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A Different Breed of Chase Boat

Commissioned as a custom chase boat, painted in the same livery and finished with the same detailing as its future mothership, the 15.8m Manari 52 will make her European debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September before appearing – aboard the mothership – at the Monaco Yacht Show later that month. Volvo Penta IPS drives push the Red Yacht Design creation to 44 knots.

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Brabus x AB Yachts

The new strategic partnership between German performance marque Brabus, known primarily for its aftermarket car modifications, and AB Yachts – part of the Viareggio-based Next Yacht Group – will produce the first-ever Brabus yacht. “AB Yachts has exactly the kind of energy we’re looking for: the drive to challenge what is possible, to push boundaries and to create something that instantly feels special,” says Constantin Buschmann, CEO and owner of Brabus.

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Feadship Breaks Cover

Little is yet known about the 89.6m full-displacement steel yacht  – known as Milky Way – that emerged from Feadship’s Amsterdam outfitting facility at the end of June, beyond a brief calling for a flexible, multiuse environment built around active living and relaxation. Studio De Voogt answered with a strikingly vertical bow and long structural lines; Britain’s RWD brought soft, flowing interiors. At 2,623 GT, with a 13.6m beam and a loaded draught of 3.7 metres, space is in generous supply.

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Itama Unveils the 70

Elegant lines, pace and comfort define the newly styled Itama 70, a 20.93m open yacht with exteriors by Italian studio Vallicelli Design and interiors by IdeaeItalia. A sundeck integrated flush into the foredeck, side windows running the length of the hull, a generous bow sunpad and U-shaped dining around a teak table give way to three cabins below, the master placed aft. Twin 1,400hp MAN V12S deliver 37 knots flat out, 33 at cruising speed.

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Azimut’s New Flagship

Reducing weight was the cornerstone in the construction of the 44m Azimut Grande: a dual-mode hull and carbon-fibre superstructure allow what the yard calls an unprecedented four-deck architecture. The Grande’s signature mezzanine deck returns with a sea-view terrace, joined by a see-through pool that plays with transparency – all wrapped in the clear, uncompromising style of Milan’s M2 Atelier and punctuated by refined details.

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Next Up at Tankoa

A fully custom 61m motor yacht is under construction at Tankoa, in Genoa, with naval architecture by Axis Group Yacht Design; concept, exterior design and layout by Viareggio-based Horacio Bozzo Design, and interiors by the celebrated Dutch studio Sinot. The brief is emphatically alfresco: three pools – on the sundeck, aft on the bridge deck and a private third on the owner’s terrace – plus a beach club that opens on three sides via folding platforms.

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Introducing Project Aruby

Since 1907, the Abeking & Rasmussen yard in Lemwerder, near Bremen, has sent some 6,500 builds down its slipways. The latest chapter is Aruby, a 70m, 1,770 GT concept developed with the award-winning studio Reymond Langton Design and conceived to bridge the gap between fully custom builds and the yard’s highly efficient platform series – ready to build at any moment.

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Sanlorenzo Goes Big

At 73 metres, the largest Sanlorenzo yacht yet hit the water at La Spezia in June – the fruit of more than four years’ collaboration between owner, shipyard and Studio Paolo Ferrari, with exterior lines by Zuccon International Project. Highlights include a living tree rising through two decks and an aquarium submerged in the hull; at 1,950 GT, her diesel-electric propulsion gives a range of 6,000 nautical miles at 11 knots.

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Sunreef Debuts the Ultima 88

The latest from the catamaran specialist measures 28.4 metres and bristles with ideas: folding bulwark platforms, a vast aft platform, custom sea stairs, smart stowage for water toys, ultralight flexible solar panels and an optional hydrofoil. Owners choose between high-performance power and an advanced hybrid configuration for near-silent electric cruising – the agility of a monohull with the stability and living space of a multihull.

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Mangusta Hits the Water Again

The fifth unit of the fast-displacement GranSport 54 launched at Overmarine’s Pisa yard at the end of June. Alberto Mancini’s design pairs a slender silhouette and optimised volumes with real pace: sleek lines, a sculptural stern, air vents fully integrated into the bulwarks, and a raked windscreen meeting the rollbar in a single, handsome sheer line, delivering power and Mediterranean lifestyle in equal measure.

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Benetti and the Soul of Silence

Envisioned by UK studio Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design with interiors by Francesca Muzio of Italy’s FM Architettura, the forward-thinking 40.6m B.Neos concept borrows the proportions – and the silence – of a sailing yacht for a new generation of owner. Lightness, warm materials and tactile finishes replace formality and overdesign, while hybrid technology sits at the core of her DNA: no exhaust fumes, no generator hum and full silence, day and night.

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CRN inaugurates the Bespoke Thunderball

A 70m custom creation with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure across four decks and 1,100 GT, Thunderball pairs CRN’s naval architecture, engineering and construction expertise with exteriors by Dutch studio Vripack and interiors – and the design of the outdoor areas – by Nauta, with a particular focus on comfort and spatial flow.