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Recently, small megayacht builders have begun pushing out volumes, soliciting new styling ideas, and even re-imagining things like crew traffic. Azimut is the latest to do so, with the Magellano 25 Metri. The nearly 83-footer (25.22-meter) reflects a lot of input from two designers from quite different walks of life. One is well-known in yachting,Continue Reading
Eleven years ago, Azimut Yachts introduced the Magellano series. These production boats changed in looks and layouts, as well as lengths, in the ensuing years. They did not, however, change their emphasis on long-range cruising. (The series name comes from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.) To keep customers in the fold, the Magellano series isContinue Reading
“Classical elegance” are the watchwords for the latest new contract for Turquoise Yachts. The Turkish shipyard spent the last days of 2018 finalizing the sale details with the owners. Although the yacht name and the owner’s identity are confidential for now, the shipyard can reveal a number of details about this 74M Vallicelli design. VallicelliContinue Reading
To call a megayacht design a quantum leap for a company may sound like hyperbole. However, The Quantum yacht concept that Ken Freivokh created with Turquoise Yachts is about as far from any other project from the builder looks-wise as you can get. It further boasts some big thinking for amenities to make the guests’Continue Reading
In a bygone era, wood was the material of choice for yacht construction. These days, of course, aluminum, steel, and composites are essentially all you see. There is, however, an exception to every rule. In this case, the exception is Mikhail S. Vorontsov. Completed just five years ago, this sailing superyacht is entirely made ofContinue Reading
By now yacht watchers worldwide have gotten more than a few glimpses of Black Pearl as she neared completion by Oceanco. The 350-footer (106.7-meter) is the world’s largest sailing superyacht. More significant from a technical standpoint, she’s the world’s largest DynaRig-equipped sailing yacht. Regardless of your knowledge of rigging and related equipment, though, you canContinue Reading