Here’s the ultimate accessory for your superyacht’s sundeck—especially if your sun-loving guests like to lounge all day. Called Lasy Solar, it’s a sunbed that automatically rotates to follow the path of the sun. Created by LMV Design, a furniture company specializing in highly unusual, tricked-out pieces, Lasy Solar relies on solar power. Sensors around the…
These days, it’s not enough to “just” have watertoys aboard. Take a peek inside the tender garages of some megayachts, and you’ll see tenders color coordinated to match the mothership. Well, the owner of at least one megayacht is taking the concept a bit further. He’s tapped Superyacht Tenders and Toys for a handful of…
Huckins Yacht is renowned for being one of the oldest family-owned and continuously operating boatbuilders in the United States. In fact, since 1928 it has been building a variety of custom boats—but not ones associated with the megayacht market. Until now. Huckins Yacht has a new 36-foot megayacht tender. If you’re familiar with the Florida-based…
While the largest Vitruvius under construction won’t be delivered until 2013, her tender will be ready well before that. The 31-footer (9.5-meter) owner’s tender depicted here is being built at Cockwells in the UK. Cockwells is better known in its own country and in Europe than it is in the USA. The shipyard builds custom…
Since 1908 the mahogany runabouts built by Hacker-Craft in upstate New York have been coveted by yachtsmen, including megayacht owners, around the world. No wonder, then that the famed department store Neiman Marcus selected a Hacker-Craft to be a Fantasy Gift in its annual Christmas catalog. You’re looking at the result, the Hacker-Craft Neiman Marcus…
Here’s a megayacht tender concept that could very well become a reality: the Recreational Island, designed by Henry Ward of Henry Ward Design. Ward created the Recreational Island for his final year school project in 2011. The idea was to create a twist on the traditional watertoy. Ward envisioned a floating platform that could be…
Plenty of megayachts carry dive gear. But what if some guests can’t dive? They can still see what their friends and family see—and more—thanks to the HydroView Sport by Aquabotix. Simply put, the HydroView Sport is one of the cleverest watertoys to hit the market. A 19-inch-long, torpedo-shaped watertoy powered by batteries, the HydroView Sport…
While Hornet Marine was established as a performance-powerboat builder in Connecticut, it’s now finding a new niche as a megayacht tender builder. It’s further interesting, given that Hornet Marine is only celebrating its third anniversary this year. But, the founder’s family has well-established roots in the marine industry. Hornet Marine’s president, David Hartmann, is the…
Sometimes specific-sized yacht tenders are chosen before a superyacht is built… but rarely does a tender contract lead to a superyacht contract. Well, that’s exactly what happened with Imaginocean Yacht Design and C.Way. The two Australian firms are collaborating on the spec construction of a toy and mothership duo. Some media reports have described C.Way…
Triton Submarines has another new model among its personal subs, which are favorites among the superyacht set. It’s the Triton 3300/3. It underwent demo dives last month in the Bahamas with potential clients, as well as marine scientists. The Triton 3300/3 gets its name from its ability to dive to 3,300 feet and carry three…
