Works in progress on the motor yacht 60 Sunreef Power and the Sunreef 82 Double Deck superyacht

60 Sunreef Power Yacht and the luxury yacht Sunreef 82 Double Deck currently under construction by Sunreef

Sunreef working on the 60 Sunreef Power Yacht and the Super Yacht Sunreef 82 Double Deck

The moulds of the flybridge will be cut on a CNC milling machine and delivered to the shipyard in the coming days. The infusion of the wet deck for both models is set for mid-February. All interior design has been approved by the Owners, and it is now being created at the woodwork and upholstery departments. Both models, the 60 Sunreef Power yacht as well as the luxury catamaran yacht Sunreef 82 Double Deck will be premiered at the Cannes International Boat Show in September 2012.

Motor yacht Bear Market available for event charter at the MIPIM in Cannes

The 2012 Cannes MIPIM is the leading international conference for senior decision makers in the global real estate market.  The event is held yearly at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, and is the industry’s most proven platform to promote business and showcase projects to more than 17,000 active professionals from 81 countries. Chartering a yacht for the MIPIM event offers fantastic accommodation right in the harbour and is also a great way to be able to entertain and impress potential clients.

The Mangusta motor yacht Bear Market, available at half its usual rate is an ideal yacht for the MIPIM event. Key features of the  yacht include a Friendly and professional crew, a large aft deck for entertaining, 3 meeting areas available, a modern Interior that has recently been refitted in 2010, brand new AV, Wifi topped off with a racy exterior profile.

Motor yacht Bear Market interior salon

The 92′ (28 m) Mangusta yacht Bear Market is a high performing luxury sport yacht full of Italian style that is able to accommodate up to 9 guests in 4 staterooms on the lower deck including a  Master Stateroom, a VIP, a double and a twin cabin with a pullman bed, all with ensuite facilities.

She has ample sunbathing areas with a sun pad on the aft deck, forward and on the roof (only available for adults and when the yacht is at anchor). The aft sun pad can be turned into an al fresco dining area for 8 guests. The table elevates out of the sun pad with two large sun umbrellas providing shade. The aft deck also has two sofas, each with a low table for lounging.

Motor yacht Bear Market Aft Deck

Motor yacht Bear Market foredeck

The Bear Market yachts interior features Wenge and Sycamore wood panelling, a dark oak wood flooring and light fabrics. The salon offers a comfortable area for lounging and dining. There is plenty of seating with a sofa on the port side and interior dining for 8 guests on the starboard side. There is also a wet bar with a fridge and an icemaker on the starboard side of the salon and  a 42′ Flatscreen HD TV, an iPod docking station, Blue Ray DVD Player and Sky TV and an iPad with a large selection of movies.  The pilothouse is located forward with 3 comfortable chairs in dark brown leather.

Motor yacht Bear Market Master Cabin

A luxury yacht charter provides ideal accommodation and entertainment for Cannes MIPIM. If you have any questions regarding yachts available for this event, you can contact CharterWorld here. You can also browse a selection of charter yachts available for the Cannes MIPIM 2012 here.

Heesen Yachts receives two World Yacht Trophies in Cannes and Prix du Design award in Monaco for the motor yacht Satori

Luxury yacht Satori is the first of Heesen’s new 50m aluminium class. Delivered last May and officially christened during the Monaco Grand Prix, has been cruising extensively in the Mediterranean.

Heesen Yachts receives two World Yacht Trophies in Cannes and Prix du Design award in Monaco for the superyacht Satori

The World Yacht Trophies ceremony took place at the Carlton Beach, Cannes in mid-September. Satori yacht was competing in the category Custom Yachts under 50m and she won both the Best Design and Best Layout and Decoration awards. Fabio Ermetto, Sales and Marketing Director at Heesen Yachts, collected the prizes and commented:

“I am honoured to receive these two prizes on behalf of the Owner. Satori yacht is a beautiful vessel. Her clean, distinctive design and perfect execution are the result of incredible team work. Thank you to the Owner for his vision, to Rémi Tessier for his creativity, and to the Heesen staff for their incredible ingenuity.”

Prix du Design awarded to Heesen Yachts for Motor Yacht Satori

The Prix du Design ceremony took place on board MY Satori yacht herself whilst docked at Quai des Etats Unis during the XXI Monaco Yacht Show. HSH Prince Albert of Monaco, Gaëlle Tallarida – GM of the show – and Anna Becker from Nymphenburg, presented luxury yacht Satori’s Owner with the Prix du Design.

The stunning trophy, the Volute Bowl, is a unique piece of ceramic designed by Ted Muheling and entirely hand crafted at the Nymphenburg atelier in Munich.

World YachtTrophies

Currently, eleven yachts, whose combined lengths total some 534 metres, will be delivered to their owners up to 2015 by Heesen Yachts. With designs driven by the latest technology, Heesen continues to epitomise state-of-the-art yacht-building.

Mastervolt France New Offices

Stuart Ingram, Director of Mastervolt France, explained, “The new premises now offer a 350m² building, with modern training and service facilities and larger storage areas at our disposal. The move allows the whole team to work in a more professional environment and we now plan to offer regular training courses for installers and customers in both the marine and solar business.”

In addition to the new offices, Mastervolt France has also recently begun to work with Vidal Diffusion Marine (VDM) as the new distributor for Mastervolt products, specialising in the electric-propulsion range. Chosen for their high level of customer service, VDM is an active existing distributor of technical parts for the marine industry with a range including mechanical equipment linked to e-propulsion systems. This makes them a perfect choice for Mastervolt and their growing e-propulsion portfolio and other product ranges.

Situated near Toulon in the south of France, VDM is in an ideal location to work closely with Mastervolt as well as being in close proximity to the large marine customer base in the south. Furthermore, VDM’s nationwide network of installers is able to service all areas of France.

“France is a key market for Mastervolt and we want to offer optimum service to our customers here,” Stuart Ingram commented, “We believe our new partnership with VDM will improve this service. I am also looking forward to working with some of the key e-propulsion specialists on their team, to jointly further the e-propulsion market potential in France.”

Darwin 95 superyacht designed by Hydro Tec

Vasco Buonpensiere, sales and marketing director, comments:”We are incredibly satisfied  and proud of the redemption we had after the important showcase in Cannes. The  number and the quality of the contacts that came from the boat show are amazing and the  overall appreciation for the construction’s features of the Darwin Class confirmed our  belief that the yacht market is now looking for quality, contents, design and attention for  the details, in order to answer to this evolution of the ship owner’s needs. The new  nautical year has opened in the best way for Cantiere delle Marche: after less than a year  from our birth, we debut with the first Darwin Class in one of the most important boat show of the international market. More, we have already signed four contracts, in  particular the most recent, for the sale of a 95’ Darwin Class yacht”.

Darwin Class 95’yacht , designed by Hydro Tec Srl (Sergio Cutolo), maintains the Darwin family  feeling,  but it differentiates from the  86’ for many features: the interiors  – each room is  10sqm bigger -,  the crew accomodations (5 people), two Caterpillar engines C18 that give  13,5 knots speed without noise and the minimum levels of consumption. The sky lounge,  opened on the wheelhouse, is designed to satisfy the ship-owner request of steering his yacht and, at the same time, enjoying the company of his guests. The interiors will be contemporary, linear and very luminous, with a total white lower deck enriched by details in essence. The interior designers are Pierluigi Floris and Marco Veglia.

Darwin Class explorer motor yacht Darwin 95' designed by Hydro Tec -to be built by Cantiere delle Marche

As the interiors, also the exteriors  gain in volumes  in order to enjoy the very best sensations every minute of the life aboard: all the bridges are noticeably longer and the sundeck has become about 50sqm, from 40sqm on the Darwin 86.

The new Darwin 95′ expedition yacht totally matches with the Darwin Class’ technical features as far as for the  extra-thick steel plates, the Cupro Nickel piping, the remote controlled valves, the automatic parallel device for gensets’ management, etc.

Every details in the engine room has been designed and constructed following the criteria that are usually used on high quality vessels exceeding 40 metres. The treatment systems for bilge, black and grey water are plants used also on commercial ships and could work H24.As for the 86’, the 95’ we have two rudders that could be controlled also independently to offer an incredible maneuverability in every sea condition.

This system has been tested time after time by the captain of the Darwin Class 86’ motor yacht “Vitadimare 3”, during more than 3000 miles of navigation from the day of delivery.

“The fourth closed contract and the two letters of interests we have just signed for the next years demonstrate once again that our yachts fit with the current yacht market’s needs” – comments Vasco Buonpensiere. And he adds: ”Ever since its recent foundation, Cantiere delle Marche has set out to distinguish itself in terms of the contents of its vessels, focussing on top-flight quality and unique design. Each ship, produced in only a limited number of units, guarantees sturdy, seaworthy performance, combined with low fuel consumption and the stunning volumes of the interiors”.

Technical specification of the Cantiere delle Marche Darwin Class  Explorer Yacht Darwin 95′ by Hydro Tec – Sergio Cutolo:

DIMENSIONS

Length, overall 28.95   m 95.00  feet

Length, water line 26.00   m 85.30   feet

Beam, moulded 7.43    m 24.37   feet

Depth, moulded 4.00    m 13.12   feet

Draught, at full load 2.30    m 7.55     feet

Displacement, full load 215      t 212 long ton

TANK CAPACITIES

Fuel oil 42,000 litres 11,096 gallons

Fresh water 4,000 litres 1,056 gallons

Black water 985 litres 260 gallons

Grey water 2080 litres 549 gallons

Oil 420 litres 111 gallons

Dirty oil 420 litres 111 gallons

Sewage 985 litres 260 gallons

PROPULSION

Engines 2 x CAT C18 440 kW @ 1800 rpm

Reduction gear 2 x ZF W650 4,53:1

Diesel generator 2 x 50 kW Kohler or equivalent

Bow thrusters Electrical 35 kW

PERFORMANCE

Maximum continuous speed 13 knots

Cruising speed 12.5 knots @ 1500 rpm

Range 5.900 nm @ 10 knots

ACCOMMODATION

Guest 8 (+2) / 4 cabins

Crew 3 (+1) / 2 cabins

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Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2011: Au revoir Cannes, see you next year! - Photo Alexis Courcoux

The “autumn festival” came to an end today with no wind and no racing. After exceptional weather conditions on the first two days, with the 68 classic yachts battling in a south-westerly wind topping 20 knots, lighter airs on the following days, the wind gods were not on the sailors’ side for the shutdown of the Régates Royales. Still, the 33rd edition of event with its stunning scenario, the excellent organization by Yacht Club de Cannes, world famous sailors coming from all over the world, was a huge success.

After four races it was the fore and aft cutter Nan of Fife to get on the first step of the podium f the classic gaffers, second place went to Italy’s Bona Fide the Charles Sibbick’s design that won the last two races in real time and bronze to ever consistent Avel tied at points.

In the Big Boat division, Moonbeam IV, Moonbeam III and Mariquita were also tied at points but, thanks to a win in the last race Moonbeam IV, the youngest of the Fife’s designs, was crowned 2011 champion. Mariska and Cambria follow, distanced by a mere two points. The biggest yacht competing at the Régates Royales de Cannes, sailing yacht Elena the 55 metre long fore and aft gaff schooner designed by Nathanaël Herreshoff finished seventh.

Among the nine Classics it was Arcadia, dating back to 1968 to score two wins that place her on the highest step of the podium followed closely by Sagittarius (Sparkman & Stephens 1971), White Dolphin (Beltrami 1967) and Stella Polare, the ketch representing the Italian Navy

Nothing and none seem able to stop Graham Walker’s Flying Forty Rowdy. Once more the British flagged boat is the winner in Cannes in the Classic Marconi class of more than 15 metres, the most crowded division with seventeen competitors. Light wind or strong breeze, the 1916 Nathanaël Herreshoff ‘s one-design won three races out of four. Only The Blue Peter could have opposed to this supremacy, but the 1930 Alfred Mylne’s designed boat had to do with a second place whilst  L’Oiseau de Feu, the 1937 Camper & Nicholson finished third.

Léonore’s score in Cannes was impressive, the John Anker’s design simply won all the four races in the Classic Marconi of less than 15 metres division triumphing over the 1937 Nicholas Potter designed Cholita and Anne-Sophie. Among the Spirit of Tradition, the newly arrived Lionheart, the gigantic J Class could not manage to beat Shamrock V. Despite two victories the yacht designed by Burgess and Stephens in 1937 and launched last year, was undoubtedly faster on the water when the wind was over ten knots but could not keep Shamrock V’s pace in lighter wind. The third place, in the 14 boats strong class, went to the “little” Jessie the Tofinou designed by Joubert-Nivelt in 2005.

A coastal race for the classic yachts, in very light and flimsy winds and Bona Fide wins again…

Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2011 Italy’s Giuseppe Duca wins in the Dragon class - Photo Alexis Courcoux

Good breeze on the first two days, light air on the third and not enough wind on the fourth: the 58 Dragons participating to the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai profited from excellent conditions for the event opening, and namely the Irish crew skippered Martin Byrne on Jaguar-Bear who scored two wins whils race favourite and 2010 champion Anatoly Loginov from Russia on Annapurna, did not show the same consistency and strength he’s known for.

Still, it’s on the second day that the ranking becomes more definite as the Danish class master Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen on Danish Blue bounced back as did Italian Giuseppe Duca on Cloud, despite a a black flag disqualification on race 3.  And, Thursday, when just one race could be sailed due to the extremely light wind, the skipper from Venice together with French sailors Jean-Sébastien Ponce and Guillaume Bérenger scored a win that proved to be crucial to obtain is first ever title at the Régates Royales. Danish Blue’s skipper and multiple Olympic medallist Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen with Theis Palm and Mick Jensen  jumps on the second step of the podium, whilst Russians Anatoly Loginov, Andrey Kirilyuk and Alexander Shalagin on Annapurna are distanced by a single point and finish third.

Dubliner Martin Byrne, with Brian Mathews and Pedro Andrade on Jaguar-Bear who started the series brilliantly, had a bad second day and slipped back in fourth. Interestingly enough on a total of six races, victory went to five different crews:  Martin Byrne, British Ivan Bradbury on Blue Haze, French Joseph Varoqui on Rusalka, Danish Peter Warrer on Lil and Giuseppe Duca. And in the top ten spots of the overall ranking no less than eight countries are represented: Italy, the UK, Russia, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, France and Finland.

A short coastal race for the classics

A very light south-westerly, never stronger than eight knots, allowed the 68 boat strong fleet to race on a short coastal course on the bay of La Napoule. As it happened yesterday, it was the smaller and lighter boats to profit from the situation, moving more swiftly in the patchy puffs of wind. Once again it was Giuseppe Giordano’s gaff cutter Bona Fide to lead the fleet and cross in first with an even larger margin than yesterday, over thirty minutes ahead of her competitors.

A presidential yacht at the Régates Royales

Sailing yacht Manitou, once owned by US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, built in 1937 by shipyard Davis & Son, designed by Sparkman & Stephens - Photo Alexis Courcoux

Manitou, the yacht once owned by US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was built in 1937 by shipyard Davis & Son in Maryland and designed by the world-famous couple of architects Sparkman & Stephens. The 62 feet long yawl later passed in the hands of the American Coast Guard in 1955. JFK had the boat equipped with all the communication instruments needed to be in constant contact with his staff and the Pentagon, or the Kremlin, and used to call her his “Floating White House”. Manitou was often seen sailing in Chesapeake Bay with the President and his family, and was sometimes used as a very discreet place to receive and discuss with fellow politicians and celebrities. Five years after JFK’s assassination the boat was sold to Harry Lundeberg’s Maritime School. Aristotele Onassis will unsuccessfully try twice to buy her out before marrying Jackie Kennedy in October 1968. The boat was sold in 1999 to the original owner’s granddaughter and sold again in 2001. Manitou debuted in Cannes for the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai in 2011, with her new owners Philippe and Phil Jordan.

The International Brokerage Show Cannes 2012 is organised by Reed Expositions with the support of French Nautical Industries Federation (FIN). Organisers have said Cannes; on the French Riviera will host around 100 yachts and superyachts from 18-70m (59- 299ft) during the event and hope to attract between 10,000-15,000 visitors.

General manager of the Culture & Leisure Division of Reed Expositions in France, Jean-Daniel Compain, said of the event: “This project has often been brought up to cover the spring period, but has never been held in France or Europe on this scale.” he added: “This show aims to become the reference in the market and will enable brokers worldwide to prepare the summer season effectively, a period that is probably still the most important in terms of business.”

Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2011 Light Winds on Day 3 in Cannes - Credit Alexis Courcoux Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai

Veering from south-westerly to easterly the wind has decidedly died down on the Bay of Cannes, only seven or eight knots for the start. The 68 boats had then to take multiple tack to reach the first mark just in front of the Lérins Islands and as many spinnaker gybes to get to the downwind mark at Esquillon.

The shifty, light air going lighter and lighter as the boats were approaching the pointe de l’Aiguille creating an enormous traffic jam. The smaller boats had the best of the situation, being more at ease in the flimsy wind. As it was the case of Bona Fide, winner of the Traditional Yacht prize in 2010, that crossed the line with more than half an hour lead on her adversaries. Built in 1899 by Albert Yard in Cowes and designed by Charles Sibbick, this gaff cutter created for the so called Godinet rule, won no less than eighteen races in the Mediterranean before taking part to the Olympic Games in Paris. In the “Five Tonners” division, Bona Fide took the gold medal flying a UK flag. After having sailed for many years on Italy’s Lake Como, the boat was left in a state of complete neglect and only saved after four decades by American architect Doug Peterson. Bona Fide passed in the care of owner Giuseppe Giordano who completely restored her, with the help of craftsman Carlo Terramoca, and was re-launched in 2003.

Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2011 - Copyright Alexis Courcoux Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai

Battle of the Dragons, tomorrow’s the day.

One day to the finish and the Dragon overall ranking is tighter than ever. After two more races today the higher step of the podium is occupied by two crews tied at points and the third is only one point down, at 26 and 27 respectively. Italy’s Giuseppe Duca on Cloud with a sixth and a win has joined Poul Richard Hoi Jensen on Danish Blue who scored a 15th and a 5th, the pair now lead on reigning champion Anatoly Longinov on Annapurna, but the fourth placed Irish Martin Byrne on Jaguar Bear at 28 is not far away (17/6 today) and no doubt will try and fire his best bullets on the final day. British Ivan Bradbury on Blue Haze went up a place, and is now 5th at 37 points. Unfortunately HRH Prince Heinrik of Denmark on White Lady did not have his best score so far (13/26) and slipped back in 9th in the overall standings. Hopefully the weather conditions will be on the organizers and sailors’ side tomorrow for the final and decisive races that will crown the 2011 Régates Royales champion.

HRH the Prince Henrik of Denmark is participating to the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai on his Dragon White Lady (DEN 166) Copyright Alexis Courcoux Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai

A Prince at the Royales

HRH the Prince Henrik of Denmark is participating to the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai on his Dragon White Lady (DEN 166) and agreed to give us an exclusive interview.

Who introduced you to the Dragon class?

“I used to sail another kind of boat, the Klar some forty years ago. I switched to the Dragon when the boat ceased to be an Olympic class, because the races were almost completely in the hands of professional sailors. I then launched the Dragons in my country, it was 1981…”

Is sailing a traditional sport in Denmark?

“Oh yes, Denmark is a sailors’ country because we’re surrounded by the sea. Our maritime tradition dates back a long time and we have very good racing sailors too. Danish athletes do often well at the Olympics, suffice to remember Paul Elvstrom with his four gold medals or Poul-Richard Hol-Jensen, who won three medals, two golds and a silver.”

The Régates Royales owe their name to the king of Denmark.

“King Christian X of Denmark in the thirties used to own a villa in Cannes where the royal family spent their holidays, he sailed in the Bay onboard Dana, the 6MI owned by Madame V.G. Graae. Together with the local authorities, the Société des Régates de Cannes and the International Yacht Club asked the king permission to call “Régates Royales” the week long series organized in 1929.”

Have you been involved in the renaissance of the Régates Royales?

“When I came back to Cannes I was racing on a 6MI, then I started sailing on a Dragon and when the authorities asked if I would agree to call the event Régates Royales, I definitely replied yes!”

Is sailing a family tradition for you?

“No, not really since Christian X, but King Carlos of Spain is a keen sailor and my brother-in-law, Constantinthe King of Greece has won a gold in Rome 1960 on a Dragon.”

Do you participate to many events with your Dragon?

“When I have free time, the last time I was here in Cannes was five years ago, but I think I’ve taken part at least ten times to the Régates Royales. I believe this will be the last at the helm, because I have a certain age: It’s becoming tiring, but I love it so much!”

Régates Royales 2011 Sun shines on Day 2 in Cannes - Copyright Alexis Courcoux Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai

The Big Boats sailing past the Lérins Islands stole everyone’s attention once more, the magnificent high masts and immense sails making spectators and photographers happy. The 20 mile long coastal race was won by Moonbeam of Fife III followed by Moonbeam IV, the couple are still on top of the provisional ranking at 4 and 6 points respectively while James Thom’s Mariquita coming in fourth is tied at points in third place. Among the big gaffers Nan of Fife scored another first that keep her on top with 2 points, British flagged Avel scored another second and is following at 4 and, thanks to a fourth today the third provisional place is occupied by Oriole. Among the nine Classics Arcadia is in the lead by a little point on White Dolphin and four on Italian Navy’s Stella Polare. In the big Marconi class, the reigning champion Rowdy left the first step of the provisional podium because of a fourth, and is now tied at points with Havsornen at 5, the top spot going to The Blue Peter that scored two second places. Among the smaller Marconi Leonore got a clean score and leads with 2 points, but Cholita is still in her tracks at 4 and Anne Sophie is third at 6 points. Irish flagged Shamrock is securely leading the Spirit of Tradition class with two wins, second placed are Gaulois and the modern J Class Lionheart at 5 points.

The Russians bounce back

The 58 boat strong Dragon fleet had two more windward/leeward races today. Day 2 marked the comeback of reigning champion Anatoly Longinov on Annapurna. With a twelfth and a second, the Russian skipper managed to keep his competitors at bay and jump on top of the provisional ranking with 36 points. Ever consistent Poul Richard Hoi Jensen on Danish Blue, scoring a third and a 15th is now second on the overall scoreboard distanced by only one point whilst luck was not to Martin Byrne’s side today: the Irish helmsman could not keep up to the excellent result of the opening day with a 29th and a 17th that make his Jaguar Bear slip back to third in the ranking with 22 points. Italian Giuseppe Duca on Cloud, with a second and a sixth, and having discarded a black flag disqualification he got yesterday, is now fourth and still close to the top trio. HRH Prince Heinrik of Denmark on White Lady is now fifth in the overall standing at 26 points and British Ivan Bradbury on Blue Haze sixth a 33 points.

Phoebus II, fast from the lake…

In 1892 French designer Auguste Godinet conceived an original and experimental new rule, offering an alternative to the traditional V-shaped hulls and fin-keeled and bulb-keeled boats. As the former are theoretically more seafaring, more powerful upwind, but heavy and less spacious, the latter are beamer, flatter and subsequently faster downwind but less safe. Considering the real hull shape, by measuring the “offset”, decreasing the stem to half the hull length, Godinet managed to make the new boats less extreme, more harmonious and sufficiently stable.

Poil-de-Carotte, built by Emile Belly and Auguste Godinet himself was the first of the eleven produced “Three Tonners”, they were pretty different from one another and designed by well known architects like Guédon, de Cactus, Herreshoff or Costaguta. Calypso (Guédon) was also a heavy displacement boat with a V-shaped hull contrary to Poil-de-Carotte (Godinet), a lighter, shorter but also faster boat. Phoebus II is a replica of the original Poil de Carotte launched in 1903. She has been built as an identical copy in 1991 using the hull of Phoebus that was in such a bad state that it was impossible to give her a second life.  Phoebus II has taken part to several Bol d’Or races on Lake Geneva since 1992, was also present to the classic yachts events in Brest (92-96-2000) and Gironde in 1996.