Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2025 i Boat International US Edition

Before I left for a cruise around Iceland, I tried to think about all that I needed—and what I didn't—so I wouldn't overpack. There was much to ponder: sea conditions, temperature, the logistics of embarking and disembarking, climbing in and out of RIBs, and hiking strenuous trails on shore excursions. The lure of the unconventional, high latitudes and stunning landscapes is powerful but getting off the beaten path, particularly on board a boat, also comes with risks. Despite a volcanic eruption early in the trip, we had a dreamlike cruise – smooth seas, only occasional wind gusts (although they were sudden and violent) and no rain. I felt overprepared as we cruised in the comfort of a 1988 German-built ship, classical music playing and chocolate-covered strawberries on a coffee table…

Ares superyacht sets sail Turkish shipyard moves into the superyacht sector with motorsailer named after a historic town A different kind of yacht appeared in the blue sky of Antalya, Turkey, in early July. The first superyacht from the ambitious Ares shipyard (an award-winning yard in the defense sector), Simena is a classic motorsailer combining precision engineering and artistry, and if you plan on attending, you will be able to see this 203-foot steel and carbon modem classic with a ketch rig at the Monaco Yacht Show. The classic styling is by Taka Yacht Design and the “rich, layered” yet modem interior is by Design Unlimited. This bluewater sailing yacht with cutting-edge technology “for a true connoisseur,” offers transatlantic range even without sails, Yachts Projects director Piraye Şahinkaya Orhun says.…

ISA Sportiva 66 €61,000,000 Ikonic Yachts Reduced by: €5,000,000 Being outfitted for spring 2027 delivery in Italy Silver Star I €29,900,000 TWW Yachts Reduced by: €1,010,000 The 181ft Admiral interior is designed by Giorgio Armani. Simon Fraser £1,900,000 IYC Reduced by: €2,000,000 The superstructure and hull are complete. Olympus €19,750,000 Edmiston and Fraser Reduced by: €2,000,000 The 188ft Feadship is voluminous at 881GT. Belongers €14,900,000 Fraser Reduced by: €2,000,000 The 164ft Couach has a sundeck owner's office.…

After spending 15 years at sea, many of them in the captain's seat, I thought I had a solid grasp of what defined a great charter experience. But now I'm at the other end of the passerelle as a charter broker, serving clients by finding them the best charter experience – and so my perspective has changed. I no longer judge a yacht by how easily I could dock it in a tight berth, but rather by what kind of experience it would provide the guests I have placed on it. As a broker with discerning clients looking for the trip of a lifetime, I must assess the entire journey – no detail is too small. Few yachts have impressed me and my clients more consistently than King Benji. Over the…

BORN: 1944, CAMBRIDGE, MASS, US LIVES: FLORIDA, US WIFE: PHYLLIS CHILDREN: THREE NUMBER OF BOATS: TWO - SOLEMATES AND A LITTLE HARBOR 38 Paul Fireman does not much like to speak about himself. “I don't like publicity,” he says as we settle down for a chat in the office of his Palm Beach home. He has agreed to meet at the suggestion of his long-time advisor in the boating world, the Luxury Yacht Group's Rupert Connor, with whom he's worked for 25 years (Connor advises him on boat purchases and construction, and manages the boats for charter), but it is clear Fireman is not interested in discussing much about his life outside boating. What he is far more interested in talking about – and he is a fantastic raconteur –…

What makes an explorer yacht an explorer? It isn't just about appearance. Does a displacement hull in steel, large storage capacity, Tier III-compliant engines and generators (for access to a wide area of the world), a comfortable interior, well protected decks, garbage treatment, a helipad and a 4,000 nautical-mile range qualify? Let's just say, it's a great start. All these features abound on the 255-foot Amels Energy, although one could say it was conceived as the opposite of an explorer. “[The owner] really wanted for his yacht to be his home,” the founder of Zuretti Design, François Zuretti, says and that home originally was intended to be Monaco. It was some years ago that Espen Øino worked with the yacht's experienced owner to create Energy, starting with a project at…

Belmond operates a fleet of seven barges that offer personalized journeys along France's 2,700 miles of canals and rivers. Among the Bateaux Belmont fleet, the flagship is Coquelicot, a 128-foot converted Dutch cargo barge. It's the only one that cruises through Champagne's Grand Cru vineyards. Each six-night voyage aboard Coquelicot begins near Reims and follows the River Marne between Châlons-en-Champagne and Jaulgonne. As part of the LVMH-owned Belmond – the brand behind the famed Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express - Coquelicot delivers exceptional style. Sage green accents and Brazilian hardwood decks set the tone. An attentive crew welcomes guests aboard with a glass of Ruinart Brut, the oldest Champagne house and a sister brand under the LVMH umbrella. Two friendly rescue dogs, Tagine and Couscous, add to the…

As the sun slips behind the limestone bell towers of Split, Croatia, summer evenings are filled not just with the sound of footsteps clicking along alleyways of the old town, but also with something more haunting. Flowing through the maze-like streets, the sound of voices in mournful harmony can be heard, if you know where to listen for it. This is klapa, a traditional form of a cappella singing rooted in the ancient rhythms of Dalmatia. Derived from the Italian word clappa, meaning a group of friends, klapa is sung in tight, polyphonic layers and in gentle tones that resemble a haunting church chorus. Typically formed of four to eight men (though all-female and mixed groups are now common too), the singers wear crisp white shirts and red sashes tied…

YACHTS 121-foot Radiance via Fraser Yachts; 144-foot Aix via The Superyacht People AGENTS Australian Superyacht Services is an Australian yacht agent that can assist with charter legislation, superyachts.com.au; Super Yachts Perth specializes in the Western Australia region, superyachtsperth.com.au USEFUL WEBSITES Yacht charter in Western Australia, thesuperyachtpeople.com; Tourism Western Australia, westernaustralia.com; Clinton Walker at Ngurrangga, ngurrangga.com.au…

Julia Zaltzman Julia is a freelance writer and editor, specializing in yachting and luxury travel. Based in the UK, she contributes to publications such as The Telegraph. For this issue, she highlights some of the exciting new yachts debuting at the Monaco Yacht Show (page 32). Which yacht coming to Monaco are you most excited to see? It has to be Breakthrough. Not only is my head turned by the first yacht powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, but I'm intrigued to see what type of bespoke interior her high-profile owner has chosen. If you owned Breakthrough, where would you cruise to first? I'd take her on the Cool Route, running up the distillery-dripped coasts of Ireland and Scotland, before cruising into the wild Faroe Islands and onwards to Iceland,…

Master makes big progress Icon Yachts has reached a milestone in the conversion of offshore rescue vessel into the 230-foot explorer Project Master with the vessel's technical launch in July in Harlingen, the Netherlands. All major steel and aluminum work is complete. “Today marks the end of phase one of Project Master, and it's the first project at Icon since I became owner,” CEO Micca Ferrero tells BOAT International. “We've poured love, time and effort into this project – if's our baby.” And it's a big baby (albeit below 3,000 gross tonnes) with Espen Øino International exterior design, featuring a helideck, space for 12 guests, including an owner's deck, an upper deck salon with floor to ceiling glass and room for up to 19 crew members. The latest technology will…

It's no secret that most yachts still prefer to ping-pong between the Caribbean and Mediterranean – perhaps with a quick nip over to the US or UK on occasion – but some owners often push farther afield. Depending on the type of experience they're after, these journeys can involve daring escapades through some of the world's harshest climates or pioneering visits to countries with a less-established yachting culture – typically either in Africa or South East Asia. Either way, these exploits can be considered off the beaten track. Traditional migration patterns have also shifted to reflect the loss of the Red Sea as a reliable pathway for global transit since 2023 (following targeted attacks by the Houthis on commercial ships). Yachts are taking longer voyages either around South Africa or…

East meets West One of Japan's most influential chefs brings his inimitable dishes to London this September with the launch of Chef Masayoshi “Masa” Takayama's Tobi Masa restaurant at The Chancery Rosewood, which also opens in the fall. The second outpost of Masa's under this name (the first opened in New York in 2004), the restaurant is located in the former US embassy overlooking Grosvenor Square and will offer a blend of his famous sushi creations and all-new dishes developed just for London. Opening September, rosewoodhotels.com FIELD OF DREAMS Savor the last of the UK's late summer evenings at The Dorchester Collection's Coworth Park property, just 40 minutes outside London in the Berkshire countryside. New this season is TIDE, an outdoor dining experience curated by executive chef Adam Smith focusing…

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At the southernmost tip of Patagonia is a stretch of the Beagle Channel nicknamed Glacier Alley. The 150-mile passage is serrated by fjords cut by five tidewater glaciers that flow from the huge Darwin ice field. Captain Gerhard Veldsman recalls taking Aquijo, at 282 feet the largest sailing ketch in the world, gingerly into them as one of the most memorable experiences of a decade of two circumnavigations. “We had the boss and his family on board for a month. We went right up to all the glaciers and the sights were amazing,” Veldsman says. He describes immense ice cliffs, an evening barbecuing on a wild, isolated beach and making a luge from iceberg ice and filling it with vodka. “It was one of those surreal moments,” he says, “with…

Where is it? Hedonistic San Antonio might not immediately conjure up visions of luxury, but hidden in the hills above Cala Gració lies an unexpected, serene exception. With its sculptural architecture, chic bohemian decor and pool loungers dripping in Missoni fabrics, OKU Ibiza captures the island's elegant spirit. What's the vibe? Classic high-end Ibiza, the mornings begin with sound baths and yoga, afternoons ease into poolside lounging soundtracked by mellow DJ beats, and dinner at the Japanese-South American fusion Teyo restaurant is a must. The spa channels the hotel's interior motifs; think natural materials, wood detailing, tactile fabrics and diffused lighting that invites calm. Treatment rooms feel like private sanctuaries, and the atmosphere is hushed, soothing and restorative. What to have Treatments blend ancient wisdom and modern miracles, with a…

Black Legend €23,950,000 Northrop & Johnson and Camper & Nicholsons Top speed 35 knots; cruising speed 25 knots. Maximus £79,500,000 Edmiston Germán Frers design and third-largest sailing yacht built by Vitters. Lady Marina £39,950,000 Moravia Yachting and Merle Wood & Associates The Feadship is for sale for the first time. Para Bellvm €29,500,000 Edmistan The infinity pool on the aft deck is a striking focal point to the design. Y €17,500,000 YACHT Delivered May 2025, only Benetti Oasis 34M for sale with full warranty.…

After cruising from Alaska down to Mexico, an American-flagged Dutch expedition yacht has taken on the Med this summer. It belongs to a young American entrepreneur with a passion for collecting. The owner of Slow Poke – a Vripack-designed Doggersbank 87 Heritage formerly known as Coy Koi – approached its refit with the same passion he brings to restoring classic cars. “I'm involved in a lot of design-led projects and sit on the board of a design school,” he says. “For me, the Doggersbank is an example of the best packaging design in all of yachting.” He spotted the sales listing for the Kuipers-Doggersbank, and it offered a great opportunity to turn a Dutch-built yacht with long-range ability into his own explorer. The point of the Doggersbank (born in 1968…

“ADVENTURE IS WORTHWHILE IN ITSELF” AMELIA EARHART, AVIATION PIONEER…

“THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY COMFORTABLE IN HAVING PLENTY OF STATIONERY” CHARLES DICKENS, GREAT EXPECTATIONS…

My family came to Florida in 1946 and took over a boatyard that built wooden shrimp trawlers. I worked at the yard, and in my spare time handcrafted a little 14-footer to fish on the Intracoastal. That was my introduction to boating. Since then, my only stretch without a boat was when I was in the military. As soon as I got out, I bought my first sportfisher, a 28-foot Bertram. I took delivery of my latest one in March, a Merritt 88, Bree. When I got married, my wife, Paula, and I built a 50-footer at Huckins together, one of their first real sportfishers. It was a fun project. We were living in Jacksonville at the time so we were able to check on it once a week. We…

Five Oceans is a serious boat. One look at the equipment on display on the aft deck is enough to understand the owners who commissioned her were serious about exploring. Her sizable decks look capable of hosting all the accessories the owners had planned: an Icon A5 seaplane, a three-seater Triton 3300 submersible (certified to dive down to 3,300 feet) with its custom operational support container, plus two jet-black Novamarine RIBS. In this context, the hull's baby blue color surprised me a little. Rob Dolling of Verpeka Dolling, who acted as the owners’ project manager and sales broker, acknowledges the cheerful color scheme may not quite jive with the idea of a hardcore explorer character, but it wasn't a random choice. “We knew the boat would be going all over…

Hemisphere Launched by Pendennis as the world's largest privately owned sailing catamaran, 145-foot Hemisphere was started at Derecktor Shipyards. She received a commendation at the 2012 World Superyacht Awards. Ilona (now named Moatize) Standing out in Pendennis history as the first luxury motor yacht built at the yard, this 148-footer was launched in 1999. She features a design by Dubois Naval Architects and interior styling by RWD. Steel This 180-foot ice-classed expedition yacht was the largest project by volume when she launched in 2009. She is MCA compliant with long-range capabilities. Vijonara The 138-foot Hoek-designed Truly Classic 128 cutter-rigged sloop was ths second built at Pendennis. Optimized for sailing performance, she won the Sailing Yacht 30m to 59.9m category at the 2019 World Superyacht Awards.…

THE FOUR SEASONS WILL OPEN A NEW RESORT ABOVE KALO LIVADI BAY FOR THE 2026 SEASON, LOCATED JUST MOMENTS FROM THE ISLAND'S VIBRANT CENTER. FOURSEASONS.COM 1 CALI COUTURE Cliffside hotel Cali Mykonos has unveiled its inaugural fashion collaboration with Italian house Missoni, marking the launch of the first Missoni Resort Club in Greece. The boutique hotel's minimalist design is overlaid with Missoni's bold patterns across daybeds, beach umbrellas and accessories. calimykonos.com 2 Missoni resort beach club raffia bag with zigzag pattern and leather details. missoni.com 3 SPA The Anandes Hotel has launched a wellness residency with cult Scandinavian studio HEAT by Sophia Lie. The biohacking-focused pop-up offers red light therapy, lymphatic drainage and facial workouts - think pre-party sculpting or post-flight recovery. anandeshotel.com 4 Mykonian mezze Tucked away on a private,…

With its fantastical landscapes and increasingly sophisticated culinary scene, Western Australia's billing as the “dream state” seems apt, however you interpret that particular dream. It is, unsurprisingly, a rising destination for superyacht owners and charter guests, with the largest ports located in Perth, Rottnest Island and Broome - perfect gateways for roaming national parks strewn with ancient aboriginal art, or for enjoying a taste of Perth's burgeoning food and wine scene. Yes, Western Australia currently only captures 2.7 percent of the superyacht fleet by visitation, but this gives it an “uncharted” charm, says Cameron Bray, managing director of brokerage house The Superyacht People. “Western Australia feels like the world's last frontier; it's so remote and different from any other yachting location. The scenery is unlike anywhere else in Australia –…

“I WOULD REALLY RATHER FEEL BAD IN MAINE THAN FEEL GOOD ANYWHERE ELSE” E.B. WHITE…