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Kingship Sets New Yacht Design Standard for 144’ GREEN VOYAGER

The first steel block of this potentially award-winning yacht commenced assembly last month at Kingship Shipyard. Green Voyager is designed for minimal environmental impact that exceeds MEPC 159(55) requirements and RINA Green Plus Platinum notation.

To this end, the explorer-style yacht is equipped with diesels, shaft generator/E-motors, diesel-electric and advanced power management and battery power systems for propulsion and hotel loads estimated to increase efficiency by16% in propulsion, 20% for hotel loads, and produce unprecedented low levels of emissions.

Tork Buckley, career Captain and current editor of the Yacht Report, will represent Kingship in a presentation at the Singapore Superyacht Conference, October 13-14, 2010, explaining the Green Voyager project and how shipyards can lead rather than follow superyacht trends.

The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) has nominated Green Voyager for their 2010 Environmental Award. The UIM promotes environmentally friendly innovation and technology in an effort to address environmental challenges, particularly the decline in biodiversity and energy resources.

Green Voyager is a collaborative design effort between the yard, architects, engineers and consultants who share a vision to reduce the environmental footprint. The yard has entered Green Voyager for consideration by the UIM Environmental Working Group.

Visit the Boatbookings.com link Green Chartering! for insights into treading lightly.

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Board the “Yellow Submarine” at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

Megayacht owners are taking advantage of their aft decks as an outstanding platform for private submarine operations. Including a submersible in their onboard toy collections provides the ability for owners and guests to emulate Cousteau, dive whenever or wherever there are pristine reefs or steep walls, all with glasses of chilled champagne in hand.

In fact, Dutch company U-Boat Worx submersibles were so popular at the Monaco Boat Show that the company conducted more than 30 dives in four days with additional requests received during the show.

The latest C-Quester 3, whimsically named the “Yellow Submarine”, completed its Harbour Acceptance Tests and Sea Acceptance Tests under the watchful eye of surveyors from Rotterdam and Hamburg prior to the Monaco show, and will be available for demonstration dives to qualified prospects at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

The C-Questor 3 is fully air-conditioned, features an eight-hour endurance capacity, and operates to a depth of 330 feet. U-Boat Worx will be reducing the price by about ten percent during the Fort Lauderdale show. The C-Quester 3 submersible will be on display alongside U-Boat Worx appointed USA dealer, Brownie’s Yacht Diver.

See  Super and Mega Luxury Yacht Charter to read more about Super Yacht charter, and feel free to contact us if you’re looking for a charter with a submarine aboard! We’ll be at the Ft Lauderdale show and will be happy to discuss your needs.

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Heesen Yachts 213’ All-Aluminum Concept Megayacht

Heesen Yachts newest concept definitely exudes the wow factor. Heesen has released exciting details of their newest yacht following positive results from recent tank tests. This 213’ megayacht has a lightweight all-aluminum hull and superstructure with “Fast Displacement Hull Form”, that allows her to attain a maximum speed of 27 knots, an astonishing speed for a yacht of this size. But then, this yacht is remarkable in many ways.

The hull form is the result of studies and tank tests carried out over 20 years by the Dutch Naval Architects Van Oossanen and Associates. Their focus was to perfect a hull form designed to reduce hydrodynamic resistance over the entire range of speeds a yacht travels, rather than based on either long range or short, higher speed requirements.

The Heesen 213’ Fast Displacement design boasts some extraordinary exterior features. There is a magnificent split-level beach club aft on the main and lower decks with a 107 square-foot side-balcony on the port side and a voluminous 236 square-foot swim platform. The beach complex includes a sauna, hammam, shower room, day head, full bar and glass-bottom swimming pool that allows sunlight to shine through the water illuminating the bar below. The yacht also is designed with a forward sunbathing area that converts to a touch-and-go heli-deck.

Exterior styling by Frank Laupman, Omega Architects, takes the 213’ Heesen to a thrilling, futuristic new level. The streamlined low profile, like a high-speed bullet train, has an imposing forward thrust. Integrating the hull with the main deck eliminates the aft overhang creating a smooth and seamless integration with the freestanding superstructure.

This extraordinary yacht is likely to set a new bar for style, design and energy and environmental efficiency in the superyacht industry. We will be keeping a keen eye on her progress.

LOA: 213’

Beam: 37’

Draft: 10’

Maximum speed: 27 knots

Engines: 2 x MTU 20V4000M93L

Stabilizers: 5 x Seakeeper gyroscopes

Cruising speed: 24 knots

Range: 4,500 Nm at 14 knots

Crew: 13

See our Heesen Luxury Charter Yachts

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Concept 98’ Flybridge from Pro Ship: A Promising Luxury Charter Yacht

Pro Ship has a new design on the drawing board that features sleek Italian styling with modular Asian inspired interiors. The 98’ Flybridge concept features a lightweight, aluminum hull and superstructure that allow the yacht to reach a projected maximum speed of 26 knots.

The luxury motor yacht, designed by Antonio Luxardo, has a floor plan spacious enough for 18 passengers, featuring accommodations for 10 guests, a separate dining room that seats 10, an open and airy salon and ample built-in storage throughout. The yacht, with a generous length to beam ratio, promises to provide pleasingly roomy interiors as well as capacious deck areas and a voluminous flybridge sundeck.

The yacht design offers the maneuvering ease, style and amenities of an owner/operator day cruiser yet, with capacity for up to four crewmembers and plenty of living space, is also a vessel well suited for spending a week or more on a sea escape. These qualities indicate that this 98’ flybridge has much potential as the ideal charter yacht that Pro Ship envisions.

Check with boatbloggings for further updates on the progress of this flybridge concept as well as the latest news from the naval and industrial design gurus at Pro Ship.

LOA: 98’

Beam: 21’

Draft: 6’9

Fuel: 2,900 Gal.

Water: 766 Gal.

Maximum speed: 25.8 knots

Cruising speed: 23.2 knot

Range: 310 nm

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Newest Superyacht Deep-Sea Submarine Debuts at Monaco Yacht Show

Imagine the thrill of navigating the depths of the undersea world onboard a private submarine. U-Boat Worx has been outfitting superyachts with two- and three-man submersibles for several years, but their latest model allows up to five passengers to reach an extraordinary maximum depth of 3,300 feet.

The C-Explorer model reaches greater depths for longer periods of time than the C-Quester, currently an option on a select few luxury charter yachts. Deluxe onboard amenities include a fully air-conditioned chamber, iPod stereo system and champagne cooler. Relax, sip on a glass of chilled champagne and marvel as the enchanted world far below the surface of the sea drifts by.

The C-Explorer line was announced by the Dutch company U-Boat Worx this past April, and will make a debut appearance at the Monaco Yacht Show September 22-25. The company has been manufacturing private world-class submersibles for the yachting industry since 2005. If interested in chartering a luxury superyacht equipped with a submersible please see Our Super Yachts

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