HANSA 10-2020

Schifffahrt | Shipping
© Abeking & Rasmussen
»Soaring«, built by Abeking & Rasmussen
© Heesen
ents to agree to be tested, as its crew
were isolated ashore, before joining
yachts for the season, and daily
temperature tests were expected
all round.
Hill told HANSA at the end of
August that Hill Robinson’s charter
business was »consistent with
2019« but »we know industry-wide
it is probably fifty percent down«. At
the time of going to press, the 25 th
edition of Les Voiles d’Antibes – for
which Hill Robinson is lead sponsor –
was still scheduled to go ahead, along
with Les Voiles de St Tropez, albeit
with restrictions in place to reduce
crowds ashore.
While fully-crewed superyachts
were standing by for last-minute
charters on the Côte d’Azur, Berthon
Boat Company’s Managing Director,
Brian May, noted many British owners
wanted to ship their boats to the
South Coast of the UK, »increasing
their ability to use their yachts without
the need to travel through airports,
at a time when being able to
cross a border quickly and easily is no
longer guaranteed«. May added that
»Covid has increased enormously the
interest in yachts, that enjoy self-sufficiency
and a safe environment in this
difficult time«.
Berth holders in Lymington benefit
from Berthon having engaged the
services of a clinical decontamination
company that can »fog« a yacht, after
say a contractor has been aboard,
reducing recommended quarantine
times from 72 hours to one hour.
Brokerage viewings were as busy as
ever with Berthon International’s Sue
Grant’s down-to-earth walk-through
video tours, quite a contrast with the
big-budget superyacht films.
Explorer yachts evolve
Espen Oeino believes »post-Covid
designs may be a bit different from
what we see today in as much as they
may have more space for provisioning
and bunkering giving increased
autonomy, perhaps three months,
like REV».
»Olivia O« with its X-bow – which
Oeino explains »is the best for reducing
speed loss in heavy seas and eliminating
slamming« made an appearance
in Monaco in 2020. Espen Oeino
International was also part of the exterior
design team for two 140 m
diesel-electric hybrid cruise ships
launched in the past twelve months,
»Roald Amundsen« and »Fridtjof
Nansen«. Mini cruise ships and large
yachts will most likely remain separate
niches of vessel even if there is an
overlap of operations such as carrying
out research while cruising. Lürssen,
famous for building 100-metre-plus
superyachts, is keen to promote its
60- to 75 m capabilities too, probably
having noticed a drying up of very
large yacht orders. One they are particularly
proud of is the 55.5 m Bannenberg
+ Rowell design – based on
»Carinthia VI«, designed by Bannenberg
the Elder and built by Lürssen in
1973. The design statement: »a fearless
use of colours and textures as well
as museum quality interior furniture
pieces underline the approach of tremendous
attention to detail – not
only in the interior spaces but also in
the technical areas. A truly bespoke
engineered yacht«.
While Lürssen pitch themselves
at the »smaller« bespoke superyacht
owner, series production builder
Princess Yachts, backed by LVMH,
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