MY Luna Explores The 1000 Island Region

Photo: Tourism Bureau of the Thousand Island Region

The 115m (377ft) expedition style Superyacht Luna which is currently ranked at number 18 in the top 100 privately owned Superyachts in the world passed under the Thousand Island bridge and made her way up the St Lawrence River to explore the islands the other day.

Luna is one of the Superyachts in billionaire Roman Abramovich's extensive fleet of yachts which also includes the current largest Superyacht in the world MY Eclipse. Luna was launched in 2009 by Lloyd Werft and Stahlbau Shipyard in Germany, and then later delivered to her owner in 2010 after she completed sea trials. Her interior was designed by the renowned designer Donald Starkey and her innovative bold exterior was designed by Newcruise Design. She features two helipads and a spacious aft deck which includes a covered swimming pool and plenty of space to catch some rays. She can accommodate up to 12 guests and is also available for charter so it begs the question, who might be on board now exploring the beautiful islands?

If you have any other pictures of Luna email them to megayachtglobal@gmail.com and we will put them up in the Photos & Video page. For information on the Thousand Island Region follow the links below the pictures.

Photo: Tourism Bureau of the Thousand Island Region

The 3 Musketeers

The Three top names in MegaYacht Design will come to most of you not as a shock but as legends for the modern and artistic designs that they have produced over the years they have been in the yacht design industry.

We have Donald Starkey probably the most known of the three. Then we have Espen Oeino who has been at the top of his game for years. The final designer to form the 3 Musketeers of yacht design is Nuvolari Lenard with his sleek and sharp designs.

Donald Starkey has been designing some of the worlds most extravagant and well known yachts since the late 80s and over that time has gone on to win 26 design awards worldwide. This is why owners of yachts look to Donald Starkey for top class design in the interior and exterior of their yacht. one of his newest designs is the Westport 163ft Wabi Sabi, this yacht benefited from the interior design skills of Donald Starkey. Another yacht that Donald designed was the strong and bullish looks of the MegaYacht Luna 377ft built by Lloyd Werft and belongs to the growing fleet of MegaYachts owned by Roman Abramovich see the picture below.

Espen Oeino is a world renowned MegaYacht designer. He started his own design company in the early to mid 90s and has gone on to produce some of the leading yachts from the Lurssen shipyard. Some of his earlier yachts are the infamous Octopus 414ft owned by Microsoft guru Paul Allen and the sharp desgin of SKAT 233ft Lurrsen owned by Charles Simoyni another Microsoft guru.

Some of Espen Oeino's newest designs include CandyScape II 203ft from the Italian shipyard Viareggio and RoMa 203ft from Viareggio. See the picture below.

Nuvolari Lenard Design work alot with Oceanco shipyard and with Palmer Johnson. With these combination some of the worlds most elegant MegaYachts are produced. One of the wolds most famous yachts Alpha Nero 269ft Oceanco was designed by Nuvolari Lenard and the Palmer Johnson 130ft Hokulani. The newest design from Nuvolari Lenard is the newly launched Oceanco Seven Seas 282ft and was built under the yard name of Y706. this yacht will probably be seen around the Mediterranean this summer. See the picture below.

Watch out for new world class designs from these top designers.