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Listen.
Sensitive owners The fact that a large number
of owners do not wish to be named is part of our day-to-day
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business in the world of superyacht media. But seldom has the desire for privacy been taken to such lengths as in the case of both the largest yachts that we are featuring in this issue. “Please do not even mention which continent the owner
Smile.
comes from” was the clear message emanating from both “Eminence” (78 metres, page 34) and “Anastasia” (75 metres, page 48). We have respected these wishes as a matter of course – after all you and we are being granted very privileged access to two superlative yachts. Nevertheless such calls and e-mails demonstrate that we are living in an age where owners are more sensitive in their actions and reactions. People are
Entertainment...
paying more attention to their own image than ever before ... A personality to whom such thinking appears totally alien is
John Staluppi. He threw the mother of all parties to premiere “Casino Royale” (page 108), now his fifteenth 007-themed yacht. A perfect Sinatra medley on the swimming platform, leggy Bond girls on deck and the host himself right in the thick of it. “It was the best party I have been to in a long while”, our US correspondent Diane M. Byrne reported, after she had learned more about Staluppi’s new tastes – as
PHOTO: SUSANNE KATZENBERG
laid bare over 50 metres. The man, who once chased every speed record going – with yachts like “Octopussy” and “Moonraker” – has mellowed. Today seventeen knots will do for him, he has decided. But not fifteen yachts, since he has
... seen from its most amazing side. Ingenious elevation systems for large flatscreens, appearing out of furniture, out of ceilings, out of walls. The sound, of course, is from the best Hi-Fi components money can buy.
already sold “Casino Royale” and is planning his sixteenth. We look forward to “Quantum of Solace” with anticipation. Editor-in-Chief
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T H E
W O R L D
O F
S U P E R Y A C H T S
S T. B A R T H S
IT ALL STARTED WITH AN AIRSHIP
REACHING FOR THE BUCKET
Maybach’s family and Count Zeppelin laid the foundations for MTU’s success.
TOY HEAVEN “ANASTASIA”: SPORTS RESORT BY OCEANCO 78-METRE “EMINENCE”
NEW FLAGSHIP FROM ABEKING
“CASINO ROYALE”
NAUTOR 82 CUSTOM
50 METRES OF BOND FLAIR
SLOOP WITH A GALLEY TENDER
GALLERY
“Eminence” is the biggest Abeking & Rasmussen ever.
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“Meteor” was the star in a fleet of 35 yachts racing under a new rating system.
ABU DHABI
“EMINENCE”
A PREMIERE BRINGS MEMORIES
HER MAJESTY
The new Abu Dhabi Yacht Show reminds one of early days at Europe’s No1 show.
75m “Anastasia”. Page 48.
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At a certain stage in the hierarchy ladder, this 78.50 metre doesn’t need to conform. 34
LIFTS
“A N A S TA S I A”
GLASS CAPSULE TO THE SUNDECK
SPORTS HOTEL ON WATERFRONT
Lift Emotion customises the elevators that move crew, guests and gear up and down. 24
Ten waterbikes, surfboards and kites plus a few surprises – on Oceanco’s 75-metre.
IPHONE
“ P O LY T R O P O N I I ”
NAVIGATION IN A HANDY UNIT
AS WILY AS ODYSSEUS
The yacht electronics industry is the most recent to use the ubiquitous smartphones.
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Nautor’s Custom Department placed the galley in the tender for a Greek owner.
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50-metre “Casino Royale”. Page 108.
“Eminence”: An awning in the form of a circular pergola aft is just one distinctive feature. Page 34.
NEWCRUISE
“ C A S I N O R OYA L E ”
A LOFT FULL OF IDEAS
NOT SO FAST, MISTER BOND!
After delivery of “Triple Seven” and “Siren” the Hamburg studio is up in the top league. 68
In the wake of a series of 50- to 70-knot “Bond boats”, the latest is more sedate.
“ROMANCE”
MOTORS
HORIZON . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
THE GLAMOUR LOGGIA
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
ELECTRONICS . . . . . . . . . .14
Zuccon International and CRN have created an opulent 57-metre with owner’s balcony. 78
Lower pollutant emissions, higher fuel efficiency – a look in the engine room.
“P2”
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GALLERY . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
PURSUING THE WINNING PODIUM
LOBSTERS ON THE UPPER DECK
PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Perini Navi has launched its fastest yacht to date for a speed-fanatic owner to race.
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Custom Line presents its largest semidisplacement boat – with a lobster tank.
R E G U L A R S EDITORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 108
MASTHEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 120
COCKPIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
INDUSTRY . . . . . . . . . . . .136 124
CONTACTS . . . . . . . . . . .144
TENDER SPECIAL
KNOW-HOW
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . .145
SOLAS TENDER FOR THE GIGAS
TWO MAST PERFORMANCE
SUNDECK . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Unsinkable and self-uprighting, SOLAS tenders carry “astronaut food” and more.
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Joachim F. Muhs explains the ketch rig and some advantages for large yachts.
PHOTOS: STUDIO B, GIULIANO SARGENTINI, FASSMER, STEPHEN CRIDLAND
Tenders for SOLAS yachts. Page 98.
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