Sirocco Yacht News & Events

Netherlands

Rotterdam Boat Show 2023 will feature the most prestigious yachts, suppliers and tenders from shipyards all over the world. The Marina de Rotterdamsche Admiraliteit, located in the bustling centre of Rotterdam, will be transformed into a chic exhibition location exhibiting various elements of luxury watersports and boating.

Rotterdam Boat Show 

Infinity yacht cruising through Rotterdam

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Italy

In April, Marina Genova will host the third edition of Sea You - Yacht Sales and Charter Days 2023. The event is dedicated to the exhibition and discussion of yachts both available for charter and for sale, and provides an opportunity for brokers, yacht owners, captains, and potential new clients to meet.

Sea You - Marina Genova 2023

Marina Genova - Sea You 2022

Sea You - Yacht Sales & Charter Days

France

Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille 2023 is a sailing regatta spanning five days, with participants competing in diverse challenging coastal courses. The event provides more than just racing, offering contestants and guests the opportunity to attend evening concerts and beach parties, and explore St Barth’s fine dining scene, great shopping culture and marvellous beaches.

Day two of Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille 2022

 Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille logo

Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille - 2023

Bella Mente yacht at  Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille logo

Spain

Held in Marina Port Vell Barcelona, the MYBA Charter Show 2023 celebrates yachting, bringing together the world’s leading luxury charter professionals to assess some of the finest yachts available for charter. The event focuses on charter and will be filled with enlightening seminars and endless networking possibilities.

MYBA charter show 2019

MYBA Charter Show logo

MYBA Charter Show - 2023

Singapore

ONE˚15 Marina

Singapore Yachting Festival

ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove

The Palma International Boat Show 2023 opens the Mediterranean nautical season from Palma’s Moll Vell, in the centre of the island’s capital. The show will feature some of the finest superyachts on the international brokerage and charter market.

Palma Superyacht Village

Palma International Boat Show Logo

Palma International Boat Show

Greece

The Mediterranean Yacht Show 2023 is a targeted trade show for yachting professionals, and will be returning in April as one of the largest shows in the world exhibiting professional crewed yachts from this part of the world.

Mediterranean Yacht Show 2022 

Mediterranean Yacht Show

Turkey

The TYBA Charter Show 2023 returns in May, hosted by the renowned D-Marin in Turkey. The event will be located in Gocek, a beautiful town emerging as a new hot-spot for Turkish yachting. The TYBA Charter Show offers attendees the opportunity to view some of the greatest yachts in the region and network with fellow yachting industry professionals.

TYBA Yacht Charter Show 2019

TYBA Yacht Charter Show

TYBA Yacht Charter Show 20222 at D Marin Gozek 

Australia

The Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2023 is one of Australia’s most popular boating events. With over 45,000 visitors in attendance, there is plenty to do, with the show featuring luxurious superyachts, the latest-and-greatest boating tech and equipment, and endless activities allowing for ample family-fun.

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show logo

The Venice Boat Show 2023, held in the historic Arsenale of Venice, is one of the main international boating events. In addition to showcasing numerous yachts and superyachts, the show will also provide themed conferences, exhibitions, art installations, regattas, and has a family-friendly approach, with educational activities for children.

Venice Boat Show

Venice Boat Show logo

Venice Boat Show - 2021

The Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta 2023 will be returning in June for its 16th edition, held in the glorious waters surrounding Sardinia. Organised by the YCCS, with the support of title sponsor Giorgio Armani, the regatta is open to sailing yachts of over 27 metres and multihulls of over 15 metres, and is a week filled with superb competitive racing.

Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta 2022 Day 4

Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta

Magic Carpet Cubed yacht at the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta 2022 Day 4

Portofino Regate di Primavera 2023 is an invitation-only sailing event filled with some of the best-known Italian boat manufacturers. The regatta returns in June, and will include all of the traditional events, as well as a few new ones. The season’s most important event, the Rolex Giraglia, comprises three days of inshore racing from Sanremo/Saint-Tropez to Genoa.

Portofino Regate di Primavera 

Portofino Regate di Primavera - 2023

Twin Soul B yacht sailing in the Portofino Regate di Primavera 

The Superyacht Cup Palma 2022 - Day 1 

The Superyacht Cup Palma 

Malta

The Malta Maritime Law Association, together with the Malta Chamber, will be hosting the second edition of the Malta Superyacht Symposium 2023 in July. The event aims to showcase and analyse Malta’s superyacht industry, looking at its achievements over the years. Last year’s event was a huge success, with over 170 delegates from an array of industry sectors offering insight on various topics.

Malta Superyacht Symposium 2022

Malta Superyacht Symposium

Maxi Yacht Rolex Club is an iconic sailing regatta which dates back to 1980, its partnership with title sponsor Rolex commencing in 1984. Every year, the regatta offers an insight into the quality of boats and sailors in attendance, packed with highly demanding courses.

29th edition Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship

Hosted in the heart of the French Riviera, the Cannes Yachting Festival 2023 welcomes boating enthusiasts to join the meeting point of some of the most beautiful yachts and sailboats in the global fleet. Representatives from renowned shipyards, yachting media, leading brokerage houses and the wider industry will be in attendance, providing information and networking opportunities.

Cannes Yachting Festival 2022

Cannes Yachting Festival - 2023

Cannes Yachting Festival

Sirocco off Monaco

Sirocco of London in Golf Juan

Sirocco yacht General Arrangement 

Sirocco of London name plate

Sirocco

Edmiston's Chris Cecil Wright has been appointed as the central agent for the sale of superyacht Sirocco, one of the acclaimed Heesen 4700 series, delivered in 2006 with Omega Architects interiors. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/137998/image/large-74e281af19fdea7b5626879a1066b7e1.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/137998">She is lying in Golfe Juan and ready to cruise immediately. Her 50 metre berth in Golfe Juan is also available under separate negotiation.The 47 metre <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/655">Sirocco</a> is offered at € 24,950,000.Edmiston Chris Cecil-Wright +377 93 30 54 44 <a href="mailto:ccw@EdmistonCompany.com?subject=M/Y%20Sirocco%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">ccw@EdmistonCompany.com</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.edmistoncompany.com/">www.edmistoncompany.com</a>

Heesen superyacht Sirocco for sale with Edmiston

This week, the newsdesk at SuperYachtTimes.com will be closed for the holidays. Instead we will bring our readers a daily superyacht special, starting with an update on Heesen Yachts.Heesen Yachts has announced that following the launching and delivery of hull number 14647, 4YOU, other sizeable hulls were repositioned within the shipyard in Oss. The outfitting of hull number 14955 has now started in Building Hall 7, while hull number 15250 was moved into Building Hall 1 for completion. 4YOU Following intensive sea trials in the North Sea Heesen Yachts is proud to announce that the delivery of <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1564">4YOU</a> has now taken place. This 47-metre is a sister-ship of hull number 12947, <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/474">Sirocco</a>, (launched in 2006) and hull number 14247, <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/56">Celestial Hope</a> (launched in 2008). Her interior design was conceived by Omega Architects, who created a fresh contemporary style rich yet understated with clean lines and luxurious details. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129803/image/large-349c1a4cd14313a389a5f840eddfa7e6.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129803">Guests arriving on the main deck aft are welcomed into the vast main saloon, passing first through an art-embellished lobby. This leads on into a social area furnished with coffee tables, armchairs and pouffes where an eight-seater table, custom made from American walnut and topped with leather, is inlaid with intricate patterns of matt silver. The room's soft colour palette, focuses on tones of beige and taupe set against the pale background of a creamy silk carpet, while the use of semi-gloss varnish also contributes to the relaxed and cool atmosphere. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129804/image/large-f2a6df012932aae22faa18aab2a32c89.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129804"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129805/image/large-06b5f4538c838cc62590da3b5735d7cc.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129805">Guests can also enjoy the second saloon on the upper deck, where a brightly lit sky lounge offers three comfortable sofas and a choice of poufs that can also serve as coffee tables. Here, guests can enjoy live music from a baby-grand piano that dominates the aft portion of the room, while the plasma screen is hidden by a unique piece of art deco-inspired art, made by Dutch glass maker Glass Déco, this combines several panels of glass, delicately coloured in pale blue and light gold, to create a marine scene. A further example of inlaid stainless steel can be seen in the doors of a dark wood cabinet. An elegant full-service bar topped with American walnut and white Carrara marble is positioned aft, adjacent to the sliding doors that give access to the aft portion of the bridge deck, where the primary function is open air dining. One deck above is the sundeck whose centre portion, like <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1564">4YOU</a>'s sister-ship <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/474">Sirocco</a>, can be partially enclosed. This deck offers an open-air fitness centre and a spa pool area that can be fully covered by an awning supported by carbon-fibre retractable pillars. Eight guests can be accommodated on the lower deck in four cabins, of which two are twins and two are VIP doubles. Located forward on the main deck, the master suite is entered through the owner's office and leads on through a pair of walk-in wardrobes to the master bedroom, which occupies the yacht's full beam. Hull Number 15250<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129806/image/large-e0601e9663d21f81fff5a9bdc2fcb621.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129806">In October the first yacht in the new 5000 class hull number <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2470">15250</a>, a semi-displacement 50-metre motor-yacht of below 500GT was moved from Building Hall 6, where the hull was welded, into Building Hall 1, where she will be completed. Her interior, conceived by the renowned French designer Rémi Tessier, is in minimalist style, while remaining totally luxurious. This yacht is due to be launched in 2011. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129807/image/large-5f60ceb4d430c2b00539667b0650a7ec.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129807"> <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129808/image/large-8db8a00a131e135a71e4c430d92be1e0.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129808">The second yacht in this class (Hull Number 15850) is already in production and the superstructure will be joined to its hull at the beginning in January 2010. Hull Number 14955 The fully customised 55-metre semi-displacement motor yacht, Hull Number <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1549">14955 </a>has been moved into Building Hall 7 for completion. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129809/image/large-e1859dfa5c110900a036731bd0b41535.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129809">This represents the biggest yacht to be built at Heesen to date. Powered by a pair of MTU 20V 4000 M93 diesel engines, each developing 5,600hp and each driving a five-blade propeller, she will reach the remarkable speed of 24 knots. This performance is, in part, due to Heesen's in-house Naval Architecture Department who conceived innovative hull lines with a large flare rising up to the chine that deflects spray and improves the sea-keeping ability of the vessel. Drawn by Frank Laupman of Omega Architects, the exterior styling of this yacht is characterized by two main features the huge windows with arched tops and bottoms, positioned amidships, that draw in extraordinary amounts of light while providing the guests with wide vistas, and the unique rounded and cantilevered side-deck balconies that extend from the owner's suite. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129810/image/large-a4355639365e7d8354fa8e1324cf8d17.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129810">The futuristic interior design sprung from the creative genius of Ken Freivokh Design which, among other stunning details, sports a triple height atrium with glass lift, steps and walls, and a waterfall that tumbles from the sundeck pool into a second custom-built pool located on the bridge deck aft. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129811/image/large-280eb48d28742da6050f08b468b914a4.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129811">Another interesting feature on this fully custom 55-metre that is due for launch in 2011 is the 'wet dock' in the stern tender garage that allows the tender and the water toys to be floated in, before the dock is drained. Heesen Yachts Founded by Frans Heesen in 1978 in Oss, The Netherlands, Heesen Yachts was the first Dutch shipyard to employ aluminium alloy for the construction of yacht hulls. Since that time the yard has become a world leader in the design, engineering and construction of high performance, all-aluminium motor yachts. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129812/image/large-ecc3cc61f726c4d3b774df86be54506a.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/125576">In 1992 Heesen Yachts expanded the business to include the construction of traditional, long-range, steel-hulled displacement yachts. Today, the company can create magnificent private yachts within the size range of 37 metres and 65 metres in length (121ft 4in to 213ft 3in). In 2009 Heesen Yachts has delivered four magnificent motor yachts, three with semi-displacement hull forms (the 44m, <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1270">Jems</a>; the 44m, <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1565">My Petra</a>; and the 47m, <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1564">4YOU</a>; and the 47m, <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/1269">Blind Date</a> with a full displacement hull form. Twelve further yachts, whose combined lengths total some 560 metres, will be delivered to their Owners by 2012. Heesen Yachts +31 (0)412 66 55 44 <a href="mailto:info@heesenyachts.nl?subject=Heesen%20Yachts%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">info@heesenyachts.nl</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.heesenyachts.nl/">www.heesenyachts.nl</a> Photos by Dick Holthuis

SuperYacht Special: Heesen Yachts shipyard in Oss

<img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/122786/image/large-c8d3f045cfd3952a6e2760d9ce930666.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/122786"> Heesen's <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/474">Sirocco</a> at full speed Photo credit: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.superyachtphoto.com">Benoit Donne / Yacht-Images.com</a> (If you have a yacht or yacht related photo then please send it to <a href="mailto:info@superyachttimes.com?subject=Photo%20of%20the%20Day&amp;body=Please%20attach%20your%20photo%2C%20a%20short%20photo%20caption%20and%20the%20photo%20credit%20and%20we%20will%20consider%20publishing%20it%20at%20Photo%20of%20the%20Day.%0A">info@superyachttimes.com</a> for Photo of the Day)