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Edmiston has added the 32 metre superyacht Liara to their ever growing charter fleet. Constructed using the latest high tech composite construction materials and methods, Liara ensures an exhilarating yet extremely comfortable sailing experience. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/133966/image/large-93c9a68447777fd47cd25018ff502701.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127255"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/133967/image/large-de8976a84e719420f5cd0583f9573c2f.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127260"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/133968/image/large-7f887533d04d6b7a5deae39df7409b00.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127261">Her exterior decks are uncluttered with ample space to sunbathe or enjoy the underway sunsets. Her interior designs are understated yet contemporary, with wood trim and natural textures and lighting throughout. Her designers have maximized living space without compromising functionality. <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2627">Liara</a> offers comfortable accommodation for 6 to 9 guests in 3 well appointed ensuite cabins. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/133969/image/large-1553657071c784059bfabf9f836ca078.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129198">Liara is available for charter in the Mediterranean, starting at €46,000 per week.Edmiston &amp; Company +377 93 30 54 44 <a href="mailto:monaco@edmistoncompany.com?subject=Liara%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">monaco@edmistoncompany.com</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.edmistoncompany.com/">www.edmistoncompany.com</a>

Edmiston adds superyacht Liara to charter fleet

There probably won’t be a better time for anyone interested in the Performance Yachts range than to visit this year’s Monaco Yacht Show in September. Not only will rapidly growing Nicolle Associates, the Southampton UK based yacht brokers and charter management company, be presenting one of the shows undisputed stars of last year, the PY-100 Liara, but also there will be every other principal in the Performance Yachts team. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/131912/image/large-21d46b6248b9e7651c781f51a7258152.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129198">On board <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2627">Liara</a> will be Directors from Performance Yachts and Southern Ocean Marine, the builders of the PY-100 and PY-109 and, exhibiting at the show in their own rights, will be Azzura Marine, builders of the PY-115 and PY-125, and Dixon Yacht Design, who are responsible for the design of the whole Performance Yachts range which currently spans 100 to 125 feet. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/131913/image/large-225990065252d633a2b7f2da99169158.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127259"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/131914/image/large-67406d57e221df2d0009a6c82cfde1b1.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127260"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/131915/image/large-0f14bd0e4cbf0c630ef179886b690292.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127261">Liara returns, and is up for up for sale, for all the right reasons. After only 18 months of ownership, during which time the yacht has distinguished herself in several races and regattas, and provided the owner and his family with extremely comfortable and fast cruising, he has decided that he wants to continue his Performance Yachts experience, but on a larger model from the growing Performance Yachts fleet. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/131916/image/large-c569761d3dfe8199a54e20d8e31fee05.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127271">Liara’s owner says, "This yacht has been everything I wanted and more. She is competitive racing, obviously fast when cruising and a superb live aboard yacht. Her build quality has proved to be very much more than the ‘skin deep’ first impression that is all some yachts manage to exude, and after 18 months she is as good as new. The only downside is that for my personal circumstances I would like to have a slightly larger yacht but, I shall be using exactly the same team at the designers, the builders and Performance Yachts to design and build her". <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/131917/image/large-c3c7c9c83d43dd81d8db813bdf780577.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127255">Nicolle Associates, apart from their sales responsibilities, can also arrange charters on Liara, which has already been successfully chartered on a number of occasions in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, with excellent comments being made by guests on board. Nicolle Associates +44 (0)23 8045 2112 <a href="mailto:info@nicolle-associates.com?subject=Liara%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">info@nicolle-associates.com</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nicolle-associates.com">www.nicolle-associates.com</a> Performance Yachts +44 (0)23 8045 6348 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.performanceyachts.com/">www.performanceyachts.com</a>

Superyacht Liara returns to the Monaco Yacht Show

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129198/image/large-18b56a971ae8e24c5fcf222e6816f645.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129198">Performance Yachts' Liara<a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2627">Liara</a> was one of this years' starts of the Monaco Yacht Show. According to her builder, individual and group visitors viewed Liara on average every 15 minutes throughout the period of the show. The lines and stylings of the PY-100 Liara come from the experienced team of Dixon Yacht Design (architects, exterior styling, interior design), Southern Ocean Marin (builders), and Robinson Marine Interiors (interior joiner). By Maarten Janssen

Liara by Performance Yachts

Following on from the excellent feedback at last weeks World Preview of the Performance Yachts 100 at Monaco Yacht Show, the PY-100 has been selected as finalist in this years prestigious International Superyacht Society design awards to be presented at an award ceremony in Fort Lauderdale on 29th October. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129055/image/large-b2c4cc0217e17cd1bfe808dac84fd8ab.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127258">At Monaco Yacht Show the PY-100 <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2627">Liara</a> received an excellent audience. Tours of the high specification and quality found on all the yachts in the Performance Yachts range were given to a staggering number of individual and group visitors who viewed Liara on average every 15 minutes throughout the period of the show. Performance Yachts +44 (0)23 8045 6348 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.performanceyachts.com/">www.performanceyachts.com</a>

Performance Yachts 100 finalist at International Superyacht Society design awards

Performance Yachts has announced the expansion of its range and appointed Azzura Marine, the premier Australian boat builder, as constructors of the PY-115 model, and its new flagship, the PY-125. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/128353/image/large-22e3fc1b1ae5f79f5082be266cf925e0.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/128353">Established by four times America’s Cup helmsman, Olympian, and ten times World Champion sailor Iain Murray AM, Azzura Marine combines decades of boat building experience, world class facilities and state-of-the-art technology to produce quality custom motor and sail vessels and high performance racing yachts, to the same high standards as required to construct the PY-115 and <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/3396">PY-125</a>. “Azzura Marine has exactly the right pedigree to deliver the quality yachts expected by discerning Performance Yachts clients,” stated Performance Yachts Founder Adrian Nicolle. Azzura Marine Principal, Iain Murray AM, said he was excited at the prospect of further expanding the group’s marine interests. “This agreement will effectively combine the knowledge and talents of Performance Yachts, Azzura Marine and Dixon Yacht Design to deliver a finely crafted, contemporary range of high performance sailing superyachts to the world,” he said. The PY-115 and <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/3396">PY-125</a> will be built at Azzura Marine’s impressive superyacht new build and repair/ refit facility in Newcastle; just 70 nautical miles north of Sydney and en route to some of the world’s most stunning cruising destinations. In arriving at his decision to appoint Azzura Marine, Adrian Nicolle pointed out the importance of finding a builder that was experienced in using the advanced construction materials and methods required to construct the Performance Yachts range. “With Southern Ocean Marine building our PY-100 and PY-109 models and Azzura Marine the PY-115 and PY-125, I am confident that Performance Yachts has two of the world’s top boat builders producing our yachts”. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/128354/image/large-a0530ce19d4da491cde836eb01e87b5a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/128354">Designed by Bill Dixon and his team at Dixon Yacht Design the <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/3396">PY-125</a>, like her sisters, is a thoroughly modern, light but immensely strong fast cruising yacht, which offers sumptuous accommodation for owners, guests, and crew. Furthermore, she will be more than capable of making her presence felt at the world’s top superyacht regattas. The<a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/YachtModel/3396">PY-125</a> will be available with the unusual, but highly effective lifting keel option, as seen on the PY-100. Not a customary feature on such a sleek yacht, it does not intrude into, or compromise the yachts living accommodation, but succeeds in minimizing her draft to a shallow 3.75 metres with keel up and a hydro-dynamically efficient 5.25 metres with keel down. Performance Yachts Adrian Nicolle +44 (0)23 8045 6348 <a href="mailto:info@performanceyachts.com?subject=Performance%20Yachts%20%28SuperYachtTimes.com%29">info@performanceyachts.com</a> <a href="http://www.performanceyachts.com">www.performanceyachts.com</a> Azzura Marine David McQueen +61 2 4940 1900 <a href="mailto:dmcqueen@azzuramarine.com?subject=Performance%20Yachts%20%28SuperYachtTimes.com%29">dmcqueen@azzuramarine.com</a> <a href="http://www.azzuramarine.com">www.azzuramarine.com</a>

Performance Yachts appoint Azzura Marine to build new PY-125 & PY-115

Currently undergoing sea trials in New Zealand, Performance Yachts (Performance) launched their first PY-100 superyacht in early February of this year. The PY-100 is the largest undertaking to date for this relatively young company. The Performance design goal for the PY-100, christened Liara, was challenging to say the least. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127255/image/large-db14bcd6029abdbf298a566070adb1ca.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127255"><img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127256/image/large-02919c4a5cad81a38adf41f7b6afa861.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127256"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127257/image/large-69e7fd69847d257a92c790c7a91aedb3.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127257">From the start of the project, Performance wanted to create a light/moderate displacement superyacht that would perform respectably at the Superyacht Rallies while not compromising a comfortable sailing experience, such as when fast cruising in light airs in the Mediterranean or perhaps during a trans-ocean passage, where she would likely encounter less than ideal conditions. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127258/image/large-c533c094d736f1f227d393aedcec77e5.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127258"> Some superyacht owners may already know of the PY-100’s little sister, the PY-65. The PY-65, also named Liara, was a winner of the Arc Race in 2002, the 2004 Nelson’s Pursuit Race and the 2005 Guadeloupe to Antigua Race. In the same year the PY-65 achieved first and second place finishes at Antigua Sailing Week. At the time of her launch, the PY-65 Liara was described by in Yacht World Magazine as, “an exciting high-performance yacht” that is “dinghy light on the helm” and has “excellent build quality”. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127259/image/large-c087839e75c637d58d842837490161ee.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127259"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127260/image/large-d21d6c0559c1d7ff9625eeb4bc2b5fae.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127260"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127261/image/large-162bdab4d1cb92bb2d4c4187d22edb9a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127261"><img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127262/image/large-e208497109664f0a7174308ae5b5a1f6.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127262">Based on an early showing in sea trials, the PY-100 will more than live up to the expectations created by her remarkable smaller sister! The lines and stylings of the PY-100 Liara come from the experienced team of Dixon Yacht Design (architects, exterior styling, interior design), Southern Ocean Marin (builders), and Robinson Marine Interiors (interior joiner). <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127263/image/large-f07b7483a816b919736444ca1fdd8251.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127263"><img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127264/image/large-c016b4a0cfd99db4707cf393f02278c8.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127264"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127265/image/large-e62f0e33d1fe678476acbbdb483c2c5d.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127265">Performance Yachts has a business model, developed by founder Adrian Nicolle, that is unique in the superyachting industry in that it provides superyacht owners, both original and subsequent, with a complete package of benefits never before available from one company. Benefits include the Performance Yacht branding, sure to help maintain the value of the superyacht. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127266/image/large-835dcfd2b4810f7252cab58a8a4a5869.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127266">Then there are the cost, build, and support benefits of ownership. Owners are able to purchase these superyachts at true yard pricing. A full support Performance team ensures that with subsequent builds of the same model he will be able to recover design and tooling costs. Subsequent owners will in turn benefit from reduced lead times with existing designs, tooling, yard and the Performance experience. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127267/image/large-2a914074e5757fa226e3aa4801ea97cf.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127267">The PY-100 specifications are impressive and substantiate her early-on sea trail results. Her hull and deck are 85% carbon, a five spreader high modulus Southern Spars carbon mast, Future Fibers composite rigging, and a hydraulic lifting keel with ballast bulb that provides a draft of five meters (when raised the draft is just 3.5 meters). <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127268/image/large-8c5be9498f82d6dd4150de7cbab9ba6c.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127268"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127269/image/large-7c2c974285ccab655e45cd69961e5837.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127269"><img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127270/image/large-99a8abe6857c7537c16cec03a18d7016.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127270">When under the power of her Cummins QSB 305 Hp diesel engine and ZF285A transmission, her cruising speed is 10 knots (maximum 13 knots) with a range of 2,500 nautical miles. The onboard electrical kit consists of two 25kW Mastervolt diesel generators. Liara’s classifications consist of RINA Charter Class C; Maltese Cross HULL. MACH; Ych (MCA) MCA LY2 compliant. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/127271/image/large-f1b207cf2a1a7ae3f585d25b68e46295.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/127271">Her exterior decks are uncluttered with ample space to sunbathe or enjoy the underway sunsets. Her interior designs are understated yet contemporary, with wood trim and natural textures and lighting throughout. Her designers have maximized living space without compromising functionality. Performance Yachts +44 (0)23 8045 6348 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.performanceyachts.com">www.performanceyachts.com</a> By C.C. Schindel and photos by Chris Lewis