SUPERYACHT #501
January 2004
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SUPERYACHT NEWS
Last November, on occasion of the Project 2003 International
Conference in Amsterdam, the Ucina general secretary, Lorenzo
Pollicardo, engineer, met with the top figures of the MCA, the
English Maritime and Coast Guard Agency, to evaluate a possible
agreement that may prove useful both as a priority for the drawing
up of Italian Rules and Regulations governing Chartering (pleasure
boats used exclusively for tourist charters) and, as its final
aim, for streamlining a constructive common standard for super-
yachts on an international level. The meeting was particularly
successful, to the extent that a restricted technical commission
was set up that will shortly carry out the necessary validation
checks for the drawing up of a regulatory proposal to be presented
by Ucina to the Italian Minister of Transport and Sailing.
"AWARDS FOR LEADERSHIP" TO PAOLO VITELLI
At the annual appointment of the Super-yacht Society gala, Dr.
Paolo Vitelli, president of the Azimut Benetti Group, received the
"Awards for Leadership". The Azimut Benetti Group is the world's
largest producer of yachts and Vitelli, as well as being at its
helm is also president of Ucina, the Italian National Union of
Boatyards and Sailing and Ancillary Industries. This prestigious
acclaim had previously been awarded to other outstanding figures
in the sector, including Wolter Huisman, German Frers, Olin
Stephens and Herman Schaedla. Doug Sharp, president of the Super-
yacht Society expressed all his appreciation for Vitelli's work
from the seventies to date, from when the Azimut-Benetti and Ucina
president started importing sailing boats from England and
Holland, setting up a company called Azimut, to the present day
with Vitelli himself at the head of the world's most important
group in the sailing sector. The Super-yacht Society is the only
organisation in the world to represent producers of super-yachts
and is made up of individual members and companies in the sector,
which each year intend to reward those who have stood out thanks
to their contribution to the sailing world, in particular in the
sectors of design, construction, repairs and refitting of super-
yachts.
KVH WINS TWO "BEST PRODUCT AWARDS"
For the sixth consecutive year KVH has won the "Best Product
Awards" offered by the US National Marine Electronics Association
(NMEA). The products giving KVH their umpteenth victory are
Tracvision 4 and Tracphone 252. This United States company
specialises in the production of avant-garde technological
solutions for communications at sea and in particular in the
development of satellite technology. The two apparatuses thanks to
which KVH has gained the much sought-after NMEA award were
specially studied and developed for the super-yacht sector and for
military use. Tracvision 4 is an 18" aerial inside a radome,
capable of capturing and tracking the satellite fully
automatically and compatible with the TracNet 2 system, used for
high speed internet communications and able to support reception
of over 300 European and North American video channels. The other
award winning apparatus, as mentioned above, is the Tracphone 252,
a system for voice, fax and data transmission that uses the
Inmarsat mini-M platform. The NMEA is an international
organisation made up of professionals in the electronic industry,
international and local distributors that aims to establish basic
technical requisites for on board electronics, accepted on a world
level. For more information about KVH products, take a look at
their website www.kvh.com.
SEAS 2004
From 25 to 27 May 2004, Nice will host the first edition of Seas,
a trade fair especially created for the super-yacht world,
focussing on accessories and services for super-yachts. Seas is
the only world event entirely dedicated to super-yacht services
and equipment. So enthusiastic has been the response by companies
working in this specific sector that the organisers are already
predicting it will be a success. For more information about the
event, please visit the website www.seas2004.com.
DESIGN AWARDS IN THE SUPER-YACHT SOCIETY
The city of Fort Lauderdale in Florida recently saw the
presentation of the "Design Awards" by the "Super-yacht Society",
held at the same time as the annual Boat Show there. This is an
important international award received by six boats, or to be
exact, by their designers, each one from a specific segment. The
winner of the best motor yacht in the 23 to 32 metre bracket was
"Magpie", constructed by Lyman-Morse, designed by the "Setter
Design Group". In the 32 to 43 metre segment the winner was
"Seaflower", built by Feadship/Roay Van Lent, with the De Voolgt
Naval Architects studio in charge of its exteriors, and interiors
by the John Munford Designs studio. For motor boats over 43 metres
in length the prize was awarded to "Skat", constructed by Lurssen,
designed by Espen Oeino Design and, for the interiors, by Marco
Zanaini. The best interior layout was judged to be that designed
by Francoise Zuretti for "Lady Lola", built by Oceanco. In the
sector of sailing boats between 23 and 36 metres, victory went to
"Only Now", produced by CNB-France, whose interiors were again by
Zuretti. And finally, for over 36-metre hulls, the award was won
by "Borkumriff IV", built by Royal Huisman, designed by Gerard
Dijkstra and John G. Alden, with contribution by the John Munford
Design studio as interior designer.
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