The efforts that Spain’s Astondoa shipyard is making to promote itself more stateside seem to be working. Hull number two of the Astondoa 100 Century is under construction for a U.S. owner. While that owner takes delivery in 2019, hull number one premiered during last year’s Cannes Yachting Festival. A semi-custom megayacht, she has styling Continue reading
As part of the series celebrating its 100th anniversary, Astondoa currently has a new Century megayacht in build. She’s the 120 Century. Astondoa turned 100 years old in 2016. Its roots go back to brothers, Jesús and José Astondoa Martínez, who made wooden rowboats for fishermen in Portugalete, Spain. Today, the third generation of that Continue reading
What more suitable name for a white yacht with a color scheme including white than, well, White? She’s the 163’4” (49.8-meter) that started construction at Heesen Yachts as Project Ayla. She celebrated her christening on February 8 and then made her first appearance in the water outside the shipyard’s sheds. Also referred to previously by Continue reading