Italy

Acube Design

The Italian shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica Yachts (Company)">Logica Yachts</a> has just launched the highly anticipated <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/8244" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica 18359.0m (193'7&quot;)Logica Yachts2023">Logica 59</a> superyacht at its Viareggio facility. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Article/49463" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="New 56m superyacht in build at Logica Yachts (2019-01-15 09:45:00 +0100)">First unveiled in early 2019,</a> the launch of the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/8244" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica 18359.0m (193'7&quot;)Logica Yachts2023">Logica 59</a> comes nine years after the launch of the shipyard's first hull, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4305" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Forever44.8m (146'12&quot;)Logica Yachts2014">Forever</a>.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266438/image/large-83c3cd620bb1729e475ddc12f4408e83.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266438">The steel and aluminium superyacht features an exterior and interior design from the Italian studio <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube Design</a>, while the British studio <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4330" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Martin Kemp Design (Company)">Martin Kemp Design</a> has collaborated with the studio for the interior styling and decor. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266440/image/large-d7eaeef203d29fa6ee6e87342fa20a5b.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266440"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266435/image/large-999476ef96826dc8f4e5f4b2f88c7b0f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266435"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube</a> commented, "We designed also the interiors, in collaboration with <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4330" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Martin Kemp Design (Company)">Martin Kemp Design</a>, and we really can't wait to see the final results that is at the finishing touches, the interiors are a blaze of organic shapes and designing them was challenging but satisfactory and we had a lot of fun."<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266444/image/large-7c3a0f7bf039aef77db572aa6d39767b.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266444">The superyacht has a five stateroom configuration with a forward-facing owner's stateroom with a private office, walk-in wardrobes and a gym. The owner's suite is also complete with a private deck to the fore that has a large round Jacuzzi and lounge area, and which is protected from view by the high bulwarks. All additional staterooms are located on the lower deck.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266437/image/large-9ad051656a6b7d74d6c41db3a0819e6a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266437">Of the exterior space, the team at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube Design</a> commented, "This yacht has many exterior areas where you can relax, enjoy a drink and the view around it. One of our favourite part of the exterior area is the pool on the upper deck, it makes this space a perfect spot to enjoy a sunny day, &nbsp;swimming in the pool or laying around it on a spacious sun pad. We also think that the sun deck is pretty stunning, it has a large veranda with folding glass doors that can close the area when you find yourself in a windy day &nbsp;or in a cool evening. You can have a lunch, a dinner or you can have a drink and always being in touch with the environment around the boat."<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266441/image/large-3fe727f103b5d3d64071c61c5f2d281c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266441"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5244" href="https://sya.superyachttimes.com/news#managed-by-system" target="_blank">PierLuigi Ausonio</a> of P.L.A.N.A. Design has worked with the project on the yacht's naval architecture. During the build the hull form was tested in a tank in Zagreb in rough sea conditions and Roberto Vergara of Tecnav has been involved just from the beginning in order to study all the best solutions for noise and vibrations reduction.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266442/image/large-375abb6bad664d6e5f8f9c5765970f45.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266442">The yacht's steel hull has been built adding stiffeners in both sides in order to make it stronger and with less deformation, because of that the external surface are quite flush and smooth and the average thickness of the putty for the fairing is 20 percent less than on the other boat of this class.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/266436/image/large-8670c85cf85aabfc268c982ac9b0020d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/266436">The superyacht has a cruising speed of 12 knots and a top speed of 18 knots. The superyacht is currently in the final stages of outfitting and delivery is expected this summer.

59m superyacht Logica launched

The 59-metre Logica 59 superyacht has been launched at the Logica Yachts facility in Viareggio.  

Highly anticipated Logica 59 superyacht launched 

New images from Italian shipyard <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1205" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="AB Yachts (Company)">AB Yachts</a> reveal more details about the first completed <a data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/10076" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="AB 8024.0m (78'9&quot;)">AB 80</a>,&nbsp;named&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/10077" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="G-Five24.0m (78'9&quot;)AB Yachts2020">G-Five</a>. At 24-metres, the new pocket superyacht has distinguishable exteriors which are a result of a collaboration between Gruppo FIPA and Tuscan studio <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube Design</a>. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171932/image/large-7e70e996041e45680b2492624a7a81e6.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171932"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171921/image/large-0848cbedb3aaa8c6b61410315b5d2420.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171921">The yacht can accommodate up to eight guests across four staterooms as well as two crew, however, the owner can operate the yacht independently. Highlights of the 100 GT two-deck yacht is the open-plan main-deck saloon which features 360-degree views and an interior design by Gruppo FIPA.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171928/image/large-c8aa2d054134b3dfc72ed0549cab0400.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171928"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171929/image/large-9cb34fb6abbb39d3550e7d3e01ba81e0.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171929"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171922/image/large-2145de59cc7ebc975ddba722d5bd2f14.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171922">The monohull yacht is a planning configuration, which, when paired with triple <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1441" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="MAN (Company)">MAN</a> diesel engines, allows for a maximum speed of over 58 knots.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171920/image/large-fae780a5b12a711f517f3658a701ae7f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171920"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171923/image/large-b4cd5af8e88dd684cef6efd7fbda1978.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171923"> <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/171925/image/large-b28bb9c15b0afb6466fa778b07508ade.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/171925">

New images of AB Yachts’ completed 24m yacht G-Five

AB Yachts’ AB 80/01 yacht G-Five has been delivered to her new owner after being launched a few weeks ago

Gruppo FIPA has launched the latest yacht from its brand <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1205" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="AB Yachts (Company)">AB Yachts</a>, the 24-metre <a data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/10076" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="AB 8024.0m (78'9&quot;)">AB 80</a>. Designed by the Tuscany-based studio <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube Design</a>, the new yacht was made for a 'demanding shipowner' who intends on operating the boat himself. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/169667/image/large-ec301589da056fdccd6e0fe1d176be13.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/169667"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/169669/image/large-690cfecf27322a64a3bd7511abf94bdc.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/169669">Inside, the layout has been devised to accommodate up to eight guests in four staterooms as well as two crew. Designed in-house, her custom interior design includes an open-plan main-deck saloon with 360-degree views and the outdoors easily accessible. With an impressive maximum speed of over 59 knots, the new yacht has a hefty propulsion system with three MJP waterjets coupled with three MAN v-12 engines of 2,000 hp each.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/167515/image/large-23cf08feaa44ec29e7a1390e60da0ad7.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/167515"><img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/167514/image/large-d00551cce3612fe084f7920cbeb238e4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/167514">“The shipyard has been working very closely with the shipowner in order to make all his requests and needs come true, as it happens in any project we work on. We take care of every single detail and the final beauty that emerges is the result of the firm commitment of craftsmen that work hard as our ancestors did with wood and marbles in our own lands," says Francesco Guidetti, President, Gruppo FIPA.The new <a data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/10076" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="AB 8024.0m (78'9&quot;)">AB 80</a> is the second of the five vessels scheduled to be launched by Gruppo FIPA for the 2020 season.&nbsp;

Super-fast 24m AB 80 yacht launched by AB Yachts

Gruppo FIPA has launched the latest yacht from its brand AB Yachts, the 24-metre AB 80. 

Nearly five years have passed since the launch of the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4305" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Forever44.8m (146'12&quot;)Logica Yachts2014">Logica 147.</a> Now the Viareggio-based shipyard has begun construction of the Logica 183. &nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/60000/image/large-4cdd0a4f035855fb98c0e7e670abc753.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/60000">Launched in 2014, the<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4305" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Forever44.8m (146'12&quot;)Logica Yachts2014">&nbsp;Logica 147</a> was designed by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/502" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Luca Brenta & Co (Company)">Luca Brenta</a> and <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4814" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Lorenzo Argento Yacht Design (Company)">Lorenzo Argento</a> with an interior by<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">&nbsp;Acube Design</a>, a relatively unknown studio in Viareggio, and the British designer <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4330" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Martin Kemp Design (Company)">Martin Kemp</a>, formerly creative director at<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/423" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Candy & Candy (Company)">&nbsp;Candy &amp; Candy</a>. The Logica 183 reunites part of the same team with <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube</a> responsible for the exterior styling and<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4330" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Martin Kemp Design (Company)">&nbsp;Kemp</a> again collaborating on the interior design. &nbsp; “For the new boat, the owner-investor originally wanted to remain below 500GT,” says Riccardo Benetti, operations director at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica Yachts (Company)">Logica Yachts.</a> “But as the length increased this became counter-productive and we ended up at around 840 gross tons. Once you go beyond the 500 threshold, you may as well make the most of it.” &nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/60003/image/large-503b9c1d2292e8f9cc047be78a1ffb19.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/60003">Riccardo Benetti comes from a famous family of boat builders. He began his career at<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/1719" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Fratelli Benetti (Company)">&nbsp;Fratelli Benetti,&nbsp;</a>learning the trade from his father and grandfather. He later started up <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/411" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Benetti Sail Division (Company)">Benetti Sail Division (</a>BSD) to build sailing boats before becoming an independent shipyard specialising in classic motor cruisers with canoe sterns.The contract for the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4305" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Forever44.8m (146'12&quot;)Logica Yachts2014">Logica 147&nbsp;</a>was initially signed with<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/411" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Benetti Sail Division (Company)">&nbsp;Benetti Sail Division</a> in 2011, but the project passed to <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica Yachts (Company)">Logica Yachts</a> and was launched from its Viareggio facility in May 2014. <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/411" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Benetti Sail Division (Company)">BSD</a> was acquired by Chinese interests at around the same time. &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/60002/image/large-61be96794b9f3300f2e93147402247a3.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/60002">The yacht was well received at the Cannes and Monaco boat shows, not least for her studied design and 5.5-metre pool on the foredeck, but then <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica Yachts (Company)">Logica Yachts</a> pretty much disappeared from the radar. The <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/the-45m-superyacht-logica-sold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">yacht was sold in 2017,&nbsp;</a>when her owner floated the idea of a larger vessel. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;“<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4305" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Forever44.8m (146'12&quot;)Logica Yachts2014">The Logica 147</a> was a relatively low-volume yacht with a low-profile superstructure that was designed by&nbsp;<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/502" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Luca Brenta & Co (Company)">Luca Brenta</a>&nbsp;with the eye of a sailing yacht designer,”&nbsp;says Federico Bennewitz, <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica Yachts (Company)">Logica’</a>s technical advisor.&nbsp;“This time the owner wanted something more akin to a tri-deck superyacht.” &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/60004/image/large-80b365a37cc380a781424617677fe66a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/60004">It was Bennewitz, a former director at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/192" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Camper & Nicholsons Shipyard (Company)">Camper &amp; Nicholsons</a> and Viareggio Superyachts, who felt that the team at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube</a> was ready to take on the exterior styling. The young studio has worked on only a handful of yacht projects, but their background in industrial and residential design has given them an eye for detail and the renders of the Logica 183 reveal clean, balanced lines and some innovative design solutions. &nbsp; “Perhaps the standout feature of the Logica 183 is the private foredeck area,”&nbsp;says Alessio Benassini, one of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5224" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Acube Design (Company)">Acube’</a>s trio of partners. “It’s basically a continuation of the owner’s suite on the forward main deck with a private hot tub and chill-out zone protected by the high bulwarks.” &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/60005/image/large-a808e4d04b6c221f3c3106cb89253474.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/60005">There is a second much larger pool on the forward upper deck, and the sundeck can be completely enclosed by wrap-round glazing as the owner wishes to use the yacht during the off-season. The interior style and choice of materials have yet be finalised and the interior renders published here are conceptual.&nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/59998/image/large-81dd973facad6ddb67bcee4b71abdeac.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/59998">“Rather than take an empty space and fill it with off-the-shelf designer labels like some other Italian yards do, we want all the loose furniture and fittings to be custom designed,”&nbsp;says Bennewitz. &nbsp;The guest tender in stowed in a side-loading garage between the beach club and engine room. Unusually, the crew tender is housed in a compartment between the owner’s bathroom and the galley on the main deck. &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/60001/image/large-f970acd80d76a3c4f8821c6256fd8c55.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/60001">The new project also reunites <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Logica Yachts (Company)">Logica Yachts&nbsp;</a>and naval architect Pierluigi Ausonio of<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4331" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="P.L.A.N.A. Design (Company)">&nbsp;PLANA Design</a>, who worked on the <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/4305" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Forever44.8m (146'12&quot;)Logica Yachts2014">Logica 147.</a>&nbsp; Following tank testing, Bennewitz describes his hull design as “very stable and comfortable” and points to the unusual configuration of three 1,650-hp MAN engines. <img src="/uploads/store/photo/59999/image/large-e78b9a5fb65cacb8ac6b974bc23ac227.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/59999">“It’s a very flexible set-up that provides additional redundancy and allows the engines and propellers to work at their most efficient loading, depending on how the boat is being used,”&nbsp;he says. “With all three engines, the Logica 183 has a top speed of around 18 knots and a range of 3,500nm at a cruising speed of 16 knots. But running at an economical 10 knots on just the central engine her range increases to 6,000nm.” &nbsp;With the steel hull blocks almost complete and construction of the aluminium superstructure due to start in February, the Logica 183 is expected to be launched in June 2020. The intention is that she will be the first in a mini-series. &nbsp;

56m in build at Logica Yachts 

Logica Yachts has started construction on a new 56m superyacht. Read more on SYT.