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Typically builders wait to update a design after several hulls are already on the water. Damen Yachting is taking a different approach, however, with its relatively recent SeaXplorer line. The new-look SeaXplorer 77 is the first refresh, with more to come. The SeaXplorer is an expedition series, standing apart from other explorer yachts for aContinue Reading
One of the largest contracts to date for The Italian Sea Group should see delivery in four years. Bearing the code name Project Titanium, she will measure 328 feet (100 meters). Unfortunately, scant information is public thus far. Imperial Yachts, which is serving as the owner’s representative as well as his build supervisor, does disclose,Continue Reading
Delayed more than a decade, the rugged explorer yacht Ulucitcan has found a home for completion. Dunya Yachts will finish the project for delivery in 2023. The yacht began construction as Project Chuggaboom at Newcastle Shipyards in Florida in 2011. Originally, delivery was 2013. Work halted, however, within about a year or so, when NewcastleContinue Reading
Just four days into the New Year, the Amels 242 Synthesis departed The Netherlands for her delivery journey. Besides being for a repeat customer, the megayacht marks the 40th Limited Editions Amels to be handed over since 2005. The 242 series, which debuted with the delivery of Plvs Vltra in 2016, offers cruisers a totalContinue Reading
The powerful 2,000-hp MTU diesel engines that will eventually push Project Sparta to a reported top speed of 16 knots aren’t the only horse-related aspect of her build. For her keel-laying ceremony last week, her owner selected a Greek coin with Poseidon and a galloping horse. A Heesen welder took the steel plate upon whichContinue Reading
About a year after her keel laying, Nobiskrug Project 795 is checking off major milestones on her journey toward completion in 2021. Two tugboats (one visible here) gently nudged her from the waters outside her hull-construction shed to her outfitting shed, each sitting along the Kiel Canal in northern Germany. Mesuring 229’7” (70 meters), theContinue Reading