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.

MegaYacht Mecca

North Sound, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) is where you will find one of the best, if not the best MegaYacht Mecca. this closed bay can only be entered by one channel and on entering you will come across one of the best that nature has to offer "Natures little secret".

This is a haven for MegaYacht's to come with their owners and also when the the crew have time away from owners and charters its one of their favorite places to come chill out and unwind.
Some of the worlds biggest and most extravagant yachts arrive here during the Caribbean
season. As seen in the picture above Alpha Nero
269ft one of the most well known yachts to come from the Oceanco Yard
.

On the right we have Princess Mariana 252ft
Denship, the owner of this boat is said to be a Mexican Business man.

Below we have one of the most extraordinary MegaYachts right now. SKAT is the 233ft built by Lurssen and designed by Espen Oino. The owner of this boat is Charles Simonyi the chief architect at Microsoft. The sharp angles of this boat make it stand out among others.





For all you MegaYacht spotters out there this place is really a true Haven to see up close some of the most spectacular yachts in the world.
This picture below was taken with Martha Ann 230ft Lurssen on the dock at The Bitter End Yacht Club beside Charisma 153ft Feadship. The difference in proportion between these two yachts is just mind blowing.