Following the traditional champagne bottle breaking across her bow (in this case, her bulbous bow, as seen below), Dyna slipped into the water outside of Benetti’s Lusben shipyard last week. Dyna is the latest in the Benetti Classic 121 series, which includes launches like Domani, FF1, and Option B. Like those megayachts, as well as…
PHOTO: Giovanni Romero/TheYachtPhoto.com Previously known as Oceanco hull Y708, St. Princess Olga has been handed over to her owners and is on her maiden voyage. The megayacht is seen here in Gibraltar over the weekend. St. Princess Olga measures 280’8” (85.6 meters) and has a beam of 45’9” (14 meters), which…
The steel structure on the back of the truck in the photo is the hull of a Maxima 47 megayacht model, built by Admiral Tecnomar. The 154-footer (47-meter, hence the name) is an extended version of the Maxima 45 series the shipyard announced some time ago. Admiral Tecnomar transferred the hull the night of February…
UPDATE, JUNE 2, 2015: The buyer for Project Zeus bowed out of the contract a few months ago, so she is for sale. The hull has been completed and is anticipated to arrive at Hakvoort in August. No further work will be finished until a new buyer steps in. Read on for the original article….
UPDATE, APRIL 29, 2013: Project Dream was seen in early April with a perfectly matching helicopter on deck, marked with the name Madame Gu. That was the first clue to yacht watchers that Project Dream may actually be named Madame Gu, and they were right. Today, Madame Gu, her nameboard fully visible (previously it was…
While she’s only known as Project 2GES for now, this 164-footer is the newest contract signed in Christensen Shipyards’ Custom 50M Series. It’s the same series that includes Remember When as well as two megayachts presently under construction. Similar to all of them, Project 2GES will accommodate a total of 12 in the owner’s party,…
Less than a year after Feadship signed the contract, its first in China, and just in time for the Chinese New Year, the latest Royal Van Lent-built megayacht, Blue Sky, has been delivered. Feadship sold the 146’6” (44.65-meter) megayacht to the client after he toured Helix (pictured), part of the F45 Vantage series, during that…
If ever there were a megayacht refit story that promises a happy ending, it’s this one. Lady K II, half a century old, is in the midst of an anticipated 15-month rebuild and restoration. It’s taking place at Solent Refit in the UK. At 189 feet (57.6 meters), Lady K II isn’t the largest megayacht…
PHOTO: Ron Cogswell The lawsuit filed this month by the owner of Sequoia, the famed classic yacht that served a dozen American Presidents, against a company that loaned him money has been dismissed by a judge. A judge with the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued the ruling…
When Cheoy Lee introduced the Alpha 76 Express in 2011, the model caught a lot of people by surprise. Here was a sleeker, dramatically different style, and a speedy yacht at that. After all, Cheoy Lee is known for more traditional designs and performers. The surprise was well received, and having added an Alpha 76…
