Innholdsfortegnelse for Winter 2024 i Yachts International

Last summer, while surfing streaming services, I stumbled across director Wolfgang Petersen’s film adaptation of Sebastian Junger’s bestselling marine disaster story, The Perfect Storm. The film, which starred George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane and others, was flawed in many ways, but visually compelling. A commercial swordfish boat called the Andrea Gail pushes far out into the North Atlantic from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and falls victim to heavy winds and seas from the convergence of a dying hurricane and a pair of strong weather fronts. None of the six crew survived, and the boat was never found. Cut to August 19 of this year. I awakened in Montana on the first day of some R&R to a flood of emails from friends and associates with links to news stories about the…

Oceanco’s 345-foot (105-meter) H3 is less a refit and more a rebirth. Twenty-three years after it was delivered, H3 emerged from the Dutch shipyard’s Alblasserdam facilities in 2023 virtually unrecognizable. A 33-foot (10-meter) extension, a fully replaced superstructure and a redesign of the engineering package for IMO Tier III compliance were enough for Lloyd’s Register to classify the yacht as a new build. The yacht was built in 2000 as 312-foot (95-meter) Al Mirqab for a member of the Qatari royal family. It was acquired six years later for a reported $113 million byVijay Mallya, Formula 1’s Force India boss. He renamed the yacht Indian Empress and, in 2016, spent 6.4 million euros on a refit. The yacht’s deep-red interior and ornate gilt-work were swapped out for contrasting woods, pale neutral…

To some people, it’s the “Venice of America.” To others, the “Yachting Capital of the World.” And to a few, it’s still “Where the Boys Are.” No matter what nickname they use, yachting enthusiasts are drawn to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and its more than 300 miles of navigable waterways teeming with boats of all shapes and sizes. It’s home to some of the world’s best yacht yards and marinas. It’s one of the world’s busiest ports for cruise ships. It has miles of sandy Atlantic Ocean beach that locals say are the equal of any urban beach anywhere. Fort Lauderdale is a city of water that grew up on a river, and is still defined by water. The New River is the heart of Fort Lauderdale. It connects the Everglades…

Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi is a self-confessed contemporary art addict. “All my yachts have art on board, as it’s my passion,” he says, giving a nod to the Salvatore Mangione painting hanging on the wall behind him. We’re sitting in the main salon aboard the 127-foot (38.8-meter) Telli, the first hull of Custom Line’s Navetta 38, which Galassi took delivery of in May. Named after his wife of 26 years, Antonella, the yacht showcases her flair for interior style. “She has good taste,” he says. “There are five shades of brown and beige in the throw pillows, but otherwise this is a boat with no color, only white and gray. All the color comes from the artwork.” The yacht is in Venice, Italy, for the annual boat show, where…

The shipyard building the first two Arksen 85 expedition yachts is not the typical yacht-building premises. For one thing, it’s in England, on the Isle of Wight, which is known for different kinds of yachts. This yard’s core business is aluminum ferries and workboats. But then again, Arksen is not the typical yacht builder. Based in London’s West End, it describes itself as an adventure company. If you’re not in the market for an expedition yacht, then Arksen will happily sell you a waterproof jacket, or a refurbished Land Rover, or a Scandinavian-built RIB. Still, Arksen’s yachts are designed to match the ambitions of the most intrepid owners. The first two all-aluminum Arksen 85s are outwardly identical. Accommodations spaces are penned by the British studio Design Unlimited, built by Ares…

WHAT COMES OUT OF THE GALLEY IS A FUNCTION OF LAGANA’S EYE FOR COLOR, TEXTURE AND AESTHETICS. While his culinary heritage is rooted in French and Italian cooking, 34-year-old chef Anthony Lagana thrives on inventing fusion dishes with disparate cuisines—say, Peruvian meets Indian, or Japanese plus Mexican. “I can make any classic dish shine,” Lagana says, “but I really enjoy stepping away from tradition by applying my imagination to a marriage of flavors that do not often get used together.” Lagana exercises his creativity as chef aboard the newly launched 170-foot (52-meter) Baglietto Daybreak, where he joins a largely familiar crew, several of whom worked together on a previous yacht. Lagana and the captain, Warren Garmany, were both involved with Daybreak’s design and build. “I had the privilege of tailoring…