Tango, Feadship’s Royal Van Lent giant 77.70 metre superyacht was only recently delivered, and the yard has now released an impressive new video of her. Tango is an exceptionally creative and innovative yacht in terms of both the exterior profile and the interior styling. The yacht has a contemporary two-tone exterior. Read More
Measuring 42 metres, the dark blue hull and off white superstructure friendly covers the shapes of a rather traditionally styled luxury yacht. Some would say a Gentleman’s Yacht. Star is the brain child of the Dutch designers and naval architects of Vripack, who literally did not leave one millimeter of the yacht untouched. Read More
Superyachts visiting Jones Boatyard in Miami have to be towed all the way up the Miami River. A tight fit as the river becomes rather narrow upstream. See how this superyacht is towed all the way up to the refit yard. The yard features 3700 lineal feet of dockage, Travelifts, a Syncrolift and covered sheds for eleven 200'+ yachts. Read More
Benetti recently delivered the 61 metre Diamonds Are Forever, built for a highly experienced owner who always names his yachts after James Bond movies. The 61 metre Diamonds Are Forever features a signature Evan K Marshall interior. This video shows her construction, and gives us a sneak preview of her interior. Read More
Firefighters in Nice have responded to a fire on board the 2003 built superyacht 360°. The fire seems to have damaged the bridge deck of the 47 metre yacht. The yacht is docked on the east side of the port, and dozens of firefighters are at the scene. Local reports confirm that the mayor of Nice is also at the scene of the fire. Read More
Burgess confirms, with regret, reports that the 60 metre motor yacht Yogi sank 19 nautical miles off the Island of Skyros on Friday morning 17 February. All 8 crew were safely rescued and there was no loss of life. No passengers were on board the yacht at the time of the incident. The cause of the sinking has not been identified and confirmed. Read More
At SYT we follow superyachts around the world and sometimes we come across a photo of a superyacht which is unfamiliar to us and such was the case with motor yacht Whisper. Early last year I found a very small photo of the yacht and was unable to identify what she was called or where she was build, I only knew the photo was taken in Turkey. Read More
Following last friday's unfortunate events in Greece, Proteksan Turquoise, builders of the 60 metre MY Yogi, have released an official statement. The yacht had left the shipyard in Turkey, where it had been undergoing some guarantee re-paint work, on February 15th and was on her way to the Mediterranean. Read More
The 60.20 metre Yogi, built in 2011, has sank to the East off the coast of Skyros in Greece, in bad weather. All on board were evacuated from the yacht by rescue helicopters. The ABS classed superyacht had a steel hull and aluminium superstructure and complied with the MCA LY2. She was twin 1,750hp Caterpillar 3512B diesel engines. Read More
Once the world's fastest vessel to cross the Atlantic, the 67 metre Destriero nowadays seems to have lost her grace, laid up in Germany, where one of our readers recently took this photo of her. The vessel was originally fitted with triple GE LM1600 gas turbines. Destriero crossed the atlantic in 1992, in just two days. Read More
Seven yachts, including at least one superyacht, the 31.5 metre Gioe, as well as an older model Admiral in the 30 metre region, were destroyed in a raging fire last friday in Alimos Marina in Greece. A local newspaper reports that the fire is being treated as arson by police. No injuries were reported. Read More
The 50 metre project P305 was launched a few years ago at Devonport, but the yacht went back into the yard to be completed. This rare video of her was made last summer, and shows the yacht is once again back out on the water. The yacht is named Alamshar, and she is a top secret project. Not much is known about this high speed yacht. Read More
One of our regular readers sent us a photo of a rather unusual superyacht seen in Porto Arabia – The Pearl, Qatar last week. The superyacht is called Shamek and she was converted from a traditional wooden dhow into a luxury motor yacht. It appears that the yacht was converted at the Al Jadaf Drydock in Dubai around 2005. Read More
The Research Vessel (RV) Pegaso just made her debut in Monaco and gave the world a glimpse into her Global Mission for Marine Conservation. Her oceanographic capabilities are impressive: 5-person Diver Lockout submarine, Ice Class notation, 10,000 nautical miles at 12 knots, wet/dry laboratory, and separate scientist quarters. Read More
