjørn-Johan Vartdal, head of Maritime Incubator at DNV GL-Maritime, says that whereas the AI liability question will likely be covered by product liability law, the ship’s master question is “something for the International Maritime Organization [IMO]”. This agency, charged with shipping regulations, is just nibbling around the edges of discussing the topic and how it collides with international navigation rules. Since shipping accounts for 90 percent of global trade, autonomous shipping has ramifications, and its benefits are appealing. However, shipping is notoriously conservative when it comes to making changes. “To say the IMO is not proactive would be an…

BELMOND CAP JULUCA, ANGUILLA The elegant crescent and crystal-clear waters of Maundays Bay set the tone for all things aqua at Belmond Cap Juluca. Start your day with an invigorating swim to breakfast, emerging from the gentle Caribbean waves to be greeted by a member of staff ready with a fresh towel, robe and just- pressed juice. After breakfast at Cip’s by Cipriani, pick up a paddleboard or kayak and head out into the cove, explore the resort by turquoise-painted bike and VW campervan, or take a second dip in the infinity-edge pool that’s only a barefoot step from the soft white beach. Dream away the hours on your reserved sunlounger by the water’s edge before visiting the Arawak Spa, where the signature treatments, based on the holistic rituals of…

EASY GOING Australian designer Camilla Franks founded her eponymous fashion label after finding inspiration while traveling the world. Her collections consist of colorful swimwear and patterned dresses celebrating the bohemian lifestyle. We love the off-shoulder short dress in From a Villa print (right). €845, camilla.com CROWNING GLORY A hundred years since Manhattan’s Crown Building was constructed, it will open this spring as Aman New York. Designed by Jean-Michel Gathy, and with 83 rooms and suites, 22 residences - five with outdoor infinity pools - a three-story wellness center and Japanese fine dining at Nama restaurant, it is just three miles away from Chelsea Piers. aman.com EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE Looking for some winter sun? Try the best beaches to visit by yacht: boatint.com/caribbean-beaches BE MORE PACIFIC Fiji has launched a program to…

PARADISE BAY, ANTARCTICA The sheltered bays along the Gerlache Strait provide the perfect opportunity to spot unique marine life. Descend near an iceberg to see just how much of its bulk is underwater - but remember to keep a safe distance in case the berg rolls. AEOLIAN ISLANDS, ITALY Dive on 2,000 years of history, from Grecian wrecks and sunken Roman towns to untouched walls disappearing into the abyss. Near Panarea, 400 feet down, lies the Panarea III, a 50ft wooden ship thought to have sunk around 218 BCE during the Punic War between Rome and Carthage. GREAT EXUMA WALL, BAHAMAS Dives in a personal sub can extend to more than 3,200 feet, but depths of around 1,000 feet will offer more sightings. This drop-off is abundant in coral reefs…

Jeremy White Jeremy is executive editor of the UK edition of WIRED. For this issue, he picks out the best new tech (page 36). What’s your favorite item in your tech edit? The Bose Frames, for the simple reason that until you try these audio sunglasses you simply won’t believe how good the sound quality is from the tiny speakers embedded in the arms of the glasses. Bose has achieved something of an audio miracle The last piece of tech you bought? The new Spark smart guitar amp by Positive Grid, which is superb. Amazing sound from such a small amplifier, and it has built-in everything, including drum and bass backing that listens to what you are playing and auto adjusts to match. I wish I had this when I…

US classic heads east for a refit The classic 122ft Atlantide was built as Caleta for the helmsman of Shamrock – the challenger in the 1930 America’s Cup. A new chapter in its storied life has begun, with its acquisition by scientist, entrepreneur and sailing enthusiast Jim Clark. The motor sailer had been a familiar sight in the north-east of the US and in Maine until it was loaded onto a transport ship bound for the Netherlands. It will undergo a substantial refit at Royal Huisman’s refit yard, Huisfit, before re-emerging in spring 2022. royalhuisman.com FACT CHECK • Atlantide’s original designer, Alfred Mylne, also designed Britannia • Philip and Sons delivered Caleta in 1930 • Requisitioned for the war service in 1939, she helped evacuate Allied forces from Dunkirk •…

KIMBERLY $4.45 million The 128ft tri-deck motor yacht, listed for sale by Northrop & Johnson, has had a further price reduction of $500,000. Built by Palmer Johnson, she was delivered in 2000 with a refit in 2010. MUSA €3.8 MILLION The 116ft motor yacht, listed for sale at Engel & Volkers Yachting in Monaco, has received a €700,000 price reduction. Built by AB Yachts, she was delivered in 2009. LE PIETRE €2.6 MILLION The 115ft motor sailer, listed for sale by Engel & Volkers Yachting, has received a price drop of €200,000. Built by Turkish yard Ada Yachts to RINA class, she was delivered in 2009. SAGE €13.9 MILLION The 131ft Admiral motor yacht, listed for sale by Worth Avenue Yachts with Yachting Partners International, has had a €1.1 million…

Whether you can call a submarine a superyacht “toy” is questionable, but that’s half the appeal for an adventurous owner: keep your frivolous playthings, I’m buying a portal to another world. No one takes submarines more seriously than Triton, the industry’s go-to submersible manufacturer – and no one understands better how these incredible machines are developing. The Floridabased team boasts a combined 400 years of experience in the submarine business, ranging from underwater tourism to defense. John Ramsay, Triton’s principal design engineer, for example, used to design submarine rescue submersibles – the ones they send down to get people out of sunken military submarines. “After that, I was doing swimmer delivery vehicles, for getting US Special Forces covertly into wherever they needed to be,” he says. Despite its broad spectrum…

Marc “Gio” Giorgetti grew up in landlocked Luxembourg, but the Mediterranean is never far from his mind. For a long time now, summer sailing has been a family tradition. He has just taken delivery of his largest sailing yacht to date, an exquisite balance of performance and comfort. The 111ft Solaris CeFeA, named after his three children, is a carbon-hull beauty that has reached 16 knots in 15 knots of wind. When we speak, over Zoom, he’s just had a few days on board and he can’t wait to get back on the water. “It is absolutely fantastic and very balanced. I can hold it with just two fingers,” he says. Giorgetti is CEO of the Felix Giorgetti construction and real estate company, and also the majority shareholder of Solaris…

The Russian word datcha means “a second home in the countryside.” The French definite article la adds a tinge of elegance (and humor). La Datcha seems a fitting name for this new example of the SeaXplorer range, a boat sophisticated enough for Mediterranean bays but built for adventure in faraway places. From day one owner Oleg Tinkov made it clear that although he intends to spend time on board, he wanted the yacht to generate revenue. Tinkov is a self-made man known for building several strong brands, including his greatest pride, the online Tinkoff Bank. His La Datcha Tinkoff Collection comprises luxury boutique hotels with a sports theme ranging from chalets in Val Thorens and Courchevel in the French Alps to villas in Cabo San Lucas in Baja California (ideal…

A TRAINED DOCTOR, PARAMEDIC OR NURSE ON BOARD SOMEONE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID FOR SEAFARERS (MHFA) ACCESS TO A TELEMEDICAL SERVICE, and a crew well-drilled in using it A POCKET ULTRASOUND AN ECG, to record and monitor the rhythm of your heart A DEFIBRILLATOR, to restart the heart during cardiac arrest AN OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR, to measure how well oxygen is binding to your red blood cells A DIGITAL BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITOR — easier to use on loud yachts than a manual version A STRETCHER — a modern version that is light and kind to the spine…

• Artificial intelligence: a computer system performing tasks that normally require human intelligence. These include visual perception, speech recognition, decisionmaking, translation, use of search, statistics and probability tools, and mathematical optimization of data. • Machine learning: an application that gives systems the ability to learn and improve from experience. The science focuses on development of computer programs that can access data and use it to learn for themselves. Think of AI as the broader goal of autonomous machine intelligence, and machine learning as the specific scientific methods currently in vogue for building AI. All machine learning is AI, but not all AI is machine learning. • Gray/white/black box: machine learning methods vary in the level the mathematical model is “supervised” by humans. In black box there’s no supervision, the model…

Peace and quiet seems to be the resounding theme of Koh Lanta — equally enjoyed by the monkeys and enterprising visitors the speedboat skims across the blue-green water, whisking me from the Thai port of Krabi southwards to the lush island of Koh Lanta. As the shores of the mainland blur into the distance there is a growing sense of tranquility. Koh Lanta’s white-sand beaches, backed by hills of deep green jungle, are blissfully quiet. Yet we’re really only a stone’s throw from some of Thailand’s most-visited stretches of coastline. Sitting 40 nautical miles south-east of the increasingly popular yachting hub of Phuket, Koh Lanta is actually made up of two connecting islands. Lanta Noi to the north is home to a thriving Thai village of brightly painted wooden stilt…

ZAZOU €19.5 MILLION The 164ft Benetti motor yacht has been listed for sale by Benetti and Fraser. She was built to ABS class with an aluminum superstructure and GRP hull, and delivered in 2016. KATIA €10.9 MILLION The 131ft motor yacht has been listed for sale by Fraser. Built in aluminum by Italian brand Columbus to a design by Hydro Tec, she was delivered in 2015 and refitted in 2019. RAHIL €22 MILLION The 176ft motor yacht has been listed for sale by SSH Maritime. Designed inside and out by Luca Dini, she was built in steel and aluminum by Mariotti Yachts and delivered in 2012. SUPERNOVA €12.5 MILLION The 124ft Sanlorenzo motor yacht has been listed for sale at Fraser. With exterior and interior design by Francesco Paszkowski, she…

For a few weeks every four years, the world’s best sailing teams battle for the oldest trophy in international sport. The America’s Cup is the pinnacle of yacht racing, where the winner is decided after an intense and fiercely competitive series of one-to-one duels. The 36th Cup is taking place in New Zealand. It began with a Challenger Selection Series that ran until February 22, in which two teams competed for the right to race against Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand. The America’s Cup matches follow from March 6 to 15 and are a best-of-13 series. This complex and rarified realm is a magnet for the world’s most talented sailors — names such as Sir Ben Ainslie, Jimmy Spithill, Francesco Bruni, Dean Barker and Peter Burling. They are racing…

FLYING FOX * Dedicated clinic and an onboard medic * A hyperbaric chamber for post-dive medical emergencies, and a highly qualified team of dive clinicians to advise offshore * Trauma treatment bags and defibrillators are accessible at all areas of the vessel * Regular crew screenings to ensure a healthy workforce LEGEND * Specialist medical suite and onboard deck medic * Respiratory equipment including oxygen cylinders and masks, with an onboard oxygen compressor providing the ability to refill cylinders when operating remotely * Airlift-capable rescue stretcher and water rescue board with head blocks for spinal immobilization * A tablet with Bluetooth connectivity to several patient assessment and monitoring devices that send real-time remote diagnostics to MSOS’s control center in an emergency…

The processing demands for artificial intelligence are huge. To meet the demands of machine learning and computer-vision technology for MAS400’s AI captain, the team used an IBM Power AC922 fueled by IBM Power9 CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, the same technologies behind the world’s smartest AI supercomputers. As the boat won’t have access to high- bandwidth connectivity throughout its transatlantic voyage, it will use a fully autonomous IBM edge computing system powered by 15 onboard NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier devices. While at sea, Mayflower will process data locally, increasing decision-making speed and reducing the amount of data flow and shipboard storage, all while keeping data secure from cyber threats.…

It was a dark and stormy day as Knot@Work made her way down the Miami River. Incessant rain fell from the gloomy sky, but you wouldn’t know it, cozily cocooned within the enclosed bridge deck. Knot@Work is the first hull of Monte Carlo Yachts’ new MCY 76 Skylounge collection with an enclosed upper deck. It’s hard to imagine a more comfortable boat for a sea trial on a day like this – which was precisely why the owners, a couple who use their yacht as a second home, were attracted to the idea. They were already familiar with the builder, having owned an MCY 76 for several years. “I came across them by accident, eight or nine years ago,” the husband says. “I fell in love with a picture in…