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“A family that didn’t follow the mainstream path,” according to Dynamiq’s founder and CEO, are close to taking delivery of their new yacht, Stefania. The 134’5″ (41-meter) megayacht, in build for two years, is the largest Dynamiq so far. Sergei Dobroserdov, the head of Dynamiq, credits the owners for being unconventional for a fewContinue Reading
A trio of Italian yachting companies will bring an American cruiser’s large-yacht vision to life. The owner is taking delivery of the first Extra X99 from the Extra Yachts brand of Palumbo Superyachts. Extra Yachts, which already has the Extra X76 and the Extra X86 among its models, provides owners and guests with more volumeContinue Reading
Shipyards build things out of fiberglass, aluminum, and steel… while four particularly intrepid “builders” used a bunch of Lego bricks. In fact, they built a Lego Heesen megayacht, to accurate scale, right down to the sunpads and toys. You can vote for your favorite one and win some Heesen swag—along with a Lego set, ofContinue Reading
Claudio Lazzarini and Carl Pickering of Lazzarini Pickering Architetti had a challenge on their hands. Benetti wanted the studio to create the interior for a new design echoing some of its launches from the 1960s. Rather than a retro exercise, though, the megayacht needed to be thoroughly modern in appeal. The resulting 121-foot (37-meter) BenettiContinue Reading
A number of superyacht shipyards trace their roots to the fishing industry, with Royal Huisman being no exception. So a 171-foot (52-meter) motoryacht poised to be the world’s largest sportfisherman shares something with the yard’s craft from the 1880s. Royal Huisman Project 406 is for an owner as passionate about wetting a line as aboutContinue Reading
The Gulf Craft shipyard hosted a special celebration on November 26 for the launch of its largest-ever yacht. The Majesty 175 lowered into the water, with her owner on hand, additionally marking the largest all-composite, production-built yacht in the world. The ceremony was four years in the making, following the public announcement of the modelContinue Reading