Royal Huisman begins construction of a monster 266-foot, three-masted schooner.
AQUIJO, from Oceanco and Vitters Shipyard, raises the bar in so many ways.
Pink Gin VI becomes the world's largest carbon composite sloop.
Modern and sophisticated, Aquijo defines what a top-end sailing experience is all about. At 282 feet (86 meters) in length, Aquijo is the largest high performance ketch in the world.
Perini Navi's 70m S/Y Sybaris has won the 'Best Interior' award at the Monaco Yacht Show.
Southern Wind Shipyard has launched Crossbow, fifth hull in the SW103 mini-series and third “raised salon” hull.
While sailing yachts comprise only a single-digit percentage of the superyacht market, some significant and extraordinary yachts have launched this past year. Here’s a sampling.
“I TOLD LUCA TO WEIGH EVERYTHING THAT COMES ON BOARD the yacht,” said owner Owen-Jones referencing designer Luca Bassani. “We used titanium screws to hold it all together and I even offered a bonus to the shipyard workers for every pound of weight they could save during the construction process. The boat has a displacement of 50 tons. If you take out the keel and the mast, that figure drops to 18 tons, but if you want me to tell you the weight of the keel I will have to kill you as soon as I have done so, because that’s my big secret."