You’re looking at the new 150-foot Marco Polo 2, the second such-named yacht that Cheoy Lee will build for the same owner, Roland Sturm, an experienced yachtsman from Germany. The contract marks more than just a happy customer reteaming with a shipyard, however; the Ron Holland-designed hull will be number 5,000 for the Chinese yard….
When someone buys a pair of really comfortable shoes, it’s not uncommon to hear the sensation referred to as walking on air. So imagine the comfort of cruising aboard a yacht named Silver Cloud–especially one with the unusual, and unusually brilliant, design showcased here.The 134-foot megayacht, which recently launched at Abeking & Rasmussen, embraces a…
How’s this for a view? You’re looking at the sundeck of Maria Vittoria, a yacht in the Floating Life charter fleet. She’s actually a converted ferry boat, originally launched in 1960 at the Glommers Mek yard in Oslo, Norway. But once an Italian yachtsman laid eyes on her, he decided to convert her to a…
Five thousand twenty-five square feet. That’s how much space is inside Ingot, the 153-footer that Burger Boat Company christened last weekend. And for the record, there’s 4,150 square feet of exterior deck space.There are also 104 round pillars made of Honduras mahogany, all inlaid with maple burl. And there are probably more curved, molded, and…
In Greek mythology, Amphitrite is the goddess of the sea–to be even more specific, the wife of Poseidon. In modern-day history, Amphitrite is a goddess of another sorts–an 84-foot Moonen who will carry her owner and guests on seagoing adventures of their own.The yacht marks the eight launch in Moonen’s popular semicustom 84 series. In…
The launching of a yacht is usually an emotional experience for an owner, and that certainly held true Wednesday morning at International Shipyards Ancona (ISA). That’s when Junie, pictured here, hit the water, prompting her owner (a woman, hooray!) to become visibly moved and then remark, “Thank you so much to all of you, and…
One development in the megayacht industry that I’ve noticed in recent years is the increase in first-time owners–meaning individuals who’ve never owned a boat of any kind. It’s a heck of a jump, to say the least, but in the handful of cases I’m familiar with, the owners have done their homework.One such case is…
Yesterday was an unusually hot day in Holland: temperatures around 80 degrees. So the afternoon sea trial my fellow journalists and I took aboard a new Moonen 97, Darsea, was refreshing.Darsea is one of five megayachts the yard will be delivering over the next two years. She was docked alongside the new shed the 30-year-old…
Considering the 414-foot Octopus will be undergoing extensive maintenance work for the next six months in St. Nazaire, France, yacht-spotters worldwide might be suffering a sense of withdrawal. After all, the Lürssen-built yacht is arguably one of the most talked about and photographed megayachts worldwide. If you count yourself among the ranks, never fear. This stop-motion…
When it comes to happily ever after-ing, the Camelot of King Arthur is atop the list (though the musical-theater buffs among you probably already figured that out from the title of this post, a lyric from the production Camelot). So when it comes to happily ever-aftering as far as cruising is concerned, the South of…
