NAVIS Apr / May'19

Boat review by NAVIS Magazine

Italian Grace Meets American Dream; Rossinavi 63m Utopia IV

If one had to envision what the word Utopia would look like upon the waves, the Rossinavi 63m yacht would subconsciously spring to mind. The term Utopia refers to ‘an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect’. Stepping foot onto the 63m yacht with its soft and supple muted colors, its glorious glass sided swimming pool, and its commitment to creating space for which a family can rest, grow and play – Utopia is all about striking balance for beautiful moments to bloom.

Boat review by NAVIS Magazine

Like all Wally Yachts, Magic Carpet 3 is elegant in its simplicity. There is not a single thing onboard that is extra. “If you don’t see it, it’s because it wasn’t needed,” says Luca Bassani, Wally Yachts founder and the designer of Magic Carpet. Bassani is justly proud of not only the company he created but of each and every yacht that has launched including Magic Carpet. “The Wally race rules state clearly that before racing you cannot remove anything that is normally kept on board,” Bassani says. “That means everything has to weigh nothing at the start. We made the wash basins from carbon, we used an ash veneer on a honeycomb core to make the furniture, and we even put the light switches in the deckhead. There are two reasons for this. The first is that every bulkhead gives the boat structural strength and you would harm that by drilling holes through it; the second is that to run the cable down to the ordinary level of a light switch means more wiring, and every inch of wire weighs something.” Now that’s what I mean by maniacal attention to saving weight.

Boat review by NAVIS Magazine

A Fighter Jet of Fun and Style; Pershing 9X

The Ferretti group know how to make their name in yachts, that’s been a given in their extensive history and high reputation for delivering divine pleasure vessels upon the sea. With a tagline of passion, innovation, and excellence, no yacht in the catalogue captures this holy trinity in a more succinct and channeled manner than the dazzling new Pershing 9X.

Boat review by NAVIS Magzine

Signe; A Song of Heart and History

Bruce King is an auteur of the yacht world. A visionary, a poet, and a man who believes in curating sheer beauty out on the water – Signe was perhaps his piece de resistance. Afterall, how many yachts have a song named after them by one of the world’s greatest rock and roll guitarists?

Bugatti’s new La Voiture Noire is more than a hypercar!

For a luxury car, the La Voiture Noire from Bugatti is in a class of its own, and the US$12 million vehicle has already been sold.

The impressive creation, based on the excellent Bugatti Chiron, is now the world’s most expensive new vehicle - costing more than the $9m Rolls-Royce Sweptail.

Surrounded by luscious greenery and tepid blue waters, the moment you begin to explore the grounds of Mexico’s Azulik Hotel will be one that you remember for the rest of your life. With the sun setting behind you and the sea breeze keeping you warm, it becomes immediately apparent why so many global adventurers make the trip to the Yucatan Peninsula each year.