Since Feadship’s Royal De Vries yard initially built Utopia in 2004, the 234’9” (71.6-meter) megayacht has returned twice for refits. The most recent refit, which wrapped up in June, commenced in March, making for a pretty tight timetable. The timing was also fortuitous. Most megayacht owners seek warmer climes in the winter months for the…
No doubt Henry Burger would approve. One hundred and fifty years after the young German immigrant established the H. Burger Shipyard on the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, Burger Boat Company has the aptly named Liberty, a megayacht concept developed with Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect. At 137’8” and with a beam of 27’8”…
PHOTO: Nicolas Claris While some megayacht builders are heading into bigger-boat territory, Couach went a bit smaller with the 2600 Fly. Believe it or not, the 85’10” (26.2-meter) megayacht is the French builder’s first in the 80-foot range. The 2600 Fly fits in well with Couach’s lineup of yacht and megayacht…
She’s known simply as Hull F75 for now, but this grey-painted, steel-hulled megayacht is the second in the Codecasa 42 Vintage Series, a semi-custom line developed entirely in house. Introduced in 2009, the Codecasa 42 Vintage Series, with an LOA of 139’4” (42.5 meters), blends throwback styling with modern amenities, plus stays beneath the 500-gross-tons…
Even for the legion of Lürssen fans worldwide, Quattroelle is something special. From her name—translated to “Four Ls” from Italian, meaning Love, Life, Liberty, and Luxury—to her Italian flair, when combined with German engineering prowess, she is a family yacht built for pleasure. Complemented by a top-notch crew under the command of Paul Bell, and…
The largest yacht to date from Ferretti Yachts, the Ferretti 960 made her formal debut this week in front of journalists, Ferretti Group dealers, and others. She’s more than simply the largest offering in the Italian builder’s lineup of small production yachts and megayachts. She’s designed and engineered for owner-operators who still want to live…
[pb_slideshow group=”57″] Meet the newest AB 140, the flagship in AB Yachts’ lineup of waterjet-powered, swift cruisers. The semi-custom AB 140 series was introduced several years ago, with the first one launching in 2007. Like her predecessors, the newest AB 140 (her name has not been revealed) has a sleek profile enhanced by eye-shaped…
Modern megayachts far outnumber classic ones, so to see such a classic gain a new lease on life is rewarding, especially if she’s more than 80 years of age. That’s the case with Fair Lady, which recently wrapped up a six-month refit at Pendennis’ Palma facility. PHOTO: Stuart Pearce At 121 feet (37 meters) and…
UPDATE, NOVEMBER 8, 2013: Solandge was delivered to her owners this week. The megayacht is expected to make her way across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, since the cruising and charter season there is about to get underway. We expect to have photography of her decks and interiors in a few weeks’ time. Read on…
