Yachting Intelligence

Sauter Carbon Offset Design introduces Black Magic, a zero carbon vessel that points to the way  future tankers can reduce their GHG emissions by 6 billion tons over the next 20 year

Black Magic is a 4,000 ton Solar hybrid Vessel that reduces GHG emissions by 75 to 100% by harnessing energy from the sun, wind and waves, It features Mercedes Benz / MTU Bluetec engines to deliver the cleanest marine propulsion system the world has ever seen.

Richard Sauter head of design commented  “Now that the North Pole is little more than a fragmented pile of frozen debris, cargo vessels going between Japan and Germany have cut 4000 miles off the journey. Read the rest of this entry »

Since Lehman Brothers sank a year ago, marinas have been awash in mothballed luxury yachts waiting for the financial tides to turn, while canceled orders have left many boat builders struggling.

Now, at suitably trimmed prices and amid signs of renewed buoyancy in capital markets, « there’s an optimistic feel about evolution in the short term, at least on the pre-owned brokerage market as well as on the charter market, » says Laurent Perignon, director of marketing at the high-end yacht broker Camper & Nicholsons International. Still, Mr. Perignon said, « we remain cautious » about the timing of a market recovery.

Yet, if plain vanilla luxury boat builders have felt buffeted, the mood at the top end of the market is very different – as reflected in the unveiling by leading luxury brands of two new yachts at the start of the Monaco Yacht Show this week. Read the rest of this entry »

Ethereal : the world’s most technologically advanced large hybrid sailing yacht.

Bill Joy is one of the most gifted and successful computer programmers of his generation.

As co-founder of Sun Microsystems he helped create Java script, the programming language now used in computers worldwide.

As you might expect with such a resume, his design brief for his new superyacht was not short on ambition or innovation. Joy set himself the task of creating the most energy efficient yacht possible. Read the rest of this entry »