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<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6384" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Omikron Yachts (Company)">Omikron Yachts</a> has announced a new 24-metre motor yacht, OT-80, at <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Event/215" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Boot Düsseldorf - 2024">Boot Düsseldorf</a> 2024. The new flagship motor yacht will mark a significant milestone in the shipyard's journey of innovation and excellence.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/299769/image/large-dd6d8f9903e5b97dc7b4c0cafb499f43.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/299769">The OT-80 yacht will expand on the already successful design of the smaller award-winning OT-60 yacht. Designer <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> and naval architect <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/4665" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Juan Kouyoumdjian (Company)">Juan-K</a> will collaborate again with the shipyard for her design, to go beyond the OT-60 in every dimension.“The OT-80, is not just a larger model; it's putting a magnifying glass on our vision for the sustainable future of yachting. With expectations set high by our debut model, we are working harder than ever to ensure that all our stakeholders and, most importantly, the future owners of the OT-80 will be thrilled,” explained Nikolas Dendrinos, Chairman of <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/2869" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Olympic Marine (Company)">Olympic Marine</a>.<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/299770/image/large-a09f94a782f380c206b593bb1d943c1b.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/299770">Details surrounding the OT-80 are still being kept tightly under wraps, with the eco-cruiser expected to be launched in 2025.The news comes following <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/6384" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Omikron Yachts (Company)">Omikron Yachts</a> success at the European Powerboat Awards, where the OT-60 model won the prestigious European Powerboat Award for Long Range yachts.The images used in this article are of the smaller OT-60 sistership and are used for illustrative purposes.&nbsp;

Omikron Yachts announces new flagship 24m OT-80 motor yacht

Omikron Yachts has announced a new 24-metre motor yacht, OT-80, at Boot Düsseldorf. 

<a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5563" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="YYachts (Company)">YYachts</a> have delivered one of their Y8 model sailing yachts, the 23.99-metre sailing yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/11102" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Vegas Baby 23.99m (78'8&quot;)YYachts 2021">Vegas Baby</a>. The sloop is currently completing her sea trials in the Baltic sea, following her launch at the shipyard in Greifswald. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/193953/image/large-455c9d33f00438fdc7fa0fcc2abaeb2a.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/193953">Naval architect <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> completed the construction and exterior designs of the yacht, commenting, "This project is a nice example of how a good design brief comes to fruition. We have slightly redesigned the hull compared to our original Y8 design, especially at the rear by redefining the stern geometry and the control console. The cockpit also offers slightly greater protection as a result of these measures."<img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/193954/image/large-7aa1ea72e64c8e809ae9a7635e9f1272.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/193954">The owner of the sailing yacht was involved with the interior styling of the vessel, drawing inspiration from <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5563" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="YYachts (Company)">YYachts</a> <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/7088" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Makai 23.99m (78'8&quot;)Michael Schmidt Yachtbau GmbH2017">Makai</a>, launched in 2017, whose interior was designed by <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/329" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Design Unlimited (Company)">Design Unlimited</a>. The design firm also came aboard for this new project, and the interior styling has been finished with light woods and grey materials for a light and contemporary aesthetic. <img src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/193955/image/large-9242e5117290aac5ceab5e3fb81fe06c.jpeg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/193955"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Company/5563" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="YYachts (Company)">YYachts</a> will be launching another two yachts before this summer, with two Y7 models and a 90-foot custom by Bill Tripp, currently under construction.&nbsp;

YYachts sailing yacht Vegas Baby

YYachts have delivered the sailing yacht Vegas Baby, the first of three sloops to be launched at the shipyard in time for this summer season.

YYachts deliver 24m sloop Vegas Baby

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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/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.