WORLD YACHT

Burger Boat’s Sycara IV Wins Award

Burger Boat Company’s Syara IV, a 2010 151.2 ft Fantail Motor Yacht, was awarded the Best Design Trophy for Custom Yachts Under 50m at the prestigious 2009 World Yachts Trophies organized by LuxMedia Group and held in conjunction with the Cannes International Yacht and Boat Show September 12, 2009. Sycara IV won the award thanks in part to her unique design, reflective of her owner’s desire to build a family yacht true to the Golden Age of yachting.  Sycara IV recaptures the grace of a bygone era and represents Burger’s continued commitment to designing and building custom yachts to meet their owner’s specific requirements and desires. Styled after the classic yachts of the 1920’s, Sycara IV brings together an impressive collaboration of experts.  These include her owners, with their extensive yachting experience and yacht building knowledge; Steve Narkawicz, project manager; Bruce King, with his schooner bow and fantail hull; Ken Freivokh, who helped define her interior spaces and exterior detailing; and Burger’s team of designers, engineers and craftspeople. Sycara IV will make her world debut at the 2009 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.  

Drydocks World Sets up New Group

Drydocks World, a subsidiary of Dubai World, has announced that it has successfully completed the setting up of a new group under its umbrella. Geoff Taylor, CEO of Drydocks World, said Drydocks World will monitor, control and set procedures in respect of finance, HR and other common functions in group companies. Those in the group at present include Drydocks World Dubai, which is an amalgamation of Dubai Drydocks and Jadaf, Drydocks World Singapore, formerly Pan United Marine

Oyster Enters Superyacht Market

According to Yachting World, two British yachting companies have teamed up to create a new range of series built Superyachts. Double Queen's Award yacht builder, Oyster Marine, has commissioned Dubois Naval Architects to produce a Dubois Oyster 100 and a Dubois Oyster 125. Manufacture of the new designs is expected to take place at RMK Marine, Istanbul, Turkey. Starting with the 100, both yachts will be built from female tooling in modern, composite materials

Fortuna Awarded As Innovative Yacht

The gas-turbine-powered yacht, Fortuna, was selected for the award, most innovative motor yacht for 2000, during the Eleventh Annual Showboats Awards in Monaco. The yacht, for the Spanish Head of State, was purpose-built from the naval architectural and marine engineering design and specifications developed by Donald L. Blount and Associates, Inc., (DLBA) with offices in Chesapeake, Va. Blount accepted the award in Monaco for the design. Fortuna, with a length of 136 ft

Big Easy puts owner in the Driver’s Seat

This 126-ft. Raised Pilothouse Trinity Yacht, described by these specifications, is a world-class, semi-displacement 17-knot cruise design with a luxurious interior. The yacht is designed with three (3) guest staterooms and a large owner's stateroom located aft of the guest staterooms. Three (3) guest staterooms are centrally located below the main deck and the full beam master stateroom. There are also three (3) spacious captain

Floyd Joins Bradford Marine

Bradford Marine, Inc. announced that James (Jimmy) Floyd has joined the Bradford Marine Team as Sales and Marketing Professional. Floyd has an extensive knowledge of the yachting industry.  He started his yachting career many years ago as Dockmaster at Bradford Marine, and since 1981, he has been involved in the yachting industry through Smallwood's, a well-known family business. Bradford Marine is one of the world’s largest undercover yacht repair facilities

Hall Spars Rig Winning Yachts in Maxi Rolex Cup

Hall Spars & Rigging equipped yachts claim victory in three of the five divisions of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2012 at Porto Cervo, Sardina. The 2012 edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup that took place in Porto Cervo, Sardina, could be described as one of the top events in the yachting world, marked by close competition and changing wind conditions. Inaugurated in 1980 and the jewel in Rolex’s international yachting portfolio since 1985, the event

Bloemsma & van Breemen Signs Megayacht Contract

Bloemsma & van Breemen has announced the signing of a contract to build a 41-meter sailing yacht. The Dutch yard will create this fast cruising sloop to a blueprint from Dubois Design Naval Architects. Bloemsma & van Breemen’s most recent launch, the 48-meter Flying Eagle, was recently nominated for the World Superyacht Awards in Venice. The new order will be a high performance yacht built entirely in aluminum and equipped with dual headstays

Superyacht Sector has Presence at SMM

SMM is increasingly becoming a platform for the upmarket segment of super yachts. This area is presented at the SMM at Hamburg Trade Fair by shipyards, and all relevant equipment suppliers exhibit at the leading shipbuilding fair. For the first time this year there will be a special exhibition focus on super yachts in Hall 8. Over 1,600 companies from 50 countries will present the latest developments in all areas of the maritime sector at 22nd Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology

DYT Makes Large Yacht Shipments

In late February, Dockwise Yacht Transport’s (DYT) 456 ft Super Servant 3 left Port Everglades for Toulon, unloading 18 yachts and loading one in St. Thomas, then moved on to Martinique where it loaded 18 more yachts, totaling 32 power and sailing yachts for a final cargo value of $140m.  In early March, the second of DYT’s fleet of semi-submersible transport ships, the 556 ft Super Servant 4, departed from Port Everglades