Cannes Yachting Festival 2014 (as sent to true friends)I will be there dreaming from the 9th our dream immagination once in a lifetime Super Yacht ;-) Forget the film festival. For superyacht aficionados the most glamorous event in Cannes is its yachting festival When it comes to yacht spotting, little has quite the jaw-dropping awe-factor of the Monaco Yacht Show, a predominantly industry-led gathering featuring 100-plus of the world’s most splendid yachts in the principality’s Port Hercule (not to mention an even great number of hors de concours as it were, which lie at anchor further out to sea). But 35 miles along the Cote d’Azur, the Cannes Yachting Festival is both much larger and altogether more accessible. In essence, this is Cannes as its most glamorous. There aren’t this many superyachts in town even during the fabled film festival! This year’s edition – its 37th – opens next week, featuring more than 580 boats (more than a quarter of which are what the industry calls “world-premiere editions”); most will be in the Vieux Port, but don’t overlook those in the Port Pierre Canto at the far end of La Croisette. Among the stand-outs promise to be Seaway Yachts’ Shipman 59, a strikingly beautiful 18.9m/62ft carbon yacht that its manufacturers not only promise is “unsinkable” thanks to her carbon-epoxy construction, but whose hybrid technology means she can operate with zero emissions in marinas and anchorages and there’s no noisy generator sound to disturb you – she sleeps six – at night. For stealthy operation – the ability to slip from moorings all but silently – is quite a trend this year. Witness Admiral Sail’s four-cabin Silent 76, the biggest – at 23m/76ft – sailing boat at Cannes. Its interior nevertheless features onyx, marble and several sorts of leather, in short the sorts of material more usually found on superyachts than high-performance sailing boats. She is also unexpectedly spacious, featuring a garage capable of accommodating a waterjet tender of up to 3.2m and a jet ski. Of course there’ll be power boats, tenders and, of course, superyachts too. Look out for Logica Yachts’ distinctive 44.8m/147ft Logica 147-01, designed by Luca Brenta, with contemporary interiors by the London practice Martin Kemp Design. But my hunch is that there’ll be none larger, nor more ingeniously configured than 55m/180ft Ocean Paradise. Built by Benetti and a star of last year’s Monaco Yacht Show, this one belongs to the Singaporean investor Adrian Lee, whose portfolio includes Klapsons Hotel in Singapore, hence the contemporary “design-hotel” aesthetic, which makes much of texture, colour and unexpected fabrics: pale blue ponyskin bedheads, crocodile-effect leather on the stair treads and expansive use of silvery woven carbon fibre. (Though its interiors can be customised according to taste.) In short, she is very much worth a look. At which point it’s worth noting, that if you book in advance, admission to the Cannes Yachting Festival is just €15 (or €18 at the gate). In comparison....a week aboard Ocean Paradise (she sleeps 12), through the brokerage Y.Co, starts at $300,000...who cant afford to spend 300k for a ONE week Holiday come on?!? Bye everybody
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 04:20:15 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015