"Eclipse" Leaves The Fincantieri Shipyard

The massive Superyacht "Eclipse" has just left the Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste San Marco to conduct sea trials after a four week drydock maintenance project. This relatively short but very large project took 70 workers the whole four weeks to complete, quite staggering when you think about it.

Fincantieri has now made a stand in the world of Superyachts with this project of the worlds largest Superyacht and also the launch of their 134m (439ft) Serene which took place in 2011. Serene is one of the top 10 privately owned Superyachts in the world and was a winner at the wold Superyacht awards.

In addition to construction, repair and refitting, Fincantieri activities also include the development of innovative concepts. Three concept projects, which are being developed on platforms engineered by Fincantieri, have been recently introduced. They have received great interest among the experts and are the 88m (288ft) "Virage88", designed by Andrew Winch, the 145m (475ft) "Fortissimo", a "gas turbine yacht" designed by Ken Freivoch, with an innovative design and a propulsion system capable of a speed of over 35kts, while minimizing environmental impact and the 142m (466ft) "Armonia", styled by Andrea Vallicelli and engineered by Fincantieri Yachts.

The World Superyacht Awards 2012 Winners

A great time was had by all who attended the seventh annual World Superyacht Awards in Istanbul, Turkey last night, with some great yachts winning the infamous Neptune. The awards ceremony took place in the magnificent surroundings of Ciragan Palace Kempinski, set over looking the beautiful and historic Bosphorus waterway. Lets get to the winners of the categories.

Motor Yacht Awards

• Motor Yacht of the Year: Tango, 77.7m (255ft), By Feadship
• Displacement Motor Yacht 3000GT +: Serene, 133.9m (439ft), By Fincantieri Yachts
• Displacement Motor Yacht 1300GT to 2999GT: Tango, 77.7m (255ft), By Feadship
• Special Award, Interior with widest appeal: Numptia, 70.0m (230ft), By Rossi Navi
• Displacement Motor Yacht 500GT to 1299GT: Kaiser, 60.0m (197ft), By Abeking & Rasmussen
• Displacement Motor Yacht Below 500GT: Helix, 44.65m (146ft), By Feadship
• Tri Deck Semi-Displacement: Satori, 50.0m (164ft), By Heesen Yachts
• Two Deck & Open Semi-Displacement: Shooting Star, 38.0m (124ft), By Danish Yachts
• Raised Pilothouse Semi-Displacement: Aurella, 37.0m (121ft), By Heesen Yachts

Sailing Yacht Awards

• Sailing Yacht of the Year: Vertigo, 67.2m (220ft), By Alloy Yachts
• Sailing Yacht 40m +: Vertigo, 67.2m (220ft), By Alloy Yachts
• Sailing Yacht 30m - 40m: Antares III, 30.0m (98ft), By Yachting Developments
• Special Award, A Notiable Contribution to the Technical Advancement of Sailing Superyachts: Hetairos, 66.7m (219ft), By Baltic Yachts

Other Awards

• Refitted Yacht Award: Destination, 41.0m (134ft), By Trappman Consulting, Refit: Alloy Yachts
• Voyager's Award: Golden Compass, 46.0m (151ft), By Picchiotti Yachts

Cruising Route: 30,000nm 'World Tour', starting in the USA, through the Caribbean,
South America, the Mediterranean, then on through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, cruising the Indian coast to Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, the Malacca Straits and on through Indonesia to
Papua New Guinea.

• Legacy Award: Mr Neville Crichton

For his instrumental role in the establishment and growth of the New Zealand Superyacht building industry, for his leading position in the world of sailboat racing, his generosity of spirit, and his inspiration to others in these fields.

Exclusive: Ken Freivokh New Designs "Fortissimo" & "Ghost "

Two new designs to come from the renowned designer Ken Freivokh and his team are the 145m Fortissimo and the slightly smaller 144m Ghost. These yacht designs are at the top level of innovative and modern design and are sure to be a major hit in the Superyacht world.

Fortissimo 145m


Fortissimo is a 145m gas turbine yacht designed specially for Fincantieri Yachts in Italy. She is a superyacht designed with total flexibility in mind. The design concept also acknowledges the tremendous power of the turbine installation, and integrates the turbine as an integral part of the total design. She has a generous amount of space and living area for such a sleek yacht, Whilst the owners can enjoy getting to their destination at a top speed in excess of 35kts. Quite an astonishing speed for a yacht of this size.

The yacht features 7 deck which include a sun deck, a high visibility and operational deck, a private owners deck, an entertainment deck with terraces both forward and aft, a guest deck with further terracing, a crew deck and a utility deck. The aft decks are particularly interesting with a see through swimming pool and jacuzzi with the glass walls forming an open feature within the main deck gym and bar.


Fortissimo will be able to accommodate up to 16 guests in 8 guest suites and will have a crew of 48 to accommodate their needs.



Ghost 144m


Ghost is a 144m sleek innovative creation and Ken's approach may be seen as stimulating unpredictability with controlled chaos yet it is totally functional. The Ghost concept similar to that of Fortissimo is one of total flexibility, where a rigid spaceframe system takes care of the torsional rigidity, and allows for large span openings. These large openings can accommodate the likes of a 50ft sportfisher tender, which on most yachts could only be a run-alongside tender or deck tender.

Ghost also boasts a number of unique features such as underwater viewing, sliding helipad platforms, opening skylights, a glass sided swimming pool, a gym, a massive atrium around one of the main structures with balconies and flying bridges linking the various spaces.

These two yachts have been designed to fit in with the forward moving world of today and will stay modern and new throughout their life on the worlds Oceans.

"Serene" 439ft by Fincantieri, Delivered

Serene the 439ft MegaYacht by the Fincantieri shipyard Has been officially delivered to its owners and is planned to leave the yard next week. This yacht was launched in November 2010 and had under gone sea trials and finishing work in La Spezia, Italy. She will enter in as No. 10 in the list of largest privately owned MegaYachts in the world. This is quite an accomplishment for the first MegaYacht to come from the Fincantieri yard. they must of taken the phrase "Go Big or Go Home" into mind with this project.

Follow the link below for the to the previous post on Serene for more information about this MegaYacht or search the name in the list on the left of the page.

http://megayachtglobal.blogspot.com/search/label/Serene

To find out where she will go when leaving the yard next week check out the Yacht Tracking Page.