After the international success of the Advanced A44, winner of the “European Yachts of  the Year 2015”, Advanced Italian Yachts will introduce at the Cannes Yachting Festival his new Advanced A80.

GAC Pindar and five-times World Match Racing Champion, Ian Williams (GBR) have today announced their entry into the remainder of this year’s M32 Scandinavia series.

Founded by leading Italian nautical manufacturers, representing an impressive set of 25 brands, the association NAUTICA ITALIANA aims to bring together top firms from the entire sector — Industry, Services and Territories — to draw up a strategy for the development of the nautical industry, thus fostering system-wide growth both in Italy and internationally.

The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge heads to Newport for the finale of the 2015 North American Circuit and the 36th Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta.

Feadship has launched the 57-metre Halo in a private ceremony at the Feadship Kaag yard. The bespoke motoryacht was outfitted in a record time of just 33 months at the request of Halo’s owner, who had previously chartered the Feadship Helix and was sufficiently enamoured by the experience to commission a new Feadship.

Numarine has the pleasure to announce that Numarine 78 Flybridge M/Y Still Water has been the very first US flagged yacht cruising to Cuba since the trade embargo between the two countries were implemented in the 1960’s.

Classic yachts, period motor-yachts, motor-boats and skiffs from a bygone era descend to revive a Belle Époque ambiance in Port Hercule. Monaco Classic Week – La Belle Classe takes up residence on Quai Louis II at the foot of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s new premises, inaugurated in June 2014 by HSH Prince Albert II, the Club’s president since 1984.

It was expected for some time and in the last days Cantiere Navale Italia has completed the acquisition of the brand Kifaru.

Jeanneau is renewing the elegant and performance-oriented line of Jeanneau Sun Odyssey sailboats in order to offer a complete and more consistent model range, from 34 to 51 feet. In order to integrate the latest design trends and innovations, several significant changes have been made to this successful line.

At the 2015 Cannes Yachting Festival two new projects from Zuccon International Project, exclusively designed for the Italian builder Ferretti: Custom Line 108’ and Ferretti 550. 

With Gerasimos Gerolimatos (Greece), Nick Burnham (UK), Maurizio Zacchetti (Italy) and Alfred J. Boer (Netherlands) now also on the jury of the Best of Boats Awards (BOB Awards) it has become an even more international event. 

Vitruvius Yachts has announced an 80m project to be built by Turquoise Yachts. This is one of the first new builds for the brand focused on its “lifestyle strategy”.

Thanks to offering a balanced supply of luxury power boats with a timeless design and accommodation solutions that are ever more innovative, PRESTIGE are making the most of a dynamic year across the world and deploying an ambitious international conquest strategy.

Project Orchid has successfully concluded her sea trials in the Baltic Sea under perfect weather conditions. Her final delivery is planned for late summer 2015.

The exceptional Explorer Yacht M/Y STORM was launched yesterday in Ancona, measuring 107 feet and weighing 300 tons, in steel and aluminum, from the product range Darwin Class, built by Cantiere delle Marche.

Update off Comanche from Ken Read: “What started off as a very frustrating light air Transatlantic Race 2015 has turned to gold for all of us aboard Hodgdon's 100 foot super-maxi Comanche.