Kingship`s Newest Luxury Yacht Design ESSENCE: Details Revealed at the Monaco Yacht Show

Kingship in collaboration with designer Horacio Bozzo of Axis Group Yacht Design is set to lure buyers in the luxury yacht market with M/Y Essence. Innovative architecture features a superstructure that more closely resembles a chic Palm Springs estate than a conventional yacht. Sprawling deck spaces provide nearly as much outdoor as indoor living space. She is the first yacht of her size to have a completely private Owner’s deck and a 180-degree forward-facing panoramic view.

The full-beam owner’s suite is located on the dedicated upper deck of the 42.5m superyacht and allows owners to enjoy complete privacy on the independent terrace with shaded seating and a totally exclusive sunbathing area, aft al-fresco dining veranda and magnificent views from a huge sliding roof while lying in bed.

Innovative solutions include a split main deck layout where the bridge is located. The bridge is also connected to the galley and crew quarter directly, which allows the crew to deliver quality services to owners and guests. On the foredeck, the tender and its launching systems are housed underneath the huge sun lounges.

ESSENCE has a full displacement hull powered by twin Caterpillar C32 engines with a cruising speed of 15 knots and trans-pacific range. The luxury yacht accommodates owners, eight guests and eight crewmembers. ESSENCE will be built in compliance with the RINA Green Plus notation and MCA to facilitate potential charter.

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DynaWing AC72 America’s Cup Challenger: The Ultimate Eco-Friendly Carbon Free Ride

Well in advance of  the 34th America’s Cup starting gun, Sauter Carbon Offset Design is racing to challenge the competition with the DynaWing AC72, which they hope will prove to be faster and more stable than the Oracle AC72 22 meter Racing Cat.

The DynaWing AC72 has a Schooner rig featuring a hybrid Wingmast and mainsail designed to deliver a versatile range of power options from a full array of sails to a gradual reduction of all sails culminating in Wingmast reefing. Despite the edgy profile, the DynaWing adheres to the ruling design parameters of the AC72 length, beam and a total sail area that includes a maximum of two wing segments.

Designers estimate the DynaWing AC72 will perform equivalently to the Oracle AC72 in light winds, but will be safer and swifter when pushing hard in the strong winds that make ideal racing conditions for spectators.

Richard Sauter head of design commented, “The DynaWing AC72 Schooner truly reflects the sailing legacy that laid the foundation the America’s Cup is built upon. Employing the DynaWing Schooner rig the existing AC72 is transformed into a viable ocean going design that has significant relevance to yachting and the world at large as she points to the fact that hi-performance sailing vessels are the ultimate Eco-friendly Carbon Free ride”

DynaWing AC72 Specifications:

Length: 22m
Beam: 14m
Draft:4.4m
Mast Height: 32m
Displacement: 5,700 –5,900kg
Sail area:2 Wingmasts 260 sqm total
Gennaker: 320 sqm+
Main & Gennaker: 580 sqm+

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Impressive Competition Among Perini Navi Superyachts Today in Porto Cervo, Sardinia

Today the fourth edition of the Perini Navi Cup begins. Porto Cervo, Sardinia provides the spectacular backdrop for this event in which eighteen Perini Navi sailing yachts will compete. The event is only open to yachts built by the renowned Viareggio shipyard and is organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. The regatta is both a race and a rendezvous for owners in the “Perini family”. Racing courses of up to 40 miles are set against the breathtaking scenery of the La Maddalena archipelago.

Fidelis
The fleet of superyachts includes the new
Salute
56-metre ketch FIDELIS, designed in collaboration with Ron Holland. Other sailing legends assembled in Porto Cervo are SALUTE, with the tallest aluminum mast in the world, and the MALTESE FALCON, the largest Perini Navi sailing yacht in the world and winner of the last two editions of the Perini Navi Cup.
Maltese Falcon

Owners, guests and crews will be kept busy after racing on Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September with a complete social program that includes a Pommery champagne reception, a cocktail competition between participating yachts, the Rolex gala dinner and the Quadrivio regatta party at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s Clubhouse.

Following the Perini Navi Cup the YCCS sporting calendar continues in Porto Cervo with the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (5-10 September), the Veteran Big Boat Rally (12-15 September) and the Audi TP52 World Championship (2-8 October). The YCCS will then organize the Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta departing from Tenerife in the Canaries on 21st November and arriving at the Club’s new winter base in Virgin Gorda in December.

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MC²60 Concept High Performance Cruising Catamaran: Minimalist Luxury as a Possibility

The MC²60 is designed to be an elegant, sleek, high performance cruising catamaran compatible with family cruising. For pleasure cruising the MC²60 should be navigable by on person, while for racing events a crew of 4-6 competent racing sailors should be able to propel the boat to 20-25 knots in a strong breeze.

Architect Renaud Bañuls has hands-on experience racing multihulls and brings that knowledge to the fore of the MC²60 design and aesthetic. Bañuls was foredeck crew on Géant, the ORMA60 trimaran, and trimmer on Frank Cammas highly successful Groupama. His designs strive to incorporate the aggressive environment of multihull racing. Bañuls was instrumental in the design of the America’s Cup winner BMW Oracle, the maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V, and the high performance racer-cruiser SIG45.

The MC²60 is constructed to achieve high performance even in light to medium conditions. Speed is a key performance component achieved through the use of lightweight, high-tech composites including premium Corcell cores, E-Glass and carbon fibers bonded with expoxy resin. The entire structure is resin-infused and post-cured at an elevated temperature to insure an extremely high quality structure.

Construction of the molds has already started and hull #1 is scheduled delivery in September 2012. A 25:1 scale model of the MC²60 will be on display at the Cannes Boat Show, 6-11 September 2011, Quai Max Laubeuf QML 004.

LOA: 60ft.
Beam 8.60
Draft: 3.20
Cabins: 4

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MEDITERRANEAN REGATTAS & EVENTS – SEPTEMBER 2011

01/Sep-04/Sep – Perini Navi Cup Porto Cervo, OT, Italy: Live Tracking

02/Sep-04/Sep – Brewin Dolphin Jersey Regatta , Jersey, British Isles

02/Sep – Cherbourg Race Cowes, United Kingdom

03/Sep-04/Sep – One Design Cup / Bodenseemeisterschaft Melges24 2011 Bregenz, Austria

05/Sep-10/Sep – Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship Porto Cervo, OT, Italy

08/Sep-11/Sep – NRV Championsweek 2011 Boltenhagen, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany

10/Sep-11/Sep – Fördewoche 2011 Flensburg, Germany

10/Sep-11/Sep – NRW-Cup J/22 German Masters Mohnesee, Germany

11/Sep-12/Sep – J/22 Trophee Dominque Doucet Port Breton, FRANCE, FRANCE

12/Sep-15/Sep – Veteran Big Boat Rally Porto Cervo, OT, Italy

16/Sep-18/Sep – Extreme Sailing Series – Act 6 Trapani, Sicily, Italy

20/Sep-24/Sep – 2011 Melges 32 World Championship Palma Mallorca, Spain

23/Sep-25/Sep – J/80 Latlantique Télégramme Lorient Lorient, France

24/Sep-25/Sep – Oktoberfest-Trophy 2011 Melges 24 Starnberg, Germany

27/Sep-02/Oct – Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez, France

30/Sep-02/Oct – Extreme Sailing Series – Act 7 Nice, France

30/Sep-02/Oct – Regatta Romania Mangalia, Romania

30/Sep-02/Oct – Swiss Open Melges 24 2011 Luino, Italy

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