Nautor’s Swan is known exclusively for sailing yachts. Until now. Swan Shadow “is full of the ingredients we believe in, and we are confident that we are going to make an important statement in the power-yacht segment,” asserts Leonardo Ferragamo, the shipyard’s president. A statement indeed: The 43-foot (13.2-meter) Swan Shadow, a multi-purpose chase boat,…
For about a decade, Cantiere delle Marche has delivered rugged-looking explorer yachts with engineering to match. An experienced first-time customer is helping the team change things up. His new yacht, RJ, just launched, featuring more yacht-like styling from Francesco Paszkowski Design. Started under the code name MG129, the 129-footer (39.42-meter) megayacht belongs to a client…
Capt. Patricia Caswell, Gulf Craft’s quality-control manager, took the helm of hull number one of the Majesty 175 during her recent sea trials. “She has performed brilliantly,” Caswell says. It was the culmination of four years of work to launch the world’s largest production-built fiberglass yacht. According to the shipyard, the Majesty 175 hit a…
The first Baglietto 52M T-Line motoryacht made the festive season even more festive. This 171-footer, Baglietto hull 10238, saw craftspeople lay her keel right before Christmas. While the owner couldn’t attend, he did see his yacht start to take shape via a livestream, while all of Baglietto’s craftspeople looked on in person. Equally worth noting,…
Maximizing volume and thereby making better use of deck areas for leisure is driving decisions in yachting today. Wally is the latest to offer a megayacht model as a solution. The Wally WHY200 claims to give you 50 percent more living area than similar-size motoryachts, along with more benefits. Set for her formal premiere in…
In the search for globetrotting adventures, some owners still wish to save construction time through a conversion. If you’re one of them, the Ocean Xplorer 71 may suit your ambitions. The team behind the conversion proposal say she’ll support heli-skiing trips, exploring polar regions, and further travels. The 233-foot (71-meter) project is based on a…
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 total…
Christmas came early to Hatteras Yachts, and to a couple who are repeat customers. Hull number one of the Hatteras 105 Raised Pilothouse rolled out of her build shed on December 15. The coming weeks will see her official christening and delivery, too. Moved into the paint shop in October 2020, the new megayacht has…
There’s an old saying on New Year’s Eve: “Out with the old, in with the new.” To help you look forward to 2021 even more, we’re previewing seven exciting superyacht deliveries. These aren’t necessarily the biggest yachts set for handover, however. Certainly, some are among the largest. But, all make our list for different reasons,…
As much as we look forward to the year ahead and the exciting megayachts it promises, we need to take a look back at this year. Certainly, 2020 has seen some spectacularly large deliveries take place. Some have made history for the shipyards delivering them, too. Here are the nine biggest yacht deliveries of 2020,…
