Boat International US Edition — February 2018

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ON BOARD

FEBRUARY 2018

Riva is being quite the tease with the newest model
announced recently by showing just a few taut lines of the
90-footer-to-be. It’s enough, though, to make out the rakish
lines that Officina Italiana Design has bequeathed to the
builder’s latest flybridge yachts.
Hull No 1 will have twin MTU 16V 2000 M96s for a top
speed expected to flirt with the 30s. Other power options are
available, with further choice anticipated for the yet-to-be-
seen interior layout. Seakeeper gyrostabilizers will be
optional and the Riva 90 will be able to embark a Williams
395 tender. ferrettigroup.com

NOT THE OLD MAN’S RIVA

TURKISH DELIGHT

Turkish builder Bilgin’s new 263ft flagship has been lifted out at West

Istanbul Marina for fitting out ahead of its late-2019 delivery. Unique

Yacht Design is responsible for exterior styling and naval architecture

and H2 Yacht Design designed the interior – the same team responsible

for the yacht’s sistership, trailing six months behind. Built to comply

with MCA and LY3 rules, the 1,600GT yacht will have a range of up to

5,000 nautical miles and a top speed of 18 knots. bilginyacht.com

FULL SPEED AHEAD

Allied Marine returns

as exclusive Ferretti

Group dealer on the

US East Coast

WHAT’S

HOT

&

WHAT’S

KNOT

TWINKLING TOPSIDES

Keizer Yachts has

concocted a hull coating

that contains real

diamonds to create a

“multichromatic

reflection.” Real life paint

specialist AkzoNobel is

reportedly going to

produce it. It’s so absurd

that we kind of like it. Hope

it comes with a free pair

of sunglasses.

WHAT JET LAG?

With tech from

Stanford University,

the Lumos Smart Sleep

Mask lets you set your

own sleep schedule

using an app –

whatever daylight is

doing outside. Set it for

your flight and wake up

in the right time zone.

GRAVE ROBBERY

Warships containing the

remains of Allied and

Japanese World War II

servicemen are being

destroyed by salvagers,

says The Guardian. The

wrecks around Indonesia,

Malaysia and Singapore

are being blown apart

for scrap metal by divers.

Allied Marine is once again fully back in

the the Ferretti family fold. In business

since 1945 and with $5 billion in

transactions, Allied Marine has been

dancing with the Ferretti Group for

quite some time. To take advantage of

rising boat sales in the US, the Ferretti

Group recently rejigged its organization

and made its brokerage arm Allied

Marine an exclusive dealer of Ferretti

Yachts, Itama, Mochi Craft, Pershing

and Riva, as well as an authorized

dealer of Custom Line and CRN in the

all-important US East Coast region.

President Jon Burkard is overseeing

the brokerage side of things, while

Justin Blue, most recently COO of

Ferretti Group Americas, handles new

yacht sales more specifically.

alliedmarine.com

ALLIED POWER

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