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Regates Royales Trophee Panerai: Russian Anatoly Loginov winner in Dragon class

September 27, 2010

The weather conditions were particularly good for the 120 plus yachts taking part to the final act of 32nd edition of the Régates Royales-Trophée Panerai in the stunning Bay of Cannes, on the French Riviera.  Russian Anatoly Loginov was confirmed once more as undisputed winner in the very competitive Dragon class, whilst the victory among the traditional and classic yachts was much more fought for.

Régates Royales - Trophée Panerai Photo Credit Régates Royales

Régates Royales - Trophée Panerai Photo Credit Régates Royales

The Régates Royales daily could certainly headline: “Thank you Cannes, thank you Aeolus”. As, bar for the opening day, wind never failed to appear, at times light and shifty, but always enough to have fair and fun racing for the oldest and most charming yachts in the Med. No doubt that sometimes the printing machines were a bit slow to start, as it happened on Friday when a rainstorm hit the fleet leaving a very light breeze. But, for the closing day, the crews were all ready to hit the front page. Reading the features on the water could be hard at times, the wind appearing and disappearing like Egyptian signs… Anglo-saxon media have a special gift for making scoop but this time it was not hard to predict the superiority of British yachting…

The Russians rule!

It was clear from the beginning that the Dragons reigning champion was not keen to leave his throne so easily, showing to be in top form to win the Régates Royales in 2010 too. Anatoly Loginov on Annapurna, did not fail to confirm his reputation of never giving up. Apart from a not so brilliant performance on the third day, the Russian crew never finished worse than eight. With this level of competition, their consistency and tactical ability is exceptional and shows the real champion’s patent. On the final day they started in a safe position, but nonetheless were in full control along all the race and finished in fifth, while the fight for the other steps of the podium was furious. Briton Ivan Bradbury on Blue Haze won the last race and confirmed is second position overall, whilst his countryman and internationally renowned skipper Lawrie Smith on Alfie, despite a disqualification for being over the line with a black flag, managed not to step down the podium.

To be noted also the very positive final rush from the local crew from hosting Yacht Club de Cannes Tamm Ha Tamm skippered by Christian Boillot who close in fourth overall.

The Grand Slam…

The final coastal race for the Classic yachts was set in the area off La Napoule. They profited from a light south-westerly breeze, never stronger than eight knots, and very flat sea. As it happened last year Rowdy, flying the Union Flag, did not leave much chance to her competitors. The 1916 Nathanaël Herresoff designed Fighting Forty got a clear score, four wins out of four races. Her owner Graham Walker is pretty new to classic yachting but he certainly does not lack experience, having won several RORC races back in the Nineties with his successful Indulgence. Silver went to Michael Sparks’ White Wings, another British yacht, and bronze to French crew on Blaise Bernos’ Oiseau de Feu. 

A similar domination was showed by Jamet Hudleston’s Speedbird in the Spirit of Tradition division, that won all of the four races, while her sistership Pitch owned by Patrice Riboud had a harder time to fend off Nicolas Ryan’s Shamrock attacks.

In the Classic Marconi class the last day promised to be hot with Brad Swain’s Leonore, Hanns Georg Klein’s Anne Sophie and Marilinda Nottis’ Cholita fighting for victory with a mere point difference. In an extremely flimsy breeze, they crossed the finish line in this exact order, confirming the rankings and the podium.

No less fierce was the battle among the Gaffers as the final ranking was not sure until the very last metres to the finish line. Despite a fourth, Olive Pelham’s Kelpie, a Mylne designed Solent One Design dating back to 1903, beat Italian Giuseppe Giordano’s Bona Fide and Jean-Pierre Lostis’ Oriole, the beautiful Herresoff built in 1905.

In the bigger Classic Marconi class Florence Urrutti’s Sagittarius scored an impressive  3, 1,1,1 to defeat Spanish owned Guia, while in the smaller division it was the crew representing the Italian Navy onboard Chaplin skippered by Bruno Puzone has finished with only one  point lead on Fabrice Payen’s White Dolphin and Vittorio Cavazzana’s Emeraude. And, finally, among the stunning Big Boats series, undoubtedly the most admired yachts in Cannes today with their huge sails speeding downwind in a breeze not stronger than eight knots, it was the 15M Laurence Mariska to win over Moonbeam of Fife and the other 15M Jim Thom’s Mariquita.  

Hall of Fame

Sailing on Mariska, the 15 metres class built in La Ciotat and launched last year at the Régates Royales , there was a certain Mr Tom Schnackenberg calling tactics… The kiwi sailor is a real myth in the America’s Cup and in yachting in general. In 1983 while Australia II was leading on Dennis Conner’s Stars and Stripes, the nuclear physics engineer designed the first crosscut Kevlar sails, a real technological leap that led to an intense development in sail design software. Tom Schwinning it twice with Peter Blake and Black Magic.

Rum in Cannes

Among all the sailing celebrities who were spotted in Cannes this year there was also famous solo sailor Philippe Monnet, one of the first competitors to sail on the 8M Cœur Vaillant in the newly relaunched 1978 edition of the Régates, which was also the year the first Route du Rhum. Monnet is now undertaking a new challenge: be on the starting line of this year’s race on Ellen MacArthur’s ex Kingfisher

Women on board

This year’s amateur photographic contest title was “The Royal Dames”. The public, who cast their votes, decided that it was local Jean Cresp to win for his picture showing a female sailor on Eilidh…

See you next year

The 32nd edition proved once more to be a huge success as confirmed by Jean-Paul Ortelli Jean-Claude Montesino, Technical director and President of the Yacht Club de Cannes, who declared to be very satisfied with this years’ edition and invited all participants to be present again in 2011 for the 33rd Régates Royales.

Regates Royales-Trophee Panerai : Summary of Day 3

September 23, 2010

As soon as the wind started to blow on the Bay of Cannes, sweeping away the remains of the morning haze, the 120 plus yachts competing in the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai started to cheer up. The multi-coloured Dragons spinnakers and the Classic Yachts majestic rigs creating a nearly perfect picture. A racing day to carve in stone and to keep for the future to remember…

'Régates Royales - Trophée Panerai' Day 3 - Photo Credit Régates Royales

'Régates Royales - Trophée Panerai' Day 3 - Photo Credit Régates Royales

Classic Yachts have been sailing all the summer, their hulls gliding gently in the water, their masts singing in the wind, their ropes whining on winches…

But on this first autumn day, the sun was still shining for the seventy-three Classic Yachts sailing off the Lerins islands, from La Napoule to La Fourmigue, in a steady southerly wind of around 8 knots. The wind later veered to the west as a forewarning to the upcoming low pressure that should hit Cannes tomorrow night. From the shores of Saint Honorat and Sainte-Marguerite to the beaches of Cannes, people profited from the beautiful day so very similar to spring, to watch the show of Mariquita’s crew taking down her huge balloon jib to round the mark in a perfect slow motion movie. No less magnificent was the performance from the two 15M Tuiga and Mariska, with their hundreds square metres of sailcloth, duelling to get around the mark first.  For the smaller boats, sailing upwind to the so called Monks’ Mark – la balise des Moines- proved to be much harder, as they were struggling in stiffer breeze and choppier seas.

Today’s 15 miles long coastal race strengthened the provisional leaders’ position. Among the Big Boat, Moonbeam of Fife skippered by Erwan Noblet scored another first, leading on the 15 Metre Tuiga helmed by Bernard D’Alessandri and representing Yacht Club de Monaco. Jamet Huddleston’s Speedbird, was particularly fast today, and got an impressive victory in the Spirits of Tradition class on powerful Nicolas Ryan’s Shamrock. In the Classic gaffer division Kelpie’s win was not enough to contrast Francis van de Velde’s Oriole general leadership. 

Among the Marconi, the coastal race saw the comeback of Anne Sophie Hanns Georg Klein, who crossed the line in front of Marilinda Nottis’ Cholita and Brad Swain’s Leonore. For the smaller Marconis, Rowdy skippered by Graham Walker took the provisonal lead, followed by Michael Sparks’ White Wings and Blaise Bernos’ Oiseau de Feu. Finally, Spanish crew on Ramon Roses Batllo’s Guia third place now place them behind Florence Urrutti’s Sagittarius and Maria Giovanna II owned by Jean-Pierre Sauvan in the Classic Marconi Class, while Italian Navy’s Chaplin led by Bruno Puzone and Fabrice Payen’s White Dolphin switched places.

The battle will surely be fierce tomorrow…

Collision

A very unfortunate collision took place on the Classic Yacht racecourse: while rounding the last mark before the finish, gaff ketch Thendara’s bowsprit crushed into sailing yacht Moonbeam’s boom, causing extensive damage to the mainsail and a big scratch to the wooden boom itself but, luckily enough, not hurting anyone on board. Hopefully both boats will be able to be on the starting line tomorrow.

The Dragon army

For the sixty one-design boats, the third racing day was another important step to the final scoreboard – since the first discard gets into account after five races. The sixty Dragons had two races today, the first one sailed in shifting, unstable air and the second in a much more set south-westerly of about ten knots. For Russian skipper Anatoly Loginov on Annapurna, the future seems pretty bright, his worst ranking being a fifteenth.

Longinov can count on a good ten points advantage on second placed Ivan Bradbury’s British crew on Blue Haze, who in turn has only a thin lead on his world-famous countryman Lawrie Smith on Alfie, whose very consistent performances place him in third at 34 points. Austrian Carlo Loo on Happy Island and Swiss Ulli Libor on Sui Generis, follow closely at 38 ad 39 points respectively. First French skipper is Christian Boillot on Tamm Ha Tamm in seventh. Yet, the second and third step of the podium is still there to grab, especially tomorrow when the weather conditions could play an important role, with high winds and rain.

Renaud Jourdon new Show Manager for the Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show

September 23, 2010

Reed Expositions France is pleased to announce the appointment of Renaud Jourdon to the position of Show Manager for the Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show, presided over by Mrs Annette Roux.

Renaud Jourdon

Mr Jourdon takes up his new position starting October 1st. He will be based in Paris and Cannes, in the heart of the Côte d’Azur, in contact with the professionals he knows well. In Renaud’s words: “This is a great opportunity to take over the management of the show, an event I know particularly well and have always valued very much as a professional journalist these past 20 years. I am looking forward to the challenge that awaits me and to joining the Reed team with whom I maintain excellent relations.”

Mr Jourdon was notably the editor of Yachts and Yachts International magazines as well as the organiser and panel president of the Yachts Trophies. He is also editor of Boat Guide Design and a correspondent for international and national magazines such as Neptune, Yachts International, L’Express Spécial Salon de Paris and Hors Ligne.

For Jean-Daniel Compain, General Manager of the Culture, Sports and Leisure Group: “We have known Renaud for years and realise how much he is valued and respected by everyone in the industry. Together we should carry on developing this show, which continues to be the season’s major event and one of the most important shows worldwide. Renaud’s knowledge of the international market and his experience will be very useful to us in enabling the show to take on a new dimension in the years to come.”

Renaud Jourdon joins the Sea Division (Nautic–the Paris International Boat Show, Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show, Maritima…) of the Culture, Sports & Leisure Group, thus joining forces with the Division director and Nautic show manager, Alain Pichavant. “The two men know and like each other well,” explains Mr Compain, “the idea of a team has never seemed so clear to me and to be able to count on them is an additional asset for Reed.”

Mr Jourdon will immediately benefit not only from the experience and expertise that Reed Expositions France, partner of the French Nautical Industries Federation (F.I.N.), has accrued through the shows in Paris and Cannes, but also the support of Reed’s International Sales Group (ISG) with offices located in more than 40 countries, including among others the USA, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey.

Regates Royales Trophee Panerai: Summary of the day

September 22, 2010

First coastal for the seventy seven Classic Yachts of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai and three races in a row for the sixtythree Dragons, in ideal wind conditions.

'Régates Royales - Trophée Panerai' - Photo Credit Régates Royales

'Régates Royales - Trophée Panerai' - Photo Credit Régates Royales

Wind is like grapes, it needs time to get better. This is why the teams had to wait to see this 32nd edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai start. Sea breeze set in around noon allowing Dragons and Classic yachts to race in nearly perfect conditions: a southerly eight knots, flat sea, and summer like temperatures. As it happened yesterday the Dragons sailed much contested races and the Committee was forced to hoist the black flag (any competitors over the line at the start is disqualified) on all the starts. The classic yachts’ start was also pretty cluttered, and the tension palpable, until the Race officers finally fired the cannon.

It’s thanks to a good breeze, of around 8 knots and increasing during the afternoon to reach a solid fifteen knots, the crews were able to use all their weapons: mainsails, mizzens, gennakers, ballons jibs, spinnakers, stay sails and many others were displayed between Cannes and the Pointe de l’Esquillon. Despite the magnificent show it was a real battle on the water. In the Classic gaffers C class in was the Italian Bona Fide to cress the line in first, but had to leave the victory in corrected time to Oriole (Francis van de Velde) shortly followed by the oldest boat in the fleet, Marigold (Jason Gouldstone).

Pool of biodiversity

As it happened last year, WWF-France -which president is famous French female solo sailor Isabelle Autissier- is a welcomed presence at the Régate Royales – Trophée Panerai 2010 and its ambassador boat, Columbus, skippered by Jean-Yves Terlain is moored among racing boats. From Wednesday to Friday a round of conferences has been organised to inform the public about the marine environment and the consequences of intensive fishing in the Mediterranean, that is to say the  second maritime and coastal biodiversity pool in the world. Red Tuna population has decreased by 80%, 19 species of cetaceans are listed in the Ligurian Sea, waste management causes more and more recycling issues. Speaker Charles Braine will animate the conferences, which will be open to the public, on the Régates Royales village.

Atlantic vs Créole?

Friday will be the theatre of a truly historical match: the replica of the famous Schooner Atlantic will sail for the first time in Cannes. The 69,24 metres long yacht helmed by Charlie Barr back in 1905 for the Kaiser’s Cup sadly finished her life in New York in 1982. But the incredible energy of Ed Kastelein and four years of intense work brought the schooner back to life. Créole, Charles Nicholson’s designed and 65,30 metres long three masts, moored in Cannes for years, could duel with the legendary yacht on a breezy day. What a magical match that could be!

Weather forecast

A high pressure is still hovering on the bay of Cannes, with a low pressure gradient. As a result the wind will be light westerly in the morning, veering to southerly around noon  and later on a westerly sea breeze of around 5/9 knots will set in.  Flat seas and clear skies with temperatures not exceeding 25°C. The weather on Thursday should remain mostly the same yet it is likely to get worse on Friday. A low pressure coming from the North-West will produce fairly strong to strong winds, cloudy sky and occasionally some rain.

Fire and flames

Trying to beat Olin Stephens’ supremacy, Briton Charles E. Nicholson got inspiration from the American’s 12M to build several yachts conceived for offshore racing, the Fastnet and Bermuda Race in the thirties. Firebird X is the fourth boat built for Ralph Haws, a member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club in Cowes.

By designing Dorade and Stormy Wheather Olin Stephens proves that US designers are still untouchable as far as America’s Cup or offshore racing boats are concerned. That’s particularly true in the period prior to the Second World War, when British yachtsmen chose to downscale from J Class boats to 12M for the Cup and the racing/cruising yachts between fifteen and twenty metres, the perfect size for short-handed crews and offshore events that keep growing all over the world.

Yet, the British Yacht Clubs’ members can’t just sit and watch the Americans getting all their trophies, like Dorade winning the Fastnet in 1931 and 1933. When he designs Foxhoun, a 19.30 metres long Marconi cutter for Isaac Bell in 1935, Charles E. Nicholson is the most celebrated architect in the United Kingdom. Finishing fourth in the Fastnet Race, the owner decides to have a yawl built. Bloodhound is soon going to win the Channel Race, the Morgan Cup, and the Fastnet Race…

Eight owners, four names.

Following this hugely successful boat, in 1937 other yachtsmen opt to have Nicholson’s designed boats like Firebird X built at Camper & Nicholson shipyard. Plan number 447 by Charles E. Nicholson is developed on existing rules and on RORC president Ralph Hawks’ racing schedule. The concept is simple: a moderate overhang, a huge draft, a deep, strongly V-shaped hull and a large cutter sail area with a bowsprit.  The construction is pretty sophisticated for the time: the boats’ deck is made of teak, the interiors in oak wood with steel reinforced chain plates. Yet, Firebird X is not going to be on the podium in the1937 Fastnet Race which is won by the Dutch Zeearend, another Stephens’ designed yacht! The owner then decides to heavily modify the boat transforming her into a yawl, but only gets to win the German Race on the Baltic Sea. The owners keep alternating as do performances: Mr Crankshaw, Mr Green and in 1962 Frenchman Pierre Cointreau, who re-launches the boat as Flame II in La Trinité sur Mer, where she is one of the biggest yachts moored in a still tiny newborn marina.

Bought by MP Henri Rey in 1970, and still a yawl, the yacht is renamed Vindilis II and is taken to the Med for the season but, while being delivered back to Brittany falls victim of a devastating storm that damages and forces her to stop in Pont l’Abbé at the Pichavant shipyards for repairs. Michel Perroud is her next owner, buys her in 1973 and calls her Oiseau de feu, cruising in the Atlantic from the Azores to Ireland, Scotland and Spain. During a winter storm the boats runs aground on a oyster farm… she needs extensive repairs once more and, this time, the restoration is made at the Naval Arsenal in Lorient before being bought by Pierre Lembo in 1989 who takes her to Saint-Malo for a general refit, to change the corroded metal parts and make a new pinewood deck.

Cannes is my home now

Oiseau de feu new owner is Jean-Philippe L’Huiller, who says: “It’s a very comfortable cruising boat, you can sail single or short-handed. We did keep the mainmast but took the mizzen away because it had no impact on the racing performances upwind. The sail area is smaller but she is a very good boat in strong breeze. We sail mostly in the Med because her home is in Cannes now.”

Oiseau de feu

Designer: Charles E. Nicholson
Builder: Camper & Nicholson
Launch date: 1937
Overall length: 20,74 m
Waterline length: 14,63 m
Width: 3,96 m
Draft: 2,51 m
Displacement: 38 000 kg
Upwind sail area: 211 sqm

Motor yacht MCY 76 awarded Best Design Trophy and the Most Innovative Trophy at the World Yachts Trophies

September 22, 2010

A project this innovative could hardly pass unnoticed. Monte Carlo Yachts, a company of the Beneteau Group created less than two years ago, presents itself on the market with its first model – the MCY 76 – and right off the bat wins two awards at the prestigious WORLD YACHTS TROPHIES. This is an important honour both for the Italian brand, which has succeeded in putting itself in the limelight in such a short time, and for the Beneteau Group, the world leader in the sailing sector, which sees its strategic choice of investing in the luxury motor yacht sector being rewarded.

Monte Carlo Yachts 76, Venice 2010 World Premier - Photo Credit Monte Carlo Yachts

Monte Carlo Yachts 76, Venice 2010 World Premier - Photo Credit Monte Carlo Yachts

In September, the attention of yachting fans and those interested in luxury is concentrated on Cannes, where the Festival de la Plaisance marks the start of the new boating season. In the framework of this event, on Saturday, 11 September, on the beach of the Hotel Carlton along the Croisette, the World Yacht Trophies 2010 were awarded.

The MCY 76 motor yacht came away with two prizes: the Best Design Trophy and the Most Innovative Trophy. The jury thus put the accent on the innovative scope of the project, both in design and in the adoption of cutting-edge technological solutions. The MCY 76’s high, flared hull, the Portuguese deck forward, the glass and steel flybridge supports, the radar mast: already at first glance this 23-metre flybridge yacht demonstrates that it has brilliantly overcome the stylistic constraints that have conditioned yachting in the last twenty years. Digging down deeper one discovers also the strong technological contents that stand out on the motor yacht MCY 76. Technology in service to functionality and environmental compatibility: the photovoltaic panels sunk in the carbon T-top generate part of the electricity needed for onboard life; the aerospace-derived sewage treatment system transforms the contents of the tank that collects the drainage from all the bathrooms into pure water; the infusion process estende to all the components eliminates atmospheric emissions and reduces weights and consumption; and the auto trim system enhances comfort and contributes to cutting down on fuel consumption as well.

Monte Carlo Yachts 76 (MCY 76) at the Venice 2010 World Premier, Photo Credit Monte Carlo Yachts

Monte Carlo Yachts 76 (MCY 76) at the Venice 2010 World Premier, Photo Credit Monte Carlo Yachts

Benetti Class Motor Yacht Delfino 93

September 16, 2010

Benetti Class Delfino 93 Motor Yacht was one of the 20 yachts in water from the Azimut-Benetti Group at the 33rd edition of the Cannes International Boat Show this year. The Delfino 93 motoryacht was however, one of the only four yachts that were previewed for the first time ever.

Benetti Super Yacht Delfino 93 Profile

The Delfino 93 motoryacht is the first model in the new Benetti Class line, representing a concentration of Benetti experience and style, combining, in less than 30 metres, an aesthetically unique line with great comfort and technology.

“We set up the threshold of excellence in only 24 metres” – comments Stefano Righini, the mind behind the concept, not only of this boat but also of other boats in the Class range.

Delfino 93 Motor Yacht Sundeck

The presence of the bulb and the stability of the hull make superyacht Benetti 93 one of the only real “navetta” on the market, allowing the new stabilisation system, with electric instead of hydraulic actuators, to operate on a boat which is already very stable and to guarantee sea keeping performance not commonly found in yachts of this size, during both navigation and at anchor, in addition to a high level of comfort.

Benetti Motor Yacht Delfino 93 Sundeck

One of the most interesting technological innovations of the Delfino 93 Yacht concerns safety: the compartmentation with watertight bulkheads is similar to that of an ocean-going ship, able to guarantee navigability of the vessel at all times even with a damaged hull, a feature which is practically non-existent in other yachts of this size. The extreme attention to construction quality translates into greater comfort and also a significant reduction in noise and vibration.

The attraction of the Delfino 93 motoryacht is that it is a great yacht in a small format: a unique combination that comprises design solutions, technical equipment and spacious comfortable living areas typical of much larger yachts.

Benetti Delfino 93 Yacht Owner Suite

Below deck there are two large VIP cabins and two guest cabins. The master cabin features a particularly large glass panel, despite the presence of a side passage. The internal areas have been designed by Carlo Galeazzi, obtaining a refined stylistic balance, characterised by an up-to-date contemporary décor. The light – natural and artificial – is also a design element, in particular the inclusion of large continuous tinted glass panels adds to the elegant comfortable atmosphere of the interior.

Owners Bathroom Benetti Delfino 93 Motor Yacht

There are several open areas aboard of the Benetti Class Delfino 93 motor yacht offering the 10 guests complete comfort, from the sunbathing area afore of the deckhouse to the spacious flybridge, and the dining area on the sun deck shaded by the electric awning.

Benetti Class Tradition 105 Yacht

September 10, 2010

The Benetti Class Tradition 105 super yacht has been presented at the Cannes International Boat Show 2010 together with three new Azimut-Benetti Group yachts, the Azimut 64 motor yacht, the Atlantis 48 and the Benetti Delfino 93 yacht.

Benetti Tradition 105 motor yacht

In the wake of the great success achieved right from the construction of the first model of the previous series 100’, Benetti has developed the new Tradition 105 motoryacht, the second of the seven models in the new Benetti Class range (first being the Delfino 93 motor yacht) . Lengthening of the hull and the new form of the stern ensure high performance in terms of sea-keeping and manoeuvrability and significant benefits in terms of speed and autonomy. These characteristics are achieved above all by addition of the bulb, which makes the new Tradition a real navetta with navigation standards found only in the big megayachts.

The most important new feature in the layout of the new luxury motor yacht Tradition 105, which has been completely revolutionised, concerns the two main decks due to the position of the engine room which has been shifted from the centre of the vessel to the very end of the stern. The new position of the engines is not only an advantage in terms of functionality and comfort of the interior and high acoustic comfort level of the guest areas, but also an important technological development enabling the luxury motor yacht Tradition 105 to accommodate the most innovative propulsion technologies both today and tomorrow. The large space left free in the centre of the vessel has permitted the creation of an entire area reserved for the guests only, with four large cabins that can be accessed directly from the foyer located on the main deck, where the vertical, functional and ergonomic connections have been concentrated, making the living area of the main deck much more spacious and convivial, with a separate dining area for ten people. Also in terms of external space, the Tradition 105 yacht offers solutions designed to meet all individual needs: the upper deck and the sun deck feature areas entirely dedicated to sunbathing with Jacuzzi, and relaxation areas equipped with dining table for ten guests.

The first model of the Tradition 105 motoryacht series comes in a modern style featuring Zen influences to satisfy even the most minimalist owners, but it is also available in the classic style version. Both solutions have been designed by the French designer François Zuretti who has chosen light colours, tone on tone, to create relaxed atmospheres full of light with simple furnishing elements.

Motor Yacht Azimut 64

September 10, 2010

The Motoryacht Azimut 64 is one of the four exciting new models presented at the 2010 Cannes International Boat Show by the Azimut-Benetti Group.

Azimut 64 Motor Yacht External View


The Azimut 64 motoryacht is the natural heir to the Azimut 62 yacht, a model that recorded an unprecedented sales success (200 units sold worldwide), and reinterprets and further updates the strengths that made its predecessor so successful: stylistic innovation, outstanding safety level and excellent navigability.

The originality and sporting qualities of the design are evident at first glance: the lines of the deckhouse convey elegance and harmony, with bold glass panels, made more aggressive by the flybridge fin which emerges at the height of the saloon. Safety is certified by the class A homologation, while comfort and performance are guaranteed by the use of innovative materials (carbon fibre, for example) and the excellent manoeuvrability and sea-keeping of the vessel.

Azimut 64 Yacht Swimming Platform

The Azimut 64 yacht  is provided with Easy Docking assisted mooring system and Seakeeper gyroscopic stabilisers which reduce rolling up to 80% both at anchor and during navigation. Organisation of the space is another strength of the Azimut 64 motoryacht: each area is fully exploited to optimise the available capacity, while the use of low furniture allows plenty of light into the interior. Numerous storage spaces are provided on the main deck, both in the saloon (unit measuring approximately 3 metres) and in the lobby going down to the lower deck where further electric household appliances can be housed. The flybridge is the most complete in its category and, in terms of dimensions and equipment, constitutes the heart of the boat, the area to which the owner and his guests gravitate, dedicated to relaxation and socialising: double sunpad, dinette for 7/8 people, optional hard top and customisable stern area. The stern up-down platform completes all the equipment necessary for life “en plein air”.

The owner’s area offers complete relaxation with maximum functionality. Four large windows light an area which also houses a dinette with two comfortable sofas. Every detail of the VIP cabin positioned at the bow has been carefully studied in order to maximise storage space and the toilette is top of the range with shower enclosure. Optimisation of the space has resulted in a large comfortable crew cabin which is particularly roomy in the new luxury motor yacht Azimut 64.

Azimut-Benetti Yachts’ Great Success

September 10, 2010

Azimut Benetti Group exhibited for the first time ever four of their new models at the 2010 Cannes International Boat Show. Company has reporter great success in the past year in terms of sell-out, which confirms its positive track record. The four exciting new vessels at the Cannes Show were the Atlantis 48 yacht, the motor yacht Azimut 64 and two new models from the updated Bennetti Class line: the Delfino 93 motoryacht and the superyacth Tradition 105. As per the renewal of the range, Benetti’s performance is exceptional. The company has delivered five megayachts over 47 metres in the past four months and three new Delfino Models are currently booked.

Azimut 64 motor yacht bow view

The fleet exhibited at Cannes, which comprises overall 20 vessels, mirrors the state of health of the Group testified by a sell-out with a growth of over 25% and consequent substantial destocking of the dealers network.

Benetti’s performance is particularly satisfactory: due to renewal of the entire fleet, completion of which is scheduled by the end of 2011, its success has been outstanding, with 5 deliveries of megayachts over 47 m in the last 4 months, and the sale of 2 Tradition 105 yachts and 3 Delfino 93’ yachts purchased on paper by clients in China, Australia and the United States. The immediate success of the Delfino range highlights the very special character of this vessel – a great yacht in a small format – destined to represent the new cutting edge of the shipyard.

Azimut 64 Flybridge Motor yacht

Thanks to the company’s very solid financial position, the Azimut-Benetti Group was one of the first companies in the sector to suspend the wages guarantee fund, with the manufacturing sites getting back to full production last March, and was therefore in a position to immediately take advantage of the first market opportunities and confirm its development programmes, in terms of both products and international expansion.

In this regard it is worth underlining that expansion of the range of the three brands is proceeding in line with the three-year plan, with 7 new models exhibited at this year’s autumn boat shows.

These 7 new models are in addition to the models recently presented including the Azimut Yachts “Grande” Collection which, as the name implies, is characterised not only by its size, but also by the high level of customisation (integral painting of the hull to highlight recognisability and possibility of adapting the layout and individual areas), high level of privacy and comfort for the owner and his guests (soundproofing and minimisation of possible vibrations) and high level of service (one single after-sales consultant for each owner). Equally important was the opening, in August, of the Itajai production site in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, a project developed to ensure full exploitation of the commercial opportunities in Brazil, which is considered the most interesting emerging market for luxury yachts. When operating to full capacity, the site will produce up to 100 boats a year between 80 and 100 feet.

Azimut 105 luxury motor yacht

In China, where it has already been operating for several years, the company owns a representative office in Shanghai with an organised team that manages a network of dealers covering the entire coastline. Due to this penetration strategy, sales in the last year doubled in terms of both unit and volume. So far almost the entire Azimut range has been introduced onto the market, including an Azimut Grande super yacht scheduled for delivery by the end of 2010.

The results of the Yachtique Service Division are also going from strength to strength. Among the services offered, refitting has been particularly successful and during this last nautical season via the Lusben Division, over 40 boats have been refitted at the historic site in Viareggio and 20 at the Livorno site, which has been operating for two years. The company, which boasts the most advanced technologies and equipment in the shipyard world, in addition to 250,000sqm of yard space, is currently evaluating partnership agreements in the Mediterranean area to increase the number of its sites and multiply business opportunities.

Azimt Grande 120SL super yacht profile

Lastly, we should not forget the brilliant achievements of the Group’s R&D Department which, last season, concentrated on the development of engines with low environmental impact and devices for maximising safety and comfort on board. The results can be seen in some of the new models proposed. These include the new Benetti Delfino yacht range, equipped with a compartmentation system which guarantees extremely high standards of safety in any hull impact situation, a feature which is practically non-existent in other yachts of this size.

Development of the Magellano 50 yacht (which will be presented at the Genoa Boat Show) is no less important. The boat is in class A and in Rina Green Plus class notation thanks to many environmentally-friendly strategies adopted, such as production of the main parts in fibreglass by infusion, the Dual Mode hull, the exclusive use of LEDs for the lighting, the choice of wood exclusively from certified forests and the positioning of anti-UV films on the side windows to increase air conditioning efficiency. Concerning the engine, the Magellano 50 motoryacht is the first boat to be fitted with the new Easy Hybrid system, an exclusive project created by Azimut-Benetti to sail up to 8 knots using electric motors, in complete silence and with the greatest ease and control.

“As in the past, we continue to be solid, dynamic and always ready to grasp new opportunities” declared the Chairman of the Group Paolo Vitelli. The market scenario, which over the last two years has profoundly changed the nautical world, dictates severe but correct rules, rewarding the most reliable and competitive firms who have always put the client at the centre of their business”.

SuperYacht SUNRISE 47 design

September 08, 2010

Sunrise 47 super yacht is a Espen Oeino designed vessel measuring 47.8 metres in length over all. She features a high tensile steel hull and aluminium superstructure. The Sunrise Yachts’ latest model will be able to accommodate up to eleven guests in five luxurious staterooms. The new Sunrise 47 yacht design is being presented at the Cannes International Boat Show starting today (8th September 2010) and Sunrise Yachts will also present her at the 2010 Monaco Yacht Show, which is taking place from 22nd September.

Sunrise 47 Super Yacht

With the Sunrise 47 super yacht, the powerful team of Espen Øino, Franck Darnet Design and Sunrise Yachts have reinvented the meaning of the word ‘luxury yacht’ and conceived a layout inviting everyone on board, owners and guests, to enjoy a full yachting experience: an innovative approach to the distribution of space and the allowance of natural light throughout the vessel, coupled to a timelessly elegant exterior. The concept brings guests closer to the sea and light thanks to full height windows, skylights and balconies extending out over the water to create an unrestricted inside – outside space where boundaries disappear between the intimate luxury of the interiors and the vast comfortable outside decks. Outdoor living with refinement.

At Sunrise Yachts, they want to offer yachtsmen effective innovation, a feeling of amazement, and of course, the freedom of choice. They also feel that the layout of modern motor yachts has not evolved with the new generation of owners. There seems to be a convention in the classic accommodation designs that guests should be relegated to inside the hull (where prisoners or slaves were housed in ancient times) and that some of the prime real estate of the yacht is to be sacrificed to services. In a radical move for a yacht of its size, all services and technical areas have been moved into the hull on the lower deck of the new Sunrise 47 motoryacht. This includes the galley, which becomes a large hotel-style stainless steel kitchen able to cope with the level of entertaining that a yacht of this calibre is required to provide, as well as the captain’s cabin, now a very comfortable “suite”, adjacent to the ship’s office.

Sunrise 47 Motor Yacht

In Configuration One of the Super Yacht Sunrise 47, the space freed on the Main Deck becomes an area including four spacious guest cabins: two VIP cabins and two twins, each adorned with large windows offering a grand view of the ocean. The full-beam Master Suite has six huge floor-to-ceiling bay windows and is also naturally lit by way of skylights bedded in the foredeck Portuguese bridge. For those who like to sleep under the stars…

Moving to the Upper Deck, the Sunrise 47 motoryacht once again breaks with tradition by re-locating the usual main deck dining area into an aft circular rotunda clad with full-height sliding glass doors to dine in air conditioned comfort. At the touch of a button these doors recess completely and allow the possibility of dining ‘al fresco’. The dining table is illuminated by the glass-bottom of the Sun Deck Jacuzzi, which either lets through sunlight or various moods of light from the tub’s lighting system.

This dining location adjoining the aft upper deck of the Espen Oeino designed super yacht Sunrise 47 also offers a panoramic view that will make every dining moment memorable as the yacht changes scenery or moves in its anchorage. Between this rotunda and the central architectural staircase, the upper salon – another indoor/outdoor area – features deep couches that rotate, to either face out to the sea or face inside. Large glass concertina doors can be retracted completely to offer a terrace view of the sea and allow a feeling of being in touch with the elements.

Upper Deck Salon - Sunrise 47 motor yacht

In Configuration Two of the Sunrise 47 MY, an audacious and seductive alternative, the owner’s suite occupies almost all of the upper deck, with a vast circular bed located in the aft rotunda, surrounded by spectacular views. A full suite, unseen on a yacht of this size, features hers and his bathrooms, vast dressing rooms and an owners office. This layout leaves most of the full-beam main deck available for a vast semi-open salon and entertaining area.

Finally, the Sun Deck, features all of the expected amenities such as a Jacuzzi tub, a bar with barbecue and plenty of sunbathing areas. It has a dumb waiter station straight from the galley so that guests can enjoy outside dining from a higher perspective than the upper deck, around the ten-person removable table under the canopy. Being conceived by veteran yacht owners, established designers, engineers and captains, the Sunrise 47 motor yacht  has large service and storage areas, such as a bilge deck with vast walk-in freezers and fridges as well as dry storage and a professional stainless steel kitchen fit for a large gourmet restaurant.

The choice of propulsion engines and tank capacity was made to achieve trans-Pacific distances or a summer of coastal cruising without refuelling. Furthermore, the vessel is fitted with a twin controllable-pitch propulsion system which will make the vessel twenty percent more fuel-efficient, meaning an increased range as well as substantially reducing running costs. All the systems engineering, including 3-D engine room and piping throughout the boat, is provided by Brilliant Boats, Ltd., who has worked with many renowned shipyards of Holland, Europe and the world. Electrical and PLC/monitoring engineering is by Schneider-Télémécanique and industrial specialist Actys of France who have developed a rugged and trustworthy fully classified power management and monitoring system for a dozen large yachts. Local classification coordination and production engineering is assumed by Sunrise Yachts’ competent team, who have an accumulated fifty years of large yacht experience and local knowledge. The engine room, insulated with the latest anti-drumming and ceramic technologies, has an air conditioned control room and a separate double-insulated generator room.

Main Deck Salon on the Sunrise 47 m Super Yacht

Technical Specification – Sunrise 47 Super Yacht

CONSTRUCTION High tensile steel hull, aluminium superstructure
BUILDER Sunrise Yachts
CLASSIFICATION Bureau Véritas ✠YACHT I 3/3 E/W ✠MACH
Charter Yacht-Motor S MCA-LY2 commercial code compliant
YACHT DESIGN Espen Øino International, Monaco
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE Brilliant Boats Ltd.
INTERIOR DESIGN Franck Darnet Design, Nantes, France

YEAR 2011

LOA 47.80 m / 157’
LWL 41.50 m / 135’
BEAM 9.00 m / 29’6”
DRAFT 2.80 m / 9’ (max )
DISPLACEMENT 450 tons (full load) – 380 (light)
FUEL CAPACITY 60.000 lt (16,000 gallons)
WATER CAPACITY 13.500 lt (3,600 gallons)

SUNRISE 47m Super Yacht Version 2

SPEED

Maximum speed: 16 knots
Cruising speed: 12 knots

RANGE 4,000 nm at cruising speed

MACHINERY

ENGINES 2 X Caterpillar Type: C32 ACERT C-rating
Rating: 2 X 1,320 mhp @ 1,800 rpm
PROPULSION Variable pitch propellers
GENERATORS 2 x Caterpillar Type: C4.4 e86kW
Rating: 86kw, 50hz, 380/220 VAC, 3-phase, 24 VDC starting
Engine: 6-cylinder, 1500 rpm, heat exchanger-cooled
1 x Emergency generator
Rating: 22.5kw, 50hz, 380/220 VAC, 3-phase, 24 VDC starting
Engine: 4-cylinder, 1500 rpm, heat exchanger-cooled

ELECTRICITY 240/380 Volt, 50 Hertz 3-phase, four-wire system
Monitoring and Control Management System by Schneider/Télémécanique

SHORE POWER 1 x SAE, Italy, 200 kVA shore power converter
2 shore power rated at 125 A, 208/380/415 +/- 10% VAC, 3-phase, 50/60 Hz

BATTERIES 24 VDC battery banks 24 to 12 VDC converters
3 x battery chargers, Mastervolt Mass 24-100

AIR CONDITIONING:

Webasto Chilled Water 420,000 BTU

ACCOMMODATION
for 11 guests in
1 x Master cabin
4 x Double cabins
6 x Crew cabins for 10

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