Italy Luxury Yacht Charter & Superyacht News

Dockwise Yacht Transport completes most complex superyacht Lift-on/Lift-off to Date

November 03, 2011

Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) has successfully transported 7 superyachts from Italy to Thailand and completed its most complex lift-on/lift-off procedure to date, transferring 7 yachts. For the complex procedure, DYT used the 532-foot (162.3 meters) transport vessel Combi Dock 1 owned by Combi Lift, which left Genoa, Italy on October 7 and arrived safely in... ... read full story

Luna Rossa and the Circolo della Vela Sicilia´s successful challenge for the 34th America’s Cup

November 02, 2011

Written by Zuzana Bednarova

Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 team and The Circolo della Vela Sicilia team have been successful with their Notice of Challenge by the Golden Gate yacht Club for the 34th America´s Cup held in San Francisco in September 2013. ... read full story

Ferretti Yachts´ capital restructuring process

October 31, 2011

Written by Zuzana Bednarova

Ferretti Yachts´ Board of Directors has taken the decision to restructure its capital structure. ... read full story

Winners of the 2011 Nautical Design Awards

October 28, 2011

Written by Eva Belanyiova

Nautical Design Awards have been announced to 10 winners on the 20th of October in Milan. The winners include such stunning yachts as the sailing yacht Zafira, 42m Vintage superyacht by Codecasa and the Ferretti Custom Line 124 yacht. ... read full story

Azimut Magellano 50 motor yacht – The first modern and luxury long range yacht

October 28, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Magellano 50 motor yacht will be on display for the first time in US at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, from October 27-31, 2011. The Azimut Magellano 50 motor yacht has enjoyed an incredibly successful year, in fact, just after the official presentation at Genova 2010 Boat Show, it has been sold in... ... read full story

2011 Nautical Design Awards: Prestige 500 motor yacht wins “Best Motor Yacht” under 24 m

October 27, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The official awards ceremony of the NAUTICAL DESIGN AWARDS, held in the European design capital of Milan, Italy, on Thursday, October 20th 2011. During the ceremony, the Prestige 500 flybridge motor yacht was awarded the title of “Best Motor Yacht” in the category of yachts under 24 meters in length. Organized by Yacht & Sail... ... read full story

65m Benetti Motor Yacht Nataly wins Nautical Design Award

October 27, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Luxury superyacht builder Benetti has received new international recognition for thier 65 metre FB252 superyacht Nataly, which was a star at the 2011 Nautical Design Awards. The most important and preeminent recognition devoted to boating design, the 2011 Nautical Design Awards official ceremonies were held for on October 20, in Milan, the capital of design... ... read full story

Two 26.23m Wally Ace yachts under construction at Wally

October 27, 2011

Written by Eva Belanyiova

WallyAce superyacht exterior rendering - Image courtesy of Wally

Two Wally Ace superyachts are currently under construction at the Italian shipyard, with the first one due to be launched in March, 2012. ... read full story