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CONTENTS

ON THE COVER 68

The amazing Race: on board Riva’s biggest boat to date

83

Sea, sex and scandal: yachting’s greatest romances

24 Eye Opener: celebrating Terry O’Neill, photographer and friend of the stars

90

Inside Arcadia Yachts’ new Sherpa XL

120

How you can help protect the oceans

138

Taste the Caymans: set course for a culinary paradise

48 Zen zone: the products you need to feel revived, refreshed and restored

ON BOARD 20

Market intelligence

26

News: concepts, launches and more

30

Wild Water: Sunseeker Hawk 38

34

Emissions impossible: the challenge of complying with new regulations

38

On Board Edit: the best fish finders

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BOAT LIFE

68 Race – Riva experiences a growth spurt with its new 163-footer

83 Affairs of the sea: when romance blossomed on board

42

First resorts: five wellness wonders

47

Style for the slopes

50

Design DNA: Foil skis

51

McLaren adds a little comfort

52

How IWC cracked time travel

53

Inside the Sanlorenzo SL102 with designer Bernardo Zuccon

54

Boat Life Edit: sports footwear

OWNERS’ CLUB 58

Pat Willis and his crew’s relief efforts in the wake of hurricane Dorian

100 Barry Houghton and Sophie Bonvin find perfection in Palma, Mallorca

110 Liara – the perfect balance between performance and cruising

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Passages from Paradise

64

Members’ Logbook

66

My Life in Boats: Ettore Cicchelero

F E ATU R E S 90

Sherpa XL – Arcadia’s upsized yacht that’s big on eco-friendliness

120

Citizen science: how you and your yacht can contribute to key research

VOYAGE 144

Itinerary: cruising the Out Islands

149

Property: colonial splendor right on the water in Fort Lauderdale

124 Sirena Yachts turns up the volume with its spacious 88-footer

138 The Cayman Islands: a tasty new treat for foodie travelers

THE BITTER END 180

O n t h e c ove r : 16 3 f t R a c e, p h o to g r a p h e d by A l b e r to C o c c h i

An anonymous owner writes…

T H E YA C H T S

In this issue Race – p68 28' 6"

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Riva; Officina Italiana Design

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Length: 163' 8"

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Length: 78' 8"

Liara – p110 25' 11"

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Imagine dispatching a $30 million asset into debris-strewn waters and doing so after your insurance company had declared: “No way will we cover you.” There was no shortage of superyacht owners willing to take this risk last September, after it became clear just how badly the northern Bahamas had been hit by Hurricane Dorian. Some yachts steamed straight to the affected area, and others, like 164ft Hospitality, raced back to Fort Lauderdale to gather essential supplies such as generators, medicines and even diapers. I’m really pleased I got the chance to sit with the owner and crew of the boat for our story on page 58. Despite the emergency assistance rendered, all are agreed the job is far from done. The best way you can help is to go there. This issue lands in peak season for the Bahamas, and if you’re considering cruising the area, don’t hesitate. For inspiration, take a look at our itinerary exploring the Out Islands on page 144. You might not have been in a position to help post-hurricane, but you can now – simply by having a good time. Imagine that.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Mark Luscombe-Whyte Mark is a freelance location photographer who shoots for some of the world’s leading interior designers and hotel groups. For this issue, he shot our feature on Barry Houghton and Sophie Bonvin’s Palma home (page 100).

What was the biggest challenge on this shoot?

The house is beautiful and the views are really important, so the

Pamela Ellertson

rain made things difficult. Luckily I was able to pop back the following morning when the sun

BOAT International’s new

finally came out

columnist is based in Boston. Her

The most interesting subject

latest installment of Passages to Paradise can be found on page 62.

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What’s the most remarkable

Benedict Morgan

thing to happen to you at sea?

About 20 minutes into our first ever cruise, just about everything

Having always been fascinated

that could break on our new yacht

with mechanical objects, it

did. We were headed up the Maine

seemed a natural progression for

coast went the engines died.

Benedict to become a still-life

Sitting on the flybridge watching a

photographer. He now shoots for

beautiful sunset on our stranded

UK Vogue, Wallpaper* and Esquire.

boat, I turned to my husband and

For this issue, he shot our edit of

said, “This is still pretty amazing.”

wellness products (page 48).

He agreed – and we were hooked!

What was the biggest challenge

Your fondest memory on water?

this shoot presented?

Kayaking in the shallows next

Receiving all the products in time

to the cliffs at the Cabrera

– one of the watches was stuck at

Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial

London Stansted Airport all day

National Park in the Balearic

What do you aim for in a photo?

Islands. Staring into the clear water

I strive to create images that invite

at all the marine life below my

the viewer to look for more than

kayak, I felt like I’d dropped into a

just a few seconds – the antithesis

National Geographic documentary

of our modern swipe culture

What’s left on your bucket list?

The biggest disaster you’ve

I want to see a narwhal in its native

ever had on a shoot?

habitat and a blue-footed booby

I was an assistant on a shoot at

in the Galápagos Islands

Anne de Courcy

you’ve shot as a portrait?

Anne has spent most of her

The singer Tom Jones in the

working life in newspapers,

recording studio. It was fascinating

but she has also published

to be part of the sessions and

14 non-fiction books, mostly

seeing what a professional he is

biographies and social histories.

The biggest disaster you’ve ever

She lives in London and

experienced on a shoot?

Gloucestershire in the UK. For

Having all my cameras stolen at

this issue, Anne looks at some

the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in

legendary yacht-based

India. I had waited 11 years to

love stories (page 83).

shoot it and my equipment

What intrigued you the most in

disappeared within six hours!

your research for this feature?

the top of a hill in San Francisco when a table with very expensive camera equipment on it suddenly collapsed. And, no, I wasn’t the one who assembled that table!

Reveal the most unusual thing on your bucket list...

I want to learn how to levitate

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The speed with which Aristotle Onassis dumped Lee Radziwill for her sister Jackie Kennedy when he must have known the two would compare notes The most memorable thing an interviewee has said to you?

“I used to keep poppers [alkyl nitrates] in our Kensington Palace fridge.” That was Lord Snowdon Do you have a pet hate?

I don’t want to sound like a Luddite, but I do resent the growing dependence on mobiles: people whose eyes are glued to their phones whatever they’re doing.

What happened to talking face-to-face or looking at things?

On Board REVEALING THE LATEST NEWS, TRENDS AND TECH

RANGER RISES AGAIN

PHOTOGRAPHY: GUY FLEURY

A nearly year-long refit returns this 136ft J Class to top form for racing and family cruising

In the early hours of a cool December day in the Netherlands, Vitters Shipyard was undertaking the delicate task of returning the famous 136ft J Class Ranger, built at Danish Yachts in 2003, to her natural element. The late John Williams built Ranger as a modern-day revival of the famous 1937 America’s Cup winner of the same name, designed

by William Starling Burgess and Olin Stephens for Harold Vanderbilt.

The steel-hulled Ranger, which was kept lightweight with the addition of modern materials such as honeycomb foam and carbon fiber, was in top shape and won several races during her first 15 years. Sold in late 2018, Ranger entered Vitters Shipyard for a refit that restored teak decks, repainted the hull to a glorious new shine, and took care of rigging, electrical systems and the engine room. Look for Ranger to raise her sails again in 2020. vitters.com

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Exploring the explorers

xplorers are a special species.

M a r t i n Fr a n c i s , w h o developed “the mother of

all explorers” – the 194ft Schweers Senses, built in 1999 – offers this definition: “A good hull and a decent range are two important parameters.

Rugged globetrotters are on trend – so why have their numbers hardly risen since 2016? Marcus Krall investigates

The launch system for the tenders has to be robust and reliable with a two-point lift – and a high freeboard is certainly not wrong.”

It’s easy to see how such yachts appeal

Current explorer superyacht fleet

to adventurous younger owners, but despite being so conspicuous and en

1950 - 1959

vogue, their prominence may have been overinflated of late. Of the 807 yachts in

Year of new yacht launch or conversion of other vessel to yacht

BOAT International’s 2020 Global Order Book, just 58 – or 7.2 percent – are

No of yachts

Total LOA (ft)

Average LOA

conversions as % of fleet

8

1960 - 1969

28

21

1980 - 1989 28

54%

1990 - 1999 65

2000 - 2009 184

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2010 - Sept 2019

Explorers on order or in build: September 2019 to September 2024 No. of projects

Total LOA

Average LOA

Largest yacht

Total GT

Solaris

by Lloyd Werft Launch 2020

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475ft

161' 3"

I N FO G R A PHI C S Va lerio P elleg ri ni

Projects on spec

Projects by size

since a peak of 55 was reached in 2016.

Cantiere delle Marche and Nordhavn are the most active shipyards in this field and, with Inace returning to new construction after a hiatus, they account for 73 explorers launched or under construction. Norway’s shipyards lead the pack in terms of volume with three projects accounting for 25,215 gross tonnes, ahead of Germany’s two projects totaling 17,034 GT. After being built by Kleven in Norway, 352ft Andromeda was completed in Germany and delivered in 2016. “If you work according to the principle of a commercially built ship being completed as a yacht and accept the corresponding quality standards, the building costs can be reduced by up to €10,000 [$11,000] per gross tonne,” says Werner Dörries, a project manager involved in Andromeda.

It will be interesting to see if more explorers are built in this way, or if this burgeoning sector develops in new and unexpected directions.

1970 - 1979

71,287

be traced back to 2011, when there were about 30 similar boats under construction.

While this number has now doubled, there has been no significant increase

9,353ft

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classified as explorers.

The now prevalent explorer trend can

80-100ft

15

100-130ft

15

130-164ft

9

164-230ft

9

230ft+

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The explorer superyacht fleet today: in numbers Number of yachts

80-100ft

Total LOA (ft)

60,439

100-130ft

Average LOA

126' 5"

Largest yacht

413' 11" Octopus

% of total fleet

Yachts by size

478

4.42%

158 69

130-164ft

54

164-230ft 230ft+

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In focus: Turquoise Yachts’ in-build 183ft explorer Project Lombok

Currently in build at Turquoise Yachts in Istanbul, Project Lombok was designed by André Hoek and will feature an ice-classed hull, making it suitable for exploring polar regions and navigating the Northwest Passage

Hoek’s exterior design is reminiscent of classic steamships, but it will be packed with all the latest technology and a diesel-electric propulsion system

A state-of-the-art satellite communications dome is integrated into the composite funnel, while the canoe stern conceals an extendable boarding platform with retractable stairs for ease of access

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785 GT

The interior decor is being developed by Hoek in collaboration with British design studio Vickers. It will feature classic touches and teak detailing throughout. Cozy indoor spaces contrast with the expansive open decks to create a range of relaxation options.

In total, this 183ft explorer yacht will have an internal volume of 785GT spread across four decks

With owner’s representation and project management provided by Master Yachts Consultancy, the yacht was entering the final stages of construction in October 2019 and is due for launch early this year.

Three major explorer superyacht launches due in 2020 Name Shipyard Country Year LOA (ft) GRT

SOL ARIS Lloyd Werft Germany 2020 475 11,011

Very few details are known yet, except that it will exceed 450ft and is the successor to Luna

RAGNAR RNS/ICON Netherlands 2012/2020 223 2,450 With an exterior by Espen Øino, this will be the first time Ulstein’s trademarked X Bow has appeared on a yacht

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Under conversion at ICON, Ragnar was entirely redesigned with an interior and exterior by RWD

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The Informer Launches in November 2019 Name

Type

Length

Shipyard

Country

Name

Type

Length

Country

Shipyard

SEAXPLORER 62M

203' 5"

Damen

SL96

96'

Sanlorenzo

FAST 125

125'

Benetti

GRANDE 25M

87' 4"

Azimut

GRANDE 32M

105'

Azimut

Y85

86'

Princess

SL102

102'

Sanlorenzo

OA 84R

83' 6"

Ocean Alexander

HORIZON 97

100' 6"

Horizon

SL78

81'

Sanlorenzo

Deliveries in November 2019 Name

Type

Length

Shipyard

Country

Name

Type

Length

Shipyard

BACCHANAL

154' 2"

Benetti

CL106

107' 7"

Custom Line

VIRTUS

143'

Mengi-Yay

FLEMING 78

81' 6"

Tung Hwa

DOLCEVITA 110

110'

Riva

S78

80' 11"

Princess

ASTERIA 108

108' 7"

Heysea Yachts

Orders in November 2019 Shipyard

Type

Country

November 2019 compared to November 2017 and November 2018 Length

Delivery

Amels

196' 10"

2022

Overmarine

163' 9"

2021

Benetti

163' 9"

2022

Bilgin

155' 10"

2019

Perini Navi

154' 2"

2021

Country

November 2017

November 2018

November 2019

NUMBER OF SALES

Overmarine

148' 7"

2020

Benetti

144' 4"

2020

Benetti

135'

2021

Benetti

135'

2021

Benetti

125'

2020

Cantiere delle Marche

114' 10"

2022

Overmarine

110' 7"

2020

Sanlorenzo

102'

2019

Sanlorenzo

96'

2021

Sanlorenzo

96'

2020

AVERAGE LENGTH

111'

TOTAL ASKING PRICES

135'

($)

120'

732.7m

394.1m

CHINA

TURKEY

282.7m

ITALY

THE NETHERLANDS

UK

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Eye Opener UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

The late photographer Terry O’Neill had a way with people. By all accounts he got to know his subjects well, and one of the many stars he befriended was British actor and comedian Peter Sellers.

Sellers invited him to shoot his 1964 wedding to his second wife, Britt Ekland, but it turned out to be a humbling moment for the photographer. “I was so happy with the photos that I rushed home to get my film ready for the developer. I opened the camera and… no film. That was the first time that has ever

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man’s dream was really to become a musician.

He applied for a position with an airline thinking that, as a flight attendant, he could easily book sets in clubs in Europe and America. Instead, the airline put a camera in his hands, and O’Neill got his break at Heathrow Airport by shooting a candid portrait of a man who turned out to be the British home secretary, Rab Butler. The papers took notice. Soon after, a 1963 assignment to shoot The Beatles kicked the doors wide open.

Evidently Sellers did not hold the wedding fiasco against O’Neill and invited him to join them on their boat (pictured). No other photographer got that close, O’Neill said, who recalled a small flotilla of paparazzi following them. Sellers was a funny man but also a complicated one – he had a reputation for not being easy on set or at home, but he was able to find peace on his boats. In total he was married four times. “He was such a nice man, but very troubled – always falling in and out of love,” O’Neill remembered.

This kind of proximity, the unguarded images he captured and the stories they told, including one of a fragile marriage between two very different people, made O’Neill, who died in November, one of the world’s most collectable photographers.

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happened to me – and the last.”

O’Neill had fallen into the world of photography.

Born near London to Irish parents, he was briefly headed for the priesthood, but the inquisitive young

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NEWS The latest superyacht concepts, hot launches, charter updates, environmental news, designer insights and more

Horizon expands The newest addition to Horizon’s successful FD line is a 94-footer,

FD92 is that the top deck has space for an enclosed pilothouse/

which is a customized version of the FD87 (itself an evolution of

sky lounge and an open deck with a spa pool and sunpads forward.

the FD85). As often happens with the Taiwanese builder, a client’s

The first FD92 is under construction for

desire for a few extras has led to a brand new model.

delivery in July.

Hull No 2, started

The first FD92 is under construction for an American client who is new to Horizon, but not to yachting. What attracted this client to the Cor D Rover-designed FD line was the generous beam and space on a hull length of less than 100ft.

One of the particularities of the

on spec, will be available by the end of 2020. In the meantime, you can see a new FD87 making its debut at the Palm Beach International Boat Show, March 26 to 29. horizonyacht.com

FULL HOUSE Graced by full height windows, the main salon will seat 10 for dining

2,850

the gross tonnage of builder Amels’ largest custom yacht: a 256-footer designed by Espen Øino and due to launch in 2021

Shark sighting

DARK MATERIALS Painted black on the

Ten months after keel laying, the hull and superstructure of 253 footer Project Black Shark have arrived in Rendsburg, Germany, at the Nobiskrug shipyard. The exterior is by Winch Design and the interior by Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design, for a proprietor who wants to push boundaries, according to the owner representative and broker Imperial Yachts. nobiskrug.com

outside, it will feature details suggesting shark skin on the inside

OWNER’S HONOR

Purple pain

The conservation organization WildAid has recognized Galápagos native Federico Angermeyer,

Scientists and fishermen are sounding the alarm as an indigo invasion is changing the marine world along the US West Coast. An explosion in purple sea urchins is contributing to the eradication of kelp forests, which in turn affects fisheries, marine mammals and seabirds. Removal of as many of these prickly purple creatures as possible is currently a matter of urgency along the California and Oregon coasts. For ways to “Help the Kelp,” visit noyocenter.org

CEO of Angermeyer Cruises (and a member of BOAT International’s Owners’ Club), as a 2019 Wildlife Champion. In 2016 Angermeyer (left) committed to donate part

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of the proceeds from charter trips on his 173-footer, WildAid’s Passion for Galápagos, to support the organization’s work in the Galápagos Islands against illegal fishing and threats posed by invasive species.

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o was also recognised as a Widlife Champion for helping spread the word about the illegal ivory trade and elephant poaching

PRICKLY EAT Purple sea urchin numbers have boomed as their predators sea stars have plummeted

in Africa. wildaid.org

PHOTOGRAPHY:JEFF BROWN; ALAMY

SPOTLIGHT

NEW TO THE MARKET

HARMONY III

BLUE EYES LONDON

CHAKRA

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

INVADER

€12.5 MILLION

€26.5 MILLION

€34 MILLION

$58 MILLION

€12.8 MILLION

The 143ft Benetti Vision

The 197ft motor yacht has

The 282ft motor yacht is

The 239ft motor yacht has

The 164ft tri-deck is listed

has been listed for sale

been listed for sale by

being offered for sale by

been listed for sale with

for sale by Burgess. Built

at Fraser in Palma de

Burgess. Designed by

SSH Maritime. Launched

Thompson Westwood

in steel and aluminum by

Mallorca. Built in GRP to a

Zuccon International

in 1963 by Van Der Werf

White. Launched in May

Codecasa to INSB class

design by Stefano Righini,

Project, she was built by

as a commercial vessel,

2012 by Turquoise Yachts,

and MCA compliance, she

she was delivered in 2009

CRN to Lloyd’s class and

she was converted at

she was the largest

was delivered in 1999 and

and refitted in 2018.

delivered in 2009.

Devonport Yachts in 1998.

Turkish yacht at the time.

had a full refit in 2019.

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DESIGNER Q&A

FRANCK DARNET Darnet's France-based design firm is responsible for the interiors of 1,200 yachts, including 148ft Sunrise Africa YOUR BIG BREAK? In 1990 Groupe Finot hired me to design the interior of a nice and innovative 66ft sailing yacht. It had always been my dream to design yachts.

SOURCE OF INSPIRATION? The most important one is humankind.

I don’t think we pay enough attention to the human beings around us.

FAVORITE YACHT YOU DESIGNED? Most of the time I say, “The next one!”

We are passionate about new concepts, new shapes, research and development.

A YACHT YOU WISH YOU’D DESIGNED? Last year, when Notre Dame Cathedral went up in flames, I started thinking about how to design the new spire a design that would last centuries, based on a mix of carbon and black glass.

YOUR ULTIMATE DESIGN FANTASY? A 3,660 sq ft underwater house.

We were meant to build it in Belize in the Caribbean Sea, but the project is on hold.

FAVORITE FURNITURE DESIGNERS? Charles and Ray Eames for their timeless lounge chair; Patrick Jouin for his achievements and talent.

SPOTLIGHT

Charter Down Under now easier

€16 (c$18) – the opening rate for a share of Italian yachtbuilder Sanlorenzo, now a public company trading on the Italian stock exchange

In anticipation of big events coming to the region, including the 2020 Olympics in Japan and the America’s Cup finals in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2021, Australia has opened up its waters to foreign-flagflying charter yachts. Yachts sporting non-Australian flags will be able to enter under a temporary coastal cruising license, meaning they no longer will have to pay import duties.

Anticipating an influx of superyachts, shipyards have invested around AUS$100 million to upgrade their facilities, according to David Good, CEO of Superyacht Australia.

SERIOUSLY FOR SALE

REGINA D’ITALIA II

BOOK ENDS

ENDEAVOUR 2

MUSTIQUE

JADE 959

€13.5 MILLION

$28.9 MILLION

€23.7 MILLION

$19 MILLION

€19.8 MILLION

The 167ft motor yacht,

The 154ft Heesen, listed by

The 164ft Rossinavi, jointly

The 177ft motor yacht,

The 170ft explorer, jointly

listed for sale at Edmiston,

Ocean Independence, has

listed for sale by Ocean

listed for sale by Northrop

listed for sale by MySea

has seen another price

had a currency change

Independence and Fraser,

& Johnson, has had

and Camper & Nicholsons

drop of €2m. Built by

from euros to dollars,

has had a further price

another price reduction of

International, has had a

Codecasa, the 2006 yacht,

meaning a €4m price

drop of €3m. The 2017

$2m. Formerly known as

price reduction of €1.7m.

refitted in 2018, has never

reduction. Steel and

tri-deck features exterior

Mia Elise, she was built by

The 2014 Jade Yachts was

been chartered.

aluminum; delivered 2017.

styling by Team for Design.

Trinity Yachts in 2005.

delivered as a Bandido 170.

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ALL EYES ON MIAMI The Miami Yacht Show returns on February 13-17, with a host of boats on display at Islands Garden Marina and Miami Marine Stadium. Here's a taste of what to expect

S I LV E R YA C H T S B O L D Making its US debut in Miami is this unconventional design by Espen Ă˜ino and SilverYachts. Bold's extended range comes courtesy of her efficient hull.

She also has a heli hangar that serves as a disco, and a winter garden that

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PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHNNY GASKELL; GUILLAUME PLISSON; TOM SERIO

converts to open space in minutes.

Ice, the first of its kind, combines Marlow’s proprietary composite build technique with the style, space and abilities of a global explorer. Its maximum range is 4,200 nautical miles at eight knots, but the yacht is capable of reaching a 22 knot top speed.

FERRETTI 48 W A L LY T E N D E R X The Italian shipyard debuts its new 55-knot, 48ft Wallytender X with four 450hp Verado outboards. Early trials estimate a range of 320 nautical miles for chasing the fun, wherever it may be.

OA 84R Ocean Alexander continues its revolution series with this 84ft yacht with enclosed bridge and a modern, open loft feel on the main deck. The intricate detailing in the interior is by Evan K Marshall.

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WI LD WATER

Blast from the past Sunseeker is going back to its high-performance roots with the Hawk 38, a fitting legacy for founder Robert Braithwaite, says Simon de Burton hristian Marti, then Sunseeker’s CEO, hands me the controls after an extremely good (alcohol-free) lunch at the Hut beach restaurant on the Isle of Wight’s Colwell Bay off the UK’s south coast. Opening up the taps on the new Hawk 38’s twin Mercury Verado 400Rs must give the other diners the impression that we are “doing 30

a runner” in the most spectacular style.

This boat is quick. From a standing start, we are up on the plane fast, with 20 knots showing on the 16-inch touchscreen of the steering-wheelcontrolled Simrad navigation system. It is acceleration as exhilarating as the most adrenaline-inducing sports car and makes Sunseeker’s claims of an “out of the box” 62-knot capability seem not only plausible, but possibly modest.

THRILL RIDE Sunseeker says the Hawk 38 is capable of 62 knots “out of the box.” Simon de Burton hit 63.8 knots – “and there was more to come”

NEED FOR SPEED The Hawk 38’s speed comes from its twin Mercury Verado 400R, 2.6-liter, six-cylinder engines and FB Design’s patented structural foam-cored hull

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“It’s undoubtedly the most technologically advanced performance dayboat currently on the market” The only way to test such claims, of course, is to take advantage of the day’s relatively flat, almost traffic-free sea. So, encouraged by the Hawk 38’s skipper, I open up the digital Zero Effort throttles to somewhere near their maximum – and feel almost alarmed at how quickly the speed indicator clicks over to 30, 35, 40, 50 and finally 63.8 knots.

There is undoubtedly more to come, but by now our high-speed orbit is taking us rapidly back towards the Hut in what promises

SITTING PRETTY Comfort and storage have not been forgotten, with cushioned seats and stowage under sunpad and seating

to become a re-run of the Live and Let Die boat chase scene in which Roger Moore’s 007 gets airborne across a road in a rather less sophisticated Glastron GT-150.

It’s no secret that the Mercury Verado 400R supercharged, 2.6-liter, in-line, six-cylinder engine is the pinnacle of highperformance marine propulsion.

But there’s no point in having power without control, and it’s largely the long, pencil-like Hawk 38’s hull design that makes it go as well as it does, turn in as though it’s

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on proverbial rails and provide confidence-inspiring levels of grip.

For that we have to thank the late powerboat racer and legendary boat designer Fabio Buzzi, of FB Design, who set no fewer than 43 water speed records. He was responsible for the patented “structural foam hull technology” and inflatable Hypalon 866 STAB tubes – the latter lending an implausible level of high-speed stability for a near-39ft boat with a beam of just 7ft, 8in when the tubes are deflated.

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CAD designed using computational fluid dynamics testing and built using super-accurate, five-axis machining. It’s undoubtedly the most technologically advanced performance dayboat currently

Sunseeker has a heritage in racing dating back to Robert Braithwaite’s founding of the firm

on the market.”

Stride believes Hawk 38 buyers

Indeed, Buzzi’s magic touch on the throttles combined with the efficient shape that features a squared-off bow enabled a topless

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Hawk 38 prototype to hit an astounding 68.6 knots on a glassflat Lake Como during testing.

“The Hawk 38 represents a new era for Sunseeker, one in which we’re returning to really highperformance boatbuilding,” says in-house designer Luke Stride, who has worked on the project from its inception more than two years ago. “After the financial crash of 2008, we placed the emphasis more on comfort than performance, meaning there hasn’t been a true sports boat in the library for more than a decade – which seemed wrong, because Sunseeker has such a heritage in racing that dates back to Robert Braithwaite’s founding of the firm in the 1960s as Poole Powerboats.

“Under the Sunseeker name, the company entered as many as three XPS 34 hulls in the powerboat world championship at various times,” says Stride, adding that 7,500 design hours went into creating the Hawk 38. “People who are familiar with the brand will know of models such as the Tomahawk and Superhawk, but the Hawk 38 takes things to an entirely new level. It was

ON THE EDGE The almost 8ft-wide hull is stabilized by inflatable Hypalon 866 STAB tubes.

The steering wheel (bottom) gives full control of the Simrad nav system

will be people who want to own the ultimate in high-performance

absorbing systems to save spines as the Hawk 38 leaps across the waves,

dayboats – perhaps those who also

and the front sunpad conceals a

enjoy burning rubber on road – rather than superyacht owners

storage locker that’s sufficient to accommodate a couple of Seabobs

looking for a very fast chase boat.

And while performance is a

and also provides electrical charging points.

given, the new model is also endowed with some attractive

Behind the sunpad, U-shaped seats facing aft can combine with

creature comforts. The four FB Design Besenzoni racing seats,

an optional carbon-fiber dining table that stores beneath the deck,

for example, are fitted with shock-

while there’s further locker space

LIMITED EDITION The first 10 hulls have a plaque with the initials “RB,” for the late Sunseeker founder Robert Braithwaite. For this feature, we drove production hull No 1

IN CONTROL Mercury Racing Zero Effort Controls next to the steering wheel enable easy use of the throttles (red) and trim (black)

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SHOCKPROOF FB Design Besenzoni seats have shock absorbancy built in and are covered with quilted Silvertex

SPECIFICATIONS

beneath the seats, plus a deck locker. There’s also the facility to install optional fridge drawers and, beneath a door in the center console, a decent-sized dayhead – although you can forget about romantic overnight stays. There’s no cabin and no galley, either.

That said, this is a boat in which

Model Hawk 38 LOA (outboards down) 38' 11"

Draft (outboards down) 2' 7" Displacement

Racing Digital Zero Effort throttles Fuel capacity 185 gal

Beam (inflated

(half load) 11,020lb

Range 250nm

tubes) 9' 9" Beam (deflated tubes) 7' 8"

Engines 2 x 400hp Mercury Verado 400R with Mercury

@ 50 knots Max speed 62 knots Cost $650,000

to go fast, safely, have fun and – let’s not deny it – attract attention from all around.

Braithwaite died in March this year and the fact that the Hawk 38 was the final Sunseeker model he worked on has led the company to dedicate the first 10 production hulls to him, with each one carrying

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a special “RB” signed plaque in the cockpit. After that, output is expected to be stepped up to around 20 boats per year, each costing $650,000 plus tax.

And if the price doesn’t wipe the s m i l e o f f yo u r f a c e , yo u ’ re guaranteed a ride that will keep you grinning all day. B

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Time’s

up Regulations aimed at curbing emissions from diesel engines are threatening an entire segment of the yachting industry – and motor yacht builders are saying it’s already too late to be able to comply.

Kate Lardy reports

“After January 1, 2021, we are out of business selling boats over 24 meters,” Pat Healey, president and CEO of Viking Yachts, announced at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show this past fall. He was referring to the upcoming deadline for all yachts over 24 meters load line length (approximately 27.5 meters or 90ft LOA) to comply with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Tier III limits for nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.

More precisely, he was speaking about the impracticality of meeting this requirement on Viking’s 92 Convertible and 93 Motor Yacht – models Healey says the yard will no longer build after January 1 2021. “[Regulators] are mandating impossible regulations that require solutions that don’t exist in today’s world,” he added.

Tier III (part of amendments made to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships adopted in 2008) came into effect on January 1, 2016. It set new NOx emission limits for new engines on vessels operating within special areas known as NOx Emission Control Areas (which currently are: the East and West Coasts of the US and Canada, and around the US

Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Puerto Rico).

Regulators granted a five-year exemption

However, Richard Boggs of EnerYacht (developer of the SeaClean exhaust

conducting certified retrofits for buses in several European cities. He is marinizing

for vessels under 500GT to allow technology time to catch up with the

treatment system) says the impact extends to even larger yachts. “There isn’t

their tried-and-true system, which works in conjunction with EnerYacht’s highly

requirements. Unfortunately, it hasn’t.

that much volume in a 50-meter [164ft]

effective diesel particulate filter system.

Viking is the first and only builder so far to announce that it will terminate

boat to put the SCR systems that are on the market right now,” he says.

Yacht exhaust specialist MarQuip recently introduced a solution it calls the

production of its two largest models because of the regulations, yet the

Then there is the added problem of incorporating a tank to hold urea. The size

“most compact custom system for yachts under 500GT or 50 meters.” Prompted

impending deadline is an issue concerning all builders of boats in the

that the tank needs to be is still a matter of debate. In theory, a yacht needs to carry

by a Dutch client building a 92ft semi-displacement boat, it created a case

90ft to 150ft range.

only enough urea to run the SCR within

study that integrates its water injection system inside the SCR/silencer

One solution does not fit all

unit without having to increase

Engine modifications aren’t enough to meet the Tier III

the size of the engine room.

“We normally work with

Noxio us emi ss i ons

standards – compliance requires some sort of exhaust

water-cooled exhaust systems – we combine our features to

Seven compounds make up the generic term NOx. Of these,

yachts over 500GT, which have had to comply since 2016, has

It is a significant air pollutant and the most prevalent form of

b e e n s e l e c t i ve c a t a l y t i c reduction (SCR), which uses a urea water solution to break down NOx into harmless

gets into the air primarily through the burning of fuel, via

nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is the most concerning to the EPA. NOx generated by human activities in the atmosphere. It emissions from power plants and transportation, and causes

nitrogen and water.

Results have been mixed.

SCR has worked for commercial ships. The challenge is that a yacht’s operating profile is critically different from a ship’s – the average engine load while cruising is lower. SCR requires that exhaust temperatures reach a certain level to decompose urea exhaust fluid to water vapor and ammonia, so it can be ineffective at idle and low speeds.

Because of a yacht’s high power-toweight ratio, the hefty system also has more impact on a yacht’s efficiency and performance. SCR makes boats heavier, slower and more expensive to operate and maintain, says Lonni Rutt, Viking’s vice president of design and engineering. The SCR footprint, according to Rutt, is approximately one-third of each engine.

“We simply don’t have the space in our engine rooms,” he says, adding that this issue is particularly critical in the 90ft to 120ft segment.

respiratory ailments, acid rain and smog.

an Emission Control Area. However, assessing the amount is tricky. Too little and you run out and risk exorbitant fines for noncompliance; too much and you may incur maintenance issues.

“The storage life of the diesel exhaust fluid [DEF, the urea solution] is around six months; after that time, it will crystallize and possibly block the DEF piping if the water content vaporizes,” says Roger Sowerbutts, president of Horizon Yacht USA. Horizon is looking at a tank able to hold five to 10 percent of the fuel capacity.

The quest is on Currently, research and development are in high gear on a growing number of after-treatment systems. Boggs is working with a European partner in the SCR retrofit business that has been

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save space and fit the correct after-treatments in the same location as we had the original exhaust system,” says Jeroen van der Matten, general manager of operations for MarQuip. Installed above the engines, the system is

approximately 7ft 6in by 4ft 7in for this particular 92ft boat.

Sanlorenzo is collaborating with other yacht builders to develop alternative solutions that will be lighter and more efficient than SCR at idle and low-speed navigation. “This is the direction already taken by Feadship that, recognizing the same problems with SCR on megayachts over 500GT, is now working to test and implement an innovative NOx treatment system together with the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, TNO,” says Paolo Bertetti, Sanlorenzo’s technical and R&D vice president.

Feadship’s innovation is called Oxywash. Divided into modules, it fits in tight engine rooms and does not require a urea tank. It works by making NOx water-soluble, through a catalyst when the exhaust temperature is high, or by injecting ozone when the temperature

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after-treatment. The go-to solution for ships and new

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is lower. When this water-soluble NOx is immersed in seawater it becomes

challenges, as well as the demanding integration work at the shipyards,

was rejected at a May 2019 meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection

nitrite and nitrate, which are naturally present in seawater.

we believe that a transition phase is needed for development and

Committee. Two MEPC meetings are planned for 2020 and ICOMIA is hoping

“At the moment we are running a fullscale test with regulation, which will

implementation of SCR systems in yachts requiring IMO Tier III solutions.”

to get an appeal on the agenda before January 1, 2021.

be finished in 2020. After successful tests

The rush to 2021 concerns Nicola

we will install the first system on

Onori, technical director at Overmarine.

Brace for impact

a Feadship,” says Roderick De Vries, technical director at Feadship Koninklijke

“If extension of the exemption is not granted, all yachts will be forced to install

“The pending IMO implementation is well intentioned but could see an entire

De Vries Scheepsbouw.

A number of yacht builders are waiting

SCR systems which are still ‘prototypes.’”

As it currently stands, Healey has heard

segment of yacht buyers walk away from our industry, causing irreparable

on engine manufacturers to deliver the engine and SCR

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system as one unit, rather than

A bet te r way to comply

damage,” says Kitty McGowan, president of the US Superyacht Association.

adding on third-party afterBertetti adds: “If IMO NOx t re a t m e n t . Fo r H o r i z o n , Tier III will have to be applied Regulators currently require manufacturers to certify engines Sowerbutts says that MAN from January 2021 we expect for compliance. Richard Boggs of EnerYacht posits there is a better way, which is to simply allow testing emissions. has presented a good solution that clients will buy either “The regulations must be changed to permit installation for the 1,650hp engine: yachts slightly below the limit of aftermarket after-treatment systems that reduce emissions a compact SCR with small of 24 meters or exceeding to the levels required by EPA Tier 4 or IMO Tier III. An Engine DEF pump and no need for a 30 to 35 meters, where the International Air Pollution Prevention certificate should be issued compressor to assist. reduction of accommodation to the yacht based on emissions testing.” The solutions exist MTU is working on its own space necessary to install an right now to meet the reduced levels of NOx emissions without solution. Tobias Kohl, MTU SCR and urea tank is not reinventing the engine room, he says.

Fr i e d r i c h s h a f e n ’ s s e n i o r affecting the number of cabins manager for yacht applications, available on board.” says the company is “putting Onori says that the maximum R&D efforts” into regulations could make secondthe SCR for its series 2000 engines; that it will be at least 12 to 18 months past hand boats – with older, more polluting the first prototypes have been built deadline before the engine companies are engines – more appealing. Costs for new and tested. compliant. “In our view, more time is vessels will go up. How much? “The needed to allow engine manufacturers to engine manufacturers can’t provide Time crunch refine SCR dedicated to yachts greater precise quotes yet,” Sowerbutts says. “The The challenge is that the January 1, 2021 than 24 meters, less than 500GT, in order extra cost will have to include DEF or urea deadline is fast approaching. Regulators to get an overall positive effect on tank, DEF pump, SCR and probably in have put the onus on engine emissions,” Bertetti says. many cases a hull extension to manufacturers, but they appear not ready.

Several yacht builders, including accommodate everything mentioned “Considering that we have the highest V i k i n g Ya c h t s , O ve r m a r i n e a n d above.” Viking estimates it would add half power density engine, the integration Sanlorenzo, have been working with the a million dollars to the overall cost of its with SCR systems requires intensive International Council of Marine Industry 92 and 93. “We have two boats affected; testing and optimization,” Kohl says.

Associations (ICOMIA) on a new request some companies will be wiped out,” “Based on the technical development for an extension – a previous proposal Healey says.

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ON BOARD Edit FISH FINDERS GARMIN STRIKER PLUS 9SV Three sonars in one, the Striker Plus gives you access to Garmin’s Quickdraw Contours, user-generated charts and the ActiveCaptain smartphone app. $600, garmin.com

R AY M A R I N E R V X 1 0 0 0 Award-winning RealVision 3D

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technology combines high-powered CHIRP side- and down-looking beams for detailed bottom structure and fish finding. It is capable of networking with existing

POWERDOLPHIN

displays. $1,500,

This remote-controlled drone

raymarine.com

with 4K camera and sonar can deliver bait and hooks to a chosen location. It has a two-hour battery life. $999, powervision.me

SOLIX 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G2 Combining CHIRP sonar with powerful down and side imaging, Humminbird’s Solix provides astonishingly clear underwater imagery.

LOWRANCE HOOK2 This has a 12-inch display sonar for wide-angle CHIRP plus SideScan and DownScan to spot fish, track bait and identify detailed bottom structure. $1,599, lowrance.com

$3,700, humminbird.johnsonoutdoors.com

DEEPER CHIRP+ Cast this baseballsized sonar module with your fishing rod, then reel back in to scan as far as 330ft down. It can also relay imagery to your smartphone. $300, deepersonar.com

WORD S Sa m Fo rte s c u e

PHOTOGRAPHY: ADOBE STOCK

bundled with a three-in-one

Boat Life CELEBRATING EXCEPTIONAL STYLE AND DESIGN

Wellness Special

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PHOTOGRAPHY: LUCKY IF SHARP

LIFT YOUR SPIRITS Relax and flourish on deck and beyond

Dumbbells, $1,268, gymmarine.com

EDITED BY Lucia Ferigutti

New York, new you An ambitious Manhattan health club takes a holistic approach to treating mind, body and soul, discovers Harriet Mays Powell

Left: consultation rooms. Practitioners collaborate on a member’s treatment

olistic healthcare, with its combined emphasis on nutrition, exercise and mental health, is a rapidly expanding part of the $4 trillion global wellness industry. Once the purview of destination spas in exotic locales, this 360-degree

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approach to health has moved to major cities, where over-scheduled urban professionals can treat mind, body and spirit under one roof.

The Well, a glamorous, design-conscious club that opened in September 2019 in New York’s Flatiron District, is the first of several dedicated urban retreats planned by its founders, with future clubs set for

Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai and Singapore.

Rebecca Parekh, Sarrah Hallock and Kane Sarhan spent more than 10 years planning a one-stop shop where people could connect with leading wellness experts and medical specialists. “We’re

HOTTING UP Organic curves in the steam room

trying to create this holistic ecosystem where we’re looking at the whole person, not a bunch of isolated parts,” Parekh says. “Consumers are becoming more conscientious about their health, but with so many offerings in the wellness space, they find themselves running around town and often receiving conflicting advice.”

At The Well, members have access to 50 best-in-class practitioners, covering areas ranging from advanced blood-testing to mindful movement, vibrational energy healing and emotional well-being.

“Every practitioner has access to your medical records, via an electronic system, so you won’t have to answer all the same questions over and over again,” Sarhan explains. New members meet with a health coach to discuss everything from diet and exercise to sleep patterns. Then they receive a tailored plan. Progress is monitored at monthly meetings; team leaders meet twice a week to discuss members’ specific issues and to collaborate on possible solutions.

T he p hil osop hy f u ses Wes ter n medicine and Eastern healing; the

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“In this holistic ecosystem we’re looking at the whole person, not a bunch of isolated parts”

as more vibrant colors in the Library and Consultation Room.

Its interior designer,

ZEN ZONE The meditation room and, below, the relaxation lounge

Liubasha Rose, comes from the luxury hotel industry. “It was very important for us to create a space that buzzed with positive energy,” she says.

founders are science devotees and have developed a “science-backed ecosystem for wellness,” based on “facts, data and results.” But they also buried crystals in the foundations of the soundproof meditation room. “We encourage the exploration of approaches that are more spiritually based,” Sarhan says.

Designed to be a Zen oasis in the middle of Manhattan, the club’s lower level has white curved walls studded with pyrite. Bright and airy, the space features pale hues such as pink and mint, as well

in sunlight.” Noted landscape designer Luz LeStrange curated more than 50 varieties of plants, including 20 types of herbs in the reflexology lounge, and the circular meditation room was inspired by Native American sweat lodges and the work of artist James Turrell.

The club also includes an organic restaurant and vitamin bar, The Well Kitchen & Table, which is open to the public. Rather than take meetings over cocktails, members can “talk shop at the reflexology lounge, or sip complimentary bone broth in between energy-healing sessions,” says Parekh.

“We wanted to create the feel and service level of a luxury hotel, so this is actually a place you want to go, and it doesn’t feel like work to take care of yourself.”

Membership of The Well is by invitation only the-well.com B

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AARMY is a new fitness and training method led by former tennis prodigy Akin Akman and decorated track and field star and motivational coach Angela Davis. Their goal is to “build athletes” by training at higher intensity levels than are found in boutique fitness clubs. There are four components in the program: cycling for endurance and cardio; “bootcamp” classes for overall conditioning; lifting circuit classes for strength; and stretch programs for post-workout recovery. After successful pop-ups in New York and LA, a permanent flagship will open this year in Manhattan.

Enlisted fans include Maria Sharapova, Karlie Kloss and Jake Gyllenhaal. aarmy.com

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“We wanted everyone walking through to feel good and the club to seem like it’s always bathed

GET FIGHTING FIT

All well and good Wellness can be as elusive as it is multifaceted, but these three retreats promise to propel you to new heights of physical, mental and spiritual renewal ithin the treatment

photobiomodulation, which

rooms of Professor Bruno Ribeiro at the

applies infrared light of different w a ve l e n g t h s t o t h e b r a i n ,

SHA Wellness Clinic in L’Albir, near Alicante, Spain, there

improving oxygen levels (said to aid memory), hormone regulation

is a far different set of spa tools on show from the usual towels and candles. At the 93-suite site, which ranks among Europe’s leading medical resorts and employs 35 fulltime doctors and specialists, Ribeiro is in charge of the new Cognitive Development Unit, where he masters pioneering therapies based on technology developed by NASA and Harvard Medical School.

To Ribeiro, cognitive evaluation and therapy add another layer to the retreat’s all-encompassing

Health and body ills are treated with brain-scan technology at this Spanish clinic.

By Felix Bischof minimum of 60 percent fat) and genetic make-up, including cases of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The interview is followed by

and cognitive performance.

I try transcranial direct current s t i m u l a t i o n , fo r w h i c h t wo electrodes – one of which is negatively charged, the other positively – are fitted to the front of my head, transmitting electricity to stimulate the brain. There is a slight stinging sensation, but the next day, I wake up fully rested and refreshed.

During my stay I also sample a detox massage that incorporates a suction device to stimulate lymphatic drainage, before stepping into a private pool filled

approach. Before traveling to SHA, guests choose from 12 health programs addressing concerns such as body weight, negative stress, aging or lack of quality sleep; most feature time with Professor Ribeiro. Stays range from four to 28 days, with a variety of treatments from meditation technique lessons to a menu of genetic tests.

Initial appointments begin with a detailed interview, touching on sleep and exercise patterns, diet (Ribeiro recommends fish and nuts, as our brains consist of a

c o g n i t i ve t e s t s . D u r i n g my appointment, I memorize and match squiggly patterns on a computer, and am taken for neurofeedback – head wired, my brain’s activity is shown in real time as colorful graphs on the in-house cinema screen.

Ribeiro prescribes me treatments including brain

with body-temperature water for aquatic Watsu bodywork.

A complete immersion in SHA’s 360-degree method over the course of several days is the best way to bring out the full effect of Ribeiro’s treatments, but that doesn’t mean the good work can’t be continued on board. In addition to Skype appointments, Ribeiro is planning ways of carrying out treatments remotely, meaning that cognitive therapies aboard your yacht may soon be a reality. shawellnessclinic.com

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and lymphatic drainage. There are

that are difficult

is connected to my large intestine, and the inside

daily abdominal examinations and progress meetings with Dr Stossier,

to digest.”

What you eat is

to the small intestine, my masseuse explains to me. “So if

the first of which involves a session of “functional myodiagnostics” to

perhaps not as important as how

you’re ever having trouble going to

examine the body’s reaction to

you eat it – it is drilled into us that

the bathroom, just give your leg a rub and you’ll be fine.” Welcome to

common allergens and medicines.

I am surprised to be told that the

proper digestion relies on a few simple rules: chew 30 times per

Vivamayr, the health clinic where even the most intimate bodily

eczema I’ve suffered on and off since childhood is actually a

functions are open for discussion.

Based on the Mayr method –

growing intolerance to lactose.

Nutrition is extremely important

developed by Dr Franz Xavier Mayr in the early 20th century to

at Vivamayr. The food (while restricted to 1,100 calories per day)

raw foods after 4pm, as they won’t be digested overnight.

improve well-being by focusing

is varied and satisfying, with typical

“The principles of eating slowly

on digestive health – Vivamayr is one of the most highly regarded

meals including sea bass with broccoli, artichoke and an olive and

and chewing well are not new – it’s what your grandmother would have

complementary medicine facilities in the world. Counting royalty,

mushroom tapenade. “The key is to keep things simple and easy,”

told you,” Stossier explains. “But you must consider your body’s

Hollywood stars and supermodels among its clientele, the method

explains executive chef Emanuela Fischer. “No foods are off limits,

ability to metabolize food at the moment you want to eat it. New

usually involves an intense threeweek detoxification process at

but we use organic, seasonal ingredients and avoid components

habits, such as snacking and eating quickly or very late, are the cause of

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Above and below: Halas 71, the 167ft luxury yacht chartered

by Vivamayr

mouthful; don’t drink with meals (to avoid diluting stomach acid); have a big breakfast, an average lunch and a small dinner; and avoid

many modern illnesses.”

Whether overzealous or common sense, these measures do work. By day three I am sleeping better, my

experience Vivamayr at Sea on the 167ft classic yacht Halas 71.

“We want to provide a different way of motivating people and offer a holiday for health,” says Dr Harald Stossier, medical director at Vivamayr’s Maria Wörth clinic.

The onboard program includes the most effective treatments: a daily routine beginning with light exercise on the sundeck, followed by a detoxifying massage chosen to target specific health concerns, with options including reflexology

stomach is flatter, my eczema is clearing up and I have enough energy to hike up a steep cliff to see some ruins (the opportunity to head ashore, enjoy the sights and fo rg e t a b o u t c l e a n s i n g a n d detoxifying for an hour is undoubtedly one of the greatest benefits of Vivamayr at Sea).

To recreate the experience on your own superyacht you’ll need a crew strong-willed enough to keep you on track. And, while Vivamayr offers training for private chefs, personal trainers and massage therapists, it isn’t yet possible to bring your own Vivamayr doctor on board. Instead, pay a visit to one of its day clinics in London or Vienna and a doctor will be able to offer recommendations for your trip. It may not be the full Vivamayr experience, but it’s guaranteed to be far healthier than the usual decadent alternative. vivamayr.com

GUT INSTINCT This Austrian resort offers a dietary detox on a classic yacht.

By Zöe Dickens

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one of its facilities in Austria.

Last spring, however, the clinic decamped to Turkey with its best doctors and most loyal clients to

PERFECT BALANCE Amanpuri’s approach to wellness blends medicine from East and West.

By Lucia Ferigutti

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he first Aman property in Phuket, Amanpuri has been a favorite of travelers seeking refuge

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and relaxation for the past 32 years, thanks to peaceful pavilions and villas, an exceptional spa and a coastline so stunning you could forget your worries just by listening to the sound of the waves.

The launch of its Holistic Wellness Centre, offering a range of restorative immersions, takes this a step further. Its programs bring together Western and Chinese medicine to cater to different needs, from weight loss to stress management. Each is tailored to the guest and suit those seeking to improve health issues while also enjoying their vacation. It’s no bootcamp, so an occasional glass of rosé is allowed and you can take a work call without fear of censure.

First comes a consultation with a qualified medical doctor, who takes my blood pressure and discusses past blood tests, vitamin levels and medical problems – it’s not unlike a regular visit to the doctor. Next up, I meet resident physiotherapist Ms Pimchanok, who takes a 3D scan of my body.

She talks me through the results: dozens of measurements ranging from body-fat percentage to

muscle mass, weight distribution and posture. Finally, I have a consultation with the spa and wellness director Shinichi Kiyose and wellness immersion manager Kimberly Rose, both experts in Chinese medicine. Their questions range from the physical – “Any stomach problems?” – to the emotional – “Did you have a happy childhood?”

They take my pulse from six different points in the back of both wrists. Rose warns that my pulse is weak around my throat, and I’m likely to get sick. I’m skeptical, but a week later I am stuck in bed with

Phuket’s Amanpuri is the perfect place to boost your well-being on vacation

a tonsil infection. Serves me right.

Following the consultations, the team compares notes and my treatment schedule is delivered to my room every night: ultrasound therapy for my ankle and back; acupuncture to clear my head and fight stress; targeted massages to ease tension and stimulate blood flow – a perfect East/West mix.

The staff at Amanpuri are encouraging, but not particularly strict. Weight loss is not a concern for me, so while I try to stick to the “wellness menu” (daily variations of fruit smoothies, vegetables and nuts but no meat, carbs or alcohol), I am allowed grilled fish when I ask for it. For my final meal, I am back to delicious (full fat) pad thai.

Learning to combine a vacation with looking after one’s health – while managing to do some work – is something we can all benefit from, particularly owners wishing to make the most of their time on board.

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Quadraxial carbon stripes, a graphite race nano tech base, titanium plates and stainless-steel edges add strength and flexibility

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Foil skis come in a travel bag made with vegetabletanned Tuscan leather that can be customized with your initials

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The fact is McLaren Automotive, in its near-10-year history of building road cars, has never really set out to make one with the potential to take two people and their luggage on a continent-crossing grand tour from which they are likely to emerge feeling fresh and relaxed.

Now, however, there is a McLaren for those who love driving – but also like more than a little luxury. It’s simply called the GT and re p re s e n t s a n ew category for the maker in being designed to provide fun and exhilaration without putting its occupants through the mill.

Quick and easy Feel the need for speed, but with a little added comfort? The McLaren GT lets you tour the best of both worlds, says Simon de Burton s anyone who has traveled in an openclass powerboat will know, speed often comes at the expense of comfort. It’s the same with race cars, most of which offer loud exhaust pipes, resonant cockpits, thin seating and a bone-jarring ride.

There are few names more redolent of automobile racing than McLaren, so it’s unsurprising that, since dipping its toe into the waters of road-car production with the limited-edition F1 in the early 1990s and then establishing McLaren Automotive in 2010, the marque’s “street legal” products have been biased towards covering ground as quickly as possible.

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GO THE DISTANCE The McLaren GT is imbued with a high level of luxury for long-distance travel, with no concession to speed

MCLAREN GT Engine 4-liter twin turbocharged V8 Power 612hp Torque 630Nm Transmission Seven-speed dual-clutch automatic Weight 3,373lb 0-62mph 3.2 seconds Fuel economy 19.4 to 32.5mpg

Top speed 203mph to 62 in 3.2 seconds, Price $213,195 but can also carry golf clubs or skis in a large temperaturecontrolled luggage space above the engine compartment. It also offers a sumptuously trimmed cabin clad in fine leather, cashmere and SuperFabric, extra sound insulation, a satnav system that works well and tires that are not at all frightening in the rain (as we discovered during a major deluge in our road test).

Other practical touches include excellent visibility, a higher ride height (so no grinding of expensive carbon fiber when driving over speed bumps), the brilliant, proactive, smooth-riding chassis control found on the 720S and the best fuel economy of any McLaren to date.

Add to that the typical marque traits of nimbleness, sharp-handling and thrilling throttle response that leave heftier, more conventional “grand tourers” looking bloated and ungainly, and the result merits the use of two words that have previously never looked right together: “McLaren” and “sensible.” All the engineers at Woking in the UK need do now is add a couple of rear seats, and the GT class will be their own. mclaren.com

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The V8, four-liter, twin-turbo GT will still touch 203mph and scorch from standstill

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to display the time in any one of 24 zones around the world. All the wearer needs to do is press down and twist the bezel until one of the 24 city names engraved upon it reaches the 12 o’clock position – by which time the hour hand has automatically adjusted to display the correct time. The mechanism continues to run throughout (so there is no loss of accuracy) with the hands being reconnected when the bezel is released.

In the zone

The fuss-free operation makes the Timezoner among the most practical travel watches on the market – and

IWC’s new wristwatch puts time travel in your hands, says Simon de Burton t was at the 1884 International Meridian

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Conference in Washington DC that Earth was subdivided into 24 time zones and the Greenwich Meridian came to be

internationally recognized as the site of Greenwich Mean Time, with each 15-degree zone east or west of

a real must-have for jet-setters (and ocean crossers).

It’s available in two versions, the Pilot’s Watch Twist the bezel until one of 24 cities reaches 12 o’clock

Timezoner Chronograph and the recently released “80 Years Flight to New York” edition, which celebrates the flying boat journey made by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from Paris to New York in July 1939. Just 80 of those will be available. Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph, $11,900, “80 Years Flight to New York”, $13,100, iwc.com

the Meridian being decreed as representing one hour ahead or behind respectively. The new world order

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certainly gave horologists something to think about and, as the 20th century dawned and transcontinental travel became more commonplace, wealthy and adventurous types started to become as interested in knowing what time it was both where they were and where they weren’t, leading to the multiple time-zone watch.

In 1931, a genius called Louis Cottier devised a mechanism small enough to fit in a wristwatch that could show “home time” on a conventional pair of hands as well as the hour in another 23 capitals around the world by means of a numbered, rotating disc. Known as the heures universelles system, it’s still used today.

With many of us now regularly crossing continents, more watch brands than ever are tempting us with models designed for the traveler in mind – with one of the most stylish being the Timezoner from IWC. The mechanism was developed and refined by IWC from a 2003 invention by horological entrepreneur Mike Vogt; it makes it possible to instantly adjust the watch

Clothing to rock your wardrobe Mike Graham launched Gramicci in 1982, inspired by his great love of mountaineering. Today, Gramicci has gained new enthusiasts beyond the climbing world, thanks to its fusion of American-style leisurewear and the finest Japanese technical fabrics. The brand’s signature feature is its super-practical integrated belt, but every piece is designed with comfort and performance in mind. And even if the most active thing you do all week is climb on to your sofa, you will find something to love in the collection. gramicci.com; matchesfashion.com

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This tan leather chair softens the navy and gray

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color scheme. PK22 chair by Poul Kjærholm, $4,297, fritzhansen.com

Bernardo Zuccon on the Sanlorenzo SL102’s unique interior The main salon, for example, has walnut

project because of the unique asymmetry of its interior.

flooring with a finish that aligns with the external and internal deck so, when the

Working with Sanlorenzo, we altered the classical balance to create a new type of living arrangement. From the hall on the right, a sliding door allows access to the classic walk-around, running outside from bow to stern; on the left, through a section of the railing that can be lowered, we have a full-height glass pane overlooking the ocean. This asymmetry not only increases the volume of the interior footprint, but also allows for two different views of the sea.

We wanted a seamless internal flow from the cockpit right through to the tip of the bow. So, by virtue of an absence of steps and barriers between the spaces, there is a continuity between the indoor and outdoor areas. The wooden floors also help with this.

sliding doors are open, the hall looks like an extension of the external bridge. We also kept the same color scheme throughout the boat for a cohesive look.

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Pat Willis’s 164ft Westport Hospitality escaped Hurricane Dorian, then was pressed into rescue action

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For more information about the Owners’ Club, email the editor: stewart.campbell@ boatinternationalmedia.com

THIS MONTH: Hospitality in the eye of the storm; Pamela Ellertson raises a toast to Maine; and Ettore Cicchelero’s nostalgic acquisition

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“ONE OF THE LAST THINGS MY DAD SAID BEFORE THE LINE GOT CUT WAS, ‘WE’RE GOOD FOR NOW’...THAT WAS THE LAST I HEARD FROM THEM FOR DAYS” ON BOAR D WI TH

Pat Willis and his crew

orecasters first spotted the area of low pressure on August 19, 2019, way out in the deep Atlantic Ocean. The weather system was messy and disorganized, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicted slow development as it made its way westward. But on August 24 it rapidly developed a sufficiently defined form for the NHC to categorize it as Tropical

As it neared the northern Bahamas, Dorian intensified to the maximum measurable extent – a Category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185mph and gusts of 220mph. This made it the strongest hurricane in modern history to strike the Bahamas – and more powerful than Irma and Maria, which wreaked so much havoc in 2017. Dorian smashed into Great Abaco Island on the afternoon of September 1

Depression Five, noting its maximum sustained winds of 35mph. Just hours later, satellite images revealed that an eye 12 miles wide had formed, so it was upgraded to a tropical storm and given a name: Dorian.

Approaching the Caribbean Sea, Dorian was expected to stay a storm and weaken as it passed over Puerto Rico, but instead it shifted north and strengthened. On August 28, Tropical Storm Dorian was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it hit the US Virgin Islands. Its intensity increased over the next few days, becoming a Category 2 hurricane on August 30 and a Category 4 hurricane a day later. The following morning, an airplane belonging to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration clocked a wind gust inside Dorian of 203mph.

and Grand Bahama early the next day. It then stalled, sitting over the area for 24 hours and offering no respite to the people trapped within it.

On the northern edge of Nassau, hiding from the hurricane at Atlantis Marina, the crew of 164ft Westport Hospitality watched intently as Dorian spun relentlessly over one of their favorite cruising areas.

Chief officer Joe Thompson was paying more attention than most: his parents lived in Hope Town on Elbow Cay, just off the coast from Great Abaco.

“Joe was in the bridge pretty much through the whole thing just trying to get communication and I remember him sitting there and going, ‘It’s bad,’” Captain Gavin Hurn recalls. Thompson had been in phone contact with his family until a few hours before

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Hospitality’s owner and crew tell Stewart Campbell what it was like when Dorian, the Bahamas’ strongest-ever hurricane, hit land

NATURE’S FURY Hurricane Dorian destroyed Marsh Harbour (below) and wreaked havoc in Freeport (left)

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GROUND ZERO Captain Gavin Hurn (below) and Chief Officer Joe Thompson (bottom), a Bahamian whose parents were in Dorian’s path

the eye of the storm passed directly over their home, but now could only watch the weather maps and pray that Dorian would start moving again.

“One of the last things my dad said before the line got cut was, ‘We’re good... we’re good for now,’” Thompson says. “That was the last I heard from them for probably two or three days.” Between that call and reconnecting with his parents by satellite phone, his community of Hope Town was rendered unrecognizable. Nearby Marsh Harbour, meanwhile, was devastated. The winds forced massive tidal surges ashore, inundating communities and causing extensive damage. Dozens were killed.

“Our neighbors have a two-story house and it was flipped upside down,” Thompson says, illustrating the wind strength. His own home had initially weathered the hurricane well, but debris started crashing through the walls, which tore the top floor open “like a can opener,” he says. His family took refuge in the concretereinforced ground floor and hunkered down. There was no hope of leaving – at one point Thompson’s dad and a friend attempted to force open the front door, but were unable to due to the strength of the wind. “They were

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ramming it and it would not budge a millimeter. That’s when my dad started to get a little nervous.”

Captain Hurn, like all the other skippers in the area, faced a critical decision when he saw the hurricane bearing down on them: where to run to? They considered Jamaica and Miami but opted for Atlantis, as the tall buildings around it offered some protection.

But it was still an uneasy few days, “because the hurricane could always come back on us. There is always that possibility,” he says. “Throughout the whole thing we had people up 24 hours a day, walking round, checking the fenders, checking the big tender we have. And every boat around us was doing the same thing.” Gusts of almost 80mph whipped through the marina. Everyone was on edge.

When the winds eventually eased, a sense of helplessness on board gave way to a desire to help, in any way they could. Pat Willis, Hospitality’s owner, was at his home in Las Vegas, but monitoring closely. “Gavin and I were talking daily,” he says. “I said to Joe, ‘You have to get your parents out of there.’

insurance company saying he’d be doing so without coverage. “But the seas out on the front weren’t really the correct conditions to do it,” Hurn says. “And there were so many unknowns and we wouldn’t have had all the provisions that we would have needed to help.”

There was also the risk that Hospitality might itself get into difficulty, due to all the debris in the water. “If something went wrong with us trying to get there it’s, well, who is going to rescue you?”

The decision was taken to hurry back to Fort Lauderdale and send the 42ft Yellowfin chase boat to Abaco loaded with relief supplies. As the hurricane hammered the northern Bahamas, Thompson’s wife had set up Facebook and GoFundMe pages to appeal for supplies and the local Fort Lauderdale community responded magnificently, donating everything from generators to medicines. “There were truckloads of stuff coming in,” says Willis, who offered his home on Sunrise Key for use as a command center. “Trucks would come and drop off supplies, then boats would load up and off they went.” His crew had reached out to other owners in the area, and soon a small flotilla had been assembled to cross to the northern Bahamas.

“We filled them up with 13 generators, all the water supplies, medical supplies and fuel bladders, and we ran them all across,” Hurn says. Thompson piloted

UNDER WATER Above: flood waters in Great Abaco. Top: clean up following a spill at South Riding Point oil terminal in Grand Bahama

TEAMWORK Hospitality owner Pat Willis and Captain Gavin Hurn

Hospitality’s Yellowfin, desperate to get home. “I was getting so much conflicting information,” he says.

“I even heard that my family’s house had completely gone.” The relief flotilla made its way south of Grand Bahama to Chub Cay in the Berry Islands to refuel and fill out the required paperwork. Taking this route also meant it avoided a lot of the hurricane flotsam that was being carried north by the Gulf Stream. It took around 10 hours to complete the passage to Hope Town. “We had to go slow because we were loaded up to the max,” Thompson says.

He’ll never forget the scene that awaited him in Hope Town. “It was like a war zone. The remains of homes were piled eight to 10ft high, and a 90ft boat had been washed ashore. There was so much destruction.” It was just three days after the hurricane struck, but already a road had been bulldozed from one end of the island to the other, through the wreckage. Thompson’s family was safe, and he found his mother cooking for hundreds of people at Firefly Sunset Resort on the west side of the island. “The main kitchens had survived the storm and it was basically feeding the whole island,” Hurn says.

“Everyone brought their food to share.”

Thompson’s fleet unloaded their supplies at Marnie’s Creek, at a warehouse that soon became known,

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I thought about arranging a helicopter, and asked the captain if he could take the big boat in.” Willis imagined the crew could tender ashore, take people on to Hospitality and land them safely in Nassau, despite his

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it in a structured way, rather than have people just throwing stuff onto the dock. You could come in to this warehouse and you could sign out whatever you wanted as long as you brought it back. So everybody had access to a whole bunch of stuff.” Also engaged in the relief effort were the British, German and Dutch navies. “The number of Black Hawks and Ospreys was incredible.

The choppers were operating non-stop.”

At that stage the main airport in Marsh Harbour remained under water, so no planes could land, but Thompson was in touch with a second homeowner who chartered a seaplane to ferry in supplies and take people out. “He ended up doing five flights – he was just shuttling people back and forth, all paid for out of his own pocket. That’s just the kind of guy he is.” From Fort Lauderdale to Hope Town, the community response was immediate and unquestioning, but the appalling cost of Hurricane Dorian would take weeks to fully tally. The official death toll as of December was 70 with nearly 300 people still missing. Marsh Harbour, where

TO THE RESCUE A flotilla led by Hospitality’s tender (left) supplied 13 generators and other essentials

smooth, and there was not a single piece of greenery on the whole island,” he says. It felt personal for Willis and his captain, too. “It’s an amazing charter area,” Hurn says. “Everyone always talks about the Exumas, and they are indeed beautiful, but the communities in Abaco are very special, and there are beautiful bays where you can anchor and swim with turtles, sharks and stingrays. There’s just so many amazing and special places, and it’s only eight hours’ [cruise] from Fort Lauderdale.” Willis, meanwhile, says he has “fallen in love” with Abaco – and has even considered buying a property there. “When this happened, I had been to most of the places that were hit.”

Beyond the direct support Willis and his crew have offered the area, he’s also donating a portion of Hospitality’s charter fee to YachtAid Global, a non-profit that co-ordinates the superyacht industry’s response to disasters like Dorian. Hospitality will be back chartering in the area soon. Owner, captain and chief officer all agree the best way to help the northern Bahamas is to keep going there. The recovery is well and truly under way. A month after his relief mission to Great Abaco, Thompson, who is a sixth-generation Bahamian, returned to the island, and he remembers seeing buds forming on all the wind-stripped trees.

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homes tended to be made of wood, suffered terribly.

Thompson remembers the trees that remained standing in Hope Town looking like they’d been sandblasted. “The telephone poles were perfectly

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Passages from Paradise

Not being a huge fan of straight spirits, I started with the Glendarragh Gin. It’s made primarily from juniper sourced from Brodis Farm, which has been in the family of one of Blue Barren’s owners for seven generations. What makes it so special is the addition of locally grown English lavender. When my drink came in a coupe champagne glass I was thrilled. It didn’t matter that I was in a fleece and jeans; I felt like I was at a Gatsby bash in a glamorous dress somewhere in West Egg. I lifted the coupe to my nose and sniffed before tasting. It was like taking a whiff of an aromatherapy ampoule. I texted a friend later that night: “It’s gin made with lavender and botanical herbs mixed in! It’s like drinking a facial – only more relaxing!” I was a convert.

Mooring in Maine for cocktail hour, Pam Ellertson gets into the spirit at a bar that bears fruit – and lavender

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t’s not often – thank goodness – that our captain

new ways to use blueberries, the primary crop grown on his farm. Fittingly, the idea of distilling his harvest into spirits

urges, “You have to visit to this bar in the marina – it’s amazing!” But after navigating through fog and

came from a discussion he had over a drink with Andrew Stewart, owner of another celebrated Camden watering

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My family really enjoyed Blue Barren’s Eau de Vie, made exclusively from blueberries harvested from Brodis Farm.

Co-owner Jeremy Howard told us how he had searched for

for some well-deserved cocktails at one of Maine’s most stylish watering holes, located on the grounds of the Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marina in Camden.

One of the charms of LM Marina is how close it is to town. I made the 10-minute walk several times past the Victorian-style homes. Locals and summer residents were on their front porches reading, chatting with friends or just watching the world go by. What was remarkable was that they did this for hours. The same people who were on their porches before lunch were still there entertaining friends and family long after the dishes were dried. I snapped photos of façades and manicured lawns bordered by hydrangea and tea roses. It felt like I was in a 1950s movie set.

PAM’S PICKS: CAMDEN, MAINE Blue Barren Distillery & Tasting Room,

hole, the Drouthy Bear. The two soon formed a partnership resulting in Blue Barren Distillery – another problem solved over a drink with a good friend. I’ll say, “Cheers to that!” Especially over a lavender-infused cocktail. B

bluebarren distillery.com Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marina, lymanmorse.com Once A Tree, a store selling handcrafted heirlooms, onceatree.net Drouthy Bear, a cozy, family-run pub, drouthybear.com

The town itself has much to offer and the quality of stores and restaurants is remarkable. We’ve traveled in Maine many times, and typically I’d find one great antique shop, gallery or funky bookshop hidden among the fudge and taffy stores, but that would be it. In Camden, I never left without a shopping bag from one store in particular – Once A Tree – where I found lasercut wooden bowls that are now the centerpieces of our diningroom. I also found bud vases for our staterooms and porcelain dessert plates decorated with whimsical animals wearing funny hats. Others might have been able to pass them by, but not me.

After all that walking, sightseeing and boat accessorizing, everyone was thirsty. My husband, 22-year-old son, his gorgeous girlfriend and I heeded our captain’s advice and headed straight to Blue Barren. Within moments of finding seats at the bar, we had samples of three of their signature spirits in front of us: Blueberry Eau de Vie, Harbor Gin and Glendarragh Gin.

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Yacht: Tawera Year: 1995

Length: 92ft Location: Auckland

You’re heading to the Med. That’s a big trip…

enjoy the Eastern Med for the rest of the season.

Since my childhood I’ve always dreamed of cruising the world. Tracy and I have eight grandkids and we’d like to fulfill this dream while we’re fit and agile

However, Tawera is race-proven, and if we make it in time we’d like to do the Porto Cervo and Palma regattas. Our route takes us up through some of the

enough. We cruised the Med for two seasons back in 2007-8 and loved the history, culture and cuisine

finest remote cruising destinations, so we are pretty fluid on stopping or continuing

– so there’s unfinished business there. We could ship her over but Tawera is a fast cruising yacht and we are looking forward to seeing north-eastern

Will you be on board the whole time? I’d like to be. Tracy will do Australia through Indonesia but she’ll probably skip the blue-water voyages

Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, etc How long do you expect to take getting there?

Are you making any changes to Tawera?

She’s currently being readied for the Millennium

The voyage is 9,000nm and we budget on 200nm per day (we usually do 240nm), so it’s 45 days

Cup and then in February we’ll pack her up for cruising. In terms of prep, it’s more about arranging

of sailing and a similar amount of time for crew rest, maintenance and enjoying where we are When do you leave? We hope to leave mid-March for Cairns, Australia, where we’ll do

delivery crews, documentation, agents, etc. She could go tomorrow but the team is focusing on genset, engine fine-tuning and preparing parts You’ll miss the America’s Cup! It will be a shame to miss it, but it’s only a short event and on balance we believe we have a real bucket-list opportunity

some day trips up to Cape

Any other concerns? I’m studying blogs on transits

York. From there, if the weather is benign, we’ll start heading slowly west.

through Yemen/Somalia waters. Thankfully, it appears the presence of British and French navies have quietened that hotspot. Tawera is listed for sale

We think we’ll arrive in the Med in June/July and then

with Fraser, so we plan to keep enjoying her until such time as she sells

Members’ Logbook Every month you tell us where you are on the seven seas, what you can see from your deck and your on-board tips

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Owner of Toy-A Length: 162ft Location: Athens

Year: 2009

How long have you owned Toy-A? Since new. She was a new-build project that incorporated our experience and growing

destination is definitely Greece. Both Ionian and Aegean islands offer limitless possibilities and opportunities for fun and relaxation

family needs. The yacht was launched in 2009 and is preserved in its original condition throughout by a dedicated and committed professional crew

Who do you like to cruise with? Our family has grown over the years and unfortunately our friends have had to make way! We really enjoy having all three generations on board. Of course, from time to time the

Tell us about the design… We started by carefully selecting the interior designer, Giorgio Vafiadis. He initially proposed to us

yacht is used to entertain friends and business guests What’s your drink of choice on board? I love accompanying my

a sleek and modern exterior of his own design with which we instantly fell in love. So he did the interior as well and fortunately the shipyard, Mondomarine, was able to live up to our expectations

meals with rosé on ice. But cold champagne, premium Scotch and ouzo are always on the list Do you have a favorite water toy? My Yamaha SuperJet is definitely

and deliver on time Have you made many changes over the years?

my toy of choice! It has always been since its first edition, and helps keep me young. However, I realize that my favorite toy can also be the

Not too many – we got it right the first time! Just some minor improvements here and there. Of course, the yacht was never chartered and we spare no expense in keeping her in tip-top condition. She is now 10 years old and our guests find it hard to believe Where do you like to cruise her? The ultimate

worst nightmare for people trying to enjoy a peaceful nap in the sun!

Any plans for “the next boat”? Not really. Toy-A is ideal in terms of size and flexibility to enter tiny gulfs and bays that offer intimacy and privacy. I find the continuous quest for bigger and bigger boats after a certain size egocentric and vainglorious. However, I have learned that in life it’s wise never to say never!

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Owner of Mosaique

PHOTOGRAPHY: JEFF BROWN/BREED MEDIA; ALAMY; MONDOMARINE; ADOBE STOCK

Length: 163ft Year: 2001 Location: Palm Beach

What are your cruising plans? Mosaique is heading to the

Her previous owners did a beautiful interior refit, however she has

Caribbean for the winter. We’ll base her in St Barths, our favorite spot

made a pit stop in Palm Beach for some additional decorating, so

in the region. She will finish the season off at the Bucket in March and then we’ll head off to the New York Yacht Club’s Commodore’s Rally in the BVIs, where we expect 35 plus boats this year. We are looking

we can put our stamp on her before she heads south Where’s your favorite spot on board? She has a fantastic layout with multiple private spaces, but everyone gravitates to the sundeck

forward to giving the BVIs a much needed economic boost after the 2017 hurricanes. After that it’s off to Monaco for the Grand Prix You also own 131ft M4. How do you split your time between the

for the gym, yoga, spa pool and, of course, cocktails Do you have any Caribbean cruising tips? We always try to make time for a stop in the Exumas, one of the most magical places on

boats? We bought Mosaique after cruising 4,500nm on M4 all over the Mediterranean in 2017. We then moved M4 to the Hamptons

earth. We have cruised the Caribbean extensively and St Barths remains everyone’s favorite island

to cruise the Northeast. Meanwhile, Mosaique is going to the Med, so we’ll divide our time between these two delightful options

On the hook or alongside? As my crew will tell you, we are allergic to marinas! Our boats are always on the hook. Any

Have you made any changes to Mosaique since you bought her?

anchorage beats a marina

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MY L I FE IN BOATS

ETTORE CICCHELERO

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(above) from 2001, and the new Bulldog design (top) by

Greek islands while still inside my mother’s womb.

my father put me in charge of the complete refit.

Cantiere Navale Santamargherita

I was raised in Switzerland, but I spent most of my childhood on

When I finally bought my own boat in 2009, an Alalunga 72 from

the Adriatic coastline of Italy.

Cantiere Navale Santamargherita,

Our family cr uised along the Croatian islands on my father’s 27ft boat, Snoopy II, built by Cantieri San Marco in Venice w ith a powerful 450hp engine. I still have videos of me when I was five years old standing on the seat, driving the boat.

Our next boat was a wooden Canados 40ft day cruiser called PAC. My father was in the automobile industry, so he set up a team of me ch a n ic s a nd workers in a garage to do a complete refit of the boat. I was fascinated; every day after school and on Saturday I would run over to watch the progress.

In one unforgettable summer I cruised with my father and my cousin from the south of Venice to Ithaca, the Ionian island of Ulysses. There was no GPS, and on this cruise my father taught me how to do the routes on the maps.

By the age of 13 I was treating that boat like it was my toy.

By the time my father bought

I, of course, had to do a refit. My boat, Lady J II, has four cabins and an amazing wooden interior with all the comforts, but with this size boat you are still connected to the sea. I have a five-year-old daughter, my p r i n c e s s . Ju s t l i k e my experience years earlier, she had already started cruising while in my wife’s womb. She comes on board and fixes and cleans just like I did with my father.

About a year ago, I bought the compa ny Ca nt iere Nava le Santamargherita. The decision was made in just a moment. There is a lot of nostalgia. I remember as a child going to Por tof ino a n d S a n t a M a r g h e r it a ; t h e shipyard was on the beach and I used to spy, looking to see what they were doing. I felt we could not lose the heritage of the brand.

We h a v e p u t t o g e t h e r t h e remaining old team with some new experienced members and launched two new designs, Blade and Bulldog, at the Monaco Boat Show. This passion for yachts remains strong within me. B

IN THE BLOOD Daughter Annabel takes the wheel with dad. The five year old, below, has been a water baby since birth

NUMBER ONE The Alalunga Lady J II was the first boat Cicchelero owned himself

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Like father, like son… Grace Trofa learns how a love of boats runs in the family

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“RACE TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE CARAVELLE, WHICH WAS A TRUE MASTERPIECE CONCEIVED BY CARLO RIVA”

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debut at the Monaco Yacht Show in 2019, the name emblazoned on her transom – Race – gave a hint as to who her owner was. And in case there was

any doubt, the treasure trove of Ferrari memorabilia on board and an unusual automotive-inspired bridge made it crystal clear.

A s b o a rd m e m b e r, c h a i r m a n o f p ro d u c t development and 13.2 percent stakeholder in the Ferretti Group, parent company of Riva, Piero Ferrari’s choice of builder is unsurprising. But this famous engineer’s passion for the brand is genuinely infectious. “Riva details are distinct from any other yacht,” he enthuses.

At 164ft, Race is the largest-ever Riva yacht, proudly previewed in June 2019 at Venice’s Arsenal, during an exclusive client event. She’s also the first to emerge from the Riva Superyachts Division, which was established in 2014 at the Ferretti Group Superyacht Yard in Ancona, where its CRN, Custom Line and Pershing superyachts are built. The name Riva most vividly evokes the sexy runabouts that made the brand famous in the 1960s and 70s. But Carlo Riva always envisioned a place for larger Riva boats, as seen in his collaboration with De Vries (Feadship) and later CRN on the 78ft Riva Caravelle series, and his personal yacht, 100ft Vespucci, which was delivered in 1978 and relaunched in 2018 after a thorough refit.

Two exterior styles, each drawing inspiration from classic Rivas, are offered on the same technical platforms in the Riva Superyachts series, in four sizes from 164ft to 310ft. This first design is inspired by the 1964 Riva Caravelle series. The second option is

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The largest Riva yet employs styling techniques common to the company, such as shiny stainless steel, high-gloss mahogany and Corian dining tables on the upper aft deck and sundeck.

Material selection is meticulous, and small details such as Riva logos (above) abound throughout the yacht

“WE WORKED WITH THE OWNER FROM THE START. WE DECIDED EACH DETAIL WITH HIM… THIS YACHT IS VERY MUCH A PART OF HIM”

The sundeck (right) is shaded for almost all of its length. This top deck, which has a barbecue and wet bar, provides another al fresco dining option, with a second Corian table that seats 10.

When the tender is launched, the garage transforms into an open beach club (opposite page, top)

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sportier, with rounded lines and a more aggressive profile, taken from the Riva coupé yachts and seen on the current Riva 76 Perseo and 88 Domino Super.

The Riva 50 Metri’s exterior and interior were created by Officina Italiana Design in concert with Riva’s in-house team. “Race takes inspiration from the Caravelle, which was a true masterpiece conceived by Carlo Riva,” says Sergio Beretta, CEO of Officina Italiana Design, which he founded with chief designer Mauro Micheli. “The challenge was to innovate without forgetting the DNA of the Riva brand.”

From the classic Caravelle, the award-winning Race (which received top accolades for exterior design at the BOAT International Design & Innovation Awards) takes windows in the shape of parallelograms and forward-sloping lines that give the impression of movement. “Race has a great personality,” Micheli says. “She has three straight lines that define each level. The design is clean, and we stayed away from overworked, elaborate or redundant lines and shapes, both in the exterior and the interior.”

The exterior paint job is cool gray with a muted 20 percent gloss finish, to avoid reflections inside from her large windows. “The owner wanted lots of light and panoramic views,” Beretta says. “As with any other Riva yacht, we have paid great attention to the

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use of glass that gives light to the interior and puts the owner in contact with the surrounding nature.”

Emphasis has also been given to external living spaces. According to Micheli, Ferrari wanted to have cozy spaces outside – like the forward deck lounge – where he could enjoy the yacht while under way.

Ferrari was hands-on in every aspect of the build.

“We worked with the owner from the start,” says Stefano de Vivo, Ferretti Group’s chief commercial officer. “We decided each detail with him, and he was involved in the project from the first day of thinking about the layout until the decision of the position of the plates at the end. This yacht is very much a part of him.” Ferrari’s previous boat was a Custom Line Navetta 37, and he also has a Riva 76 Bahamas.

One of the first things that de Vivo points out is the use of lightweight materials derived from the aviation industry: a sandwiched panel made of fiberglass and Nomex – the latter is also used in Formula One cars.

A veneer goes over the top to give the look of wood, but it’s much lighter. This veneer is found on all

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exterior panels, ceilings and the built-in exterior furniture. “By decreasing the weight, you have much better results in terms of fuel consumption,” de Vivo says. “At 14 knots, Race burns 300 liters [80 gallons] per hour with both engines and generators on. It’s a very good result for us.” With twin 1,360hp MTU 8V 4000 M63 diesel engines, this full-displacement yacht in aluminum alloy reaches a top speed of 15 knots and has a cruising range of 3,500 nautical miles at 11 knots.

It was also vital that the first Riva 50 had the essence of an iconic Riva. This translated to an obsession with the material selection and a bevy of details – even the stainless-steel drains on the deck are emblazoned with the Riva logo. Custom doorknobs, similar to those seen on the Riva Dolcevita, were molded to fit the owner’s hand perfectly.

Race has a holistic design, the same materials used inside and out to create a sense of harmony. Exterior features are brought inside, such as the teak decking of a classic Riva, which is found in the dayhead and the corridor leading to the bridge. All the materials used are familiar to the Riva family lineage – rich mahogany, gleaming stainless steel and lots of leather.

A darker tone of mahogany was chosen to specifically mimic the color used on the Aquariva models.

The interior of Race is modern, masculine and distinctively Riva. There isn’t a dizzying array of materials; instead the design team concentrated on a uniform color palette of gray and white, accentuated by mahogany, stainless steel, white statuario marble with gray veining and an abundance of glass, like the glass-framed main stairwell. Narrow strips of

mahogany on the ceilings in the salons and cabins add depth and hide the air-conditioning output, as the air filters out between the wooden slats. These slats are carried throughout the boat, from the main salon to

The use of slatted mahogany on ceilings and walls throughout the interior adds depth and texture to the masculine, minimalistic feel. Officina Italiana Design used a simple color palette of white, gray and beige to create a clean, elegant atmosphere

the galley is situated on the lower deck – this is just one of the layout options of the Riva 50,” Micheli says.

“This allowed us to obtain more space on the main deck and create a unique master suite.”

Ferrari opted for a media room just before the master. Videoworks designed the entertainment system, which is outfitted with James speakers. This cozy spot is a shrine to all things Ferrari, including a painting of the owner’s car and Formula One memorabilia signed by winning drivers. A glass wall separates the media room from the hallway, and an electric curtain in a silver metallic finish can close off this space for privacy. With an en suite off the media room, it can be converted to an additional guest suite, bringing the overall accommodation capacity up to 12.

Though Ferrari usually has only four to six guests on board, it is good to know for a future Riva 50 Metri owner that this is possible. Below decks are four guest cabins – three doubles and one twin. The materials are the same that you would find in the owner’s area, with a prevalence of leather and gray tones. “We wanted the design to flow seamlessly everywhere,” says de Vivo.

The interior spaces were carved out of a total volume of just below 500GT. Some compromises had to be made, as in the sky lounge, which is a bit smaller than you’d typically find on a yacht of this size. Instead

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the hallways and the guest cabins. The dining room has a soft gray carpet, and a pantry directly off this space hosts a dumb waiter serving three decks from the lower deck galley. “Following the owner’s wishes,

K E Y RI VA C O L L A B O R AT O R S

1990: Riva and Ferrari One of the rarest Rivas, the Riva Ferrari 32 was launched with a “Ferrari red” hull and automotive-inspired exterior. The speedboat was created as a highly exclusive limited edition – only 40 were built. In true Ferrari fashion, it was one of the fastest Rivas too, with a top speed of 53.8 knots.

2008: Riva and Veuve Clicquot Riva and French champagne house Veuve Clicquot created a bar for superyachts (or villas) that cost $80,000 and a champagne caddy for smaller runabouts. The pieces blended Riva mahogany and the trademark Veuve orange.

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2011: Riva and Gucci The 32ft “Aquariva by Gucci,” customized

by Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, marked Gucci’s 90th anniversary. It featured a glossy white hull, white leather interior and distinctive Riva mahogany.

There were also matching accessories.

2016: Riva and Fiat Rather than a brand putting its stamp on a Riva boat, this time Riva inspired a car. The limited-edition Fiat 500 Riva showcased a Riva mahogany interior and a “Sera Blue” paint job, which was inspired by the deepblue hull color of the Riva Aquariva Super.

The master cabin (right) has a soft gray leather headboard.

The owner’s lounge (opposite page, top) was photographed before Ferrari added his

memorabilia. Though from outside the guest cabins (above) appear to have one huge window each, these are in fact two separate windows

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of being full-beam, the designers opted for walkaround decks outside. In order to make the space feel larger, windows inside the sky lounge descend on either side and the aft doors open fully, letting in a breeze and creating an indoor/outdoor living area.

The controls for the windows are toggle switches, like those found on old Rivas such as Vespucci.

Race’s sundeck is covered by a carbon-fiber hardtop with a forward angle, matching the geometry of the exterior. The stylish lounge chairs are crafted from mahogany bases with leather straps that raise or lower

Wing stations are found on either side of the bridge, and there is a forward lounge area where the owner can sit out of the way of the crew and watch the yacht come into port. The sunpads here, which rise via a hydraulic lift, conceal water toys. Of these, the “Ferrari red” jet ski does not exactly match the cool silver tones of Race. “It would make more sense to have the jet ski in gray, but he didn’t want to repaint it,” de Vivo says. “So we built this to hide it.”

A 23ft tender is held below in the garage, behind a shell door. When it is launched, the space is

the back. Even in these tiny details the Riva lineage is clear. That goes for the bridge as well, where wood floors were chosen to match a classic Riva. The custom steering wheel is a work of art, formed from a single piece of titanium. “The price of the boat includes everything but the wheel,” de Vivo jokes.

But it’s the helm seat that really catches the eye. It is not your usual captain’s chair, but a genuine driver’s seat from a Ferrari California. It had to be augmented so it could work on a yacht. “It was a big challenge really because chairs coming from Ferrari cars work differently – you need a key for the electric mechanism of the chair to work, otherwise you can’t move or adjust it,” de Vivo says. “So we had to customize it before installing it, which took a lot of time.”

transformed into a beach club with loose furnishings.

There is enough space for the area to be used as a gym even when under way with the tender inside.

The second Riva 50 Metri is currently in build at the Ferretti Group Superyacht Yard in Ancona, with delivery slated for 2021. According to Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi, seeing the Riva Superyachts Division come to life was a dream of Carlo Riva. “I’d like to try and cruise on her,” Riva said when he first saw the renderings of the yacht that would become Race. He was taken by the boat’s simple yet elegant lines, Micheli says. Sadly, Carlo Riva passed away before Race was launched and did not get to see her completed. But his dream of the Riva brand growing, literally and figuratively, has certainly been realized. B

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Naval architecture

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Engines 2 x MTU 8V 4000 M63

Crew 9

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Speed max/cruise

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15.5/14 knots

Freshwater capacity 3,400 gallons

Riva/2019 Forlì, Italy

Range at 11 knots 3,500nm

Tender 1 x 20' 8" Williams

Steel hull; aluminum superstructure

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Dieseljet 625

Classification LR ✠ 100 A1 SSC Yacht; MONO; G6;

Interior design Officina Italiana

LOA 163' 8"

Draft (full load) 8' 7" Gross tonnage 499GT

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There’s an unmistakable romance to yachts, so it’s no surprise that some of the world’s most famous affairs began at sea. Anne de Courcy looks at couples whose maritime liaisons have secured a place in history

“A yacht is the best place to start a love affair” – C OC O CHANEL

Previous page: King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson tender into port along the Dalmatian coast. This page: Coco Chanel (above) and the Duke of Westminster (together left and below) began their love affair on board his four-masted schooner Flying Cloud (top left, middle left and bottom left)

t was Coco Chanel who claimed that a yacht was the perfect place to embark on a romantic liaison – words that she lived up to, starting her own 10-year relationship with the Duke of Westminster aboard his yacht, the black-hulled, pirate ship-like schooner Flying Cloud.

They had met in the Casino at Monte Carlo, when the Duke, who knew the woman Chanel was dining with, had come across to talk to her. The Duke, the

richest man in England, was immediately fascinated by Chanel. Beautiful, elegant, witty and fiercely independent, she had climbed, step-by-step and man-by-man, from her deprived, poverty-stricken childhood to become the best-known dress designer in Europe, as well as immensely rich. Bendor, as the Duke was known, wooed Chanel with everything from jewels to salmon sent over from his Scottish estate. Finally she yielded, going aboard 282ft Flying Cloud in the late spring of 1924.

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It was a world of total luxury. As well as the four-poster beds, the crew of 40 and the silk curtains, Bendor had brought along a small orchestra so that the two of them could dance every night. Tall, blond and good-looking, he had houses everywhere, all ready for instant use – cars fueled, food in the pantry, servants in Grosvenor uniform – as he seldom stayed anywhere longer than three days and usually arrived without warning.

With Bendor, Chanel became a close friend of Winston Churchill, who

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A cruise of the Adriatic on board the 300ft steam yacht Nahlin (top and below) alerted the world that King Edward VIII was involved with divorced American Wallis Simpson (together left, right and far right). The press followed their every move as the yacht called into various ports

admired her greatly and visited her, sometimes with a member of his family, every time he came to Paris. And it was from the deck of Flying Cloud that Chanel spotted the piece of land on which she built her villa La Pausa – her only real home (in Paris she lived at the Ritz).

A few years after Bendor’s affair with Chanel was over, he offered to lend Flying Cloud to another man he knew, who would also be conducting a love affair on board. This, too, was to become a seminal trip.

The man in question was King Edward VIII, who was deeply infatuated with Wallis Simpson, a 40-year-old married American who had already been divorced once. The English public knew nothing of the affair, although rumors had been buzzing round the US and Europe for some weeks.

The King had originally planned to rent a villa, completely screened from public gaze, but rumors of a bomb plot brought up safety issues. Flying Cloud was offered but she was turned down by Mrs Simpson

for not being sufficiently comfortable.

Enter the rich and eccentric Lady Yule (she had a house full of stuffed creatures and an animal graveyard in her garden), for whom Nahlin had been built as one of three impressive yachts. At 300ft, Nahlin was the last word in luxury: she had a gymnasium, a dance floor, a bathroom for each of her eight staterooms and a top speed of 20 knots. Another advantage was that her 50 crew members had been selected for their sense of discretion as much as for their seamanship.

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Movie star Marion Davies (left and above) was wooed by media mogul William Randolph Hearst (right, above right and below left). His courtship included trips on his 200ft steam yacht Oneida (below right and top). Top left: Davies in the movie Enchantment.

Above left: Davies’ home in Santa Monica

In August 1936, Lady Yule lent the yacht, freshly painted white from stem to

when Florenz Ziegfeld gave her the opportunity to appear in his Follies

the movie Enchantment in which Davies starred. Once they were in open water, he

stern, to the King for the cruise that alerted the world to his relationship with

productions and she got her first shot at a new kind of entertainment: appearing

suggested they all go to Mexico for a holiday at his expense. They agreed. But

Wallis Simpson. On board there was no hiding it: the King and Mrs Simpson were

in the first motion pictures.

The married media mogul William

an afternoon watching a movie in the safe waters of New York harbor was one

in the best suite at one end of the yacht; all the guests were at the other. There were

Randolph Hearst, then 53, fell for her immediately. It was rumored that he took

thing, a fortnight in the languorous blue waters of the Caribbean quite another.

the usual demands from the couple: all

two seats at the Follies every night, one for

Now, his wife, Millicent, who was

the books had to be removed from the library in order to create an extra bedroom

himself and one for his hat. He showered Davies with gifts, promoted her career

left behind, had to face the fact that from now on Davies was a “non-

and bottles of wine had to be brought on board, as well as golf balls for

and watched over her. By 1920 he was

negotiable” part of his life.

On a cruise with Charlie

the King to hit into the sea.

As Nahlin called at port after port, the King and Mrs Simpson were photographed

sightseers gathered on the quay and the cruise became the biggest holiday attraction in Europe, though not everyone on board enjoyed it so much.

“Wallis is wearing very badly,” wrote Lady Diana Cooper, one of the guests, to a friend, adding: “It’s impossible to enjoy antiquities with people who won’t land for them and who call Delphi Delhi.” As the world knows, within four months the King had abdicated; in another six the pair would be married.

A yacht was also responsible for the public declaration of the affair between a beautiful young actress and a media tycoon 30 years her senior. Marion Davies was a slender, pretty blonde with large blue eyes, wonderful skin and a warm and happy personality. At school a slight stutter had held her back and she had turned to the world of make-believe – she became successful almost instantly as an actress. She was just 20, in 1917,

On board there was no hiding it: the King and Mrs Simpson were in the best suite at one end of the yacht; all the other guests were at the other... Wherever they went, crowds of sightseers gathered on the quay

talking to her daily, writing her poetry and had refurbished a townhouse for her mother and sisters. For him, it was true love – but it was also an era when divorce seemed out of the question.

By 1921, Hearst, then an influential tycoon in the film and publishing worlds, was tired of juggling time between his wife and his mistress and longed to spend more time with his beloved Marion. He asked her, her sister, mother and another man and his daughter to join him on his yacht Oneida for a private screening of

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legendary comic’s second wife, “God, I’d give everything I have to marry that silly old man,” she said. “Not for the money and security – he’s given me more than I’ll ever need. Not because he’s such cozy company, either.

Most times, when he starts jawing, he bores me stiff. And certainly not because he’s so wonderful behind the barn.

Why, I could find a million better lays any Wednesday. No, you know what he gives me, sugar? He gives me the feeling I’m worth something to him.

He’s kind and he’s good to me, and I’d never walk out on him.” And she never did.

Another famous yacht where romance bloomed more than once is Christina.

Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, Ari to his friends, had spent more than $4 million to convert a 301ft Canadian frigate into a luxury yacht, which he named after his daughter Christina. There were frescoes of the family on the dining room walls, bar stools covered with white whale foreskins (“Madame, you are now sitting on the largest penis in the world,” Ari told the movie star Greta Garbo) and

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together leaving no doubt in the eyes of the foreign press that they were a couple.

Wherever they went, crowds of

Chaplin and Lita Grey as guests, Davies confided in the

the temperature of the water in the swimming pool was electronically controlled. In Ari’s four-room suite there was a teak-paneled study, a sunken blue Siena marble tub and Venetian mirrored walls.

Christina was the setting for three of Ari’s love affairs that became globally famous. The first was with opera’s greatest celebrity, the renowned soprano Maria Callas. They had met in 1957, when Ari invited Callas to the Christina for scrambled eggs and champagne. Maria’s

husband, Giovanni Meneghini, declined the invitation but it did not stop Ari, who showered Callas with flowers and telephone calls in order to persuade them to accept his invitation to cruise on board Christina. In the summer of 1959 they finally accepted. Also on board were Winston Churchill, his doctor, his secretary, Churchill’s pet canary Toby and Ari’s daughter, Christina (after whom the yacht was named).

Meneghini, suspicious and seasick, did not know that Callas and Ari had already

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become lovers earlier in the year but several of those on the cruise noticed the undercurrents of jealousy and intrigue.

Then, when Christina reached Istanbul, everything changed. Callas no longer attempted to hide the fact that she was in the grip of a love both passionate and physical; for the 53-year-old Ari it was a triumph not only to have conquered a woman almost 20 years younger but also one who was the most famous singer in the world. At a ball given in Athens, the two hardly left each other’s side, with

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It was on Aristotle Onassis’ yacht Christina that his affair with opera singer Maria Callas (right, below right and below left) became publicly known.

The couple stayed together for eight years before Onassis left her for Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jackie Kennedy (top right).

Below: Christina’s bar, famous for its stools that are covered in whale foreskin

Onassis soon turned his attention from Lee Radziwill to her sister, Jackie Kennedy (together top right). Five years after John F Kennedy’s assassination, Jackie wed Onassis in Greece and a reception followed on board Christina (right). Left: the 325ft yacht has been revived as Christina O. Above: yacht guests Charlie Chaplin and wife Lita Grey. Top and center left: on board Christina

Callas arriving back on the Christina at 9am to her husband’s 4am. A blistering row ensued; then, one dawn when Christina was unable to sleep, she went for a stroll and saw her father and Callas making love in the salon.

Soon the scandal was worldwide, with paparazzi pursuing them everywhere.

“What can I do?” asked the unhappy Meneghini while Ari merely remarked: “I am a sailor and these are things which sometimes happen to a sailor.” Both marriages broke up and the tempestuous

affair continued for another eight years, with Callas treated as “la patronne” by the crew of Christina, until Ari dumped her for Lee Radziwill, the sister of President Jack Kennedy’s wife, Jackie.

Then, after Jackie’s third child was born prematurely (in August 1963) and died, Radziwill, as the yacht’s reigning mistress, called her sister in Washington to invite her on a restorative cruise on Christina.

Ari stocked the yacht with eight varieties of caviar and the finest wines, as well as bolstering the 60-strong crew with two

hairdressers, three chefs, a Swedish masseuse and a small orchestra for evening dancing.

It was the turning point in their relationship. From now on, Ari was interested in Jackie. When, only a few months later, Jack Kennedy was assassinated, Ari’s focus on Jackie grew more intent but it took another cruise to complete the byzantine financial intricacies of the marriage negotiations.

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Arcadia’s XL upsizing of its celebrated Sherpa offers unrivaled space and comfort without sacrificing the yard’s green credentials, says Sam Fortescue PHOTOGRAP HY Alb e rto C occ hi

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hen you go around comparing yourself to Apple, you had better make sure you’ve got some impressive products to back it up. Arcadia Yachts made just this claim at the 2019 Cannes Yachting Festival, and fortunately for the Italian builder, it also launched the yacht to prove it. Called the Sherpa XL, it is a more roomy, 80ft version of the headline-grabbing 60ft Sherpa – the Plus to the standard iPhone, as it were.

Arcadia’s claim to trend-setting innovation is staked on its rather different-looking yachts, with their rounded semidisplacement hulls and the mass of the low superstructure forward. Designed to cruise efficiently at speeds in the mid-teens, there was nothing else quite like them in 2009 when the first A85 emerged from the shipyard on the Gulf of Naples.

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“AT THE START, NO ONE TOOK US SERIOUSLY. THESE LINES, THESE SHAPES ARE NOW PART OF YACHTING CULTURE”

The yachting industry dismissed it as an outre design that had appeared at exactly the wrong moment: just as the financial crisis was tightening its grip.

Ten years on, the critics have been proven wrong. Not only is Arcadia still very much in business, but its growing Sherpa line has pushed the aesthetic even further. The ninth Sherpa has just been ordered by a client in Australia, and the company’s Sherpa XXL project was news at Boot Düsseldorf 2020. “At the start, no one took us seriously,” says Arcadia’s Francesco Ansalone.

“These lines, these shapes, are now part of yachting culture.”

So much so Arcadia now claims other builders are imitating it.

But at Cannes, all eyes are on the new XL. Viewed in profile, it shares the same high, snub bow as the smaller Sherpa, with successive chines that give it a hard-working look. It has a similar boxy bridge deck which extends right forward, wings in the

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superstructure and the large aft deck runs down to the bathing platform. Milan studio Hot Lab clearly drew the lines of the XL with one eye firmly on its predecessors. “The brand identity is so strong that every designer involved in the project will have to somehow put aside their own styling desires and bend them a bit towards the yard’s approach,” Hot Lab’s Enrico Lumini says.

At the same time, though, there are subtle differences. The sundeck on the XL extends a long way aft, shortening the open deck space below. And the lines are a little different on the bigger boat: windows, bulwarks and the tender garage all interrupt the smooth run. Coming at a higher price point (€5m, or $5.5m, vs €1.8m, or $2m) and packing many more features, the Sherpa XL looks a little less utilitarian. “The design of the original Sherpa was well balanced with her philosophy; more easy-going than the XL, which is a proper yacht,” Lumini continues. “In being considered a megayacht, even being only 24 meters, of course, the interior and the exterior design had to be a bit more serious.”

The Sherpa may have grown up, but its soul is still very much intact. It’s there in the huge external entertainment areas; the big windows that open, connecting you to the sights and smells of your surroundings; and, of course, in the 375-square-foot solar array encased in the glass roof of the main salon. The boat aims to re-engage owners with the sea – a principle that Ansalone

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sums up as “making the blue economy – yachting – greener.”

In the heat of a Mediterranean day, the boat’s solar panels can

Sl ow ya ch ting Optional twin Volvo Penta IPS 1350 drives give the Sherpa XL a top

is even more efficient than the original Sherpa. Although it is nearly

speed of 23 knots, but this is not her calling. Arcadia’s “back to

twice the size and weight, it consumes only 32 percent more fuel

nature” philosophy appeals for owners to take their time and enjoy

per nautical mile at 10 knots – 1.2 gallons instead of 0.9 gallons.

the ride, not merely transfer from port to port. “If we did not invent

It is all part of the wider trend in yachting since the financial

it, I can say without any doubt that Arcadia strongly contributed to

crisis. More and more yards are specializing in comfy, slow motor

the ‘slow yachting’ concept,” Francesco Ansalone says.

yachts, while designers say clients are less interested in speed. As

At 12 knots, fuel consumption is about two gallons per nautical

Philippe Briand, designer of the Vitruvius line, puts it: “This school

mile, “almost 30 percent less than other yachts in this segment,”

of efficient displacement hulls is for clients who have already

Ansalone adds. “The majority of yachts go below 15 knots and get a

learned that fast speed on a power boat is not usable, for reasons

certain efficiency, or they go faster and efficiency is not part of the

of comfort first and durability second. So they look for a yacht with

equation. We wanted to give something more.” In fact, the new XL

a practical cruising speed.”

pump 3kW of energy into the 30kW battery bank. It’s enough to run most key systems without firing up the generator, so you can spend the evening enjoying an anchorage in perfect silence, or keep the boat in quiet mode overnight if you’re sparing with the air con. “We always try to give the maximum surface area to solar panels,” Ansalone says. “It is a trademark of Arcadia, at the same

in as much heat as possible. “Our yachts are also defined as ‘jardins d’hiver,’” Ansalone says. And when it’s hot, you can simply lower the windows. Just like the original Sherpa, the XL has electric windows all the way around the main salon, each controlled independently, so you can let in just as much sea breeze as you wish.

time preserving the line and the beauty that every yacht must have. The light and shade that the panels create is fabulous.”

Of course, large glazed areas on a yacht can undo all the benefit of collecting the sun’s energy in the first place. “We further improved our heat insulation system, which is characterized by multi-glazed glass with insulating gas between glass panes,” says the yard’s plant manager Salvatore D’Ambrosi. “This technology can be appreciated in the sky lounge in particular, which can be fully enjoyed reducing the use of the air-conditioning system to a minimum, and sometimes not using it at all.” The insulating effect is similar to that of a eight-inch-thick brick wall, the yard says, enough to support a temperature difference of 64°F between the external and internal glass surfaces.

However, the idea behind this yacht is to minimize the use of air management altogether. In cool weather, that means keeping

This “outdoors, indoors” quality also helps to connect the boat’s three principal spaces. The main aft deck extends to around 700 square feet and is really the social hub of the boat.

There’s a large teak table that seats eight, but can be extended for up to 10 people. Six-foot-high glass panels on both sides can be slid out of a recess in the superstructure to protect against drafts.

A low console between the table and the sofa area contains a 50-inch pop-up television, turning the aft deck into an outdoor cinema. Or you can move back to the lounging area, where deep, comfy couches make the perfect spot to admire the view.

Ringing the differences between this boat and its smaller sister is the addition of a completely new sun lounge, reached up a half-flight of stairs from the salon. It’s a very clean, geometrical shape containing some freestanding couches by Meridiani, a bar and ice maker, plus storage. “A big awning

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provides cover up here,” Ansalone says. “We want this as a private area for the owner and guests without crew.”

This concept of privacy, separating crew and guests, was not a major concern on the smaller boat, since the original Sherpa was owner-driven and offered two guest cabins. The XL can afford a dedicated crew area right in the bow with two bunks and a shower. Access is via stairs next to the helm, which can be closed off with a sliding glass panel. Crew use the port side deck to get between their cabin, the galley and the working areas of the boat. You can even opt for a glass wall to separate the helm station from the rest of the salon if you want.

Other than that, the key choice is between a three- or four-cabin yacht. With the former, the galley is on the lower deck and has its own stairs to avoid guests running into the cook bearing platters of steaming lobster bisque. Alternatively, the galley is in a room carved out at the back of the salon on the port side – small, but well equipped with Bosch appliances.

That generous 22ft 11in beam allows an impressive owner’s suite amidships on the lower deck, filled with natural light thanks to windows that can be opened. “When stepping into the cabins you feel like being on board a much larger yacht,” Lumini says.

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“This was again a main characteristic of all Arcadia yachts we had to follow and respect.” The bathroom area fills the starboard side and Arcadia has left the sink and vanity units open to the cabin. The mirror is a mobile panel in front of the windows that you can slide one way or the other depending on whether you want to admire yourself or the view.

The finish is sophisticated Italian – a mixture of polished

THE FINISH IS SOPHISTICATED ITALIAN – POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL, GLEAMING BLACK MARBLE, GRAY-STAINED OAK PANELING

stainless steel, gleaming black Marquina marble, gray-stained oak paneling and deep, white carpet. Indirect lighting lifts the beds off the floor, and the headboards are all in light gray Alcantara. Arcadia has won a sense of space from a game of half levels, where you step up from the owner’s cabin to the guest cabins. In this boat, they are configured as two twins, ideal for children, and a VIP cabin forward which has three windows on each side. Naturally, Arcadia can tailor the interior finish to the owner’s wishes. Even the furniture can be custom-built.

The final ace up the Sherpa XL’s sleeve concerns the tender garage, accessed via a shell door at the waterline. “Considerable attention in terms of design and testing was focused on the new side garage system, which is one of a kind in the 85ft to 90ft segment,” D’Ambrosi says. “It provides clean profiles and allows guests to use the entire yacht at all times.” This system allows a tender size of around 13ft. The use of twin Volvo Penta IPS drives for propulsion means that the engines are right aft, freeing the space amidships for the tender garage.

Innovative? Certainly. Intuitive? At times. And definitely employing slick design. Sound like the products of a certain Californian megabrand? Well, let’s not get carried away. Arcadia is flourishing with its quirky take on outdoor living and slow yachting, but it isn’t trying to become a trillion-dollar company.

As Ansalone concludes: “Arcadia aims to continue being a thought leader, an innovator. We do not aim to be a leader in turnover or big numbers.” B

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UPPER DECK

MAIN DECK

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The four-cabin A twin crew

option has an open galley on the main deck

The helm station can be closed off from

cabin is in the bow, with direct access to the helm station

the salon with a sliding glass panel and doors

Solar panels produce 3kW of energy for the 30kW battery bank

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30ft

The sideopening

The big open sun lounge aft can be covered with an awning if required

tender garage can house a 13ft craft

A spacious master cabin with opening windows is amidships

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LOA 78' 8" LWL 69' 3" Beam 22' 11" Draft (full load) 4' 7" Displacement (full load) 64 tonnes

Engines 2 x Volvo Penta IPS 1350 Speed max/cruise 23/20 knots Range at 10 knots 1,500nm Generators

Fuel capacity

Construction

Exterior styling

Builder/year

1,930 gallons

Fiberglass hull and deck; aluminum

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superstructure

Hot Lab

Tender Up to 13' 3"

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Freshwater capacity 435 gallons

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Sophie Bonvin and partner Barry Houghton at their new Mallorcan home. Between them is an artwork by Olafur Eliasson entitled Day and night lava

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Superyacht owner Barry Houghton and partner Sophie Bonvin have secured one of the Balearic Islands’ most desirable plots. Charlotte Hogarth-Jones takes a tour of their Palma paradise

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light Creating Liara– a lightweight yet luxurious custom sailing yacht – required inventive engineering and design to balance cruising comfort with regatta-winning performance, learns Marilyn Mower

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Custom sailing yachts are the jewels of the superyacht world,

the length grew and its weight shrank.” The prime drivers for the

precious as diamonds and rare as perfect rubies. Their commissioning owners tend to be highly knowledgeable,

slight increase in length were a retractable propulsion system and a telescoping keel, both of which impact engine room space.

experienced sailors and highly engaged with the build process.

Such is the case with the owner of the 112ft Baltic Yachts Liara,

The goalposts moved again when the owner decided he would also participate in the odd regatta. All this development and a

who acted more like a partner than a client in the R&D of this

strict weight budget were established prior to a yard contract.

2019-delivered sailing yacht.

“I come from a boating family, my father was a working boat

Along with the naval architect, Liara’s owner engaged Sebastian Allebrodt of A2B Maritime as project manager and found his

man and a marine engineer,” Liara’s owner says. “I was also a marine engineer in my younger days. I purchased my first yacht,

contribution “invaluable.”

Regatta performance, light weight and advanced carbon

a Nicholson 32, in 1982 and progressed to racing boats, culminating in a 50ft IMS/CHS raceboat designed by Malcolm

composite construction can be at odds with typical ideas for a comfortable world cruiser, especially one where reduced noise

McKeon in 1993. Eagle was great fun and a successful campaign.”

In recent years, the owner’s taste has shifted to cruising. In

is among the prime directives. One of the ways the team brought all three of these goals into sync was with the selection of a

2002 he built a 65-footer in New Zealand, happy to take advantage

retractable propulsion system (RPS).

of the favorable exchange rate against the pound, and in 2009 returned to New Zealand for the previous Liara, a 100-footer with

In operation there is no vibrating propeller shaft, the rotating drive leg eliminates the need

a Bill Dixon design built in carbon by Southern Ocean Marine.

With his new boat, the owner wasn’t looking to rearrange the

for a stern thruster and, fitted with a generator/

world, just the space and technology of a fast cruising yacht with one more cabin and a smoother transition from deck salon to

alternator, it eliminates the need for a second diesel gen

cockpit. He began conceptualizing the boat in 2015, working with McKeon after he established his own studio.

set and a second gearbox.

The engine is a modest

visually connected to the cockpit. This is

“In one of our first meetings he said he was looking to build a performance cruiser to take his wife around the world,” McKeon recalls. “He wanted a boat that did not require a lot of crew and our target was 110ft. Then we began defining performance and

317kW Caterpillar C7.1 mounted off centerline that drives the RPS through a 90-degree bevel gear shaft.

glass (instead of a soft bimini top), a glass

H ats o ff Liara’s owner wanted the salon to feel accomplished with a wide expanse of windshield and a hardtop extending over the cockpit enclosure. However, when his interest in regattas surfaced, so did the impracticality of a fixed enclosure.

Designer Malcolm McKeon modified the plan by fashioning a top and windscreen that could be removed without specialized shipyard equipment. Baltic determined a one-piece carbon-fiber structure would weigh less than several smaller pieces.

The result is a removable top that weighs just 1,320 pounds and, supported on its forward edge by two molded carbon-fiber arches and two poles, connects with just six bolts. It can be disconnected in an hour, lifted by the boom or picked up by a small dockside crane and stored ashore atop the yacht’s container.

Recessing the deck panels within the structural beams gives the deck salon excellent headroom while keeping the overall profile low. Adam Lay channeled the temperate

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LIARA’S HARDTOP BIMINI IS COMPLETELY REMOVABLE FOR RACING

beachy vibe of the Channel Islands in designing the deck salon (left), a tone that is carried below deck to the cozy lower salon (center) and master cabin (right)

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It rises into the engine space when not in use, and the reduction in drag is particularly noticeable in light airs when performance gain can be as much as one knot of speed.

“We spent some time with Cape Horn [Engineering], North Technology Group and Malcolm in the beginning to refine the design,” the owner says. “They were all instrumental in optimizing design and put performance gains into numbers that translate to owners – half a day quicker on the transatlantic, for example. The balance between weight and comfort on a boat like this is very owner-specific. We have taken weight savings where

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we can but tried not to be blinded by the weight when striving to create a quiet and comfortable boat.

A key point in the owner’s brief was that Liara needed to be easy to handle by the core crew and readied for sailing quickly

“The boat needed to be competitive under superyacht rules, but also enable me to travel worldwide with all the luxuries of

as do the carbon fiber cable trays and titanium deck hardware.

home. The compromise between cruising comfort and weight

On average, says Henry Hawkins of Baltic, titanium is

savings is always a tricky one, but so far we are happy with all the choices we have made.”

40 percent lighter but 30 percent more expensive than stainless steel, and complex shapes can require more time to weld.

One of the things that makes Liara a cruising delight are batteries that silently supply all the household power, even air

A major engineering challenge for the yard, Hawkins says, was the juxtaposition of the hull aperture for the RPS and the

conditioning, for eight hours. Three banks of 35kW lithium-ion batteries linked to the yacht’s high-voltage DC electrical system

telescopic keel, a project that took the team eight months to engineer, according to Baltic’s veteran in-house project

are encased under the snug or media room. A floor hatch and a soft patch in the deck make them easily removable. The high-

manager Tommy Johansson. While a telescopic keel won’t drop as deeply as a lifting keel in the same size yacht, it offers

voltage system and a clever hydraulics package require smaller diameter pipework and lighter electrical cabling, saving weight,

the benefit of not protruding into the living spaces. Typically, when the lower and heavily weighted portion of the keel slides

BATTERIES SILENTLY SUPPLY ALL HOUSE POWER FOR EIGHT HOURS

down from the upper section, there is a difference of circumference or step that creates a bit of turbulence. In order to prevent this from happening on Liara, Baltic created a thin carbon sleeve that drops down with the lower portion of the keel to present a smooth one-piece profile to the water. The keel and its attachment to the yacht are quite substantial and McKeon notes the boat can actually rest on it without a special cradle.

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Well hidden within the transom is a section that lowers to create a beach platform for easy water access

Liara’s mast and sail wardrobe were developed in co-operation with Southern Spars and North Technical Group utilizing a virtual wind tunnel testing program. A square-topped mainsail boosts available area and the yacht has a big choice of code and asymmetrical sails forward and a jib that sheets via three hydraulic rams. A barcoding system makes the positioning of the sail instantly repeatable from tack to tack. Another ram helps tune the mast. Hawkins says among the innovations developed for Liara are underdeck bins for flaking and stowing the headsails and the fact that not just winches but the tails of halyards and sheets are hidden below deck for safety. It’s a remarkably smooth and clean look.

The most notable technology, however, is Liara’s hardtop bimini, which is completely removable, windscreen and all, for racing. The rigid hardtop was a must from the start, Liara’s owner notes. “I wanted to create a safe and comfortable cockpit for myself and my wife to enjoy as we get older. The decision to make it removable was also made very early on, so we can open the boat up when in race mode.”

When it came to the decor of his world cruiser, the owner’s tastes run toward the uncomplicated. “I had seen a magazine article of [2013 107ft Baltic] Inukshuk and then went to tour her

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weathered feel. Intensely practical, the owners pushed the design

Adam Lay was an easy choice.”

Instead of wanting to capture the feel of North America’s

and build team to find space for stowage everywhere, including inside the bases of the coffee and dining tables.

Georgian Bay, as Inukshuk did, the owner was after a Channel Islands feel, the designer says. To achieve that temperate beachy

The yard made full-size mock-ups of all the important areas and the deck and cockpit, which helped squeeze every bit of

vibe, Lay started with the selection of the timber finish, oak that

space from voids. “It helped us tweak the designs and work with

is stained, brushed, limed and then varnished. Its multi-faceted surface tested the yard, he says. “I was trying to develop as much

the composite engineers to make the interior as tight to the structure as possible,” McKeon says.

texture and interest as I could within what was possible with the weight budget.” Liara’s owner was also interested in more

With the extra length over the previous Liara, the owner was able to fit guest quarters aft of the salon. While he likes the privacy

practical fabrics. “The overheads are Majilite instead of French fabrics,” Lay notes. Wood and stone veneers are applied over

of a forward master cabin, he has the option of an aft cabin for passage-making, which he does a lot, note McKeon and Hawkins.

lightweight carbon, epoxy and foam core substrates. “The heaviest piece on board is the mattress in the master stateroom.”

Now retired, the owner was preparing for the Canaries-toAntigua passage when we met for this article. The plan is to

In terms of the spaces, the salon is much larger than Inukshuk.

spend the winter cruising and racing in the Caribbean and then

“Malcolm did an amazing job of keeping the salon sole high enough to feel airy. The other salon is down and inside and cozy.

sail to New Zealand for the America’s Cup. “It was important that the crew area was well proportioned and we could use it

This one is high and bright,” Lay says. The brief included a request for natural colors and some bright accents to warm them. Lay

easily with up to 11 on during deliveries,” he says. “Modern hull design with increased beam carried further aft means the aftship

commissioned Guernsey-based artist Valerie Travers to create sunrise and sunset pictures that bring yellows and oranges into

in the new boat is very spacious and has achieved everything we wanted it to [have].”

the mix. Furniture shapes are rounded, and with the open-grained and lightly varnished textures, the interior presents a comfortable

Liara is definitely a sparkling gem, poised to go circling the globe as the latest generation multi-purpose superyacht. B

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in Antigua. “I was so impressed with the interior that choosing

“THE BOAT NEEDED TO BE COMPETITIVE UNDER SUPERYACHT RULES,

The deck is exceptionally clear with all headsail sheets running under the deck. A smooth transition from cockpit to salon was an important point for the owner in

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conceiving this custom yacht. A large sliding door in curved glass leads to the salon, which, being quite open in feel, blends well with the cockpit

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LIARA

B A LT I C YA C H T S Liara’s carbon fiber hardtop bimini can be removed for

PROFILE

racing within one hour

A crane mounts in two positions to stow the tender aft or on

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MAIN DECK

is maximized

The aft crew area includes galley, mess, nav station, laundry, office

thanks to a telescopic keel that doesn’t

and two twin cabins

encroach on

LOWER DECK

master and VIP

0ft

30ft

forward from twin guest cabins aft

60ft

LOA 112'

Engine

Fuel capacity

Owners/guests 8

DWL 105'

317kW Caterpillar C7.1

1,862 gallons

Crew 4/5

Beam 25' 11"

Cruising speed under power 9.1 knots

Freshwater capacity 528 gallons

Construction Carbon composite

Rigging

Tender

Southern Spars

18' Ribeye

Classification DNV GL ✠ 100 A5

Draft (keel down/up) 20' 2"/12' 10" Gross tonnage 138GT

Sails North Sails

Hull and Appendage Certificate

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Interior design Adam Lay Studio

All hands on deck Innovative citizen science projects are enabling boat owners to take part in essential marine and environmental research, says Richard Madden. Here’s how you can help...

recognized organizations such as the WWF. For the areas they are traveling to, they should contact local institutions and scientists and contribute either with vessel time, by lending equipment or by funding local projects, all of which I’m sure would be a positive addition to the yacht experience.”

BOAT International’s Yachts for Science program was showcased at our annual ocean-conservation event, Ocean Talks, at London’s Royal Geographical Society in June 2019. It brought

proactive. What can be done to contribute to the understanding together scientists looking for berths to conduct their research of our oceans and thereby help improve their health? One answer projects, and superyacht operators able to facilitate their needs. is to build research yachts, the most high-profile example being Initial results have been extremely encouraging, and a number Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke’s of successful matches between owners and REV Ocean. When it launches in 2021, the scientists have already been made.

ABOVE 600-footer, built by Vard, will be the largest But even when scientists themselves are research and expedition vessel on the planet. not on board, there is still much that can be A N D B EYO N D For most of the superyacht community, done to contribute to the data collection that however, the answer is more mundane, but fuels scientific understanding. The options If you’d like to do more to help, perhaps even more powerful. “Just one range from smartphone apps that can be you can offer to host a scientist percent of money donated for philanthropic used by both crew and guests, to dataon board your boat.

Email yachtsforscience@ purposes goes to ocean conservation,” Nina collection equipment of varying degrees of boatinternationalmedia.com to Jensen, CEO of REV Ocean, says. “Owners technological sophistication, which can be volunteer your yacht for 2020. could drastically change that by contributing deployed after minimal training. Here we to ocean-conservation initiatives through present some of the options out there.

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ost of us are conservationists at heart, and those of us who love the oceans have nothing to gain from leaving them in a worse state than we found them. Quite the reverse. Knowing exactly what each of us can do to help can be difficult, however. And I don’t just mean behavioral changes like recycling, avoiding single-use plastics and reducing our carbon footprints.

For those who design, own or sail yachts, the question is more

Members of the Polar Citizen Science Collective study melting sea ice to monitor the Antarctic ecosystem (left)

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The International SeaKeepers Society’s SARAH Initiative

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uch like B OAT International’s Yachts for Science initiative, the International SeaKeepers Society encourages superyacht owners to

volunteer their vessels as platforms for ocean research and marine conservation. The non-profit organization’s DISCOVERY Yachts Programme G R E AT F O R owners with limited time

provides access to the ocean for research, scientific discovery, community engagement, educational outreach and citizen-science expeditions.

One of its many projects is SARAH (sample, aggregate, return, analyze and help), which targets marine plastic pollution as one of the most serious

Polar Citizen Science Collective he five founding members of the Po l a r C o l l e c t i ve a re e x p e d i t i o n guides who believe that more can be done to get visitors to the polar regions to contribute scientific data for research. Launched in 2018, it has already created collaborations with scientific organizations and developed standardized procedures for the training of data collectors, distribution of data and feedback delivery.

Its aim is to encourage boat-based citizen science

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The Polar Citizen Science Collective studies phytoplankton in Antarctic fjords (below)

programs using simple technology, by developing a range of scientific research projects. Many of these are simple to participate in, requiring basic online training with no equipment other than a smartphone. Existing research projects include ornithology, marine biology, microplastics, atmospherics, glaciology and sea ice.

Contributors can help with projects as simple as cloud observations for 15 minutes twice a day, or can go further by undertaking marine phytoplankton research, which requires two to three days of pre-voyage training to become familiar with the equipment involved (which is provided free of charge). polarcollective.org

encounter at sea. The crew and guests can then collect the contents in sample filters, which are sent to Florida International University. Once there, the plastics’ chemical composition, density, type and size are recorded in its database. Yachts are encouraged to conduct as many net tows as possible during their travels. seakeepers.org

G R E AT F O R getting owners, crew and guests involved

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threats to the health of the oceans and a major hazard to marine biodiversity. Participating superyachts are asked to tow large nets for 15 minutes at a time, collecting plastics they

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Eye on the Reef ye on the Reef is a monitoring and

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assessment project that enables anyone who visits the Great Barrier

Reef to contribute to its long-term protection by collecting valuable information

G R E AT F O R lovers of marine wildlife

about reef health and marine animals.

The app empowers anyone with a smartphone

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to join this network of citizen scientists and contribute GPS-tagged observations. This can be

W IL D L I F E E N C O U N T E R S

WWF Wildcrowd

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he World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has partnered with Apple to create Wildcrowd, a new mobile and web app, to crowdsource data collected during wildlife encounters. Wildcrowd can be used anywhere, but its initial aim is to record sightings of marine species and to help establish protected areas in the Antarctic Ocean.

Naturalists and field guides working

Yacht guests and crew can record sightings of penguins and other animals on their travels via Wildcrowd (left) or report on the health of the Great Barrier Reef (right)

anything from wildlife to marine pollution, coral bleaching and special events like coral spawning.

The Rapid Monitoring Survey is an underwater monitoring database recording more specific keystone species and reef-health observations.

An online multimedia training course is provided.

Other surveys that require more regular participation and commitment include a Reef Health and Impact Survey and a Tourism Weekly Monitoring Survey. gbrmpa.gov.au

G R E AT F O R keen divers and snorkelers

in the polar tourism industry, including crew and guests on yachts, can record sightings (photos and GPS locations) of whales, penguins, seals and seabirds. This will help scientists better understand specific locations of species, population trends, the interaction between predators and prey and how the changing climate is impacting critical feeding habitats.

While increasing Antarctic tourism poses some risks, the WWF also recognizes that the sector can be invaluable to scientists, so the data is being shared with other citizen-science projects, researchers and policymakers. wildcrowd.net

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A researcher (left) in a Siberian Arctic river uses a Secchi Disk to measure water transparency

W E AT H E R F O R E C A S T S, O CE A N C U RRENTS A N D M A RIN E SA FET Y

Drifting buoys

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he Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) is a global database co-ordinating the use of drifting buoys to observe atmospheric

and oceanographic conditions in areas where few other measurements are taken. The buoys provide data such as sea-surface

G R E AT F O R keeping it simple

temperature, surface current velocity, air temperature and wind speed and direction.

The DBCP is working to build up the resources necessary to maintain 1,250 buoys

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ince 2013, the Secchi Disk Foundation has been conducting the world’s biggest study of marine phytoplankton with data collected by mariners all around the globe. Phytoplankton account for more than half of all photosynthesis on Earth and produce half of our oxygen, while removing 100 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every day. However, concentrations have declined by 40 percent over the past 50 years because, living at the surface, phytoplankton are sensitive to changes in sea temperature. As the foundation stone for the entire marine food chain, their abundance is also

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critical to the survival of other marine creatures.

A Secchi Disk is a 20-inch-diameter weighted object attached to a tape measure. You can make your own, or buy one from secchidisk.org. It is one of the oldest and simplest marine scientific tools and measures the clarity of seawater by indicating the amount of phytoplankton at the surface. The data is then passed on to the Secchi Disk Foundation via a free mobile app. The active participation of sailors and owners is vital to the study and the more that take part, the more valuable the database will become. secchidiskfoundation.org

buoys in remote areas (especially the Antarctic Ocean). As the buoys follow ocean currents, they can also drift out of certain zones quickly or clump together in other convergence zones.

Most drifting buoys are deployed by commercial ships and research vessels, but more boats are needed to be part of this global effort to re-seed and maintain the network.

Drifting buoys are easy to deploy, and no cost is involved other than storage at sea. Anyone interested in helping in the voluntary deployment of drifting buoys should contact the DBCP. jcommops.org/dbcp B

G R E AT F O R owners traveling to remote locations

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Secchi Disk

Superyachts can help deploy drifting buoys, to measure sea-surface temperature and other data, especially in more remote regions such as the Southern Ocean

around the world. The network is unevenly dispersed owing to difficulties in deploying

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Germรกn Frers has somehow managed to design the 88ft Sirena with five cabins and space to spare. Sam Fortescue tries to work out how he did it

AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK...

knots. Add the optional extra 1,450-gallon fuel capacity and that rises to 3,100 nautical miles, enough to cross the Atlantic. Its features and interior finish all feel like a big step up from the smaller yachts, too.

In time-honored fashion, Sirena has

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split the accommodation between guest cabins on the lower deck, showpiece

Above: the foredeck dipping pool throws dappled light into the owner’s cabin and is a standout feature of the Sirena 88. It is mosaic-lined with a curved glass front wall.

Pop-up side lighting adds atmosphere for night-time swims

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can’t help it – I have to jump right in with my favorite feature of the new Sirena 88.

From the huge bed in the owner’s suite, this yacht gives you an underwater view of the mosaic-lined foredeck pool through a glass bulkhead that sends dappled blue light all over the cabin. It’s simply glorious design in its own right, but on a boat of this size, it’s nothing short of genius.

In fact, there’s a lot about this yacht that punches well above its 88ft stature. And that shouldn’t come as a surprise, since the young Turkish builder Sirena Marine has explicitly set out to do just that.

entertaining space on the main deck and an open upper deck social area. This gives the option of four or even five cabins and makes an impressive full-beam master cabin a reality on the main deck.

Five cabins in an 88-footer? Well, this yacht has a deceptive volume to her, courtesy of the naval architecture and exterior design work of long-term collaborator Germán Frers. The renowned Argentinian designer is better known for sailing boats, so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s managed to squeeze so much useful space out of the hull – an impressive 165 gross tons of it, in fact.

“The hull shape developed during the tank-testing program for the Sirena line of motor yachts is unique, being efficient in a wide range of boat speeds,” Frers says.

He’s referring to the fact that this planing hull can achieve 25 knots with its two

“Sirena Yachts delivers superyacht solutions, comfort and quality to smallersized vessels,” says Ipek Kırac, CEO of Sirena Marine.

But with the other two yachts in Sirena’s range measuring up at 61ft and 68ft, the scope to push those imaginative features has been limited – until now.

The Sirena 88 at last gives the brand a canvas large enough to paint on, with the promise of bigger projects to come.

To start with, this boat – the brand’s first tri-deck – offers true cruising potential with a 2,100-nautical-mile range at nine

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An aerial view shows off the 88’s spacious 600 sq ft flybridge. It is open to the elements all round, while the hardtop has an opening sunroof to let in more light

1,550hp MAN V12s going flat out, yet it is also capable of cruising along at nine knots consuming just 1.4 gallons per nautical mile. “The extraordinary interior volume for a yacht of this size is also unusual, but today it’s possible to solve that volumeperformance equation,” he adds.

The boat has a low superstructure that seems to hunker down into the high, heavy bulwarks. With a plumb bow, no visible side decks and the weight of the superstructure aft, the yacht has the looks of what Frers calls “a practical, rugged, seagoing vessel.” But those broad bulwarks serve a purpose, carrying frameless black glazing on its beveled edge that brings light

pouring into the yacht’s interior. There are more touches of big-boat flair, too, in the small wings that flank the wheelhouse.

Viewed in profile, the superstructure extends aft as far as the transom, with only a sliver of a bathing platform hanging above the water. This is deceptive, however.

Swing the large transom door up and you reveal a continuation of the teakdecked bathing platform extending inside.

Its 130 square feet provide plenty of room for some easy chairs and a lounger between the bulwarks of the twin staircases down from the main deck. It serves as a garage for a 13ft tender under way, assisted by the transformer on the stern.

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There is plenty of other exterior real estate for guests to choose from. Aft on the main deck, a large U-shaped sofa with an imposing teak table can seat eight with ease. The deck is sheltered by the overhang of the huge flybridge above, but the views are fantastic, with low bulwarks and slim supports at the corners. The blackened glass of the salon acts as a giant mirror in certain lights, giving a sense of distance.

Though the interior design by Dutchman Cor D Rover is clean and simple, this area is not without a few smart embellishments, including optional refrigerators and outdoor grills in the two units stationed on either side of the sliding door into the

salon. “A lot of attention has been paid to

provides volume for the owner’s suite

storage space and inventive solutions have been created for this,” he says.

below, that offers the most private spot on board. The huge sunpads here have the

Undoubtedly, the main draw is the 600-square-foot flybridge, which is

teak-edged dipping pool at their feet, and tucked behind the bow bulwarks is a spot

completely open air under a lightweight

where you could sit with a book, invisible

carbon-fiber hardtop. This is the yacht’s real playground – a potential party deck or

to the rest of the anchorage. “There are different areas to live on this boat. Many

a spot for some quiet relaxation with a sundowner in hand. Sirena has managed

people can be aboard, but you still have your privacy,” Kırac sayş.

to include a teak-paneled spa pool, a large wet bar, freestanding chairs and a deep

This homey feel was a key part of the design brief for Rover, who has tried to

L-shaped sofa with another imposing teak table – all without the sense of

create a “warm and inviting atmosphere.”

He has brought in neutral colors in wood,

cramming things in. The hardtop has an

fabrics and leather to offer three interior

opening panel in the center and there’s a true second helm station forward,

schemes, described as contrast, warm

replicating all the key navigational functions of the main bridge.

But it’s the raised foredeck, which

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“There are different areas to live on this boat. Many people can be aboard, but you still have your privacy”

Above left and above: the open-air flybridge has much to offer: spa pool, wet bar, deep sofas, a dining table and a second helm station. Left: despite the long overhang of the flybridge above, the aft deck offers panoramic views and cooling sea breezes for up to eight diners

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Cor D Rover’s interior contrasts off white leather paneling with gray oak for what he calls a “contemporary look without being cold.” Much of the furniture is built locally, but there are also pieces by Minotti, Tribù, Hermès, Loro Piana and Dornbracht

and light – although the yard is at pains to stress that any design wish of the owner

Tr i b ù , H e r m è s , L o ro P i a n a a n d Dornbracht. Although it is the first time

through the forward bulkhead to the private foredeck swimming area.

can be accommodated. Through them all, he managed to balance a sense of home

he has worked with Frers, the two are both trained naval architects and made a good

On the lower deck, the forward VIP cabin has skylights as well as hull

with a range of high-end materials, luxe

connection. “I put my design on the table

windows, making it an exceedingly bright

fabrics and soft carpets in natural tones.

“Combined with the stainless-steel

and Germán made it possible,” Rover says.

“He delivered me the volume that I love.”

space. Lying deep in the bow with a large bathroom and its own dressing room, it is

detailing, reflective surfaces and off-white hand-stitched leather, the gray oak in the

That volume has enabled all sorts of pleasing little details. In the master cabin,

reached up a few steps, which give it the feel of a loft-style hideaway. Here, as in all

design gives the interior a high-quality, contemporary look without being cold,”

for instance, the space under the bulwarks gives a full-height window on either side.

the cabins, the finish is reassuringly fine, with horizontal leather panels at the

Rover says. “Comfort, style and attention to detail are achieved with craftsmanship

This provides the perfect niche for a small desk, or the alternative option of a fold-

headboard, gloss white cabinetry and dark oak and stainless-steel detailing. Every

behind the design elements.”

down balcony on one side – a rarity in

window has an opening section for

Much of the interior furniture is made

by Sirena or its subcontractors, but there

yachts of this size. A mirror above the basins in the owner’s bathroom can be

natural ventilation.

The first 88 is a five-cabin version, with

is also a sprinkling of well-known European brands including Minotti,

raised at the touch of a button to close off the view of the pool, and there is access

two further twins and a second VIP cabin farther aft. Spread across the whole beam,

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“I put my design on the table and Germán made it possible,” Rover says.

“He delivered me the volume that I love”

Left: the main deck dining area has views to port and starboard. The flybridge offers a place to relax with a nightcap and admire the view, above

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The owner’s bed (top) gives a view of the foredeck pool but that view can be closed at the touch of a button if desired. Hull No 1 has a desk in the full height window of the bulwark cutaway but a fold down balcony is another option for this space

Sirena offers the 88 with an option of an extra fuel tank. With that 4,359-gallon capacity, it has a transatlantic range of 3,100nm, which opens up the possibilities for a 88-footer

Just who is Sirena?

Nothing is quite as it appears with this young Turkish brand, whose base

this cabin is insulated from the engine room by the crew quarters, which include

is in Tuzla, 25 miles across the Bosphorus

a small sitting area. And though the position of bulkheads is fixed, there are

family-owned conglomerate Kıraça

from Istanbul. Originally set up in 2006 by Holding, Sirena Marine built trains, buses

many other configurations possible too.

“The yard offers the flexibility to

and yachts, under 55ft, in an exclusive tie-up with Azimut-Benetti. More than 250

turn any cabin into whatever the client dreams of, from gym to cinema or karaoke

boats emerged from this collaboration, but none bore Sirena’s name, so in 2012

room to wellness spa – even a hammam,” Rover says.

Tanıl Sürmeli, product manager for Sirena Yachts, insists that this boat is an evolution of its smaller sisters. “We wanted to keep our brand promises in all our models with big volumes, high efficiency and speed,” he explains. But to me, the new 88 is a big step up for the three-year-old brand in terms of finish, as well as the technical platform behind it. For instance, Sirena has spent a lot of time on the yacht’s insulation and reckons it could “easily achieve” RINA Comfort Class certification. The separation

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the company set up its own brands.

Euphoria Yachts builds luxury sailing boats up to 85ft, and this was followed three years later by Azuree Yachts to cover the small cruising sector. Sirena Yachts launched in 2016 in the motor sector – a newcomer with considerable experience thanks to its previous work.

Now, the company has just completed a new 24,000-square-foot facility in Tuzla, which is capable of building yachts up to 131ft in length. “We needed a yard to set up the bigger models and launch them directly on water,” says product manager Tanıl Sürmeli. “Orhangazi shipyard is

between the guest spaces and the crew areas on the port side also puts it in a different league.

This yacht represents a shot across the bows of other builders in the 100ft-plus space. “We see the 88 as a step into the superyacht market,” Sürmeli adds, “so we increased our methodology accordingly.”

Combine that with the fact that the yard’s new building can accommodate yachts up to 131ft, and you have a real statement of intent. “We are thinking about doing a family with bigger models that will start around 40 meters [131ft],” Sürmeli says.

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inland and it was difficult to transport big models – with the Sirena 64, we actually had to disassemble it.”

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UPPER DECK

MAIN DECK

LOWER DECK

The foredeck pool casts

There’s a bar, a pool and

An amidships VIP is

ripples of light into the

T he master

owner’s suite just aft

suite has direct access

sunpads on the upper

to the foredeck pool

deck, as well as a second helm station

and lounging area

insulated from the engine room by crew quarters aft

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60ft

30ft

A 13ft tender can be

Al fresco dining for

housed inside the transom

eight is easily possible on the main

0ft

deck aft

Classification CE Category A

Builder/year Sirena Yachts/2019

Crew 3

Naval architecture Germán Frers

Tuzla, Turkey t: +90 212 219 7474

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Construction GRP hull; carbon fiber

Exterior styling Germán Frers

Freshwater capacity

superstructure

Interior design Cor D Rover

LOA 88'

Engines

Generators

Tender

LWL 78' 5"

2 x 1,550hp MAN V12

2 x 32kW 120V Kohler

Up to 13'

Beam 23' 2"

Speed max/cruise 25/16 knots

Fuel capacity 2,906 gallons

Owners/guests 10

Range at 9 knots

(4,359 gallons

2,100nm (3,100nm with optional larger fuel tank)

Draft (full load) 6' Gross tonnage 165GT

634 gallons

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In-the-know celebrities scorn Barbados’s flashy west coast in favor of the palm-tree-studded grounds of the island’s oldest hotel. Built in 1887, the 40-acre resort’s historic cobbled quarters artfully incorporate modern amenities; a spa pool with coastal views sits in the stone-walled carriage house, while a pink-sand beach is reached by a glass-fronted elevator. Have your tender drop you on the beach at sunset and sink into the powder-soft grains (the yacht can moor a 40-minute drive away in Bridgetown’s port). Then head to one of the hotel’s five eateries for dinner. Try the local

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delicacy of crispy flying fish at the resort’s sea-breeze-scented, cliffside restaurant L’Azure, or spiced crab maki topped with fish roe at Zen, its Japanese restaurant. The only acceptable way to finish the night is with a sweet but strong rum punch at the suitably old-school Bar 1887. thecrane.com

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A table in paradise Few superyachts head for the remote Cayman Islands, but a blossoming culinary scene makes it an appetizing proposition, says Sophia Wilson

A lighthouse stands guard at George Town Yacht Club in Grand Cayman

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VOYAG E

NIGHT LIGHTS – Off Grand Cayman’s Rum Point lies Bioluminescent Bay, where high levels of phytoplankton burst with light during specific times of the moon cycle.

Don a suit – you’ll be alongside jellyfish – and enjoy what looks like a fireworks

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display.

You can’t speak to anyone here without their saying it’s the culinary capital of the Caribbean

THANKS A BRUNCH – Brunch is almost a religion in Cayman and the open-plan Anchor & Den, at the Grand Cayman Marriott, is where the locals head for a decadent spread, Above: Little Cayman Beach Resort.

Right: Ave restaurant at Kimpton Seafire

which ranges from eggs Benedict to sushi and oysters.

There’s also endless sparkling wine. anchorandden.com

“It’s off the beaten path.

A lot of yachts don’t know what we offer down in Cayman” Built in 1780, Pedro St James Castle (left and here) on

sites (see page 143) but Cayman has a new trick up its sleeve. “The big thing is the

during his fourth and final voyage to the New World – and

food revolution; in the last six years it has really taken off,” Bradley says. He’s not

caused him to find two uninhabited islands deep in the Caribbean Sea. Since

wrong. The island’s annual Cayman Cookout festival (January 15 to 20) is

the surrounding waters were teeming with turtles, he named them Las Tortugas.

going from strength to strength; this year, London’s Clare Smyth was added to its

Three decades later a third island was discovered, and the name was switched to Caimanas (meaning crocodiles, which also inhabited the islands).

Despite the name change it was turtles that put the trio on the map as the Caimanas, or Cayman Islands, became a popular stop-off for sailors in need of meat for their crew. However, it wasn’t until 1658 that the first settlers – deserters from the British forces in Jamaica – arrived on the biggest island of Grand Cayman to make it one of the last major Caribbean hubs to be inhabited.

The superyacht community has been

celebrity chef line-up, and you can’t speak to anyone on the island for more than five minutes without their proudly stating that it’s the “culinary capital of the Caribbean.”

The food buzz is centered around Grand Cayman, where yachts can base themselves at either the superyacht berths in George Town Harbour or on the superyacht mooring created for Tatoosh, at the north end of West Bay, to explore the 200-plus restaurants on shore. From old-school fish-fry with rice and peas (there is still a strong Jamaican influence here) at the brightly colored, beachside Heritage Kitchen to exquisite seared

equally slow to discover Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac – sitting more than 200 nautical miles north-west of Jamaica and west of Cuba – with fewer than a dozen visiting each year. “It’s kind of off the beaten path as far as the yacht charterers and owners go,” says Tim Bradley, managing director of Grand Cayman-based Pro Yacht Management.

“A lot of yachts may not know what we offer down here in Cayman.”

The handful of superyachts that do regularly visit – including the late Paul Allen’s 303ft Tatoosh – tend to have been drawn in by the islands’ world-class dive

wahoo with smoky mashed potato on an overwater deck at the Cracked Conch, there is a vibrancy to Cayman cuisine.

One restaurant at the forefront of the culinary wave is The Brasserie in George Town. A leader of the farm-to-fork movement, the restaurant has its own coconut plantation – a home to beehives – a short drive away and an on-site garden growing everything from lemongrass and callaloo to coffee and vanilla beans. Under the guidance of Aide Lopez, whose husband, Arte, heads up the kitchen, the menu is designed around the freshest picks of the day and the catch from the

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ough winds blew Christopher Columbus off course in 1503

Grand Cayman is the oldest building in the

L I T T L E I TA LY – Sitting on the marina in Camana Bay, Agua serves up Italianinspired dishes utilizing Caribbean produce. Don’t miss its Cayman-style ceviche made from the fresh catch of the day, tomato, orange, scotch bonnet, cilantro and plantain. agua.ky

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south of Rum Point beach, and wander through the shallow waters spotting orange starfish.

The calm waters here also make it a great spot for having fun with the yacht’s box of toys.

restaurant’s two fishing boats that ensure sustainable practice is followed. That

wines – the experience could give some of Barcelona’s finest outposts a run for

evening I opt for the yellowfin tuna,

their money.

served with swiss chard, jalapeño and onion slaw and it is as wonderfully fresh

Limiting your calorie intake while on Grand Cayman is nearly impossible but

as you would expect.

Cayman’s on-trend credentials expand

the island is packed with activities to help you at least try to reset the balance. There

beyond the culinary scene. Grand Cayman’s newest luxury hotel, the

is SUP (stand-up paddleboard) yoga to join in with at the Kimpton, jet-ski snorkel

Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, is a dramatic departure from its traditional

safaris to try, crystal caves to discover and the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park to

resorts, most of which were built at the start of its financial services boom in the 1970s and 80s. Sitting at the northern end of the famed Seven Mile Beach, the

wander. This park is home to the only remaining indigenous blue iguanas.

I head to the north of West Bay, known as Horse Beach because a couple of

10-story glass-clad hotel small companies offer The Kimpton Seafire Resort is modern but still “competent” riders the + Spa boasts one of the best warm. The hotel’s staff chance to ride and swim beachfront locations on the are hooked up with with horses off the island. One-bedroom headsets and it’s not shoreline. After being Oceanfront Suites are from surprising that its guests introduced to Sweet $999 per night and the Seafire have included Will Aisha (whom I discover Presidential Suite is from Smith, tennis champion is an ex-racehorse), we approximately $10,000 per Caroline Wozniacki and head off at a nice, sedate night, depending on the season. an NFL team. pace. Following a serene seafireresortandspa.com Of course, the hotel 20 minutes or so we also keeps up with the arrive at a clearing and, island’s culinary prowess and its three after removing the Western-style saddle, restaurants span Mediterranean, Mexican I am rather ungracefully heaved back and Spanish cuisine. Up to 10 guests an on board bareback. From there we head evening can also try the chef ’s table menu, out into the Caymans’ famously clear served along a marble counter in front turquoise waters where I am quickly of the open kitchen in the warehouse- submerged up to my belly button. And style dining room. Dutch-born chef then the magic happens: I feel Aisha’s Dennis Boon’s menu focuses on modern hooves leave the sandy seabed as she Spanish cuisine with a nod to the powers through the water beneath me.

Caribbean; dishes include gazpacho with There is no question the Cayman a tomato centerpiece that is actually made Islands have hidden depths. If you love from goat’s cheese and a coconut, yuzu food it is well worth following in and black sesame dessert. This is Columbus’s footsteps and letting the all accompanied by paired Spanish winds blow you there this winter.

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The experience could give some of Barcelona’s finest outposts a run for their money

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U NDERWATER WONDERS The reef circling the Cayman Islands lies in the deepest waters of the Caribbean (the Cayman Trench is more than four miles deep), creating spectacular drop-offs, and the lack of rivers means the waters are crystal clear. “It’s well known for being one of the top diving destinations in the world,” says Tim Bradley, managing director of Pro Yacht Management. “You can literally dive two minutes from the shore and be in completely calm waters.”

All three islands boast multiple sites but Little Cayman, 70 nautical miles from Grand Cayman, is the diving Mecca.

“You have got this absolutely beautiful reef that you can snorkel over and then it just drops away from you,” says Niall Lawlor, skipper for Cayman Luxury Yacht Charters. is a real wow factor.”

Grand Cayman is home to the Caymans’ most famous underwater attraction – Stingray City. The canny rays have congregated at the natural sandbank in the North Sound since the 1940s, when fishermen used to stop for lunch and leave scraps. Tourists now flock to swim with these playful and curious creatures and the hundred-plus rays The oceanside Kaia Kamina villa near Rum Point, via Luxury Cayman Villas

can now be rated among the island’s hardest-working residents – each has been estimated to bring more than a million dollars’ worth of tourism income to the island.

Under Lawlor’s direction we arrive early to avoid the throng and within moments the rays begin to congregate around us, sensing that breakfast is about to be served.

Our guide, JP, who recognizes most of the rays by sight, carefully hands me one of the “most docile ladies” who

COOK UP A STORM –

rests on my forearms, asking for food before giving me

If you want Cayman

experience is still exhilarating and I’m not surprised to

flavors at home head to Bon Vivant in Camana Bay. The stylish cooking shop has a demo kitchen and hosts classes on how to cook the likes of Cayman beef with chilli. bonvivant.ky

up as a bad job and heading on her way. I have been fortunate enough to swim with rays in the past but the learn that some guests come back year after year.

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THE OUT ISLANDS Captain Michal Zvalo, of 145ft M3, charts the ultimate route for foodies in this beautiful Bahamian archipelago

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DAY ONE > Arrive by private jet at George Town on Great Exuma and meet M3 in Elizabeth Harbour.

Once you are settled in, M3 will relocate to Haulover Bay, where at low tide guests can stroll over the sandbar to Man-O-War Cay. Head for lunch at Haulover Bay Bar & Grill, which serves fried whole snapper and killer rum punches.

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DAY TWO > In the early morning M3 will head to Little Exuma and the white sands

DAY THREE > Cruise 40nm to Cat Island and catch your own lunch in the rich

DAY FOUR > Cruise to San Salvador and enter through the break in the reef to

of the Tropic of Cancer Beach.

fishing grounds off Tartar Bank,

access Sandy Point Cave and spot

Lunch is at Santanna’s Bar & Grill, where owner Dee serves up

south of Devil’s Point, for the chef to cook on board. Spend the afternoon

hammerhead sharks. Afterwards, take the tender to East Beach for

Bahamian fried grouper, lobster and

at anchor off Bennett’s Harbour,

lunch at Da Hide Out. Those who

conch. After lunch, it’s sunbathing and swimming at Forbes Hill Beach.

where the lagoon is perfect for making the most of M3’s toybox.

aren’t too full can try their hand at kitesurfing in nearby Snow Bay.

DAY FIVE > Embrace your inner Robinson

DAY SIX > Relocate to sleepy Rum Cay and

DAY SEVEN > Awake at Long Island’s Cape Santa

Crusoe and enjoy the day at anchor

moor in Sumner Point Marina so

Maria and go for a flashlight tour of

off the uninhabited Conception Island. Jump off the yacht to see the groves of staghorn coral and maybe

that divers can take the tender to the surrounding reef or the wreck of HMS Conqueror (1855).

Hamilton’s Cave. Head for your final taste of local flavors at Tiny’s Hurricane Hole, overlooking

swim with dolphins. Then tender upriver to explore the mangroves and spot loggerhead turtles.

Afterwards, share a cold beer and fresh seafood with the locals under the almond tree at Kaye’s Bar.

Thompson Bay. M3 will cruise back to George Town overnight so you can disembark the next morning.

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new floaty dresses, and smart separates with nautical

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beach. Her 2020 designs include fresh versions of her

desert skirt (right). $330 (top) and $450 (skirt), marysia.com

WEAVE YOUR MAGIC Weaved in Ghana and finished in France, Inès Bressand’s sculpted, geometrically shaped handbags and backpacks are set to be the must-have accessory

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SEASON PREMIERE Four Seasons Hotel Lanai, A Sensei Retreat, is the first collaboration between the hotel brand and the well being company founded by Larry Ellison and Dr David Agus. The adults only resort offers spa treatments, fitness classes and meal plans. fourseasons.com/lanai

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added to its entertainment armory with a sporty new 60ft yacht. With a cruising speed of up to 34 knots, Rania can be booked for diving trips, game fishing or for private island adventures around the Noonu Atoll. velaaprivateisland.com

BAHAMIAN BEAUTY A new boutique resort, with just 18 oceanfront suites and six private villas, has opened on the Bahamian island of South Andros. The passion project of celebrity TV design

Istanbul is a mix of Middle Eastern flair and Mediterranean hospitality.

Olivia Michel samples the European side of the Bosphorus. boatint.com/istanbul

couple Bryan and Sarah Baeumler, Caerula Mar’s buildings were created using sustainable and natural materials. caerulamar.com

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The property market in Fort Lauderdale is growing steadily, with a 7.2 percent year-on-year increase in median sale prices reported in Douglas Elliman’s Q3 2019 Residential Report.

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The luxury detached family home market continues to exceed expectations and

Sophia Wilson discovers a slice of Wall Street amid Fort Lauderdale’s leafy waterways that will generate interest

waterfront properties command the highest prices.

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colonial Portuguese-inspired six-bedroom mansion other

who is handling the property.

Its eccentricities are bound to catch

beautiful beaches,” Niki

than over the top. Sitting on Fort Lauderdale’s North Compass Drive, the property has a long list of add-on features including a home trading center (with 10 monitors and an LED news ticker), a dog spa with a custommade bath, a library with a built-in humidor, a wine cellar for more than 1,000 bottles and a movie theater. There’s also a professional-level kitchen with two marble-topped islands, allowing four cooks to work at the same time.

Built by the owners and on the market for the first time, the property is packed with distinctive details including custom

the attention of potential buyers, but the property is first and foremost a ready-tomove-into home. “It was built by a family for a family. You can feel the warmth,” Higgins says. The expansive terrace boasts an infinity pool and a heated loggia with a wood-burning pizza oven.

“The outdoor living area was designed for entertaining, with attention to every detail. A family can easily visualize the memories to be made.”

Ideal for boating enthusiasts, the plot sits on 246ft of Intracoastal Waterway and another 111ft of deep-water canal. Pier 66 Marina, home to the superyacht fleet

woodwork, bespoke moldings and handcrafted wrought-iron balustrades for its spiraling staircases. The ceilings are intricately hand-painted throughout the house, and oversized windows make the most of the natural light. “The home is situated on multiple lots that allow almost eve r y r o o m t o offer breathtaking views,” says Niki

during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, is less than seven nautical miles away. To sweeten the deal even further for potential buyers, a black limo and nearly all of the house’s artworks are included in the price. 220 North Compass Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is for sale with Douglas Elliman for $12.995 million, elliman.com

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Higgins says. “Extraordinary residences situated on an expansive Intracoastal lot command a premium.”

The mansion’s distinctive features include handcrafted balustrades (right) and oversized windows (below)

The best waterfront properties with yacht moorings boatint.com/ homes-withmoorings

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F LO R A’ S F I E L D K I TC H E N AT F LO R A FA R M S , M E X I C O Sitting in the shadow of the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains, within striking distance of the yachting playground of Los Cabos, this family-owned spot serves up vegetables from its garden and meat from its 150-acre ranch nearby. Sign up for cooking classes and rustle up roasted veg tacos and Key lime pie to devour for lunch. flora-farms.com

THE LANDING, NEW ZEALAND This 1,000-acre shoreside estate’s orchards and vegetable and herb gardens fuel local chef Jacqueline Smith’s bespoke meals. There are no menus, just beautifully fresh dishes washed down with wine from the award-winning on-site vineyard. thelandingnz.com

I -TA L AT B O D Y H O L I D AY, S T L U C I A Behind this coastal fitness retreat, loved by celebrities and models, sits a stepped organic garden bursting with fruit and vegetables that have been lovingly grown by environmentally conscious couple Damian and Ratoya Adjodha. Take your pick and then learn how to transform your harvest into a vegan feast in the stilted hilltop kitchen. thebodyholiday.com

B E L L E M O N T FA R M , ST KITTS Set in green hills, this 400-acre former sugar plantation has been transformed into an eco-focused retreat with an organic farm and a nine-hole golf course, where players are encouraged to pick fruit.

Twice a week, up to 30 guests are invited to an al fresco dinner where Chef John and his team cook using a tableside brick oven. bellemontfarm.com

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