NAUTILUS P01 OCTOBER 2010.qxd - Nautilus International
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08 | telegraph | nautilusint.org | October 2010<br />
LARGE YACHT NEWS<br />
Annual has<br />
got bigger<br />
and better<br />
The latest edition of the<br />
Fannually produced Super Yacht<br />
Owners Guide was unveiled at the<br />
Monaco Yacht Show. The guide is now<br />
in its third year of publication and this<br />
issue is larger and even more detailed<br />
than in previous years.<br />
Fact-filled, well researched and<br />
hard-hitting articles precede each of<br />
the useful and comprehensively<br />
detailed directories, making this book<br />
both an interesting read and a handy<br />
compendium of real contacts.<br />
Richard Coles, a maritime<br />
specialist lawyer with HBJ Gateley<br />
Wareing has lent his wisdom to the<br />
thorny topic of the MLC, and Ayuk<br />
Ntuiabane of Moore Stephens has<br />
succeeded in clarifying how important<br />
VAT issues are.<br />
Other chapters written by leading<br />
figures in the industry include subjects<br />
on chartering, berthing, refitting,<br />
equipping and outfitting a<br />
superyacht.<br />
Published in hard-backed covers<br />
using an A5 format that opens in a<br />
landscape aspect, the 228-page<br />
guide is easily stored by captains on<br />
the bookshelf on the bridge. It is<br />
available from info@syog.com.<br />
Destination<br />
guidebook<br />
An inspirational guidebook<br />
Fdetailing all sailing<br />
destinations around the world has<br />
been published by Adlard Coles.<br />
World Cruising Destinations is a<br />
substantial handbook written by<br />
cruising expert Jimmy Cornell and is a<br />
must-have for all charter yacht<br />
captains seeking information before<br />
they arrives at a destination.<br />
Covering 184 countries, the<br />
information is well presented —<br />
giving captains clear and concise<br />
details of what to expect before and<br />
immediately after arrival in a foreign<br />
port and will make a useful addition<br />
to many bookshelves.<br />
IoM moves to be<br />
a ‘flag of choice’<br />
Manx register seeks more yachts at Monaco show<br />
PThe fast-growing Isle of<br />
Man ship registry is hoping<br />
to attract more commercial<br />
yachts to its flag, following<br />
its high-visibility presence at<br />
the Monaco Yacht Show last<br />
month.<br />
The registry is a relatively<br />
small operation, but has significantly<br />
expanded over the last 12<br />
months, with the number of<br />
superyachts rising from 85 to 97.<br />
Having seen a similar rise in<br />
other ships joining the flag, the<br />
registry now has a combined vessel<br />
tonnage of over 12m gt on its<br />
books — a 20% increase on the<br />
previous year.<br />
Registry director Dick Welsh<br />
puts the popularity of the flag<br />
PYA study is<br />
given to ILO<br />
A study of seafarers’ living and<br />
Fworking conditions in the<br />
large yacht sector has been<br />
completed for the Professional<br />
Yachtsmen’s Association and<br />
presented to the <strong>International</strong><br />
Labour Organisation.<br />
The project was carried out by<br />
the Seafarers’ <strong>International</strong><br />
Research Centre, in consultation with<br />
<strong>Nautilus</strong>, and is based on<br />
questionnaire responses from some<br />
1,500 crew.<br />
Launched in response to the<br />
forthcoming Maritime Labour<br />
Convention, the study covered such<br />
issues as accommodation, food and<br />
terms and conditions of employment<br />
and comparisons between the<br />
Merchant Navy and the yacht sector.<br />
down to its ‘transparent fee structure<br />
and customer-focused<br />
approach’, which he says have<br />
appealed to owners and operators<br />
during the recent economic<br />
downturn.<br />
‘It is difficult to quantify how<br />
much the industry is worth to the<br />
Isle of Man,’ he added. ‘The registration<br />
charge is £700, but then<br />
there is the technical management,<br />
crew management, chartering<br />
and insurance.<br />
‘It’s a thriving industry which<br />
employs around 100 people on<br />
the Island.’<br />
‘The Monaco Yacht Show provides<br />
a great opportunity to highlight<br />
the benefits of doing business<br />
with the ship registry, as well<br />
as promoting the high quality<br />
professional services offered in<br />
the Isle of Man,’ added Alex<br />
Downie, a member of the island’s<br />
Legislative Council.<br />
Eleven Isle-of-Man flagged<br />
yachts were present at the 22-25<br />
September show, which has<br />
proved a productive recruiting<br />
ground for the registry in previous<br />
years.<br />
The vessels included the<br />
Azteca, a 72m pleasure ship with a<br />
100 sq m ‘beach club’; Onyx, a<br />
winner of the Showboats Award<br />
2009; and Valquest, a 134ft<br />
Dubois-designed fast cruising<br />
sloop recently launched from the<br />
Dutch shipyard Bloemsma & Van<br />
Breemen.<br />
Southampton bids<br />
to take on Cannes<br />
Southampton is bidding to<br />
Acompete with superyacht<br />
destinations such as Cannes and<br />
Monaco with the launch of a new<br />
marina and refit centre.<br />
Opened last month on the site of a<br />
former US Amy base, Solent Refit is<br />
capable of accommodating up to 14<br />
large yachts on floating berths in<br />
deep water, as well as offering<br />
mooring space for vessels of up to<br />
100m and 1,500gt.<br />
The facility also has a horizontal<br />
boatlift slipway and a 10,000 sq m<br />
undercover working area for repairs.<br />
The berths are on vehicle-accessible<br />
pontoons, with power and water at<br />
each berth.<br />
The site also features double<br />
security gates, a helicopter landing<br />
pad, 24-hour surveillance, and a<br />
strongly reinforced crane dock for<br />
heavy lifting and workshop and office<br />
units.<br />
The centre — which forms part of<br />
the Hythe Marine Park — was<br />
launched by the South East England<br />
Development Agency, after the US<br />
decided to close its operations there<br />
in 2006. The project has so far<br />
created more than 200 jobs.<br />
‘We hope this will become an<br />
invaluable resource for the local<br />
superyacht industry and will prove<br />
competition to the traditional<br />
yachting centres in the Mediterranean<br />
like Cannes and Monaco, said Allan<br />
Foot, managing director of Yacht<br />
Project Associates, which runs the<br />
site.<br />
‘Origami’ craft takes design<br />
cues from stealth bomber<br />
Singer Katherine Jenkins and entrepreneur Theo Paphitis with<br />
Sunseeker founder Robert Braithwaite at the launch of the new 40m<br />
yacht in Southampton last month Picture: Frances Howorth<br />
Sunseeker 40m<br />
yacht launched<br />
by Michael Howorth<br />
The PSP Southampton Yacht<br />
AShow in September was the<br />
venue for British-based Sunseeker<br />
<strong>International</strong> to launch its latest<br />
superyacht onto the market.<br />
Despite a worldwide downturn,<br />
the British boat builder continues to<br />
enjoy global popularity and<br />
exceptional success — having sold<br />
33 yachts over 30m so far.<br />
This success is down to a<br />
number of factors — not least the<br />
firm’s constant drive for innovation<br />
and the latest vessel, a 40m yacht<br />
which became the largest vessel to<br />
go on display at the Southampton<br />
show, is a motoryacht of<br />
exceptional grace.<br />
Capable of 24 knots and a range<br />
of up to 1,500nm, the £12.5m yacht<br />
can accommodate up to 12 guests<br />
and nine crew over three decks.<br />
The company chose the singer<br />
Katherine Jenkins to perform at the<br />
official launch. She joined<br />
Sunseeker founder Robert<br />
Braithwaite onboard the new yacht<br />
before Ryman chairman and BBC TV<br />
Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis<br />
carried out the ribbon cutting<br />
ceremony.<br />
The yacht will be shipped to<br />
Thailand for Russian owners, who<br />
will make her available for charter<br />
there.<br />
The 40m yacht launched at<br />
Southampton was developed<br />
following the popularity of<br />
Sunseeker’s 37m yacht, of which<br />
nine have been delivered to date,<br />
and the subsequent success of the<br />
34m yacht.<br />
The most noticeable<br />
development is that, compared<br />
with the 37m yacht, the stern of the<br />
40m yacht has an increased rake<br />
which gives an impressive<br />
streamlined profile and features a<br />
sharp, ocean-going bow.<br />
The main deck cockpit is also<br />
significantly larger with an<br />
extended aft deck, allowing for a<br />
number of customised layouts to<br />
suit each client’s requirements.<br />
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Superyacht design has taken<br />
Fanother step into the exotic,<br />
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pictured above, unveiled last month<br />
by the Italian designer Fabio<br />
Federici.<br />
Taking its cue from the Japanese<br />
art form of paper folding, the yacht<br />
features a multi-functional bridge<br />
and folding ‘wings’ that allow it to<br />
be transformed from a ‘lavish play<br />
pad into a sleek speed machine’.<br />
Mr Federici — who won the<br />
Millennium Yacht Design Awards in<br />
2009 — told CNN that the yacht had<br />
also been inspired by the lines of the<br />
‘stealth’ bomber. If built the vessel<br />
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