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This New 400-Foot Gigayacht Has 3 Pools and an Underwater Lounge

Lürssen just delivered the vessel to jacksonville jaguars owner shahid khan., rachel cormack.

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Lürssen’s 400-foot Kismet is finally following its cruising destiny.

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Designed by Italian firm Nuvolari Lenard, Kismet 2.0 is 88 feet longer than its predecessor and weighs twice as much. The behemoth has an interior volume of 5,500 GT, in fact. Even at such a size, Kismet showcases harmonious proportions and sleek, elegant lines. The mast and bow, for instance, were modeled after a leaping jaguar and to ensure a distinctive profile.

Khan once again enlisted U.K. studio Reymond Langton Design to bring the interior to life. The billionaire is known to have very specific and clearly quite lavish taste. He requested the interior of the original Kismet reflect a “Champagne and caviar” theme, for example. The second Kismet is equally extravagant. A two-level open-plan entrance area with sweeping video walls leads to stylish living quarters that span some six decks.

The layout includes between eight and nine cabins for up to 12 guests and cabins for 36 crew. In addition, the owner’s suite comprises a spacious stateroom, dual bathrooms, two dressing rooms, and a private terrace with a Jacuzzi. Above, the owner’s office offers panoramic views, a conference table for up to six, and a dedicated pantry.

“The owner’s brief was challenging,” Peter Lürßen, managing director of Lürssen, said in a statement. “However, we believe that with our technical expertise, we have fulfilled the owner’s wish and vision for a yacht that will still be timeless and ahead of its time for many years to come.”

The best part? Kismet will be available for the 2024 charter season for €3 million (roughly $3.3 million) a week. Contact the Cecil Wright team for more information on availability, charter rates, and cruising locations.

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Rachel Cormack is a digital editor at Robb Report. She cut her teeth writing for HuffPost, Concrete Playground, and several other online publications in Australia, before moving to New York at the…

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Peter Wilson: Insights from the original owner’s rep

Peter Wilson set up MCM Newport in Rhode Island, USA in 1988. Photo: Onne van Der Wal

He says he has signed so many non-disclosure agreements he can’t talk to himself anymore.

It’s a good line, and it encapsulates the secrecy of the new-build yacht business. Fortunately, Peter Wilson, president of construction and yacht managers MCM Newport is happy to talk to us about a life spent guiding wealthy owners through yacht build projects and managing their vessels once afloat.

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It is a story that begins with yacht racing and adventuring on the world’s oceans, including voyages to the Arctic and Antarctica.

“I couldn’t do what I do now without having been to sea because I know what happens on the blackest of nights when it’s blowing the oysters off the rocks,”  says the Briton.

Boundary breaking

Wilson has overseen more than 100 construction projects since starting  MCM in Newport, USA in 1988. About 70% of MCM’s business is managing about 30 yachts, up to about 73m (240ft) in length.

One of his latest projects is the revolutionary sailing yacht  Zero , which aims to be completely fossil fuel-free.

The owner, through the  Foundation Zero  sustainability think-tank, is an advocate for more openness, sharing the technology to help others build superyachts in a  “better way”.  Instead of signing an NDA, Wilson says it’s actually a  “disclosure agreement” .

Innovative solutions range from hydrogeneration and thermal batteries down to the design of pots and pans in the galley.  “The research and development programme on the project is remarkable,”  he says.  “As a team, we’re trying to find better ways and lower consumptive ways to build that boat. It is boundary breaking in many ways.”

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Peter Wilson set up MCM Newport in Rhode Island, USA in 1988. Photo: Rockport Marine, Billy Black

Owner’s advocate

In the early days Wilson was a boatbuilder, particularly welding and fabricating, and with his practical skills and sailing experience he gravitated into America’s Cup circles. He worked on seven Cup cycles spanning 1983-2000, winning in 1992 as technical director of America Cubed, which he describes as  “a great source of pride” .

Brimming with know-how, but bouncing from one project to the next, Wilson and colleague Nigel Ingram wondered if they could  “package this knowledge and use it in a more permanent way” .

“We came up with the concept of project management or owners’ representation, because at the time there was not a lot of discipline around these projects, around the timeline, around the budget, around the technical attributes and the performance of the boat,”  he says.  “We figured the owner needed somebody in his corner.”

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Their first was a Sparkman and Stephens-designed 73ft aluminium sailing yacht called  Encore,  built in New York.

They still manage that boat and others for the same family 36 years later, which is how the yacht management side of the company came about. Their philosophy is to be the “owner’s advocate and the captain’s ally” .

“The owner is who we answer to, but we want to make the captain shine, because if we’re doing a good job of supporting them and they’re doing a good job managing their crew, then the experience of the owner is better,”  he says.

According to Wilson, the boatbuilding landscape has changed  “profoundly”  since his early days.

“When we started a big boat was 65-70 feet,”  he says.  “Now we build tenders bigger than that. The level of sophistication, complexity and cost of these yachts has increased exponentially.”

Added to that he says the  “ever increasing”  bureaucracy of operating these yachts means the  “stakes are much higher” .

While knowing about yachts is  “profoundly important” , Wilson suggests knowing how to deal with people is  “potentially even more important”  given the cast of characters involved in a big project.

“ A lot of them have opinions and a lot of them have quite well-developed egos, so to try and keep everybody on the same page can be challenging,”  he says.  “We try to work in a collegial, convivial way to focus on the prize.”

Under the microscope

On  Zero , the open-source nature of the development presents challenges with subcontractors who are often initially wary of giving up their intellectual property (IP). The  Zero  team insists it is not their background IP, but the IP developed for the project itself that will be disclosed.

“It’s a cultural shift that is difficult for them to accept because it’s been such a closed industry and they’re not naturally predisposed to sharing stuff,”  says Wilson.

“But from a holistic view of the marine industry, the more we share, the better we get across the board. And we have to do better because we are under the microscope as an industry.”

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In other situations, Wilson has experienced yards going bust during a project, requiring  “cool heads and careful people-management”  to complete the build  “somehow, somewhere” . There have been clients who have run out of money, such as one during the global financial crash in 2008 who asked for the build to be put on hold.  “That’s quite hard to do with a big hull, an interior that was 50% built and a workforce showing up each day to build it,”  says Wilson.

The yacht construction agreement showed the client would be in default, but given their long-standing relationship, Wilson found a solution. They stored the hull and deck, inventoried all the pieces and put it all in a climate-controlled warehouse. After a couple of years, the client reignited the project.

Epic adventure

Then there have been interior designers who were new to yachting. Once, while studying the general arrangement on a sailing yacht project, a new designer declared that the object at the front of the main saloon needed to be moved. Wilson said that wasn’t possible, to which she suggested moving it to the side.  “Again, I explained that wasn’t really viable because what she was looking at was the main mast,”  he laughs.

But there have been incredible perks, too. A few years ago, a client who built a high-performance sailing yacht for ocean voyaging took Wilson from Ushuaia, Argentina, through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, spending five weeks hiking in the mountains made famous by the stricken explorer Ernest Shackleton before sailing up to Uruguay.  “An epic adventure,”  he says.

It is important to remember, he says, that building a new yacht is  “potentially a once-in-a-lifetime, extremely special undertaking”  for a client.

“It’s a very personal relationship because you have to know everything about the client and their family and you have to work together collaboratively in their homes, on their planes, in their existing yachts. So you have to like each other,”  he says.

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Wilson was once discussing new-build timelines for an elderly client. When the client heard it would take more than a couple of years, he gently reminded Wilson’s team of the pressing need to complete it in the most efficient manner possible.

“Boys, don’t forget that in my house, we don’t buy green bananas anymore,”  the client said.  “I’m pleased to say that he got to enjoy his yacht all over the planet for many years,”  adds Wilson.

Beautiful thing

According to Wilson, the  “fundamental”  key for an owner’s representative is to be  “ethical and trustworthy”  with no conflict of interest.

“The whole process is exciting and challenging and there are times when I pull my hair out when there are lots of disputes to resolve but that’s all part of the process,”  he says.

But the highs are worth it.

“When you first meet the owner and they like you and what you have to offer, you shake hands and sign the agreement. That’s a fantastic moment,”  he says.

“You started with a blank sheet of paper and you end up with this beautiful thing that’s launched and the bottle is broken over the bow, it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

“And then you go yachting for the first time and you’ve got the owners on board and they’re beaming and smiling. It’s absolutely wonderful.”

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King Of Megayachts Peter Lürssen On Building Bespoke Yachts Of All Sizes

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During September Peter Lürssen , the world’s leading megayacht builde r was very busy. First, he launched the 135-meter Crescent from his company’s Rendsburg, Germany facility. This new superyacht is Lürssen’s seventh-largest vessel constructed both regarding length and gross tonnage. Then, he dealt with a fire at the Lurssen shipyard in Bremen that burned for two days. Next, at the Monaco Yacht Show , he presented a book called The Concept Collection which features yacht designs for 62-meter boats. The book includes nine different design ideas created by the finalists of the 2018 Young Designer of the Year Award. These designers are presenting fresh and innovative new vessels.

Lürssen also announced a new contract to manufacture a 54-meter vessel for a very experienced Asian yacht owner. Bannenberg & Rowell Design will design the boat. The delivery of this project, code-named 13800, is scheduled for spring 2021. Lürssen is actively targeting projects in the 50 to 60-meter range, and the successful conclusion of Project 13800 is the first step in re-establishing the brand as a serious builder for yachts in that size bracket.

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Lürssen is known for building yachts that are over 90-meters such as the 163-meter Dubai, the 157-meter Dilbar , and the 180-meter Azzam. In the past 15 years, Lürssen has developed and delivered 15 superyachts that are over 90-meters. His clients include some of the world’s wealthiest billionaires like Larry Ellison, Paul Allen, and Roman Abramovich.

Lürssen comes from a long line of yacht builders. He is the fourth-generation of a 140-year-old dynasty that is based in Bremen, Germany. Lürssen and I first met in 2008 at an international superyacht award ceremony in Venice. A hands-on, hard-working, young, and energetic German, Lürssen is driving the success of his family business. At this year’s show, we sat down to discuss his new focus.

Olivia Hsu Decker: You just delivered the 135-meter Crescent this month, tell me about this exclusive superyacht. Who’s the lucky owner? Peter Lürssen: This is our seventh largest yacht both in length and tonnage. Some unique features include a multi-level atrium with full-length windows and two helipads. The upper deck helipad has a retractable helicopter hangar. I can’t reveal the owner’s name, all I can say is Crescent will be cruising mainly in Asian waters.

OHD: Why shift your focus to smaller yachts in the 50 to 65-meter range? PL: While we are very grateful for the success of our large builds, it is essential not to forget that our core business is between 50 to 80 meters. Although the misconception is that Lürssen only builds large yachts , we have delivered a considerable number of smaller vessels over the last 15 years, including 29 under 90 meters . Over the same period, we have produced 15 yachts above 90 meters. We still build about one superyacht in the 90+ meter size per year, but now we have more young customers who want smaller and bespoke boats. As a result of our enhanced activities in this size bracket, we are engaging with many new clients.

OHD: I saw your new book Concept Collection . Tell me about it. PL: This book shows different designs from the fresh minds of the youngest designers in the industry. They received the same brief: Create a 62-meter Lürssen with consideration for how the yacht will be used for relaxing, playing, sleeping, eating, and entertaining. Each of them received the same technical requirements for crew and engine room layout, tender storage, and other technical standards.

OHD: What do you think of these young designers’ creations? Are they up to your standards? PL: We were pleasantly surprised at the quality and innovation of their work! As we continue our journey of building yachts to meet market demands, we hope that clients will be inspired. We have great talents who will develop your dream Lürssen, regardless if it is 50 or 150 meters.   Over our long history of more than 140 years, we have been privileged to build boats of all shapes and sizes. From the wooden rowing boats of our humble beginnings to the large motor yachts we make today, we are proud of the vessels that we create for our clients. To fill market demand, we have recently re-emphasized our production of motor yachts between 55 and 75 meters.

OHD: Two years ago, you acquired Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg to strengthen your refit activities. How is this plan working out?     PL: With the additional facilities in Hamburg, we now have unique capabilities and a second to none potential to undertake multiple massive refits at one time, all in Northern Germany. During the last year, more than a dozen yachts between 50 and over 100 meters have used the Lürssen facilities for modifications and maintenance works. Among them are some of the world’s most beautiful yachts such as Lady Moura, Rising Sun, Radiant, and Alfa Nero.

OHD: Do you find the refit business boring compared to a brand new build? PL: Regardless who built the yacht and what age it is, there comes a time when it needs a refit, some repairs or even conversion. This is the work Lürssen undertakes with the German precision and pride which we are well-known for. Although the jobs are different from ship to ship, the aim is always the same. Once Lürssen has been involved, the yacht’s life expectancy and performance will be comparable to that of a new build, and the core value will be enhanced.    

OHD: You have built many magnificent yachts. I have been on Solandge, the Quattroelle, and last year’s Areti. Do you have a favorite? PL: It’s hard to say—like choosing which child you like among your children.

OHD: Speaking of children, are your three children active in the business? PL: All the children are well-educated and capable of running the business, but it’s a matter of slowly introducing those children who are interested in the company. But it’s rather unlikely that all of them will be equally qualified and equally motivated.

OHD: What do you do on vacation? Do you go yachting with clients? PL: We don’t hang out with clients. Clients are clients. They are not buddies. But if they have a problem on the yacht during their yachting trips, we will send the service staff over to fix it.

OHD: I heard you are extremely secretive when it comes to clients’ identity and the superyachts you are building for them. How do you keep those huge yachts confidential? PL: Each yacht and client has a reference number and a project code name when the contract is signed. We don’t talk about the client’s names. Our employees all know that it would jeopardize the deal if they let something slip. Everyone signs confidentiality agreements. We are not in the business for the glory. We don’t brag about what megayacht we are building for who and how much!

OHD: Are your customers getting younger and demanding more hi-tech amenities? PL : Yes, we see younger clients from the United States, Russia, and Asia. We see more demand for innovation and wellness facilities. Some of the yachts are similar to luxury hotels with gyms and spas. Water sports equipment are more important than sunbathing decks and the bar.

OHD: Do you think The Concept Collection and the young yacht designers of the 50-75 meter yachts might hurt Lürssen’s legendary super mega yacht business? PL : Quality is what Lürssen is known for, size doesn’t matter. We have always built mid-size yachts too, and our shifting focus to 50-75 meters is to follow our clients’ demand. I shall see you at next year’s Monaco Yacht Show and give you an update!

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Shipyard Stories: Peter Lürssen on the Past, Present and Future of Lürssen

Written By: Rachel Ingram

“Once in a while we should allow ourselves, against our better knowledge, to do something really crazy,” says Peter Lürssen, CEO of German boatbuilder Lürssen. “If you do something crazy, it actually may work, and if it doesn’t, it will inspire others to push the limits.”

Since 1875, Lürssen has been one of the marine industry’s leading innovators. Manufacturer of the world’s first motorboat, as well as some of the most iconic superyachts in history – Azzam, Limitless and Dilbar to name a few, Lürssen is now run by fourth generation family members who are continuing the legacy set by their great grandparents.

Lürssen was founded in 1875 by Friedrich Lürßen, a 24-year-old German boatbuilder who got into the industry through his father Lüder Lürssen, who also ran a boatbuilding workshop. Friedrich began by building lightweight racing rowboats for Bremen oarsmen which quickly became known for their beautifully design, originality and quality. In 1886, he built the world’s first motorboat, the 6m REMS, for manufacturer Gottlieb Daimler – the company would go on to craft a number of record-breaking champion race boats.

In 1925, when Lürssen celebrated its 50 th anniversary, the company had already built 10,000 boats and the second generation of Lürssens joined the business. They went on to pioneer another series of record-setting yachts, including the world’s fastest commuter yacht and the world’s longest motor yacht at the time, the 36m AAR IV. In the 1940s, the third generation took the helm and began to build larger and larger yachts, including the 55m yacht Pegasus II and the 71m Carinthia VI, designed by legendary British yacht designer Jon Bannenberg.

Lürssen was founded in 1875 by Friedrich Lürßen

With the fourth generation came a shift in focus to two types of boats: military vessels and megayachts. A number of icons came out of the growing shipyard, including the 97m Limitless (1997); the 180.65 Azzam (2013) the longest yacht in the world, the 156m Dilbar (2016), then the largest yacht in the world by gross tonnage. More recent deliveries, including AHPO, Nord and Moon Sand, are equally pioneering.

The business is currently being managed by Friedrich and Peter Lürssen, who hold the respective roles of Managing Director and CEO. One of their missions is to balance the company’s heritage while driving future innovation. “ For last 25 years, we have created a large number of yachts and experienced great success,” says Peter Lürssen, who joined the company in 1987. “It is a constant battle because to consistently innovate, you need to stay hungry, and if you experience fairly good times, people tend to get less hungry. We have a client who built multiple ships with us who once said: ‘from success comes arrogance, from arrogance comes failure.’ I think success can create complacency, so we try to keep people hungry by allowing the young people to experiment, dream and come up with really crazy ideas.”

A major part of the company’s pioneering commitment is its new Innovation Laboratory, which will be finalised early 2022. Since 2005, Lürssen has been involved in research projects aimed at using fuel cells on ships in order to advance sustainable shipbuilding, and the laboratory has been set up to simulate and test the integration and operation of a Marine Hybrid Fuel Cell System on board a yacht powered by methanol.

While other shipyards have been discussing hydrogen and electric powered yachts, Peter is convinced that methanol in the future. “Hydrogen is hard to produce and store in big quantities, so I don’t necessarily see it as a solution for the long term,” he says. “We have been talking to people who are researching extremely efficient batteries. There are people that say eventually you will have the same energy content in one cubic metre of battery as you have today in diesel fuel . If that's the case, it's great, but you have to completely re-think the way you fuel your boat, and in a green way. You’re not going to be able to park your boat next to a power pack, plug it in and wait half a year till it’s fuelled. So, I think a realistic technology to substantially reduce the footprint today is methanol. At Lürssen, we prefer finding solutions with a practical application and so far, the methanol fuel cell offers a lot of practical use.”

Lürssen is currently building its first yacht with fuel cell technology for one of its particularly pioneering clients. The emission-free fuel cells generate electrical energy based on hydrogen reformed from green methanol. It’s a huge step towards Peter’s goal of having an emission-free Lürssen yacht, the boat will be able to anchor emission-free for 15 days or cruise 1000 miles at slow speed. “My great grandfather built the world’s first motorboat in 1886, my dream is to be the first to build a yacht without a combustion engine,” Peter says. “While we hope to see some intermediate steps in the next few years, my goal is that by 2025, we have sold a yacht that only has fuel cell technology.”

Another showcase of the modern-day Lürssen’s commitment to sustainability is ALICE, an innovative, climate-neutral yacht concept which “shows what a Lürssen yacht could look like in the future.” The design of the yacht, which would be powered by emission-free fuel cells, is peppered with ecological features that create a unique ecosystem on board, including parks and ponds on the yacht’s deck and living walls in the interior.

“We want to do something that allows sustainable cruising in the ocean,” Peter says. “Yachts have come a long way but there is further to go. I think when I look back in five or 10 years and I have contributed to a substantial reduction in footprint and made yachting cleaner and more eco-friendly, that's enough for me to be a happy man looking back.”

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Viva has a steel hull and aluminium superstructure.

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Viva was last sighted en route to Martha’s Vineyard by way of Nantucket — but you can check it out for yourself via the Superyacht Times’ video below.

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Here are some of the highlights of the Northwest Yachts and Alaskan Yachts Design & Build Team:

Stephen R. Seaton

Stephen R. Seaton, Seattle Yachts’ principal designer, has been actively designing sailboats and motor yachts for more than 50 years, with some 560 different designs amassed to his credit. Seaton was instrumental in the design of the first yachts built by now world-renown Delta Marine of Seattle — perhaps the most well-known of which are the 70-footer Zopilote and the 110-footer Onika.

Onika was named Best in Class in a Showboats International magazine competition the year she was launched. And the next year, Seaton won the same award for a 105-foot trawler yacht to his design. On the boatbuilding side, Seaton was one of three key players in the original formation of Northern Marine in Anacortes, WA, where he functioned as Chief Designer and where the 62-foot Spirit of Zopilote was built under his watchful eye. The practical understanding that grows out of Steve’s experience in owning and running a shipyard distinguishes him among yacht designers and is, in part, what makes him a vital part of the Seattle Northwest Yachts program.

Peter Whiting

Peter Whiting , managing partner of Seattle Northwest Yachts LLC, is the developer and co-designer of the Northwest line with models from 45 to 75 feet LOA, including the firm’s flagship Northwest 63 currently under construction.

Peter is a lifelong boater, having learned to sail in Northern California at the age 11. Over the years, he has boated extensively in various areas of North America, from New England to the waters of the Pacific Northwest and in between. With his extensive sailing and cruising experience, Peter brings a knowledgeable and seasoned viewpoint to the table.

In 1998, he purchased Northwest Yachts and subsequently developed and built a series of Northwest trawlers and expedition-styled motor yachts. Then, in early 2016, he amalgamated Northwest Yachts and Seattle Yachts into a single yacht dealership and brokerage under the trade-name Seattle Yachts. When the opportunity arose, in late 2017, to acquire the trademark rights and intellectual property of Alaskan Yachts, Peter did so with the intent to re-develop and reintroduce to the market the history-rich and value-laden Alaskan trawler-yacht line.

Phil Friedman

Phil Friedman serves as Seattle Yachts’ New-Build Manager, making sure that the team’s designs and plans get translated accurately and effectively into real-world product.

Phil has a long and broad-ranging history in the marine industry, as a yacht builder, boat and shipyard manager, small-craft surveyor, and yachting writer and editor. He was for several years the president and CEO of world-class mega-yacht builder, Palmer Johnson Yachts, during which time the company, under his supervision, developed, built, and refitted nearly two dozen luxury mega-yachts in the 30- to 60-meter range.

Over the course of a multi-year tenure as Senior Editor of Power & Motoryacht magazine, Phil tested and evaluated hundreds of yachts worldwide. He has published more than 1,200 articles on yacht design, construction, repair and maintenance. And his recently published eBook, Ten Golden Rules for Successful New Build Projects, has received wide acclaim from industry professionals. Phil’s more recent work includes managing the construction of an 80-foot cruising motor yacht in Taiwan; supervising the ship-fitting for a 45-meter composite military patrol vessel; the project management of prototype construction for a new line of 65-foot high-performance catamaran motor yachts; and the design and supervision of the fabrication and installation of ultralight interior joinery and furniture for a number of high-performance Hovercraft military patrol vessels.

Phil is veteran sailor with seven years liveaboard cruising experience and some 40 years of sailing on the Great Lakes, as well as on the waters of Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. More information on Phil’s long and varied career can be found by running a Google search on “phil friedman yacht”. Also check out the Guide to Owning and Buying a Trawler Yacht for sale .

Bill Macnab

Bill Macnab is the Production Manager for the shipyard with whom Seattle Yachts is strategically partnered for the tooling and construction of the Northwest and Alaskan yacht lines. Bill has been a professional boat builder nearly all his life. He built his first sailing dingy in 1965 when he was only 6 years old, with some help from his dad, using FRP to seal the dagger pockets.

He later found work in a local boatyard, Cooper yachts — which eventually became Cooper-Queenship — where worked for Forbes Cooper for 14 years. Eventually, Bill bought the tooling for a line of pilothouse sailing yachts from Forbes and started his own Company, North West Yachts (not to be confused with Northwest Yachts).

Following a stint in cabinetmaking, Bill completed a formal boatbuilding apprenticeship at the Cooper yard, then accepted a management position with West Bay Yachts in the production of their 105 line, where from 1997 to 2007, he built more than a hundred West Bays, mostly in the 100-foot plus range.

As yacht building began to expand in China, Bill took on the job of helping to construct a new facility in Zhuhai, where the newly-formed Tricon Marine was getting ready to build its first 92' explorer yacht. More recently, he moved to a shipyard in the Fuzhou area in Fujian province, not far from areas where several major North American yacht brands are currently being produced.

Paul Thunberg

Paul Thunberg grew up in a small landlocked town in Northern California. He discovered sailing after building a 12-foot plywood sailboat from plans found in a popular Mechanics Magazine. Paul later worked as a welder/fabricator at several shops building everything from houseboats to tunnel boring machines and, after moving to the San Francisco Bay area worked for Stone Boats building wood and fiberglass boats.

While living in San Francisco, Paul completed a Bruce Bingham designed Flicka hull and deck kit that was produced by Pacific Seacraft… and set sail for Hawaii, teaching himself celestial navigation on the way. After his cruising funds ran short, Paul returned to the mainland where he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard, eventually serving 21years on active duty as a mechanic and deck watch officer on vessels ranging from 41 to 140 feet.

After retiring to the Portland Oregon area, he retired from active duty and accepted a position as a civilian employee for the Coast Guard at Marine Safety Unit Portland. Paul graduated from the Westlawn School of Yacht Design under the tutelage of well-known designer Dave Gerr and has worked as an associate-designer on several Stephen R. Seaton projects, as well as pursuing his own design work.

Jan Whiting

Jan Whiting specializes in interior design and space utilization planning for new-builds and major refits. She was the driving force behind the very popular and successfully interiors of the Northwest 45s and 52s developed and built in Anacortes in the early 2000s, as well as those of the Integrity line.

With additional experience in restaurant and resort facilities planning, design, and management, Jan exhibits keen insight into what makes for comfortable living on a longer-term basis. She grew up in Baltimore around the water and came to love boats at an early age. In those days, her father would take her sailing aboard his Krogen ketch on Chesapeake Bay. These days, living and working in the Pacific Northwest, Jan gets out on the water at every possible opportunity. Her favorite cruising grounds range from the Pacific Northwest to Alaska. And some of her most cherished memories include sailing down the Baja peninsula to La Paz and visiting several Croatian sailing spots last summer aboard an Elan.

When she’s not out on the water, Jan spends time scouring the major boat shows for new ideas and applications that might be adapted to advantage in Seattle Yachts’ Northwest and Alaskan lines. Her assistance is also available, as a value-added service, to help new-build buyers develop interiors for their Northwest or Alaskan yachts that will stand the test of time for extended living and cruising aboard. She is, moreover, a great sounding board for those preparing to make the transition from shore-based to water-borne living.

Jeffrey Bowles (Donald L. Blount & Associates)

Donald L Blount and Associates provides professional naval architecture and marine engineering for Seattle Yachts projects.

Founded by prominent naval architect Donald L Blount, DLBA is currently headed by director Jeffrey Bowles who holds a degree in naval architecture from the Webb Institute and a master’s degree in marine engineering from the University of Newcastle. DLBA itself is now a subsidiary of Gibbs and Cox, which has been the pre-eminent authority in fiberglass marine vessel construction for more than half a century.

For more information, contact: [email protected]  

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Frequently Asked Questions For Buying And Selling A New Or Used Yacht

Staying On Course: Project Management For New Yacht Builds and Re-Fits

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Better known as The Who’s lead guitarist and principal songwriter, rock star and celebrity superyacht owner  Pete Townshend has also had a life-long affair with sailing and owned almost as many boats as he has musical instruments. Caroline White joins him on the water...

“So Keith Moon, Oliver Reed and my friend Barney go out to my boat.” Tucked into the corner of the saloon on his 38.4 metre classic sailing yacht Gloria , Pete Townshend is reeling off a rock anecdote because I’m trawling for one. He has been charitable enough to dip into a 50-year cache of stories that begin in this format – replace Moon and Reed with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton or any member of rock aristocracy – and toss me a tale of yacht-related debauchery.

It is 1974; he is finishing filming his rock opera Tommy in Portsmouth and as evening falls Townshend and the gang ferry themselves out to his 11 metre Grand Banks motor yacht Mafuta for a cruise to Cowes. Before they leave, it becomes clear that the temporary captain has no idea what he’s doing and as he makes confused calls on a big old radio – which may have been turned off – Moon lets the dinghy adrift (“it’s the kind of thing Keith would do”). Reed, the hell-raising actor and Moon, the hell-raising drummer, Townshend and – presumably – Barney, address the situation by tucking into a stash of rum.

“Olly Reed, much to my surprise, turned down the rum and got out a load of marijuana and started to smoke joints. I got through a bottle of rum on my own and I remember thinking it was the best feeling that I’d ever had on a boat.” Things get a bit hazy from here, but he adds, “At some point I think I had no clothes on.

“I woke up the next day and it was just me and my friend Barney. I asked what happened to everybody else. He said, ‘Well Keith and Olly swum ashore in the middle of the night.’ We were quite a long way out and it was really shit weather. They both could have drowned, but they didn’t,” he says. “They drowned later.”

Townshend did not follow suit. In fact he’s given up alcohol, and having built a stellar career as songwriter and lead guitarist for one of Britain’s best-known bands – as well as a varied and imaginative solo career – becoming a celebrity sailor has become his addiction. In yacht mode, in a quiet Antiguan bay, he’s serene: a tall man with mild blue eyes behind blue-tinted sunglasses. It’s hard to reframe him as the arm-wheeling rock star who “invented” guitar smashing, wrote My Generation – the song Rolling Stone magazine aptly described as “his immortal fuck-off to the elders” – and bashed counterculture icon Abbie Hoffman with the head of his guitar on stage at Woodstock in 1969. The only traces of rock superstardom in this saloon are two diminutive Marshall speakers – he and bassist John Entwistle’s desire for a louder sound was the impetus behind the company’s first 100W amps – and perhaps the fact that he’s wearing sunglasses indoors.

“As a sailor, I’m not as sociable as a lot of people,” he says. When Gloria is in the Mediterranean he has guests on board and some of them are Jerry Hall and U2. “But those relationships, although they’re business related, they are proper friendships.” And more often it’s family or less starry pals such as his accountant or his lawyer. It would be more accurate to say that boats have influenced his music than that his life as a rock star has affected his life on board.

The beginning was a childhood experience on the Thames in west London. “When I was in the Sea Scouts, I had something which you can only really call a revelation on the river. I was on a motorboat with a bunch of other boys and I lost consciousness and started to hear this incredible music,” he says. Somehow the sound of water against the hull was transformed into an otherworldly orchestra. “I spent a lot of time as a composer trying to recreate that music I heard then – I’ve come close here and there, but never really cracked it properly.”

With this description it’s easy to see water running through The Who’s back catalogue – for example in Baba O’Riley , where the electronic introduction is reminiscent of a babbling stream. But sailing is represented unambiguously in his work as well. “The whole of Quadrophenia is set on a river and at sea,” he says, and on that album in particular there’s I am the Sea , Drowned and I’ve Had Enough , which is “very much about being a sailor and life being like a journey that you fight sailing into the wind.

“ Love, Reign O’er Me , which is probably one of the best, if not the best, song I’ve ever written is about being on the ocean in the rain. It’s the closing song on Quadrophenia , the boy is either in the boat or on the rock, and you don’t really know what happens to him at the end of the story. But it’s raining and it’s about the vastness of the ocean and how small we feel. I think that’s something that every sailor knows.”

Townshend describes his relationship with the water, and the Thames in particular, as primal. He grew up by the river, has always chosen riverside homes in the capital and in 1976 he felt instinctively drawn to The Boathouse in Ranelagh Drive, Twickenham. He bought it, turned it into the centre of operations for his Eel Pie group of companies, as well as a spiritual centre, and then his mother visited and pointed out that – unknown to him – he had been born in the house next door. The location certainly touched something in him. “It had a balcony that overlooked the river, so it had that fizz of ozone that you get from tumbling water, which I do think genuinely inspires creativity.”

He has followed through on this belief: “I have a full-scale recording studio, on a Dutch barge, which I built in 1976. It’s very impressive; it was built by a guy called Eddie Veale, who built George Harrison’s studio.” The 33.5 metre barge, Grand Cru , is kept at St Katharine Docks in London and Townshend records there himself, as well as renting it to other musicians.

But this is just one characterful facet in a lifetime of boat ownership. Townshend’s first purchase was a speedboat called  Liz O  in the mid-1960s that he bought with the early profits of his musical career, shared with his father and kept on the Thames. “I learned some pretty harsh lessons about the river,” he says. “It would do about eight or nine knots maximum and I found out that it’s okay going downriver with your girlfriend – we would take some beer and go to throw Champagne bottles at the Houses of Parliament – but to my horror when you turn round to go back, sometimes the river is going faster than that.”

Later, when Townshend lost his driving licence for drink driving, boating became a practical solution. “I lived right by the river, by Eel Pie Island (in Twickenham) and The Who’s studio then, in 1973, was in Battersea. So I used the boat to go to the studio every day; that was to record Quadrophenia .” Afterwards came other vessels – including Mafuta – which he kept outside his house.

“Then a bit later I started to fret about the fact that I wasn’t really getting out to sea. So around ‘89 I did my Yachtmasters, bought a Fisher 46 motorsailer and it got me to sea on my own.”

These first sailing adventures were in Cornwall, which is still his favourite cruising destination in the world. “I like the variety of the weather and the seriousness of the scenario,” he says. “It took me about four years to get a boat round The Lizard. I picked a very, very calm day, I got a speedboat and I went round. As I came back I was doing about 40 knots and suddenly the water went up and then down – the whole sea, like a sheet of glass – and in front of me was a huge rock. Even when it’s calm, The Lizard is really dangerous.”

Here Townshend worked his way through an eclectic collection – “my Cornwall boats”, he calls them. There was 14.3 metre motorboat Ahmednagar Queen , which he commissioned at the Bates & Son Marina in Chertsey and named after the ashram of guru Meher Baba, a “little Finnish boat” called Double T , a 13 metre Eastbay motorboat called True Love , an 11.6 metre Sabre open motorboat called 5.15 after a Who song, a Fisher sailing boat called Blue Merlin , a 19.8 metre called Ferrara and more. He entered the Falmouth Classics race in 1991 on his newly acquired 18.3 metre Laurent Giles sailing yacht Pazienza (meaning patience in Italian), won and “really got the bug for classic sailing”. He followed up with the first boat in Andre Hoek’s Truly Classic line, Truly Classic and Zephyr . The stars of his current fleet also reflect his classic passion: Eva , an eight metre Fife from 1906, which he keeps in France and uses for serious racing, and his largest boat, Gloria .

Gloria was originally built for Mikael Krafft, founder of Star Clippers, who fell in love with and tried to buy the 1938 Mylne-designed schooner Panda before discovering she had deteriorated beyond repair. So he commissioned Pieter Beeldsnijder to design a modern representation of the boat, with Jongert and Lowland to build her. Launched in 1986, she fulfilled her brief: graceful exterior lines and classic interiors in high-gloss mahogany, but with a modern staysail schooner rig and powered furling – meaning she is comfortable at sea and requires only five crew to sail her, three at a push.

Krafft eventually sold her, and two owners down the line English entrepreneur Peter de Savary bought and refitted her. Townshend, a good friend, took a look around when de Savary decided to sell some years later. “I went down into the engine room, I came back up and I said to my yacht manager Tim Dewhurst, ‘Don’t go downstairs. Don’t look in the engine room and don’t point at the bits of deck that need doing.’ I just knew that if I went into it too intently I wouldn’t buy her. She needed a lot of money spent on her. But I thought, well, I’ve got a lot of money and I love boats.” He shook hands with de Savary on the second day of the Newport Bucket and with her new owner in charge she came in second the same day (pipping the J Hanuman among others).

Townshend has been good to her, arranging an extensive refit at Pendennis that ran from new decks to paint, rigging and more. Today, the boat is full of little delights, from a working fireplace to ornate woodwork saved from an older boat, and a dining table with superb marquetry beneath a skylight in the dining saloon. He uses her for short cruises and racing, in particular the Superyacht Challenge in Antigua, and has a clutch of cups below decks (this is his second favourite cruising location after Cornwall and he is a major supporter of the Antigua National Sailing Academy).

“I bought Gloria so that I could have adventures and that’s what I’ve done,” he says. “Now I feel a bit taunted by her. She’s in such great shape – we did the decks and everything is running really well. She’s the kind of yacht that you could go round the world in but I just haven’t got the time.” So with regret, after six years and a successful career as regatta-ready charter yacht ,  Gloria is for sale through Northrop & Johnson . He will probably continue to collect boats, but for the moment it’s back to business.

“The Who’s career, which I thought was completely over, has had an incredible resurgence, we’re packing houses,” he says. “My inner artist is finding that really wonderful.” Townshend is touring with Roger Daltry until October, when The Who will join Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd for a special festival – Desert Trip – put together by the organisers of Coachella. Set in the Southern California desert, it seems almost cruel to take Townshend so far from the water, although it might be a safer environment for his fellow rock stars.

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We are pleased to introduce you to  Peter Bracha, M.D . who joined Wolfe Eye Clinic earlier this year and is now seeing patients in our  Ames , Fort Dodge , Ottumwa , Pleasant Hill and West Des Moines offices. Dr. Bracha is a board-certified, fellowship trained retina specialist who specializes in medical and surgical management of  retinal diseases .

Dr. Bracha is originally from Ames, Iowa. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri followed by a Doctorate of Medicine from the School of Medicine at the University of Creighton in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Bracha went on to complete an internship at the University of Creighton followed by an ophthalmology residency at Indiana University, where he was Chief Resident. Dr. Bracha advanced his skills even further after his residency by completing a Vitreoretinal Surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Bracha has given many scientific presentations and educational lectures to his peers and has published numerous articles about retinal disease. Dr. Bracha specifically chose surgical retina because it allows him to help patients with some of the most serious ocular conditions and allows him to help preserve their sight. 

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Police Car , the Ed Dubois-designed 42-footer that revolutionized IOR thinking, is languishing at Port Macquarie in northern NSW mid-way through an abandoned restoration . It is a sad low-point in the life of a yacht that, in its prime, set the standard for offshore racing, much as Imp had done two years before. 

Commissioned by the chain-smoking West Australian businessman Peter Cantwell, Police Car was the design that brought the young Ed Dubois to international prominence. A fractional sloop with low freeboard, extreme aft sections, tall rig and ‘ratings bumps’ below the waterline, the boat was an unabashed attempt to squeeze every advantage out of the IOR rule.  

Dubois, who passed away three years ago, wrote an affectionate account of the design thinking that helped create Police Car for a crew reunion in 2002. “I felt that with the understanding in Australia of more dinghy-inspired rigs that giving a boat a fractional configuration was a good bet. I also gave Police Car less freeboard, marginally less beam and a broader stern than was currently seen on the form boats being produced by Doug Petersen and Ron Holland. 

“The risk to this approach was light air speed but I felt that with the extra sail area from the fractional rig this potential risk would be minimal. What I was trying to do was to create an easily driven hull with a full after body but which would not have two high a rated length because of the pronounced kink through the two after girth stations.”

The boat was built in aluminium by Steve Ward in Perth in an incredible eight weeks. After its Admiral’s Cup triumph the ‘ The Car ’ was bought by Sir James Hardy who campaigned her with great success in offshore events, including four Sydney-Hobart races and the 1982 Clipper Cup in Hawaii (where it was dismasted off Diamond Head but the crew rebuilt the spar, missing just one race in the regatta.)

More than 30 years later this historically significant offshore racer is now looking for someone to bring her back from the brink of extinction. The sales pitch by the current owner is refreshingly honest, saying “ There’s plenty to do. This project (and boat) isn’t for the faint-hearted. 

“There are plenty of old sails. They’re not great but OK for cruising. There isn’t a whole lot in terms of electronics. The sailing gear (winches etc) are old but good quality. I think anybody who’s sailed the boat will tell you, she’s a whole lot of serious fun on the water!”

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Pitter Yachtcharter - Your reliable and safe partner for your yachting holiday

We are reliable and safe partner for your yachting holiday with guaranteed quality and best service at fair prices. Feel free to contact us if you need any help or additional information regarding charters, investments or regattas.

Well maintained and equipped yachts

We at Pitter Yachtcharter, always do our best to offer you high quality standards and the best all-round service.

Our yachts are always professionally maintained and thoroughly cleaned. Each yacht is checked by a diver when the crew changes. Any damage is immediately professionally repaired and defective parts are quickly replaced. A well-stocked spare parts warehouse in a fully equipped workshop ensures that there are no waiting times.

Over 600 yachts in 30 bases in 7 countries

Pitter Yachtcharter is one of the largest charter fleet operators worldwide. With a range of over 600 charter yachts on 30 bases in Croatia, Greece, Italy, Türkiye, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands, almost no sailing dream remains unfulfilled.

As Croatia specialist, we offer you more than 350 well equipped and maintained yachts, on 15, geographically ideally distributed bases, along the beautiful coastline from Pula to Split.

Best advice and personal contact

Pitter Yachtcharter attaches great importance to good customer service. With more than 35 years of experience in the charter business, we always strive to meet your wishes and concerns.

Our long-term and experienced team will be happy to advise you. We at Pitter Yachtcharter always give our best, the satisfaction of our customers is our goal.

Best service at fair and reasonable prices

In our extensive charter programme you will find a diverse range of sailing yachts, catamarans and motor boats of various brands and models.

Every year, brand new yachts are added to our fleet. With a fair and transparent pricing policy there are no hidden costs or false discounts.

Guaranteed security in all matters

With us you charter to the fair uniform and legally sound charter conditions of the Yacht-Pool Charter Fair-Contract.

With Pitter Yachtcharter there are no unpleasant surprises due to veiled AGBs. With us you are on the safe side.

Sailing yacht

Power catamaran

Motor yacht

Explore our best offers

Bavaria 39 Cruiser "Linda"

Bavaria Cruiser 40 Avantgarde "Ornela"

Bavaria Cruiser 36 "Wilma"

Bavaria Cruiser 56 "Domo"

Bavaria Cruiser 46 "Alexeja"

Bavaria Cruiser 37 "Adriana"

Bavaria Cruiser 41 "Sonelinno"

Lagoon 380 "Eos"

Yacht Charter in Croatia

Secluded bays, spectacular beaches, and scenic fishing villages. A yacht charter in Croatia is a sailor's paradise.

Yacht Charter Italy

Yacht Charter Greece

Yacht Charter Turkey

Yacht Charter Spain

Yacht Charter Slovenia

Yacht Charter Netherlands

Yacht Charter Worldwide

Choose your Charter type

Bareboat Yacht Charter

If you are already an experienced skipper and have the necessary licences for a sailing holiday, then charter Bareboat . As skipper, you choose your trip and sailing route individually.

Skippered Yacht Charter

You are dreaming of a sailing holiday and do not have a licence or, as a sailing novice, still have too little experience to sail a yacht on your own. You are welcome to charter our yachts with a skipper .

Crewed Yacht Charter

Enjoy unforgettable moments on board a sailing yacht or catamaran with a skipper and hostess . The skipper is responsible for sailing the yacht, the hostess will take care of the well-being.

Latest News

Most Popular charter fleet 2023

We are very pleased about this award from Europe's largest sailing magazine "YACHT", which has honored us for the third time. Our warmest thanks go to all readers, employees and partners!

Boat Tulln - Pitter Yachtcharter News

We look forward to welcoming you to Boat Tulln soon. You will find our stand in Hall 10 - 1024/1025. Exclusive area information, new yachts and a great festival await you!

Latest Blogs

Motor boats M6 and M9 from Nuva Yachts

Greek Moussaka Recipe: A Savory Delight

Yacht charter Corfu: 7 days sailing trip in the land of the gods

A few words from our clients

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Let us be part of your sailing trip: Tag us in your posts/stories on Facebook or Instagram @pitteryachtcharter #pitteryachtcharter

Yacht Investment

With us you have the right partner to buy your yacht and to maintain and increase its value for the long term. Our attractive charter purchase models, with yachts and catamarans of all brands, offer interesting investment opportunities.

If you are looking for a sporting challenge and would like to enjoy sailing days in a relaxed atmosphere, then our sailing events are just right for you.

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Pitter Gesellschaft m.b.H. Raimund-Obendrauf-Straße 30 8230 Hartberg, Österreich

Office Hours: Monday till Friday: 8 am - 6 pm

Booking Office Austria: +43 3332 66240

E-mail address: Pitter Yachtcharter

Toll free (from Germany): 0800 182 1868

Toll free (from Switzerland): 0800 564 120

Toll free (from Italy): 800 172 693

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