A FEW GIFT IDEAS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

NAMED THE European Powerboat of the Year 2016 and the recipient of a Boat Builders Award for 2015, the 16.2m three-deck Galeon 500 Fly is available for sale by Asiamarine. The model is equipped with three cabins accommodating up to six people and features a large interior space. Boasting a 725hp engine, the customisable hull has a unique beach mode that extends the width of the cockpit to 6m by dropping down both the port and starboard sides.

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Sunseeker 40M
Sunseeker 40M

NAMED THE European Powerboat of the Year 2016 and the recipient of a Boat Builders Award for 2015, the 16.2m three-deck Galeon 500 Fly is available for sale by Asiamarine. The model is equipped with three cabins accommodating up to six people and features a large interior space. Boasting a 725hp engine, the customisable hull has a unique beach mode that extends the width of the cockpit to 6m by dropping down both the port and starboard sides.

Available for charter with Asiamarine is the 2013-built tri-deck Sunseeker 40M Yacht. Accommodating up to 12 guests in sublime surroundings, the sheer scale and layout of this immense yacht is aweinspiring. She is also the largest yacht available for charter in Hong Kong and can cater up to 30 guests onboard, making it the ideal venue for holding celebrity parties or corporate entertainment.

Moonen Martinique from Dutch shipyard joins the sales fleet of Camper & Nicholsons (C&N). Due for delivery in spring 2018, the 36m yacht is conceived as ‘The Range Rover of the Seas’, benefitting from an exterior designed by award-winning René Van der Velden. The motoryacht is designed to handle the roughest of seas in comfort and is more than capable of long ocean passages with a solid high tensile steel construction and an impressive transatlantic range of 3,500 nautical miles. With a relatively shallow draft, she is also suitable for cruising both the Caribbean and Pacific atolls. She is one of the most sought-after yachts in the firm. Her top speed is 16.5 knots.

C&N also provides charter service and one of the featured yachts for the season is Silver Angel. With an Art Deco interior complementing her deck spaces, plus a host of water toys, Silver Angel has five decks, as well as a state-of-the-art galley, fullyequipped gym and a variety of generous saloon and formal dining areas. Outdoors, her sundeck plays host to an oval Jacuzzi pool lined with sunpads, all encompassed by glass windbreakers. Several seating and al-fresco dining areas are on offer as well as an armada of watertoys including Jet Skis and scuba diving equipment to explore the Indian Ocean this winter. It can accommodate up to 12 guests and reach a top speed of 16 knots.

A number of yachts are available for sales in Phuket brokerage firm Lee Marine. One of them is the 17.5m Azimut 55 Evolution, which can reach a top speed of 28 knots. Her accommodation offers a full-beam master cabin with large en-suite plus a substantial VIP forward and a twin cabin to starboard. Powered by reliable CAT C12 715hp shaft drive engines and a 17kw Kohler generator, the 2007-built boat was antifouled and new props fitted in August this year. She also comes with a factoryfitted Opacmare tender crane on the flybridge, which allows the swim platform to be clear at all times.

Also in the Lee Marine sales fleet is 17.68m Tayana 58 Custom. The vessel is designed by Pieter Beeldsnijer, and built by the Taiwan shipyard Ta Yang. She features a three-cabin layout with a huge master cabin aft, a large VIP forward and a twin bunk cabin. The long galley extends down the starboard side from the saloon to the aft cabin offering lots of benchtop space. The mast has in-boom furling on the mainsail and push button Reckman furlers for the genoa and staysail. The Yanmar 160hp engine and genset were installed new in 2015.

The 26.52m sailing yacht China Grove II is available for sale in Northrop & Johnson with Sales Broker Cameron Bray. The boat has capacity for up to eight people in four cabins, or alternatively six guests with two crew cabins. Her layout includes a full-beam master cabin located aft, a forward VIP cabin and two guest cabins located on the lower deck level. The open-plan layout of China Grove II offers maximum recreational spaces, including a 330-square-foot single span saloon. She is a proven ocean-going yacht having cruised extensively in the South Pacific, and has a cruising speed of nine knots.

Hong Kong-based NextWave Charters offers the 65ft NextWave Island for charter – a luxury yacht with three customisable wide open levels featuring an air-conditioned lounge with 70-inch wall-mounted LED television and karaoke system, full shower facilities, two WCs, a canopied flybridge with lounger beanbags and a central deck, which is completely open from bow to stern. The huge swim deck and transom as well as the stand up wet bar are great for BBQ parties. A state-of-the-art sound system is wired throughout and there are modern lounge suites.

She also comes with a full array of water toys, making it the next level of ocean fun for a group of up to 40 people.

A feature yacht in the sales fleet at NextWave Yachting Hong Kong is the Sealine S330. This 33ft motor yacht boasts wide interior spaces, an amazing quantity of natural light and combines outstanding design and German engineering. Accommodating up to eight people and powered by Volvo Penta D6 330hp duo-pop stern drive, she can reach a top speed of 28 knots. The S330 offers outstanding versatility, where Owners can choose between a huge number of equipment, material and colour options.

Through Swiss company Ocean Independence is 144ft motoryacht Four Wishes available for sale. The aluminium hull built by Monacobased Palmer Johnson in 2004 is of Lloyd Classification MCA Compliant and can reach a top speed of 15 knots. She can house 12 guests in five cabins and nine crew members in five cabins, The coastal beauty is equipped with a range of tenders and watertoys including 22ft Chaos centre console with Suzuki 200hp, 14ft Novurania Delux with Yamaha 50hp, four stroke outboard, two new Yamaha VX Deluxe Cruisers and so on.

Available for charter at Ocean Independence is 150ft yacht Vantage, which was also built by Palmer Johhnson in 2012. The four double cabins and one twin cabin can sleep 12 guests and a total of eight crew. An impressive variety of tenders and toys are there to choose from, including a 40ft Van Dutch chase boat, a Lancer 3.6m 25hp RIB, a Seabob F5, two Hobie kayaks with peddles and others. A 55m Ad-Vantage is available as a shadow vessel and Moby – a Triton submarine with 1,000m capability are available at an additional cost per week.

Located now in Hong Kong and having turned heads at the recent Monte Carlo Open Day, a Monte Carlo 6 is available for sale and delivery with Simpson Marine. This 18m French yacht is powered by two Cummins Zeus QSC8.3 engines of 884kw in total. The large covered flybridge easily seats 10 and has a wet bar plus separate lounging area for soaking up the sun, providing an ideal outdoor space for entertaining. Also specific for Asian tastes is the interior with a main deck of one huge open entertainment area with windows all around to give panoramic sea views. Another star in Simpson Marine’s sales fleet is 48.3ft Aquila 48 Power Catamaran, which is currently located in Singapore. Powered by two Volvo Penta D6 370hp engines, the yacht has a two-cabin layout.

Meaning an intense, desiccating south wind that blows up from the Sahara Desert affecting everything in its path, MY Sirocco is available for sale and charter by Titan Broker. She is a 47-metre spacious tri-deck yacht developed by Heesen Yachts. With a cruising speed of 22 knots, a maximum speed of 26 knots and a range of 2,100 nautical miles, she is the perfect combination of performance and luxury. Sirocco sleeps up to 12 guests in six staterooms, including a full beam master suite, a VIP stateroom, two double cabins and two twin cabins. She is also capable of carrying up to nine crew onboard. Her top deck aft offers a Jacuzzi with a sun-pad, while the dining table aft of the bridge deck can seat 12 people. She is based in the summer on the French Rivera and in the winter the Caribbean.

MY Kijo in Titan Broker’s charter fleet is a 44-metre tri-deck yacht, which was also built by Heesen in 2003. She has a top speed of 26 knots, a cruising speed of 22 knots, with an efficient voyage range of 3,200nm and offers accommodation for 12 guests, in five staterooms and carries eight crew. Designed by Terence Disdale, her luxurious interior is based on a modern and contemporary theme with features such as natural stone, leather, marble and wooden floors, all in sultry earth tones. She is based in the Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey.

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Moonen Martinique
Moonen Martinique
Silver Angel
Silver Angel
Azimut 55
Azimut 55
Tayana 58
Tayana 58
China Grove II
China Grove II
NextWave Island
NextWave Island
Sealine S330
Sealine S330
Four Wishes
Four Wishes
Vantage
Vantage
Aquila 48
Aquila 48
Kijo
Kijo