Bernard Quentin has been lifted off by helicopter at 1140hrs (CET/France) today after he complained about extreme tiredness, nausea and chest pains. He is currently in hospital in Burela, Spain and we await further updates.
Continue Reading ...For any first time anglophile visitor, landing in the heart of the ninth edition of the Route du Rhum La Banque might be overwhelming. Even for the old stagers who are on their four yearly odyssey to the ramparts of Saint Malo, this year’s edition is a truly intoxicating spectacle for its sheer scale, colour and level of activity.
Continue Reading ...09/2010 – One of the “Must” of next Cannes and Monaco Boat Shows, the Moonen 97 Livia is the third ship of the serie. Her superb displacement hull, as always signed René van der Velden and Diana Yacht Design, is based on the Moonen 84 (read also our article Moonen 84 Contemporary style), fetish model […]
Continue Reading ...03/2010 – The Jules Verne Trophy now belongs to ten men who have sailed around the globe at an average of 18.76 knots along the optimum course, beating the reference time set by Orange 2 in 2005 by 2 days 08 hours 35 minutes. Franck Cammas and his men crossed the finish line off the […]
Continue Reading ...The Moonen 124 evolved several years ago out of a preliminary design for a Moonen 120. At the time, the Moonen 120 was to be the largest of a new Displacement Series being developed by Moonen and René van der Velden Yacht Design. When the hull was stretched to 124 feet, as the design evolved […]
Continue Reading ...10/2009 – When the thought gets outside the state of cultural, industrial or artisitc knowledge, a step forward is taken which may lead the human being to an upper state of his evolution. People able of such abstraction, such extraction, are usually, sooner or later, classified in the cathegory of “genius”. The WHY project (Wally […]
Continue Reading ...09/2010 – Since he founded Wally in 1993, Luca Bassani innovates, surprises and sometimes disturbes. At the Monaco Yacht Show this year, the shipyard presented its latest Wally 100 designed by German Frers. Y3K has won the Maxi Rolex Cup in her first regatta. In Monaco were exposed the Wallypower 73, replacing 70 feet, and […]
Continue Reading ...This 220ft sailing yacht (announced by NauticNews.com in April this year with code name AY41) is designed by Philippe Briand (UK) and built by Alloy Yachts (NZ), under the aegis of project manager Andrew Senn (AU). The yacht will be launched in December 2010 Vertigo is the largest yacht ever designed and built by both […]
Continue Reading ...02/2010 – Wally introduces Wallyship, the new line of yachts reflecting the current trend of the market to privilege the displacement power boats. Wallyship includes two models: the 26m wallyship and the 36m wallyship, that is currently being developed. “Wallyship is a “first” for us –says Luca Bassani, Wally President and founder – We are […]
Continue Reading ...10/2009 – Part (1) of this article Did this new territory require you to come up with a new way to design a boat ? P.-A.D. It is indeed a strange project. Its atypical side draws me in, like when you enter a new world. Hermès needs projects like this. WHY addresses the very real […]
Continue Reading ...Monday 31st May 2021, the launch ceremony of the new RSY 38m EXP took place in the presence of the owners and their family, in full compliance with the COVID measures, which did not hinder the important operations of launching a new boat.
