The Travelling Bug

The Owners of this MegaYacht Fortunate Sun 177ft Oceanfast must have the traveling bug. The yacht has been spotted in Dublin, Ireland at the start of the month (July 2011) and 2 weeks later in Valencia, Spain with probably a few more stops on the way down. Maybe they stopped off in the beautiful town of Cascais, Portugal. The picture below shows the boat docked on the river Liffy just outside the Jurys hotel.


The Owner of this MegaYacht is thought to be a New York businessman who is in the Pharmaceutical industry. The yacht was launchedin 2003 by Oceanfast Yachts in Australia and designed by Tim Heywood.
Fortunate Sun has a max speed of 18kts powered by two MTUs with a total HP out put of 4750. She has a crew of 12 and hold up to 10 guests including the owners. Below is a picture taken in Valencia Spain yesterday on the 16th July and in the British Virgin Islands in 2007.

With all the traveling that this MegaYacht is doing keep track of them with Yacht tracking. and see where in the Med their next stop will be.

Pink Gin 152ft - Baltic Yachts

Fresh from the Baltic Yard in Finland, where she had under gone a total refit, Pink Gin 152ft arrived in Valencia Spain on the 7/7/2011 with only one stop off in London on the way down.
She averaged a speed between 13 - 14kts all the way down. This speed is astonishing for a boat of this size, the speed increase was mainly down to the new solid Carbon Rigging from Future Fibres . The captain only had praises to sing about the outstanding performance that the yacht has gained after moving to Future Fibres Carbon rigging for Rod.
Taking all of that weight off the mast makes the yacht feel like a totally different boat. The Carbon rigging can be seen in the picture to the right.
The name Pink Gin comes from the cocktail "Pink Gin" it contains gin and a swirl of angostura bitters. Not a bad cocktail to drink.
Pink Gin was launched in 2006 from the Baltic yard and was designed by the German naval architects Judel/Vrolijk. with great team work between all parties and the owner the this magnificent and beamy yacht was produced.Due to the boats Beam8.45m this allows for a huge saloon and plenty of interior space. Out on deck the boat consists of two cockpits which blend in well with the lines of the boat.
Pink Gin is now on its way to St Tropez for the Mediterranean season of cruising around Italian coast line and other spots in the Med.
In the picture you can really see the beam of the boat and how her smooth lines just blend well all the way down to the stern forming this great looking yacht.


I will leave you with two last picture on of the cockpit looking to the bow and the other one is of
the elegant Carbon Rigging produced by Future Fibres.

F1 Megayacht Haven

The European Formula 1 was on this weekend in Valencia and it was a Megayacht haven, Andreas L a 197ft Benetti seen in the picture above was docked in the marina as well as Indian Empress the 311ft Oceanco. She is on of the most famous Megayachts in the world and is owned by an Indian Business man. People such as Richard Branson and Bernie Ecclestone are just a few who have enjoyed the parties aboard this boat. Pictures in Photos tab,
The recently launched Satori 163ft by Hessen Yachts was also docked up at the 2nd corner of the track, and Hampshire 151ft Feadship was docked along the back straight.
A Great weekend for cars and Megayachts