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Over the past nine years, Cantiere delle Marche has sold its explorer yachts in Europe, Russia, and Latin America. The United States has been on its proverbial radar, with a marketing strategy reserved for rollout this year. Fittingly, a U.S. customer has already come forward. The first American-owned Cantiere delle Marche, a Darwin 106, isContinue Reading
Exceeding 5,500 gross tons displacement, and measuring about 351 feet (107 meters) LOA, FB272 is in the water at Benetti. She’s its second yacht in the 100-meter size range—appearing less than two months after its first, in fact. Benetti FB272 is very much a yacht of her owner’s making, from the concept down to theContinue Reading
EXTERIOR PHOTOS: Francisco Martinez Delivered 33 months after her keel laying, DAR (her name is an acronym) is more than a remarkable achievement in yacht design and construction. Her imposing, black-and-white, 295-foot (90-meter) LOA certainly gets people talking. So, too, does the common design thread, inside and out, of inspiration from nature. The story behindContinue Reading
These images are just a glimpse at what awaits aboard the superyacht Illusion Plus, making her way to the Monaco Yacht Show. She just departed Pride Mega Yachts in China on her maiden voyage. She received quite the send-off, in fact, complete with a band and colorful Chinese dragons. Coming in at 290 feet (88.5 meters), theContinue Reading
This past Sunday, the superyacht Illusion Plus completed a major step toward delivery. She concluded her series of sea trials in the waters off Yantai, China. Illusion Plus is currently the largest megayacht from Asian shores, measuring 290’4” (88.5 meters). Pride Mega Yachts has had her in build for several years now, begun when theContinue Reading
The largest megayacht built in China slipped into salt water for the first time this week. Illusion Plus, coming in at 290’4” (88.5 meters), did so on April 11. Rising six decks high, Illusion Plus has extraordinary volume, a 3,603-gross-ton vessel. Her builder, Pride Mega Yachts, is situated in Yantai. The shipyard went by theContinue Reading