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PHOTO: George Becker “There’s no more valuable asset than my time.” That comment by Matt Voorhees, the owner of the 171-foot (52-meter) Broadwater, had everyone buzzing at the U.S. Superyacht Association’s Superyacht Summit this month. The annual conference, which I have the pleasure of chairing, is hailed for being thought-provoking and engaging, but this tookContinue Reading
Gayle Force is big by some boat owners’ standards, but she is small compared to many of the yachts that have ventured to Antarctica. Her 96-foot (29.24-meter) size had nothing to do with her ability to travel there, though. Her owners’ determination, her captain’s confidence, and their faith in proven construction and engineering teams madeContinue Reading
PHOTO: YouTube The charter yacht that appeared in season two of the reality show Below Deck Mediterranean has a return engagement. This June, the superyacht Sirocco will appear on American television screens again, in season four. The first season of Below Deck Mediterranean aired stateside in 2016. Sirocco starred in season two, the following year.Continue Reading
Roberto Curto of the eponymous design studio is fond of unusual approaches. No wonder, then, that Hynosquid, his latest proposal, follows suit. Two hundred and seven feet (63.2 meters) of design inspired by the shape of a cuttlefish, a relative of the squid, the megayacht is still in the early stages of development. SuperYachtsMonaco isContinue Reading
Imagine seeing a 138-foot (42-meter) megayacht cruising around 65 years ago. Even a yacht half that size was astounding. Now consider rebuilding that yacht in modern times, with just her hull remaining from the original construction. This is the story behind Istros, whose hull is a recent arrival at Feadship, her original builder, for theContinue Reading
The “43” in the project name Deep Blue 43 signifies her LOA in meters. Why, then, does Vasco Buonpensiere, co-founder as well as sales and marketing director of Cantiere delle Marche, say about this 141-footer, “we are about to build the smallest 80-meter yacht ever built”? Well, to be fair, the comment is an insideContinue Reading