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Cheoy Lee Yachts Unveils New 127 Discovery Explorer

Cheoy Lee Yachts, the superyacht division of Cheoy Lee Shipyards, has introduced a new luxury expedition yacht, the Cheoy Lee 127 Discovery.Designed in collaboration with Nick Boksa of Boksa Marine Design in Lithia, Florida, the 127' megayacht offers the features and amenities of a 150-foot explorer yacht, combined with true transoceanic range, says the yard.The vessel features a full-displacement steel hull with sharp entry and spray chine. Like a commercial ship, its pilothouse is positioned forward for optimum visibility.

Seakeeper Opens Dealer Training Site in Italy

Seakeeper, a developer of marine motion control systems, has launched a new training facility in San Salvatore, Italy. This European location will enhance training access for partners outside North America, helping to build a global network of skilled technicians to support Seakeeper’s expanding customer base.“Our dedication to continuous improvement goes beyond our products; it’s also about the people who support them,” said Seakeeper president and CEO Andrew Semprevivo. “Our new training facility in Italy is part of our commitment to ensuring our partners are the best in the industry.

Telemar Yachting unveils T-Master KIT

Telemar Yachting unveiled the T-Master KIT, designed to enhance the possibilities for digital navigation.Created on the T-Master Touch platform, it features the same touch screen interface and functionality but in a slimmer and more versatile form.The system features a modern and minimalist design, without the traditional support structure. This allows for greater flexibility in installation and use, making it adaptable to multiple vessel sizes.T-Master KIT is available with high-quality touch screens ranging from 24…

BRIX Marine and Ashbreez Boatworks Launch 'Just 1 More'

BRIX Marine and Ashbreez Boatworks have furthered their partnership in crafting custom aluminum boats with the introduction of Just 1 More, a 35-foot Resurrection full-width cuddy catamaran.The collaboration began with the commissioning of a 32-foot aluminum catamaran in 2015, marking the start of a successful relationship that has seen the completion of several projects in both catamaran and monohull models.One of the notable achievements of this partnership is the construction of the Resurrection Series, a line of custom catamarans designed for fishing enthusiasts.

Caribbean Officials Search for Missing Couple After Yacht Hijacking

Police from two countries in the eastern Caribbean are investigating the possible murder of two people believed to be U.S. citizens who owned a catamaran that was hijacked by three fugitives in the waters off the island of Grenada.The yacht's alleged owners, Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry, were last seen Sunday night, when three men escaped from the custody of Grenadian authorities. Police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines captured the men on Wednesday.The Royal Grenada Police…

Superyacht Near Miss Report Considers Battery Safety

Voluntary near-miss reporting scheme CHIRP Maritime has released its fifth edition of Superyacht FEEDBACK which covers the importance of minimising distractions on the bridge or in a tender – especially at night; the challenges posed by lithium ion batteries; and why even new-builds can suffer with safety issues (and how to spot them).One of the reports covered involves a situation where the crew of a superyacht identified that one battery was significantly warmer than the other.

Burger Boat Company Introduces the 142 Atrium Motor Yacht

Burger Boat Company and yacht designer Evan K. Marshall have collaborated on the Burger 142 Atrium Motor Yacht, a vessel the companies say combines impeccable design and cutting-edge technology in a stunning 142-foot masterpiece.The inspiration behind the design was to establish an extraordinary centerpiece within the yacht's interior. With the Atrium, Marshall has successfully crafted a multi-story grand entrance that has never been seen on a yacht of this size. This distinctive feature will captivate the owner and their guests…

Telemar Yachting Delivers its First Full-Touch Superyacht Bridge

Telemar Yachting, a Marlink Group company, partnered with bridge console designer Pariani Srl to create T-Master Touch. This unique full-touch bridge for superyachts, combining touchscreen technology with flexible bridge ergonomics represents a  shift in modern navigation.T-Master Touch combines workstations/pods, each equipped with large 32-inch 4K touch screen displays which can be built-in or installed standalone, enabling the bridge team to optimise their workflow, replacing the traditional linear console approach.

Holterman's New 20m Xtreme-60 to Splash in Early 2024

Dutch shipyard Holterman is adding a new 60-footer (20m) to its Xtreme range of flexible, multipurpose motoryachts. Building work is already well underway on the first Xtreme-60, which will sit comfortably between the existing Xtreme-54 and Xtreme-78 models, with their muscular lines, trawler windows and sleek profile.Construction of the hull is already complete, with the focus now shifting to work on the superstructure. Bernd Weel’s design calls for complex shapes and many hull openings, to bring natural light pouring inside.

Marlink Launches Telemar Yachting

Marlink, the smart network and ICT solutions company, is bringing together its Telemar US, UK and Italy leisure market operations to create Telemar Yachting, to provide a portfolio of managed services to the yachting market.This combination installation and maintenance of safety and navigation equipment coupled with OmniAccess’ connectivity and cyber security solutions for the yachting segment.Telemar Yachting has been created in response to increasing demand from yacht owners and managers for a more holistic ‘single service’ approach…

Yamaha Integrates Bow Thruster into Boat Control System

Augmenting its Helm Master EX boat control system, Yamaha Marine has partnered with boat systems specialist VETUS to incorporate a bow thruster to offer customers fully integrated, joystick controlled boat handling.Designed for twin engine boats, the bow thruster is connected to the joystick steering system by Helm Master EX to ensure its power level matches that of the engines, creating an on-water experience equivalent to four-wheel drive, Yamaha said.With one handed joystick control for ease of operation…

Lennerstedt Named CEO at Humphree

Helena Lennerstedt was appointed CEO of Humphree. She has a background in several leading positions in different companies in the Swedish industry, and for the last seven years whe has been Vice President Purchasing at Volvo Penta. She has a Master’s in engineering from Linköping University and has studied International Business.Lennerstedt succeeds Hannes Norrgren who has taken up the role of Senior Vice President for Business Unit Industrial at Volvo Penta. Lennerstedt will take up the new position in January 2023.

NBA Star's Infinity Nine Leaves the Shed

Infinity Nine, the second of the Kando series of contemporary explorer yachts from AvA Yachts left its shed in the Antalya Free Zone on July 5, 2022.Atilla Küçükdiker the Chairman and Founder of AvA Yachts, said, “Seeing Infinity Nine in the open air side-on, painted and majestic in all her glory is a really proud moment for myself and the AVA Yachts team. We are now on the finishing straight to her completion and will very soon deliver Tony Parker the superb yacht he wants. Infinity Nine really is a game changer and class-beater for this size of steel explorer yacht.

New Vessel Design: FIM Unveils the 470 Regina

An open design to make the most of outdoor spaces thanks to the Bow Life concept is the hallmark of the Italian shipyard FIM's 470 Regina, which is currently under construction with world premieres expected at Cannes and Genova.The aft of the boat has folding balconies and a splittable solarium, delivering a spacious central area and great accessibility and liveability. In additino, the stern bathing platform is equipped with a lifting system that will facilitate the launching and towing of a tender or a jet ski.According to FIM…

Yacht Design: StellarONE Series Debuts

StellarPM introduced a 33m raised pilothouse StellarONE108 to its growing range of new construction offerings.Styled as a raised pilothouse model the 108 is offered as a long-range, full displacement steel/aluminium construction, or a semi-displacement aluminium version offering max speeds of 22-23 kts with a range of approaching 2500 nm.With a large volume interior offering a five stateroom layout with a crew compliment of five, the StellarONE108 has a full-beam main deck master stateroom with lower deck accommodation comprising two equal-sized queen staterooms…

Eye on Design: Flipping Small High-Speed Powerboats

Naval Architects can predict many things with great certainty. But the sea is an unpredictable task master and there are still a number of areas where it is difficult to get a technical handle on the problem.High speed planing boat stability is one of those areas.Planing hull design is incredibly complicated and dynamic behavior is actually more difficult to predict than the dynamic behavior of airplanes. (Let me say it again: Aerospace engineering (I am one) is sandlot compared to Naval Architecture).Meanwhile thousands…

Brunswick Names Cattelan CTO

Brunswick Corporation announced it has appointed Alexandra Cattelan as its chief technology officer, effective immediately. Cattelan will be responsible for continuing to advance Brunswick’s ACES strategy and, more generally, for maintaining Brunswick’s position of technology leadership in the marine industry.Cattelan has more than three decades of experience leading electric propulsion and advanced mobility programs and organizations, most recently serving as vice president, engineering, connected, controls, electrification and autonomous systems for Polaris Industries.

Mercury Marine Names Millender Bailey VP & GM, eSolutions

Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has named Perissa Millender Bailey Vice President and General Manager, eSolutions. This new position on Mercury’s leadership team will be responsible for leading the company’s electrification business and product development strategy.Millender Bailey joins Mercury following an 18-year career with Ford Motor Company, most recently serving as the company’s global technology strategy and planning director. At Ford, she spearheaded electric vehicle user experience…

Superyacht Delivered for NBA Star Tony Parker

Infinity Nine, the second of the Kando series of contemporary explorer yachts from AvA Yachts was delivered to its owner NBA basketball star Tony Parker in early November.Atilla Küçükdiker, chairman and founder of AvA Yachts, said, “It is a proud and happy day that we as AvA Yachts team have delivered Infinity Nine! We describe our Kando series yachts as contemporary explorers and Infinity Nine really is a superb demonstration of both contemporary style, inside and out, and superb exploration potential with class-beating efficiency…