Inspired by her little sister the 66 GLX, which made its debut at Yachts Miami Beach last year, the Astondoa 80 GLX inherits the same large side windows. This revamped rendition showing in Fort Lauderdale also boasts a reconfigured flybridge and new interior palette of warm colours and materials. She’s fast, too, topping out at 31 knots.
Length: 24.92 metres
Builder / exterior and interior design: Astondoa
Book Ends is a classic, luxurious yacht with timeless exterior lines matched by a rich interior, both designed by some of the industry’s best. Her performance is also superlative; her MTU 8V 4000s pushed her beyond the contractual top speed, reaching 15.6 knots during sea trials.
Length: 47 metres
Builder: Heesen
Exterior design: Omega Architects
Interior design: Bannenberg & Rowell
Although she is hull number 11 in the ISA Sport 120 series, Clorinda is very much a different animal to her predecessors. This 36 metre fast cruiser is the first yacht to be launched since the Ancona-based yard was acquired by the Palumbo Group in August 2016. The new parent company brought in Enrico Gobbi Team For Design to further refine her styling. Notable tweaks include dark tinted glass inserts in the superstructure, a side-loading tender garage and a skylight in the master suite.
Length: 36.45 metres
Builder: ISA Yachts
Exterior design: Andrea Vallicelli / Enrico Gobbi Team For Design
Interior design: Cristiano Gatto
Unveiled two years ago as Project Nova, Home is a ground-breaking vessel for Heesen, combining a fuel-efficient fast displacement hull with hybrid propulsion. Electric shaft motors silently push Home to nine knots without the main engines. With mains on, they act as generators, providing enough power for hotel loads. Styling is cutting edge, inspired by a beach villa and emphasising a close connection to the sea with large expanses of glass.
Length: 49.8 metres
Builder: Heesen
Exterior design: Omega Architects
Interior design: Cristiano Gatto
Horizon’s new FD range represents a styling departure for the Taiwanese builder, with a plumb bow and floor to ceiling windows fronted by cut-out bulwarks for even bigger views out. The fast displacement hull gives the Horizon FD85 efficiency over a range of speeds and her wide beam means tremendous interior volume. Hull No 3 will be in the US and it features a main deck master and warm anigre and walnut throughout. The yard is also exhibiting its latest Horizon RP110 yacht at FLIBS 2017.
Length: 26.07 metres
Builder / interior design: Horizon
Exterior design: Cor D Rover
Outer Reef has found great demand for this 860 Deluxbridge Skylounge model, as long distance cruisers seem to really appreciate the climate controlled, all weather, protected helm. The configuration on HQ negates the need for a lower helm, which allows for an expanded galley. Accommodation also mimics superyachts, with four guest cabins and two crew cabins.
Length: 26.3 metres
Builder / exterior design: Outer Reef Yachts
Interior design: A La Mer
The newest Damen Yacht Support vessel, New Frontiers has the huge deck space and crane necessary to carry every conceivable tender and toy, but she has something new, too: guest accommodation. For the first time, Damen included an owner’s lounge and guest quarters for six on the main deck. The Dutch yard will also be exhibiting Axis, which was at FLIBS last year under her original name Fast & Furious and has since been refitted to add guest accommodation.
Length: 55.3 metres
Builder / exterior and interior design: Damen
Following in the wake of her big sister, the Riva 88 Florida, the 32-knot 76 Bahamas features the super cool convertible 'C-Top' that transforms her from an open to a coupe. A carbon fibre hardtop lifts out of the forward cowling, revealing a foredeck seating area, and comes to rest between the windshield and roll bar. Inside, Riva style pervades with white veneer, dark leather and stainless steel accents.
Length: 23.24 metres
Builder: Riva
Exterior and interior design: Officina Italiana Design / Ferretti Group
It’s not just the wave-piercing bow and displacement to planing hull that sets the Benetti Fast range apart. It’s also the innovative propulsion system developed by Rolls-Royce, featuring a steerable thruster — the Azipull Carbon 65. The third hull in the Fast 125 series, Skyler will shows off this technology at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, along with RWD’s ‘Air’ interior, one of the three styles available to owners.
Length: 38.1 metres
Builder: Benetti
Exterior design: Stefano Righini
Interior design: RWD
Tankoa’s second launch uses every bit of her 499GT interior for such amenities as a beach club gym, a master and VIP on the main deck, an upper deck home movie theatre and a seven metre tender garage. Constructed in aluminium with a full displacement hull, Vertige has a timeless look and includes floor to ceiling windows with cut-out bulwarks for maximum views from within.
Length: 49.9 metres
Builder: Tankoa
Exterior design: Francesco Paszkowski
Interior design: Francesco Paszkowski / Margherita Casprini