1. Eclipse 162.5m (533’2″) | 2010 After five years of intensive design, development and construction, Eclipse left the Blohm + Voss yard in Hamburg on the 9th December 2010, to formally take her place as the largest superyacht in the world. Managed by Blue Ocean Yacht Management, Eclipse features a diesel-electric propulsion system with generators powering rotating Azipod drives, […]

The new 247ft exploration yacht Northern Star was built for an extremely experienced and knowledgeable owner by Lürssen of Germany. Showing superb quality in every department – from engineering down to the smallest detail of the interior fit-out- she is a real star, combining the luxury of a true superyacht with the go-anywhere abilities of a work boat. The term […]

HOW WOULD AN OWNER GO ABOUT BUILDING A YACHT SPECIFICALLY AS A CHARTER VESSEL? WE LOOK AT HOW THIS 70 METRE NOBISKRUG WAS DESIGNED FOR MASS APPEAL WHILE BEING UNIQUE ENOUGH TO SECURE BOOKINGS OVER RIVALS.   Designing a yacht from scratch can be a daunting task for any potential owner. For serial owners of new-builds however, there […]

PIRACY IS ON THE INCREASE, WITH MORE THAN 200 INCIDENTS LAST YEAR. OWNERS MUST ENSURE THEIR YACHTS ARE PROTECTED IN HIGH-RISK AREAS. Words: Kate Hubert FITTING OUT A SUPERYACHT“They were surprised to firm eight people in flak jackets with guns awaiting their arrival… 24 hours later other ships were hijacked and taken hostage,” says Reel Dragon […]

IN TODAY”S WORLD OF WATERBORNE OPULENCE, LURSSEN’S 60 METRE SOLEMATES MASTERFULLY EXUDES ELEGANCE, SIMPLICITY AND POWER.   Everything about Solemates is new, even though she is actually sixth in a line of Lurssen 60s, but much of the”newness” can be attributed to Lurssen”s policy – in thoroughly sound Germanic fashion – to benefit from development and pass the results onto the […]

2010 ended on a high note with the delivery of the world’s largest private yacht, the 162.5m Eclipse, earlier this month. Built by Blohm + Voss, her delivery had been keenly anticipated for some time after numerous delays since launch, and the result is impressive with one of the most well balanced yachts now on […]

By Merijn de Waard In 2004 the Monnickendam based Hakvoort shipyard launched the 46m Flamingo Daze, today known as Allegria. Allegria was designed by Glade Johnson with naval architecture by Vripack. Early 2007 she was sold and her current owner made substantial improvements to the yacht, making her one of the most popular charter yachts. SYT speaks with the […]

High Style on the Water Setting a New Standard, a Designer Recrafts her Family Yacht, Audacia When she first saw it at its berth in Nice, its interior was swathed in purple. Purple draperies. Purple sofas. Purple walls. Even purple paper covering the dining table. Purple, purple, everywhere—deep purple, light purple and all the purply shades […]

Tne fourth of our quarterly reviews for 2008 updating you on the completions,new orders, sales and name changes in the superyacht market  over the last three months. Compiled by Malcolm MacLean While everybody in the yachting industry was extremely confident back in August 2006, I mentioned various concerns in my introduction to Market Intelligence that month, […]

“Maghreb V” Burger Goes BIG! by Capt. Chuck Gnaegy So personal, like choosing the soubriquet for a beloved pet, is naming a yacht. Whether intentionally or no, the result artfully tells something about the owner, something cherished, perhaps; some hidden dream, or personality quirk, even something outlandish, for some. And so it was with Mirgab, […]