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Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanSunreef: Lionel Messi Orders a 27-Meter Sunreef Ultima 88 Luxury Power Catamaran Lionel Messi is joining the exclusive circle of Sunreef Yachts owners. The Argentine World Cup champion has ordered a Sunreef Ultima 88, a luxury power catamaran measuring nearly 27 meters (88 feet)…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanQuicksilver 625 Open: 6.46m x 2.40m, 115cv for 47,000 euros (including VAT), fully equipped!! Quicksilver is taking advantage of the 2026 Grand Pavois La Rochelle to unveil its new 625 Open in a world premiere.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanBavaria C46: €520,000 (including VAT), ready to sail, available from Snip Yachting at the Grand Pavois 2026 At the Grand Pavois 2026 La Rochelle , Yachting Art Actunautique offers you a detailed tour of the Bavaria C46, the flagship of the German shipyard’s new generation of family cruisers.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanRanieri Voyager 17: at 24,900 euros including VAT, a brand-new boat that lets you get into boating without breaking the bank At the Grand Pavois La Rochelle 2026, the ‘Osez le Bateau’ (Give Boating a Go) area is showcasing a range that has become less prominent in recent years: new boats available for under 30,000 euros…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanGrand Pavois La Rochelle 2026: ‘Give Boating a Go’ – new boats for under 30,000 euros Grand Pavois 2026 – Whilst rising prices for new boats may give the impression that recreational boating has become difficult to access, the Grand Pavois 2026 in La Rochelle is launching a dedicated…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanSevenstar Yacht Transport: ten years in France, from La Rochelle to the world’s major yacht transport routes To mark the Grand Pavois 2026, Yachting Art ActuNautique met Matthieu Le Bihan, director of Sevenstar Yacht Transport in France.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanIpharra: the first sailing Sunreef 100 Eco makes its world debut in Monaco Unveiled as a world premiere at the 2026 Monaco Yacht Show, the Ipharra marks a significant milestone for Sunreef Yachts.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanInterview – Captain Sahar Rasti, the UAE’s First Female Yacht Captain: “At Sea, What Matters Is Preparation, Judgement and Experience” At the 2026 Cannes Yachting Festival, we met Sahar Rasti aboard a Sunreef catamaran. The first female yacht captain in the United Arab Emirates, she has built her career in a maritime world where…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanCannes Yachting Festival 2026: Cantiere del Pardo showcases three world premieres and a partnership with Luna Rossa Faced with an increasingly demanding yachting market, Cantiere del Pardo is stepping up its growth strategy.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanCannes Yachting Festival 2026: Galeon Yachts unveils the Galeon 800 FLY in its European debut Galeon Yachts is unveiling its new flagship in a European premiere at the 2026 Cannes Yachting Festival (Pantiero stand).

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanCannes Yachting Festival 2026: Greenline Yachts is preparing to launch the Greenline 50, the hybrid successor to the 48 Greenline Yachts has reached a key milestone with the announced launch of the Greenline 50. Designed to replace the Greenline 48 – the Slovenian shipyard’s flagship model for over a decade – this…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanSunreef Yachts is expanding its manufacturing facilities in the UAE to support the growing popularity of the Ultima range The Sunreef Yachts shipyard, the world leader in the semi-custom luxury catamaran market, founded 20 years ago by the French industrialist Francis Lapp , is continuing its industrial investments in…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanNordkapp Airborne 5.4 – Exclusive launch at Orust Marin | Öppet Varv 2026 At the Swedish Öppet Varv 2026 boat show, BateauScopie visited Orust Marin to discover the brand-new Nordkapp Airborne 5.4.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanExclusive – Honda Marine is significantly expanding its 4XC range with seven new boats developed in collaboration with BMA Honda Marine Europe is taking the next step in the development of its 4XC range of boats. Having pioneered this concept with a range of RIBs, the Japanese engine manufacturer is joining forces with…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanBayliner V22 and V22i: two new family bowriders for the European market Venture Group – One year after the launch of the Bayliner C21 and two years after the Bayliner V20, the American brand is continuing to refresh its range with the V22 and V22i.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanSimbad 55 – a luxurious, high-performance cruising catamaran that is easy to handle with a small crew Simbad Yachts – With the Simbad 55 , a new builder is entering the market for catamarans designed for long-range cruising : Simbad Yachts .

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanYOT 53: the first photo on the water reveals Catana Group’s new motor catamaran Yot Power Catamarans – The very first photograph of the YOT 53 afloat marks a decisive milestone for YOT Power Catamarans .

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanFOUR Seas FS6: a 6-metre aluminium RIB that brings prices back down to earth An aluminium hull, Hypalon-Neoprene floats, a 115 ch Suzuki engine, a very comprehensive range of equipment and a price of 35,900 euros (including VAT), ready to sail: the FOUR Seas FS6 is one of the…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanGrand Pavois Fishing 2026: the Fargo 31 from Pescavel, a catamaran designed by professional fishermen for fishermen Recreational fishing – The Grand Pavois Fishing 2026 will be the venue for a world premiere with the unveiling of the Fargo 31, a professional and recreational fishing catamaran developed by…

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanVenice’s vaporetti: the beating heart of the City of the Doges In Venice, the streets are canals, the crossroads are jetties, and public transport travels on the water.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanThe Pointus of Saint-Tropez: the Mediterranean spirit of France’s most famous bay Long before the mega-yachts, luxury hotels and celebrities that have made Saint-Tropez world-famous, small, brightly coloured fishing boats were already a familiar sight on the waters of the gulf.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanNimbus T9: a versatile day cruiser for cruising in the Mediterranean With an overall length of 9.35 metres, the Nimbus T9 falls into the day cruiser category, designed for boaters looking for a vessel capable of serving a variety of purposes.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanAnalysis: why the AMEL 50.2 could become the new benchmark for blue-water cruising As the successor to the AMEL 50, the AMEL 50.2 marks a new stage in the evolution of the Blue Water Cruising concept developed by the La Rochelle-based shipyard for over sixty years.

Yachting Art MagazineMediterraneanIsland for sale in Scotland: Mullagrach Island, 36 hectares of unspoilt countryside, up for auction from €410,000 Owning an entire island is no longer the exclusive preserve of billionaires. Off the north-west coast of Scotland, a 36-hectare stretch of unspoilt wilderness has just been put up for auction with a…

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A dock at six in the morning tells you more than a launch party at eight in the evening.

I crewed for ten years and delivered other people's yachts across the Mediterranean before I wrote a word about them. I have been seasick in front of guests I was meant to impress. I have watched a yard in Viareggio spend nine months on a hull nobody will ever see. Nami (波) means wave, and this is a magazine about boats — I intend to go on calling them boats.

So that is what gets read here: around ninety sources out of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Americas and Japan, in Italian, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese and English. Yards, crews, naval architects, the small classics moored beside the hundred-metre houses. Prices appear when the price is genuinely the story, which is rarer than the brochures imply.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out to the people who reported it. Nothing is reprinted whole. The photographs stay with whoever took them. A Dutch yard writes in Dutch and it stays in Dutch here. The link goes straight to them.

— Olivia Stay, Antibes and Tokyo Bay