Megayacht News Leadership Series
Megayacht News Leadership Series: Tim Heywood, Tim Heywood Design
Tim Heywood is an award-winning yacht designer who has produced some of the finest and largest yachts on the water. In fact, the list of Heywood’s designs read like a who’s who of yachting, including Al Mirqab, Baton Rouge, Cakewalk, Carinthia VII, Ice, Kogo, Mayan Queen IV, Topaz, and Pelorus. Here, as part of our… [Continue Reading]
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June 2013 Motoryacht of the Month: Hargrave Custom Yachts’ Gigi II
The 125-foot megayacht Gigi II was commissioned by a repeat customer of Hargrave Custom Yachts. Together, they decided to up the ante on the typical interior decor and arrangement. Rather than follow a trideck layout, Gigi II is a raised pilothouse design. In addition, all guest staterooms are king rooms, and every crew cabin has… [Continue Reading]
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Family-Focused Feadship Sea Owl Flies the Nest
Experienced owners who enjoy cruising as much as their young family does are weeks away from taking delivery of Sea Owl, the 203’5” (62-meter) megayacht which launched late last week at Feadship’s Royal Van Lent yard for her first series of sea trials. Sea Owl has the same color pattern outside as the owners’ previous… [Continue Reading]
Ghost G180F From Ghost Yachts and Feadship
Ghost Yachts has a new megayacht design, the Ghost G180F, thanks to a recent partnership with both Feadship and the De Voogt Naval Architects design office. If you’re a longtime reader of Megayacht News, you may remember that Ghost Yachts was formed by Björn Moonen several years ago to provide alternatives in the lower-volume (under-500-gross-ton)… [Continue Reading]
Nordhavn 120, Largest Megayacht From Builder, Nearing Delivery
Come July 1, hull number one of the Nordhavn 120, the flagship of the builder’s salty-style cruisers, will depart China on her own bottom for Vancouver on her delivery voyage. Yes, you read that right: This 120-foot megayacht, with a 27’11” beam, will be making a non-stop, 24- to 28-day ocean crossing fresh out of… [Continue Reading]
Former Presidential Yacht Williamsburg in Woeful, but Hopeful, State
The USS Williamsburg, one of the largest and most famous megayachts built in the 20th century, is rusting away at a shipyard in Italy, where she has been for nearly two decades, untouched. The photo above was taken within the past few weeks. Despite her appearance, and despite an anticipated restoration cost in the nine-figure… [Continue Reading]