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The world's largest solar-powered catamaran is seen after its unveiling in a shipyard in Kiel, northern Germany.
One of the many stresses of being a billionaire is the difficulty in choosing between purchasing a yacht or an island.
Happily, designers this week unveiled plans for a "moving island" that renders the conundrum redundant.
Designs for the WHY 58x38 were unveiled at the Abu Dhabi yacht show this week.
The vessel is the result of a collaboration between Monaco yacht brand Wally and Parisian fashion house Hermès.
The 130m Magellano has been designed in collaboration with Camillo Costantini and is one of the largest mega yacht concepts to come from the prestigious Italian shipyard.
Fincantieri works with esteemed designers and world-renowned consultants and suppliers to create technologically advanced and sophisticated yachts. Fincantieri mega yacht concepts include the 70m Project Prospect; 80m Project Goldmine; 85m Project Wave; 102m Project Marco Polo and the 115m Project Morpheus, most of which were on display today.
Each of their mega yacht designs are technically detailed, yet designed to be adapted by owner’s specific desires.
The new 130m Magellano model follows Fincantieri’s order for the construction of a 140m motor yacht just two months ago. The Espen Oeino designed 140m yacht was the first order for a yacht longer than 80m signed since the beginning of the recent financial crisis, signalling renewed confidence in the luxury yachting industry.
Fincantieri is also completing an incredible 134m mega yacht at their Muggiano shipyard which was also unveiled today. The yacht will feature exterior styling by respected Camillo Costantini and interior design by Reymond Langton Design.
[source: superyachts.com]
The Lapita Voyage was a charitable project which began in the first week of November 2008, when 2 double canoes, based on the ancient Polynesian canoe form of the islands of Anuta and Tikopia, set out on a 4,000Nm voyage along the island chains of the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea to finally arrive in Anuta and Tikopia, two tiny, remote islands at the Eastern end of the Solomons, where the boats were donated to the islanders for future inter island voyaging. They followed the Lapita Pottery trail that archaeologists believe to be the route of the Polynesian migrations.
This video shows the final stage of the voyage on the double canoe 'Lapita Anuta' featuring her arrival on 16th March 2009 at the 1Nm long island of Anuta to an exuberant welcome by the island's population. 300 people live on Anuta and they own 70 traditional dug-out sailing canoes, which are still regularly used for fishing. A nearly 200 year old Anutan canoe is featured in the closing scenes of the video.
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