UPDATE, MARCH 16, 2021: Following the delivery of Run Away, Baglietto has sold hull number two in the DOM series. Specifically, she is a DOM133 (40 meters). Read on for our original article. Part of the allure of yachting is casting off the lines and leaving the stresses of land behind. The owner of Run…
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 a…
With her shark-grey paint job shining in the sunlight, the aptly christened Riva 50 Metri Fifty slipped into the water in Italy during a private celebration. This is the second megayacht in the largest series from Riva so far. A longtime dream of the late Riva founder, Carlo Riva, the Riva 50 Metri comes from…
Unlike a number of yacht concepts, Big Shadow is based on an existing, proven naval-architecture platform. The 214-footer (65.1-meter) additionally has garnered a coveted Good Design Award for its creator, Kirsten Schwalgien Design (KSD). Now in its seventh decade, the awards competition celebrates products as well as design and manufacturing leaders that raise the bar…
In response to customers requesting a smaller megayacht model, the Mangusta Oceano semi-custom series now includes the Mangusta Oceano 39. What’s more, six hulls are already under contract, and the yacht has far more glass than her predecessors. This makes her “an oceangoing glass villa,” in the words of Stefano Arlunno, Mangusta’s president of the…
Most of the yachts coming out of Horizon Yachts’ sheds recently have gone to customers around the world. The newly launched, third Horizon FD92, however, is a spec build that will be stateside within the next month. Similar to the first FD92, Crowned Eagle, the latest megayacht has five staterooms, including a main-deck master suite…
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,…
Stepping up from a 203-footer (62-meter) to 308-footer (94-meter) megayacht is a significant jump. But, it’s one that the owner of the somewhat still confidential Feadship Project 817 clearly felt comfortable taking. His new yacht celebrated her official launch late last week, ahead of delivery in several weeks. Equally noteworthy, she features diesel-electric propulsion and…
A longtime dream is about to come true. The owners of 4Ever, the first Long Island Power 78 from JFA Yachts, have taken delivery. They are embarking on a maiden voyage to the Med before heading nearly around the world. In fact, after the Med, they will cross the Atlantic to cruise the Caribbean’s West…
UPDATE, MARCH 3, 2021: According to a report by the Daily Mail newspaper in recent days, eyewitnesses to the superyacht Go collision say she became entangled with equipment from a sailboat, resulting in her rudder locking up and her hitting the dock. However, Simon Johnson, the yacht’s captain, re-affirmed to The Daily Herald newspaper in…
