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  • A Predator is on the loose… (part 2 o3)

    02/2009 – Interior aesthetics Lavish and spectacular, the finished interior shows no visual signs of the enormous efforts made to keep the pounds off. Predator’s GA was developed by De Voogt while the styling and decorative brief was given to the Bannenberg design studio in London. Additional touches were made to the owner’s stateroom towards […]

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  • A Predator is on the loose… (part 1 of 3)

    02/2009 – The 72.80-meter (238’ 10”) Predator will go down in the annals of yachting history as the first Feadship with an axe-bow. Built by Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw in Aalsmeer (NL), this awesome motoryacht also broke several other records at the time of her launch in 2008. Despite being among the quietest Feadships ever […]

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  • 2009: Electricity… in the water

    01/2009 – 2009 promisses to be a year of changes and mutations. May be have we reached the end of certain systems and models. The yachting industry will take part to those mutations. Following the well-known quote “The chance always smiles to those who dare”, some shipyards and architects were not scared by putting electricity […]

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  • A new CEO for Pershing

    01/2009 – Paolo Favilla, 45 years old, graduated in Economics at the “Luigi Bocconi” Commercial University in Milan is now the new CEO of Pershing, one of the nine brands of the Ferretti Group. Paolo Favilla began his professional career building up management experience at Mondadori Group, Contship Italia Group and Techint Group. He was […]

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  • Sly Yachts: a green sailing yacht awarded

    02/2009 – The first Next Sly Contest has been won by 3 italian engineers, Davide Tagliapietra, Massimo De Luca and Alberto Pozzo, with their Green Cruiser 50 project. This project was unanimously acknowledged by the jury as the winner among 14 competitors, gaining the well-deserved 5.000 € prize. In spite of the high planning level […]

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  • InRizzardi expands range to meet demand

    With a view to meeting with market trends toward larger boats based on individualized designs, Gruppo InRizzardi seeks to expand its range to meet with demanding client wants. The company looks to new horizons as it aims at securing avant guarde constructions of a major appeal to a continually evolving market. At their Gaeta facilities […]

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  • The European sailing yachts of the Year

    The 2008/2009 European Sailing Yachts of the Year awards took place at the  Boot Düsseldorf show on saturday january the 17th. The jury, made of journalists from 11 European magazines, evaluated, measured and tested twenty different units.The results are somewhat interesting. The small Bénéteau Océanis 31 wins the “Cruiser” category, the “Performance Cruiser” being won […]

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  • Airon Marine 400 T Top: high class

    01/2009 – Showed for the first time during last Cannes Boat show, the new Airon 400T-Top both meets high class and exceptional navigability standards, whatever the chosen engine. Soft on the waves, easy to handle, the new Airon 400 T-Top has everything to conquer demanding and careful customers. The new Top provides a special lighting […]

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