http://www.boatinternational.com | February 2016Spotlight Newtothemarket
LA SULTANA:€22.5 MILLION
DeliveredbyaBulgarian
yard in 1962, this 65.4m
formerSovietspyshipwas
completely rebuilt in early
2015 and now comfortably
accommodates 12 guests
in seven generous cabins.
She is listed for sale by
Camper&Nicholsons.LA PELLEGRINA:
€21.19 MILLION
The 50m motor yacht was
built in carbon-reinforced
Kevlar by Chantier Naval
Couach and delivered in- She sleeps 12 guests in
six cabins and is listed for sale
bySSHMaritimeandMerle
Wood & Associates.
FR ANCINE:$7.95 MILLION
This 46m Benetti motor
yacht, launched in 1989, was
refittedin2006,2011and
2014, at a cost in excess of
$10 million. Accommodation
is for 10 guests in five cabins
including a full-beam master
suite on the main deck. She
is listed for sale byBurgess.SUNRISE 63M:€49.6 MILLION
A new-build 63m motor
yacht from Sunrise Yachts has
been listed for sale byIYC.
Designed by Espen Øino, she
couldbedeliveredin2018.
Sheiscurrentlyconfiguredto
sleep12guestsinsixcabins,
although a new owner is free
to make any layout changes.SEAFLOWER:€11.9 MILLION
Sold in June 2014, the 40m
Feadship motor yacht is
back on the market, listed
for sale by Y.CO. Delivered
in 2002 with one of the
most expensive interiors
per square metre on any
Feadship, Seaflower has five
cabins for 10 guests.RECYCLING DOWN THE HUDSON
James Bowthorpe, the adventurer and documentary maker,
is taking his world-roaming exploits to chilly new heights with
a midwinter journey down the Hudson River in a boat made
from New York City’s rubbish.
The Hudson River Project, being undertaken in
collaboration with luxury watch brand Tudor, will take
Bowthorpe from Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack
Mountains, the source of the Hudson River, 300 miles
through rapids, snow, ice and major shipping lanes back
to New York City. “Wilderness and cities are perceived as
opposed things but New York would not be New York without
the Hudson River, so [I am literally and symbolically] making
that journey from where the river starts back to this great
city,” says Bowthorpe, who completed a similar challenge
on a smaller scale in London.
The project also aims to reframe the issue of
sustainability. “It tends to be a bit of a guilt trip. It’s quite
doom-related and people feel that they can’t do anything
about it,” he says. “I wanted to combine that spirit of
adventure with the sustainability challenge that we all face.
When you’re doing something adventurous, you feel you
can face any challenge.”
Bowthorpe, who has worked as maintenance crew on
superyachts including Leander, as well as in shipyards and
has studied kayak making, will build what he describes as
a “kayak-cum-boat” on the streets of Manhattan, using
materials he has scavenged locally. “It is a reflection of
a city’s waste. The Thames boat ended up being mostly
built out of plywood, because I found a lot of plywood.
On recce walks in New York, I’ve walked past piles of sheet
aluminium that has been thrown out, so that boat will involve
a bit more metal.”
He will work with a minimal toolkit and keep time with
an ultra-tough Tudor North Flag watch, inspired by those
supplied to the 1952 British North Greenland Expedition.
Bowthorpe was due to complete the challenge in December
2015, at time of press. He is making a documentary about his
Hudson River adventure, which will be released this year.Chef of
the month
Jemma Harrison, chef
on board the 54.9 metre
sailing yacht Marie, is a
multitasker extraordinaire
I base my dishes on what
is fresh that day. I have
the opportunity to make
whatever I can think of,
and that is a great way to
become a better chef. I was
once woken up at 4am by a
client who liked cooking and
wanted to make tomato pasta.
By the time I had got up she
had already started and there
was tomato all over the galley.
The biggest challenge of
the job is time management- you are the executive chef,
sous chef, line chef and pot
washer. You have to do all this
in a galley and people expect
high-end restaurant food.
Marie is for charter with
burgessyachts.com
The boat
takes
shape in
New York