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If this is the year you promised yourself you’d do something audacious and exciting, you’re in for a treat. Several new charter yachts are doing the same thing. Some are traveling to destinations about as remote and removed from crowds as you can find. In other cases, they’re chartering in perennially popular ports, but bringingContinue Reading
When a repeat client commissions a larger yacht, sometimes that larger yacht is just larger. Certainly, some more advanced technology is aboard, due to the time between the first and second yachts’ planning stages. But, the primary goal tends to be more space, to entertain and relax more. The owner of Solo, delivered by TankoaContinue Reading
When Tankoa Yachts premiered Solo at September’s Monaco Yacht Show, the 236-footer (77-meter) received a warm welcome from interested customers and media alike. The expanded winter garden, the relaxation-inducing vibe… several things stood out. Further standing out, this Melik aquarium. Melik creates these ecosystems for fine homes as well as offices, not just superyachts. In termsContinue Reading
Marking the second project for the same owner, Tankoa Yachts kicked off the month of August with the launch of the superyacht Solo. Started under the project name S701, Solo is a voluminous yacht, upwards of 1,600 gross tons. Along with big volume, she boasts big length, 236 feet (72 meters). Similar to repeat customers of shipyardsContinue Reading
Due to previous success selling on-spec superyacht projects, Tankoa Yachts is increasing its investment in the process. It therefore now has its fifth and sixth hulls, sisterships to S501, in the early metal-cutting stages. What’s more, it intends to start a new spec yacht every time it signs a contract. Because they’re based on S501,Continue Reading
Two months from now, Tankoa Yachts’ largest launch slips into the water. She’ll do so under the name Solo. Previously known as Tankoa S701, the 236-footer (72-meter) is her owner’s second megayacht from the shipyard. His first was actually the first yacht that Tankoa built, christened Suerte. Suerte came in at 227 feet (69.3 meters) andContinue Reading