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The sudden closing of borders due to COVID-19 and the related bureaucratic red tape in trying to get permission to leave has caused owners and their crews a lot of stress over the past year. Add in the fact that many crew spent significantly longer periods of time onboard, without seeing family, and the stressContinue Reading
The largest (and, likely, last) private yacht from Lloyd Werft in Germany is marking the next major steps toward her delivery date. Seeing Solaris on sea trials recently has yacht watchers ready to add her to the list of the world’s largest private yachts. Though the shipyard has been under a confidentiality agreement, others associatedContinue Reading
Owners seeking ways to spend more time with friends and family can see that dream become reality next winter season. The Heesen Project Gemini is on schedule for completion in October 2022. A spec project available to personalize, the megayacht is the sixth build in the Heesen 55M Steel series. The 180-footer therefore features the provenContinue Reading
Every year, Oceanco releases a new design proposal to provoke thought into lifestyle amenities, styling, and performance. With the new Kairos concept, the Dutch shipyard has partnered for the first time with the famed Pininfarina design studio. Fittingly, time plays a big role in the design, too. “Kairos” is an ancient Greek concept relating toContinue Reading
Having just celebrated the launch and christening of its largest model so far, Ferretti Yachts did what plenty of shipyards do. It created an equally celebratory video. There is, though, a difference. Most of the video takes you back in time, to how the Ferretti 1000 got her start. Even though this megayacht model’s announcementContinue Reading
One of the largest private motoryachts afloat has completed a refit in Germany. The refit and redelivery of Yas, which specifically ranks among the 20 largest yachts of any kind in the world, has taken place rather quietly, too. Yas (pictured above in Spain in 2018) recently departed the Hamburg facility belonging to Lürssen. WhileContinue Reading