Nauta Yacht Design

Our editors' picks of the year's finest yachts, designs and technology

Cantiere delle Marche has launched Mimi La Sardine, its fifth Nauta Air 110. Also new from CdM is the 129-foot Flexplorer.

SWS custom 100-footer will be penned by Nauta Design and Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design.

Crossbow marks Southern Wind’s third raised-salon model in the series.

Mario Pedol, designer of the largest yacht in the world, Lurssen AZZAM, reflects on the influences that have shaped his career.

Demand for superyacht refit is booming, and yards in the Mediterranean region are rising to the occasion.

Designers and builders of sailing yachts greater than 100 feet (30.4 meters) are being tasked with creating vessels that not only are beautiful, comfortable and safe, but also achieve a high level of sailing performance. The proliferation of international superyacht regattas has upped the ante for owners who not only like their yachts luxurious, but also like to best their competition on the race course.

Benetti Yachts asked nearly 20 international design firms, including established designers and a few new to the industry, to develop superyacht projects in the 50- to 90-plus-meter range and explore the idea of the yacht of the future. Below are the designs contributed by Nauta Yachts.

Mario Pedol is a soft-spoken man not normally given to exclamations of flash and wow. But the recent news that Nauta Yachts was the designer of the 590-foot (180-meter) yacht Azzam, currently under construction at Lürssen, generated quite a buzz. Azzam, a long-time secret project, is believed to be 57 feet 4 inches (17.5 meters) longer than Eclipse, currently the world’s largest yacht.

See what's on the way from Amels, Moonen, Sunreef, Hunt, and Nauta Yacht Design