Hunting of yacht: where and how to see the most beautiful boats

The Yacht-Watching It is the fashion of summer. Objective: to spot Superyacht.

In a nutshell, a marine safari where the goal is to capture with the gaze of the hulls of every Foggia and type. Of course, the biggest ones make the news. Defined in “superyacht” jargon they can be motor or sailing. Among the most “ambìti” the Koru: launched in 2023, it belongs to Jeff Bezos. With its 126 meters it is one of the largest private sailing ships in the world. The name, in the Maori culture, symbolizes the rebirth and finds itself in the polena in the bow. The three trees reach 85 meters high. To support him, Abona: 75 -meter support boat with a helicopter for transfers on the ground.

The recent entry on the sailing scene of Frédéric Jousset is worth mentioning. The French entrepreneur, who already has a climb to an Everest and an Atlantic crossing on a gigantic regatta multi -secaphus, has chosen a completely original way to go into the sea. His Art Explorer It is a 47 -meter sailing catamaran that for the occasion is also transformed into an art museum that houses itinerant exhibitions. «The sea exerts a strong call. In addition, people are fascinated by large boats. Make you dream. And I said to myself: can I bring art by sea aboard a large boat? Thus was born the reflection at the base of the Art Explora Festival and the Boat-Museum Art Explorer, “said Jousset.

The sail, you know, gives strong emotions. Pier Luigi Loro Piana knows this well, a great passionate and regulating. On board his My Song He loves to sail even outside the regattas, between Costa Smeralda and Cicladi, where Meltemi is a guarantee. Passion shared by Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, from home to Saint Tropez, who is noticed with Magic Carpet esailing fireball created by Persico Marine, the same construction site as Red moon.

Among the summer sightings too Kauris IV by Marco Tronchetti Provera, carbon megasailer of 44 meters, often between Argentario, Sicily and Sardinia. More romantic is the vision offered by Creolereported to the ancient splendor by Maurizio Gucci and now entrusted to the passion for the sailing of the cheerful daughter.

Another example: Marlinelegant Fast Commuter of the 1930s, once by JF Kennedy. Today he is in Capri, restored by Diego Della Valle, who can also count on holidays on the holidays Altair IIIformer Dutch work boat of the 1960s transformed into a floating residence, often sighted along the Amalfi coast.

Remaining in Italian waters to many have not escaped the imposing dimensions of Kismet The 122 meters owned by Shadid Khan. Among other things, the American Tycoon, owner of the American football team Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham who plays in the English Premier League, was present in Venice with his new floating villa. Those who have a ball for football and the boats are also Sir Jim Ratcliffe who, work commitments by permitting, loves to take long cruises on board 78 meters Hampshire II. At the head of the chemical giant Ineos Group, the British entrepreneur has a participation in Manchester United and also owns Nice as well as being one of the reference shareholders in Formula One of the Mercedes team.

Remaining on the subject of engines from the “boxes” has also recently come out ** Unleash the Lion** A MANGLY GRANSPORT owned by Max Verstappen who made his debut this year in the waters of the Principality of Monaco on the occasion of the Grand-Prix. There is also Charles Leclerc with his 76 Perseus Superon board of which he loves to spend his free time when they spend the engines of Formula One. Fernando Alonso, on the other hand, chose a motor catamaran to live the summer by browsing the waters of the Balearic house.

The list is really long, but you can leave equipped, downloading some apps that could be useful. There is Marinetrafficwhich uses a network of AIS receivers to display ship positions in real time. You can see the navigation routes, the entrances of the ports and the busy areas. Boat Watch Instead, it allows you to find and follow the boats on a map in real time e Vesselfinder It offers the tracking of ships and journeys, with the possibility of viewing different details on the boats.