Category: Yachts
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Frauscher is starting in a new era: Frauscher 1017 GT
Frauscher 1017 GT – video release There’s a fresh breeze in the air – 1017 GT motor yacht from Frauscher shipyard – a quantum leap for the brand and a consistent advancement of the Frauscher motor yacht fleet. Frauscher 1017 GT, a boat nominated for the European Powerboat of the Year Award 2012, represents a…
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Record-breaking audience for Dramatic Volvo Ocean Race
Record-breaking audience for Dramatic Volvo Ocean Race Dramatic Volvo Ocean Race watched by more than four billion The unique excitement and drama from the Volvo Ocean Race reached in 2011 a much larger audience around the world. Volvo Ocean Race’s drama-packed opening has captured the attention of a record-breaking audience this year, latest figures show.…
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Chinese shipyard Cheoy Lee launches brand new Alpha 76 Express
The Chinese shipyard Cheoy Lee Yachts choose the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show to unveil their brand new 76′ Alpha Express. The Alpha 76′ is an exciting new direction for Cheoy Lee Yachts, a company perhaps best known for its high quality expedition style yachts that favour comfort, quiet and vibration-free running over speed. Michael Peters…
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Heesen Yachts plans to deliver the second motor yacht based on a Fast Displacement Hull Form (FDHF)
Heesen Yachts announced the sale of the second motor yacht whose naval architecture is based on the FAST DISPLACEMENT HULL FORM (FDHF) by Van Oossanen and Associates. YN 16750 is a 50 metre, below 500GT, all-aluminium explorer yacht. With her striking lines and vertical stem, she will be fully custom-built for delivery in 2015. The…
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Luxury Explorer yacht Big Fish by Aquos Yachts wins 2 more prestigious yachting awards
Superyacht BIG FISH is an expedition (explorer) type steel displacement luxury motor yacht 45m (147′ 7″) in length which was designed by Greg Marshall Design and launched by McMullen & Wing New Zealand in 2010. Powerfully styled, expedition motor yacht MY BIG FISH is a fantastic example of modern blue water stable, functional and comfortable…
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Steve Jobs was working with the Dutch ship maker Feadship on a luxury yacht
Although Steve Jobs is not known for ostentatious displays of his wealth, he was designing his own luxury yacht. And typical of Jobs, he was designing it himself so that he could obsess over every detail. This information has surfaced in an article by Walter Isaacson on the new biography of the Apple’s mogul. Steve…