| World's fastest conventionally-powered motor yacht 13-02-2010 14:38 73 metre megayacht "Silver Zwei" - Photo DUBAI: The fastest conventionally-powered motor yacht in the world, which can reach speeds of up to 27 knots, will be on show at this year's Dubai International Boat Show. |
06-02-2010 14:04 GERMANY: Nobiskrug and Ultra Electronics have developed a ‘MegaYacht Defence System’ to significantly increase security on board. Using state-of-the-art technology, the system is scalable to the Owner’s wishes and needs. | 03-02-2010 14:50 BELGIUM: The mega yacht business has been slow recently, but at least one luxury shipbuilder appears to be betting on a rebound, as Belgium-based Emocean Yacht Design recently unveiled plans for an extravagant new mega yacht, tentatively called Project 1000. | |
09-01-2010 11:34 MEGA YACHT OF THE WEEK: Owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, the 531-foot (162 m) "Dubai" has interiors designed by Philippe Starck, space for 115 guests and 88 crew members, six guest suites and five VIP suites — all with open balconies. | 20-12-2009 14:54 ITALY: In quite a coup at a time when such purchases are as good as non-existing, the Italian state-owned ship yard group Fincantieri has snapped up a firm order for a super-yacht at its Muggiano yard near La Spezia. | |
12-12-2009 21:49 USA: Tiger Woods owns a 155 foot motor yacht that goes by the name "Privacy", and locals in North Palm Beach have seen crew loading supplies and preparing the yacht for sea over the past couple of days. | 24-10-2009 22:58 INTERNATIONAL: In the middle of the Global Financial Crisis, the mega yacht industry had its finest year ever. Out of 6000 motorised pleasure yachts over 80 ft on the planet, 2700 were built in the last ten years, and 510 were built in the last 12 months. | |
19-09-2009 11:07 UK/RUSSIA: "Le Grand Bleu" has been on the "Top 10" list of the world's largest mega yachts since built in 2000, but she lost her place when Roman Abramovich lauched the largest yacht ever to be built, the nearly 200 m long "Eclipse". | 13-09-2009 01:25 UK: A new generation of deep-sea submarines light enough to launch from a yacht could open up the ocean's depths to amateur explorers. | |
10-09-2009 00:07 UK: The 296-ft (90,6 m) mega yacht "Corsair Nero", built in 2007 in homage to financier J.P. Morgan's famous yacht, is one of the most beautiful, elegant megayachts ever launched, made all the more striking by its vintage lines. | 07-09-2009 10:42 UK/USA: THE AMERICAN brothers who have been crossing the Atlantic in the smallest power boat ever to make the crossing, arrived in London on Friday. | |
30-08-2009 01:08 NORWAY: The humpback salmon has spread from Russian rivers and over to Norwegian rivers, and is now threatening the existence of the wild Atlantic salmon in Norwegian rivers. | 27-08-2009 21:56 SHETLAND ISLANDS: TWO American brothers today (Thursday) celebrated entering the Guinness Book of Records after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the smallest ever powered craft. | |
19-08-2009 14:12 SCOTLAND: Aberdeen Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the rescue of a 36 foot pleasure yacht and its two crew in distress 75 miles off the Scottish coastline. | 09-08-2009 00:19 USA: "Maltese Flacon", the world’s largest sailing yacht (289 ft) has been sold for USD 100 mln, only a week after a drop in price (from USD 140 M to USD 100 M), but after a full year of patience. Her previous owner, the venture capitalist Tom Perkins recons that "it is not the best time to sell it". | |
30-07-2009 13:52 NORWAY/ARCTIC: A group of three Norwegians will this summer try to sail around the North Pole in one summer. If they complete the trip, they will be the first ever to do so. | 12-07-2009 00:47 UK: Plans for the world’s largest luxury yacht hotel have been put on hold. Aquiva, the world’s biggest floating hotel, was due to open in London in time for the 2012 Olympics. The original plans were to moor permanently the 170m Aquiva superyacht at Canary Wharf in London. | |
02-07-2009 12:05 ORKNEY ISLANDS: Two overseas yacht flotillas are visiting Orkney this summer, with North Sea crossings planned from both Norway and Holland. | 21-06-2009 11:49 INTERNATIONAL: As the world's largest yacht glided out of Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, last week, crowds of onlookers watched the vessel and, perhaps, dreamed of who was onboard the mega-cruiser. | |
15-06-2009 18:11 UK/GERMANY: Chelsea FC owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has launched his new MegaYach at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. It is the biggest private yacht in existence and comes with a missile-detection system, two helipads, a luxury spa, swimming pool and a miniature submarine. | 03-06-2009 10:02 UK: Having set off from their home base in Newcastle, the crew berthed in Lerwick to stock up on supplies before sailing to the Lofoten Islands off the coast of Norway, deep into the Arctic Circle. | |
01-06-2009 12:00 RUSSIA: Within the framework of The Tall Ships Races Baltic 2009 (TSR) 24 A-class sail ships will arrive in St. Petersburg. A total of 127 vessels have already confirmed their participation. “A huge fleet will come to St. Petersburg,” Race Director Peter Newell underlined. | 31-05-2009 12:30 INTERNATIONAL: Head of Oracle Mr. Larry Ellison did in 2004 take elivery of Mega Yacht "Rising Sun" from German shipyard B. Lurssen. She is 138 m (452,75 ft) long and the 2nd largest yeach in the world. | |
28-05-2009 08:00 INTERNATIONAL: The world famous Maltese Falcon, the world’s largest and most famous sailing yacht, has been listed on James by Perini Navi USA for €99 million. | 17-05-2009 18:00 RUSSIA: For an alpha male, it is an ideal statement of one-upmanship. A Russian billionaire has christened his futuristic superyacht 'A' so nothing can precede it in the list of all-time great vessels. | |
05-05-2009 11:55 RUSSIA: The barque “Sedov”, the world’s largest traditional sailing ship in operation, has set sail again after repairs and winter storage. | 03-05-2009 21:07 FRANCE:Rumours of falling sales in Luxury Goods and of large Yacht Builders filing for Creditor Protection are contradicted by news from YPI Brokerage, the Sales Division of Yachting Partners International, which not only reports a number of strong enquiries with several substantial contracts in the pipeline, but also the completed Sale this week of the superb 74m Espen Oeino designed motor yacht “SILVER”. | |
03-05-2009 12:15 ITALY: The mega yacht is built by the Italian Perini Navi Yachts. A privileged few charter guests will ever be fortunate enough to experience the Maltese Falcon under full sail. | 01-05-2009 22:23 ENGLAND/IRELAND: In the very early hours of this morning, Falmouth Coastguard received an emergency call from the yacht 'Fleur' which, in very poor conditions, had suffered a partial knockdown with three men on board heading for Nuuk in Greenland from Falmouth. | |
22-04-2009 06:00 ICELAND: The crew of an Icelandic fishing vessel off the southeast coast of Iceland on Saturday notified police about the whereabouts of the Belgian yacht Sirtaki, which was carrying 109 kilos of narcotics to the country. The fishermen thought it looked suspicious. | ||

