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Gulfstar Yachts was a large manufacturer of fiberglass sailboats and powerboats built in the Tampa Bay, Florida area from 1970 until 1990 when the Viking Yachts purchased the company's assets. [1] Vince Lazzara, one of pioneers of fiberglass sailboat construction, founded the company.
Bliss is a super-yacht launched on 5 May 2014 at the Palmer Johnson shipyard in Sturgeon Bay and delivered the next year. [1] The interior and exterior design of Bliss were done by Nuvolari & Lenard. She is currently available for sale. [2] Bliss has one sistership named DB9. [3] [4] A second sistership named Sanam, built in Florida, was ...
Palmer Johnson recently signed a contract to build 30 of their new PJ 48 Niniette and PJ 63 Niniette Open Sport series yachts. The Niniette's are jointly developed by Palmer Johnson and Bugatti. [108] The contract for the 30 yachts is valued at over EUR 40,000,000. [109] Palmer Johnson teamed up again with Bugatti to create the PJ 66 Niniette ...
A 45-foot cruising yacht in 2010 The superyacht Azzam, the longest private yacht, as of 2018. [1] A yacht (/ j ɒ t /) is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing. [2] [3] [4] There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use.
The yacht Carinthia VII was built in the Lürssen Yachts yard in 2002 and refurbished in 2005. The vessel also underwent a major refit in 2023 which included multiple aesthetic and technical modernisations and was fully converted from private to charter.
The stern originally featured a pad for a flying boat, which Ellison replaced by a basketball court. The boat once crossed the Atlantic Ocean (3000 miles) in 3 days, with one mid-ocean refueling. [3] Zeus is powered by two Deutz AG BV16M628 diesel engines each producing 5,000 horsepower and one GE LM1600 gas turbine producing 18,500 horsepower. [4]
Athena is the winner of the Show Boats International Award for Best Sailing Yacht over 40 Meters for 2004. [ 2 ] A book titled “Athena – A Classic Schooner For Modern Times” (photography by Louie Psihoyos, writer Jack Somer) describes the history, the construction and the life of this vessel.
In interviews for Yachts International and Die Zeit magazines, Starck gave details of the vessel's most innovative features. He described her as a "stealth yacht" with a very smooth hull design, which left almost no wake at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). [23] [24] Its "purity" was, he said, a reflection of its owner, a "young and brilliant ...