Superyacht Sportfishing Boats
March 14, 2022
The notion of cruising to the world’s top fishing spots has led to some envelope-pushing superyachts upwards of 171 feet.
The notion of cruising to the world’s top fishing spots has led to some envelope-pushing superyachts upwards of 171 feet.
It was in our February 2011 issue that we reintroduced you to Benetti Sail Division and its partnership with renowned sailboat designer Luca Brenta. The duo had designed a new Logica line of full-displacement megayachts with sailboat characteristics and were looking for the first owner to begin to cut steel.
What a difference a year makes.
There was a bit of a kerfuffle across the pond recently when (as my colleague Alyssa Haak noted a few weeks back) British Education Minister Michael Gove reportedly proposed that the recession-stricken country build Queen Elizabeth II a brand-new $90 million megayacht to celebrate her 60th anniversary on the throne.
In the past two years, I’ve gotten to see quite a few shipyards where megayachts get built, but most have been in Europe. (I’d name them but fear I’d leave one off.) In the process, I’ve learned a lot about construction methods and how projects reach completion.
But I can most clearly see the impact of a yard’s success in Northeastern Wisconsin for no other reason than I used to live there and I have family that still does. My grandpa knows people who have worked in local yards, the builders and welders and other skilled craftsmen.
This summer, London may well be on par with the summer megayacht destination of St Tropez or Portofino.
Not only are megayacht berths being constructed for during the Olympics, but now British Education Secretary Michael Gove suggests that the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations should go above and beyond and – perhaps – include a new royal yacht.
Photo Credit: Carl Groll / www.theyachtphoto.com
Lürssen’s Project Rocky emerged from the sheds this week with the moniker ACE clearly emblazoned on her sides. The 87-meter (285-foot) vessel is one of the largest launches of the year.
In March 2010, the 219-foot Apoise was auctioned off. And while the peculiar mode of sale created some buzz, it made sense as the yacht’s owner had co-founded Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. And whatever your thoughts on her final sale price (reportedly approximately $46 million), the yacht was sold fewer than three months after the owners announced the sale.
But for all the skeptics, someone’s ears perked up.
When cruising from Fort Lauderdale to the PMY Rendezvous in Bimini, our Vicem 72 went right past the 160-foot Major Wager.
This classic Feadship was recently sold by RJC Yacht Sales and will eventually be based in Dubai after a major refit that will include her exterior paint, interior decor, and electronics systems.
Since I’ve started here at PMY, there’s been an interesting little shift in the forwarded emails I receive and conversations I have with friends and family.
It’s slowly starting to shift to all about boats.
There are the spottings, when friends, family, and coworkers send me pictures of boats either to share or to identify it and demand more information.
For example, I received this picture with the simple request to identify it:
Despite rapidly evolving building techniques, boating has a lot of traditions that remain from those early days of yore (also known as the days of yesteryear).
When Italian shipbuilder Tecnomar recently laid the keel for its 40-meter Impero yacht, a good luck coin was included. A coin in the keel has long symbolized good fortune for the yacht through her construction and long after.
Prior to FLIBS last week, I was reading a summary of the new Steve Jobs biography in the New York Times, when I came across an interesting little nugget among the general backstory of Jobs’s life:
When Tilli Antonelli stepped before the gathered reporters during the Wider breakfast press conference during the Monaco Yacht Show, the lights dimmed and the projector lit up. And Antonelli introduced …
A 33-foot Wider boat.
The crowd clapped, but it seemed a bit obligatory. It was 8:30 a.m., and yes the 42-foot Wider was a success—but to go smaller? It seemed a bit odd.
But Antonelli kept clicking through slides to introduce where that 33-footer would be kept: the 150-foot Wider megayacht.
I can hardly believe fall is here. The weather reports are forecasting lows in the 40s later this week. Pumpkin ales and Oktoberfest brews are
Creative Director Aimee Colon and I are out of the office for a feature story for the November issue.
We landed this morning in Bergen, Norway, and are off and running. The yacht that will be profiled is visible in this photo. Can you spot her?
Should be the adventure of a lifetime – as long as we are not captured by vikings or trolls.
The notion of cruising to the world’s top fishing spots has led to some envelope-pushing superyachts upwards of 171 feet.
It was in our February 2011 issue that we reintroduced you to Benetti Sail Division and its partnership with renowned sailboat designer Luca Brenta. The duo had designed a new Logica line of full-displacement megayachts with sailboat characteristics and were looking for the first owner to begin to cut steel.
What a difference a year makes.
There was a bit of a kerfuffle across the pond recently when (as my colleague Alyssa Haak noted a few weeks back) British Education Minister Michael Gove reportedly proposed that the recession-stricken country build Queen Elizabeth II a brand-new $90 million megayacht to celebrate her 60th anniversary on the throne.
In the past two years, I’ve gotten to see quite a few shipyards where megayachts get built, but most have been in Europe. (I’d name them but fear I’d leave one off.) In the process, I’ve learned a lot about construction methods and how projects reach completion.
But I can most clearly see the impact of a yard’s success in Northeastern Wisconsin for no other reason than I used to live there and I have family that still does. My grandpa knows people who have worked in local yards, the builders and welders and other skilled craftsmen.
This summer, London may well be on par with the summer megayacht destination of St Tropez or Portofino.
Not only are megayacht berths being constructed for during the Olympics, but now British Education Secretary Michael Gove suggests that the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations should go above and beyond and – perhaps – include a new royal yacht.
Photo Credit: Carl Groll / www.theyachtphoto.com
Lürssen’s Project Rocky emerged from the sheds this week with the moniker ACE clearly emblazoned on her sides. The 87-meter (285-foot) vessel is one of the largest launches of the year.
In March 2010, the 219-foot Apoise was auctioned off. And while the peculiar mode of sale created some buzz, it made sense as the yacht’s owner had co-founded Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. And whatever your thoughts on her final sale price (reportedly approximately $46 million), the yacht was sold fewer than three months after the owners announced the sale.
But for all the skeptics, someone’s ears perked up.
When cruising from Fort Lauderdale to the PMY Rendezvous in Bimini, our Vicem 72 went right past the 160-foot Major Wager.
This classic Feadship was recently sold by RJC Yacht Sales and will eventually be based in Dubai after a major refit that will include her exterior paint, interior decor, and electronics systems.
Since I’ve started here at PMY, there’s been an interesting little shift in the forwarded emails I receive and conversations I have with friends and family.
It’s slowly starting to shift to all about boats.
There are the spottings, when friends, family, and coworkers send me pictures of boats either to share or to identify it and demand more information.
For example, I received this picture with the simple request to identify it:
Despite rapidly evolving building techniques, boating has a lot of traditions that remain from those early days of yore (also known as the days of yesteryear).
When Italian shipbuilder Tecnomar recently laid the keel for its 40-meter Impero yacht, a good luck coin was included. A coin in the keel has long symbolized good fortune for the yacht through her construction and long after.
Prior to FLIBS last week, I was reading a summary of the new Steve Jobs biography in the New York Times, when I came across an interesting little nugget among the general backstory of Jobs’s life:
When Tilli Antonelli stepped before the gathered reporters during the Wider breakfast press conference during the Monaco Yacht Show, the lights dimmed and the projector lit up. And Antonelli introduced …
A 33-foot Wider boat.
The crowd clapped, but it seemed a bit obligatory. It was 8:30 a.m., and yes the 42-foot Wider was a success—but to go smaller? It seemed a bit odd.
But Antonelli kept clicking through slides to introduce where that 33-footer would be kept: the 150-foot Wider megayacht.
I can hardly believe fall is here. The weather reports are forecasting lows in the 40s later this week. Pumpkin ales and Oktoberfest brews are
Creative Director Aimee Colon and I are out of the office for a feature story for the November issue.
We landed this morning in Bergen, Norway, and are off and running. The yacht that will be profiled is visible in this photo. Can you spot her?
Should be the adventure of a lifetime – as long as we are not captured by vikings or trolls.
