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QU, a perfect lighting vision for any environment

Lighting is a key element in any home—whether on water or on land—both for functionality and style. In this field, QU continues to stand out for its iconic and design-forward solutions, which add a touch

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Boats for Sale: the new, richer second-hand showcase

Boats for Sale is now packed with new features Yacht Digest, the publication by The International Yachting Media group, has recently adopted a new look and a fast, multimedia system that makes it easy to

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Thunderstreak: a Great Story on a Legendary Bertram 31

Like all good stories, Thunderstreak, a 1963 vintage Bertram 31’ race boat has lived life in chapters. Heroes, villains, drama, despair and victorious resurrection have all contributed to her past and created her glorious present.

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Armonia SGR: at the Grand Soleil Cup to immerse in yachting

Armonia SGR is a special asset management company. Owned and controlled by its own managers, it adopts a medium to long-term investment strategy that respects the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility. However, the uniqueness of

SamBoat

SamBoat: the advantages of one-to-one boat rental

Renting a boat has never been so safe: SamBoat, the leading boat rental website offering over 50,000 private and professional boats, connects owners and tenants in a few simple clicks. Whether it’s a sailboat, a

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The Ship of Philosophers

At the port of Petrograd it is midnight of September 29th, 1922. The moon is high, its hump is to the west and promises salvation. At the dock the ocean liner Oberbürgermeister Haken (The Ship

Discovering the teams of the 37th America’s Cup

Discovering each 37th America’s Cup team INEOS BRITANNI team The British America’s Cup team, INEOS Britannia, launched their first test boat for the 37th America’s Cup, code-named T6, designed and built-in collaboration with Mercedes-AMG F1

Absolute Yachts Export Champions Ranking 2023

2023 Export Champions ranking: Absolute Yachts in 36th place

Exports continue to drive the growth in Italian GDP, sustaining the high reputation of Italian-made products around the world. In this context, the Podenzano-based shipyard Absolute Yachts specializing in the production of high-quality yachts, took

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Superyachts: Arabic and French editions launched

SUPERYACHTS, the magazine dedicated to large yachts published by THE INTERNATIONAL YACHTING MEDIA, keeps on growing. From today, it has been enriched with two editions, one dedicated to the Arabian market and one reserved for

Monaco

Monaco Smart Yacht Rendezvous

Following the success of the first two editions of the Monaco Smart & Sustainable Marina Rendez-vous (next edition on September 24 and 25, 2023), M3 (Monaco Marina Management), a Monegasque company specializing in the management

Monaco Superyacht Chef Competition

The 2023 Monaco Superyacht Chef Competition

The Monaco 2023 Superyacht Chef Competition is back, registrations are now open! Organised by Yacht Club de Monaco partnered with Bluewater, the Superyacht Chef Competition returns for a fourth year on Thursday, 30 March 2023.

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The enigmatic Es Vedrà: Ibiza’s limestone legend

Blurring the lines between reality, fairy tale and fantasy of the mysterious island. Es Vedrà, the enigmatic rock full of mystery rising off the South East coast of Cala d’Hort in Ibiza, has a history

Cocktail

Author’s cocktails aboard

Whether sailing toward the sun, perhaps hidden among the pale rocks of an unknown island, or slowly motoring between overcrowded coves, any moment might be the right one to put the tumblers in the cooler

Princess Yachts

Princess Yachts sold to US-based KPS group

Momentous turning point for Princess Yachts, the UK’s largest luxury boatbuilder, that has officially announced its acquisition by KPS Capital Partners, a New York-based private firm which has a long history in making controlling equity

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SLAM gets on board Emirates Team New Zealand

It is a masterstroke that scored by Enrico Chieffi who, at the helm of SLAM’s relaunching journey from 2021, conquers a technical partnership with Emirates Team New Zealand and become official apparel supplier of the

St.Louis Holocaust Remembrance Day

St. Louis: the liner of salvation

The odyssey of the St. Louis, the liner of salvation – Jan. 27, Holocaust Remembrance Day It was May 13, 1939. At the port of Hamburg, 936 passengers looking out from the battlement of the

Magazzù celebrity Hunted

Celebrities escape aboard a Magazzù MX-14 Classic

The stars of Celebrity Hunted escape aboard a Magazzù MX-14 Classic.  The third season of ‘Celebrity Hunted’, Prime Video’s highly successful international format, has just ended with a twist. The Italian edition featured nine celebrities

Eolo 9

EOLO Nove, a style-packed Family Line

Designed for owners who love to experience the sea in all its facets, Eolo Nove stems from the idea of designing an upgrade of the previous model, the Eolo 830, but enlarging it, switching to

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Pearl 72 world premiered at FLIBS

It’s been about a year since the design was unveiled at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2021, but now, on the other side of the world, at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2022, the

NSS Group

NSS Group, all-round boating

In the month in which Europe’s most important boat shows are held, the NSS Group is particularly active with all its three divisions that make the company a unique reality in the boating industry in

Mediterranean en Rose

Mediterranean en Rose: interview with the raid girls

We had previously talked about the Mediterranean en Rose, a raid organized by Nuova Jolly with an all-female crew and the aim of raising funds for the Lorenzo Perrone Association, whose ‘Pink Heart’ project provides

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The emotions of the first sailing course

Sailing, the emotions of the first course Luffing, bearing away, easing, hauling. Jib, boom, mainsail, close-hauled and abeam. For two hours my instructor keeps filling my head with what he calls ‘concepts’, while I think

Cannes Yachting Festival

Not just Yachting Festival, Cannes city guide

This year again, the Cannes Yachting Festival is ready to open its doors. From September 6 to 11 a large number of gleaming yachts, sailboats and inflatables will welcome visitors moored at the various quays

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New Pardo GT52 world premiere at Cannes

The brand-new Pardo GT52 will have her world debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival This year again, Pardo Yachts will take part in the Cannes Yachting Festival, Europe’s leading boat show, scheduled to take place

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VanDutch 56: world premiere at Cannes Yachting Festival

VanDutch Yachts will join the Cannes Yachting Festival 2022 from September 6-11 to unveil the world premiere of its new VanDutch 56. Designed by Mulder Design, the new creation from the Cantiere del Pardo-owned Dutch

Metaverse

Metaverse: progress is advancing, even for boating

Metaverse, boating and the technological evolutions of the next five years.  The world is changing fast. The fast-paced digital evolution makes it easy and obvious to use applications that only yesterday seemed futuristic and that

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New Magazzù Center in Varazze, opening in September

A new Magazzù Center is about to open at Marina di Varazze. A new location designed to offer a complete assistance service, dedicated to all owners of the iconic Magazzù maxi-ribs. The centre’s inauguration will

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Ferdinandea Island: a European conflict averted

Ferdinandea Island: what really happened? On the morning of July 12th 1831, the sun was shining on the elegant hats of the women strolling through the San Domenico square in Sciacca, the wealthy seaside town

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Volvo Penta to power Svalbard’s first hybrid vessel

Volvo Penta is working on a hybrid engine for the Arctic seas, a project that contributes to a revolution in green yachting and sustainable tourism Hybrid-propelled yachting: Volvo Penta opens up even more. And it

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Umberto Felci: style according to Felci Yacht Design

Discovering the parameters of style and beauty with Umberto Felci. Well, that’s a beautiful boat! How many times, while sailing or simply strolling along the quayside, do we look for those parameters that our brain

Quick Arcipelago

Quick Arcipelago: the new marine lighting Capsule Collection

Quick Marine Lighting, the interior lighting division of Quick Spa, has unveiled at a special event the Arcipelago project that encompasses the new Capsule Collection range designed by Parisotto+Formenton. The event comes in response to

Yacht Digest 10

Yacht Digest issue 10 is online with the best of yachting

Yacht Digest 10: the latest issue of the popular quarterly from The International Yachting Media, the publishing house founded by Luca D’ambrosio, has come. This full-bodied volume, the result of a really intense work, includes

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Pura Follia, sailing wedding aboard an Ice 60

Pura Follia is an Ice 60 aboard which you can climb for a variety of reasons: a wedding, a dream holiday or an important event to be celebrated. The idea, conceived by Maurizia Marangoni, owner

Procida

The island of Procida: tips for sailing

Procida is the closest island to the mainland in the Phlegraean archipelago, emerging completely of volcanic origin in the Gulf of Naples. The island is just four hundred metres from the private islet of Vivara,

Capri

Discovering Capri: nautical guide

Capri is the Blue Grotto and vice versa: nothing could undo the indissoluble bond that has made one of the Mediterranean‘s most fashionable yachting locations so famous since the 19th century. So mush so, in

Ponza island

Boat itinerary to the Ponza island

A “marvellous” island, this is Ponza, and it is perhaps the most attractive of all the ideas for a boat trip, thanks to its coastline that allows for optimal navigability and the choice of anchoring

Porto Romano Giannutri

At anchor in Giannutri, the detailed guide

Giannutri is the smallest and southernmost island in the Tuscan archipelago and is protected by the National Park under strict rules, which, however, do not completely prevent navigation. Giannutri is six nautical miles from Argentario

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Monaco (Super) Yacht Show: how big you are!

Two more months and the triumph of nautical history will bring its exploits to the Monaco Yacht Show 2021 to be tinged with the Principality’s blue blood. A “phenomenal fleet of superyachts that will be

MCY 105 Skylounge

MCY 105 Skylounge: The one and the only

MCY 105 Skylounge is the one and the only that fears no rivals. She is about to take the stage, which will belong to her and to the eyes that look upon her. She is

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Fiart, the success at sea with good reason

The success of Fiart, an acronym for Fabbriche Italiane per l’Applicazione di Resine Termoindurenti, began 31 years ago with the colour and imagination of exotic countries, and the taste of victory was as Latin as

Ocean Alexander superyachts

Ocean Alexander: 8 new superyachts delivered

Ocean Alexander, a Taiwanese company with shipyards in Taiwan and the United States, has delivered 8 yachts between April and June this year. These figures give an idea of the leading role of this yachting

Marina di Portisco

Marina di Portisco, the gateway to the Emerald Coast

The summer route leads to Marina di Portisco,  which welcomes guests in Covid-free mode to guarantee a sustainable holiday in freedom. Thanks to its strategic position at the entrance of the enchanting Gulf of Cugnana,

Vandutch 32

Vandutch 32, when class meets water

In the wonderful setting of Torre San Marco, the Vandutch 32 – an iconic boat, almost an artwork- was presented to the most authoritative nautical press. The location was ideal because, in the waters of

Absolute 48 coupé

Absolute 48 Coupé: boldness goes on stage

Absolute 48 Coupé is sly. Warmth, a welcoming galley, a right outdoor space for your convivial moments. Without forgetting the introspection of the independent voyage and the three cabins below deck which, when it comes

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The International Yachting Media acquires YachtingNews.com

The International Yachting Media acquires YachtingNews.com , the American yachting information portal. YachtingNews.com,a domain of significant value and international stature, has been acquired by The International Yachting Media, the global all-digital and multilingual yachting publishing

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Pura Follia: boat wedding is now a reality

Boat wedding is now possible: Pura Follia is an Ice 60 yacht that will walk you down the aisle….by sea! If love is riding high but your “big day” has been postponed due to anti-Covid

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Marina Porto Antico: the new video is full of emotions

Marina Porto Antico launches its new video. A full immersion of emotions to be experienced Two minutes and eleven seconds of pure emotions. Spectacular images that describe the Marina Porto Antico in all its beauty.

Akuis Fitness

Sintesi: this is how the gym of the future works

This is how Sintesi powered by Akuis, the remote robotic fitness machine, works It impressed us so much at first sight that we have decided to test it. Sintesi, the multifunction remote digital-robotic fitness machine,

Magazzù boat shows

Magazzù: a world premiere for Genoa Boat show

Magazzù joins the Genoa Boat Show with two Maxi Ribs: a world premiere and an icon Magazzù MX-13 Gran Coupé: the new entry of the year The new Magazzù MX-13 Gran Coupé is probably the

Akuis Sintesi

Sintesi, the digital gym for your yacht powered by Akuis

Akuis presents Sintesi, the robotic and digital machine that revolutionizes the concept of fitness Training off the coast on your yacht, without the physical presence of a personal trainer but with constant monitoring, exercise after

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Yacht destinations: Orosei, the magic gulf of Sardinia

Yacht destinations: Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, 40 km of coastline between amazing coves and breath-taking sea “Tropical” or “Caribbean” are adjectives used, often abused, to describe seaside places so beautiful that it feels like being

Pardo Yachts Pardo 38

Pardo 38 : the “Baby in the family” is striking

If, thinking about the Pardo 38, your mind evokes glamorous scenes of luxury cocktails enjoyed in the trendiest ports and anchorages of the moment, you are only partially right. While her bold beauty is clear

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Yacht destinations: Azores, the primitive Atlantic islands

Yacht destinations: Azores, the volcanic archipelago when time stopped at the primitive age Everyone knows them for the same-named anticyclone but only few people know where they are. We’re talking about the Azores, an archipelago

Cantiere del Pardo acquires VanDutch

Cantiere del Pardo acquires VanDutch

Cantiere del Pardo acquires VanDutch  The news comes like a thunderbolt and establishes, in one fell swoop, the new market leader of luxury and lifestyle-oriented boats. VanDutch has been acquired and joins the universe of

Azimut Benetti Group CEO Marco Valle

Azimut Benetti, Marco Valle is the new CEO of the group

Important change in the Azimut-Benetti Group’s top management team which is preparing for a really important evolution. On September 1, 2020, engineer Franco Fusignani will hand over responsibility for the Benetti Division in the hands

Living on a boat

Living on a boat, dream or reality?

Living on a boat is a lifestyle choice that is in the dreams of many sea lovers. This thought is very often represented by the idea of traveling around the world or, more simply, by

Luxury Island Privè

Luxury Island Privè: the inflatable wellness islands

Luxury Island Privè  This year, due to the Covid-19 emergency, we will be forced to respect certain restrictions imposed by the government. Spaces will be reduced and corversion will be very difficult. However, it will

Yacht Extension

Yacht Extension, a revolutionary way to enjoy the sea

Yacht Extension , an innovative system which creates veritable luxury beach clubs Yacht Extension is a company which represents the Italian excellence all over the world. It was born from an idea of Alex Barone

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Buy a boat, the virus can’t swim

Buy a boat, Coronavirus can’t swim Nothing will be back as normal. That’s for sure, everybody knows that. In a few weeks, restrictions will be eased and we will all begin to experience a new

SY Concordia

Dream boats: SY Concordia, speed and elegance

The SY Concordia is a daydream, a superyacht where the passing of time, far from affecting the charm, has indeed further enhanced the beauty. Built by Monty North in 2000 and largely renovated in 2013,

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Luxury holidays: the top 5 chicest winter destinations

Luxury holidays? Discover the top 5 most popular winter destinations If you like winter sports or are looking for a luxury holiday, you can’t miss the top 5 chicest winter destinations you’ve selected for you.

Duffy Boat

Duffy Boat, the American electric revolution

Duffy Boat, the charm of enjoying green cruising at 5 knots Imagine a Sunday when you want to have a stroll or a day trip. Well, Duffy Boats are the perfect option to experience this directly

Ocean Alexander 84R

Ocean Alexander 84R, the skydeck that captivates the FLIBS

Here is Ocean Alexander 84R, the second model of the Revolution line Voluminous, modern, bright and with an exaggerated skydeck. Designed to meet the needs of international market and increasingly attentive to fashion, the new Ocean Alexander

MCY 105

MCY 105, a 32-meter long dream

Monte Carlo Yachts MCY 105: a dreamlike flagship Among the superyachts exhibited at the Monaco Boat Show this year, there was also the flagship of Monte Carlo Yachts: the MCY 105. This is a boat

Guidi and Hot Lab

Guidi Srl partner of Hot Lab for the Annual Rendez-Vous

Guidi Srl leads the Hot Lab Rendez-vous “The Italian Gentlemen” The prestigious ” The Italian Gentlemen” event was recently held, organized by Hot Lab, the Italian superyacht design studio which, for the fourth Rendez-Vous, chose

Contest 72CS : a masterpiece signed Contest Yachts

Contest 72CS : the queen of the Cannes Yachting Festival It is unlikely to climb on board the Contest 72 CS without getting excited. Contest Yachts does not simply builds sailboats but creates true masterpieces of

Zeelander Z72 : a flagship in Porsche style

The luxury of the Zeelander Z72 During the 59th edition of FLIBS (Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show), the world’s most important boat show, Zeelander shipyard’s experts unveiled some important details about their new project. The

Pardo 50

Pardo 50, “La Dolce Vita” lands in Miami

Pardo 50 : sixteen meters for a fascinating open boat Fun and beauty, enjoying life lightheartedly. These are the first emotions the Pardo 50 gives at first glance. We visited her at sunset during her

Feadship Caravelle

Feadship gets back to roots with a “Caravelle”

The last refit carried out by the ultra centenarian Dutch shipyard Feadship involved the motoryacht Caravelle, issued in the ’60s from a collaboration with Italian designed Carlo Riva. Today, it is inevitable for a sea

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Sunreef wears gold and diamond at Miami Yacht Show

“Diamonds are the girl’s best friend”, Marylin Monroe sang. It was 1954 when the hot movie star bewitched global audience in her slinky fuchsia dress, adorned by a white-diamond necklace. After more than 60 years

Rio Yachts, Made in Italy

The beauty of “Made in Italy” with “R”

Anna Maria Ziliani Scarani tells: the beauty of  “Made in Italy” with “R” “Nine”: a biblical number classed as a perfect number that is even able to measure many lives. The first sheet of 2019

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Vela Code, Dan Lenard sails to Miami

The famous yacht designer Dan Lenard of the design studio Nuvolari Lenard, founded in 1992 with its headquarters near Venice, has decided to cross the Atlantic on board a sailboat without using neither fuel nor

Benetti Mega Yachts

Benetti : three Mega Yachts for a unique parade

The memorable parade of three Benetti mega yachts It’s not everyday, actually it never happens to see three masterpieces, three symbols of the Italian boating industry, parade all together to the pleasure of spectators. It

Victory Design rendering

Victory Design: the art of innovation

Situated on the top floor of a glass building in Via Nuova Marina, suspended between the sea and the sky of Naples, raises Victory Design, the naval architecture firm and creative kingdom that the virtuous

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The pros of the ketch rig

Gennaro Coretti and the ketch rig John Goode is a sailing instructor who lives and works in Southampton. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a RYA examiner. This sacred monster of

Felucca ride on the Nile

The tale of a felucca trip

When Alì gestured to me that, if I wanted, I could take the helm, I was primarily concerned to grab it where I thought he hadn’t touched it with his feet. So, I got up

Tankoa S533 SAETTA

Tankoa S533: 53 meters of planing power

Tankoa S533 Saetta Highly aggressive lines, perfectly in line with the conceptual philosophy of the boatyard, 53-meter length and a maximum beam of over 9 meters. This is the business card of the new Tankoa

Azimut Grande 35 Metri

Azimut Grande 35 Metri. Coloring outside the lines .

Azimut Grande 35 Metri Yachts are dream items. And it’s strange to think how the concept of dream itself is often repressed by the respect for traditional beauty standards, very often too similar to themselves.

Anna Scarani Rio Yachts

Anna Scarani, Rio Yachts. The female face of yachting

Interview with Anna Scarani, Rio Yachts ” Women have reached the pinnacle of glory, in every art by them professed“, the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto quoted, and Anna Maria Ziliani Scarani has been excelling in the

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Guidi brings Art to the METS Trade in Amsterdam

Countdown for Guidi Srl, an undisputed brand in the sector of marine equipment, which is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary (1968-2018). The preparations for the upcoming accomplishment already started at the Marine Equipment Trade

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MIAMI. ASTON MARTIN AM37 ASTONISHES USA

When in May 2015, the historic English car manufacturer based in Gaydon announced the production of a powerboat, the news shook the boating world like a thunderbolt. The reasons for such surprise are even banal

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BLACK SWAN: A 23-THOUSAND-HORSEPOWER SWAN

More than a swan, she looks like an arrow, while her black colour reminds 007 movies, where bad guys sail on stunning black yachts. In reality, she’s a 70-metre superyacht designed by the Turkish designer Timur

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WIDER 150 GENESI: A 100% ELECTRIC SUPER YACHT

After Cannes and Genoa, Wider 150 Genesi will take part to Monaco Boat Show, too (September 28- October 1). Tilli Antonelli, founder and CEO of Wider, a dynamic visionary businessman, has struck again. This time,

GUIDI AND THE “BEAUTY” OF BOATING

Leggi l’articolo in italiano How to put art and industry together? Which can be the link between boat accessories and an artist’s work? Quoting Dostoevskij, we could say that “Only beauty will save us”. Guidi

OCEANEMO, THE AMUSEMENT FACTORY

Leggi l’articolo in italiano As seen some weeks ago, OceaNemo, the new concept by MC Yacht International, is one of the most interesting and innovative projects in yachting. After the creation of the first Sport

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The world’s biggest superyacht harbour

With a 250 metres long mooring, Porto Montenegro is on top of Yachting Pages’ list of the world’s biggest harbours, overtaking superyacht marinas such as One Ocean Port Veli in Barcelona, which can harbour yachts up