Superyacht International Autumn 2018

Leasing, renting, time charter, sharing, carpooling. Our Professional and private life styles are unequivocally heading towards sharing albeit in diverse ways but nevertheless substitute the possession of things. A phenomenon which is increasingly popular among adults but more so it has changed the mentality of the young ones: lease is obviously in varying degrees and pertinent to different objects in diverse Countries. But in a broader sense of the term, the word lease has moved accordingly from industrie instrumental tools, to privately owned motor cars, servers, interior office décor and furniture and so on. How is all of this going to affect the yachting world? Obviously opinions differ widely and forecasting is very difficult at this point in time also for those working the sector. Let’s go down memory lane…

This yacht’s naval architecture, interior and exterior design has been carried out by Ceccarelli Yacht Design. The GS80 is the first of Grand Soleil’s Custom line. It’s over 25 metres long but slots into the lower segment of up to 24 metres since the hull and deck are no longer than 23.99 metres. This is also Grand Soleil’s first maxi and the hull is all carbon fibres with competitive racing in mind. However she’s principally a fast performance cruiser built to undertake demanding cruises. Consequently the level of on board comfort is notably high. The interior layout is divided in two main areas to guarantee guests’ privacy. The crew cabins have been situated aft with independent access from the stern area which connects directly with the chart table, other electronic…

The new Arcadia Yachts 105 will be making its world debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2018. The first project presented one year ago was so successful to the extent the shipyard is already building the third hull. The project design was carried out with Milan based Hot Lab, the A105 like the rest of the Arcadia fleet pivots around the yard’s philosophic principles which in a nutshell are simply: resilience, the privileging of contact with the surroundings, conviviality and relaxation “en pleine air”. Every A105 is in fact realized in more ways than one by listening to owners’ requests and of the use he wishes to make of the superyacht. Consequently the yacht is built accordingly. This hull features distinctive traits and chiselled shipyard’s lines that have been interpreted…

Azimut Grande 32 Metri will be debuting at the coming Cannes Yachting Festival with loads of state of the ar t cutting edge technology. This yacht has been designed among other things with two exclusive Azimut Benetti group technologies: Carbon Tech material deployed for the construction of the superstructure on a D2P hull which will turn more than a few heads in the course of the French yachting event due to a truly eye catchy design. The aggressive exteriors are by Stefano Righini which recall the Grande Azimut collection. The imposing lines are lightened by the silhouette of the superstructure and by large ‘full height’ window like ports on each side of the owner’s full beam suite which also feature in preceding models of the range like a large beach…

Lynx Yachts, Omega Architects and Van Oossanen Naval Architects have pooled their creative resources together to draw up project design work for LOV 38 where LOV represents the first letters of each of the three companies names working together on the project. In relationship to what has been proposed so far, Lynz Yachts has moved away from being a supply vessels’ building shipyard with fancy designs created to endure long cruises in utter comfort. In fact the FDHF (Fast Displacement Hull Form) by Van Oossanen, specially developed to guarantee a high level of comfort within a wide range of diverse speeds, from displacing to planing ones, is endowed with such notable efficiency which guarantees 20 to 30% less drag thus reducing fuel consumption notably. LOV 38 features great flexibility in…

Cantiere delle Marche scores another sale with the Explorer 40.22 model designed by Tommaso Spadolini and engineered by Hydro Tec studio. This new Explorer “ represents the owner’s desire for a real and proper ship which in technical terms is as near as possible to the world of ocean going ships which is dear to him. He requested that the Explorer 40 be built to cruise safely in any weather without ever entering a marina” tells Vasco Buonpensiero, co-founder and Sales & Marketing Director of Cantiere delle Marche. The owner asked for: “ A sturdy robust steel hull, with dual controls, on board repeaters and technologic equipment so as to have a reliable, safe and extremely comfortable yacht. It is devised and set up to cruise with family and an…