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A handful of experienced yachting companies, including a shipyard and design studio, have banded together to create Atlante Yachts. The idea is to take owners through the design, build, and project-management process. They’re doing so with the Atlante Yachts Series, of which the Atlante Mistral 41 is already under construction. The build and design companiesContinue Reading
If you want to know whether a particular brand of waterproof boots or non-slip deck shoes is any good, ask a commercial fisherman. Many of these pros choose Xtratuf (“extra tough”) waterproof boots and deck shoes for good reason. Fifty years ago, the company introduced its Legacy boot to the Alaskan fishery. It stood upContinue Reading
The Southern Wind Shipyard team said goodbye to Taniwha this month. The sailing superyacht is on a 7,400-mile journey from South Africa to the Mediterranean, with a capable seven-person crew manning her. The SW105GT sailing superyacht took to the water in April, celebrating her christening simultaneously. Featuring naval architecture by Farr Yacht Design, she intendsContinue Reading
Superyachts are definitely the ultimate toys and the best ways to spend holidays for the UHNWI. Infinite choices exist, from sizes to designs and performance. You can have a sporty, sleek, jet-powered 30-meter yacht, for instance, or an amazing two-masted sailing yacht, or an 80-meter-plus floating palace. Everyone’s dream yacht either already exists or canContinue Reading
Repeat business is among the best business, and it certainly holds true across the entire superyacht spectrum. Just today, an experienced yacht owner who previously owned a 282-footer (86-meter) built by Germany-based Lürssen celebrated the launch of his second yacht by the yard. She bears the code name project Enzo. Peviously carrying the project nameContinue Reading
Three years ago, Baglietto introduced DOM, a line of megayachts aimed at the new generation of yacht buyers. The series gets its name from the Latin word domus, meaning “home.” This week, the shipyard announced the sale of its fourth DOM133. While the DOM series started with the DOM123, a 121-footer (37-meter), the DOM133 isContinue Reading